Homegrown
Enlightenment
Universal Truth
Copyright
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First Publishing: 2021
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Pursuing Enlightenment
Section 1.1: What Is Enlightenment?
Section 1.2: When East Met West
Section 1.3: Homegrown Enlightenment
Chapter 2: Doctrine of the Two Truths
Section 2.1: Two Distinct Lines of Query
Section 2.2: Personal Truth of ‘I Perceive’
Section 2.3: Universal Truth of ‘I Am’
Chapter 3: Things We Simply Believe
Section 3.1 Our Reliance on Things Believed
Section 3.2: That Which Leads Us Astray
Section 3.3: Practicing Due Diligence
Chapter 4: Our Custom Crafted Cages
Section 4.1: Physical Human Bondage
Section 4.2: Psychological Human Bondage
Section 4.3: A Dangerous Assumption
Chapter 5:Institutionalized Belief
Section 5.1: Our Inclination to Be Religious
Section 5.2: Our Inherent Need for Science
Chapter 6: What is Wrong with Religion?
Section 6.1: Dissecting a Faith-Based Example
Section 6.2: Intellectual Rebellion
Section 6.3: Only by Seeking Shall Ye Find
Chapter 7: What Is Wrong with Science?
Section 7.1: Notable Achievements
Section 7.2: Fundamental Obstacles
Section 7.4: Compromised Moral Compass
Section 7.5: Science vs Religion
Chapter 8: The Path of Self-Discovery
Section 8.1: The Science of Being Alive
Section 8.2: The Art of Living Correctly
Section 8.3: Pursuing Liberation
Section 9.1: Foundation of Counterpoint Pairs
Section 9.2: Evolving Spiritual Perspective
Chapter 10: Whereto from Here?
Section 10.1: Tempering Conscious Steel
Section 10.2: Key Take-Away Points
Section 10.3: Elaborating this Universal Truth
Section 10.4: Closing Thoughts
Tables
Table 2-1
A descriptive aid of contrast and comparison might help shed a little light on this lessor known of the two truths. This esoteric Universal Truth stands in stark contrast to the personal truth in many ways, and highlighting these differences helps to bring this Universal Truth into better focus. The key elements of these contrasting differences are listed in the table below.
Contrasting Personal Truth with Universal Truth |
|
Personal Truth |
Universal Truth |
Relative |
Absolute |
Ever-changing |
Never-changing |
Location and Time Dependent |
Location and Time Independent |
Detailed specifics |
Abstract first principles |
Varies from individual to individual |
Is the same for everyone |
Describes details |
Describes generalities |
Littered with assumption & incomplete |
Undeniable and whole |
Area of Concern |
Everything |
From this table, it is clear that the Personal Truth is very dutifully focused on providing specific life solutions to the types of real-world problem that we face everyday. It is detail oriented in focus, and it is also complicated by the presence of the many things that we individually believe to be true without complete confidence making it an ever-changing, relative truth that we are literally just making up as we progress through the experience of our life.
Table 3-1:
Emotional Spectrum Between Indulgence and Austerity |
||
Indulgence |
|
Austerity |
Longing |
Desire for physical and emotional gratification. |
Contentedness |
Animosity |
Feelings of hatred and anger. |
Empathy |
Greed |
Desire for wealth and power. |
Generosity |
Vain Pride |
Belief you are better and more deserving than others. |
Humility |
Envy |
Preoccupation with what others have. |
Benevolence |
Table 3-2:
Examples of Types of Things Possessed |
|
Tangible |
Intangible |
Physical Body and by extension our Life |
Reputation |
Family and Acquaintances |
Love and Adoration |
Wealth |
Power |
Real Property |
Prestige |
Personal Property |
New Acquisition Opportunities |
Table 8-1:
Some common examples of these opposite pairs are listed in the table below:
Each of these pairs has one extreme that can be considered to be inclined to be selfish. Each of these selfish extremes is in turn paired with an opposite extreme that is inclined to be selfless.
Table 8-2:
Some of these specific behavior opposite pairs are listed in the table below:
In the context of these groups of people, selfishness is the root cause of an egotistic behavior in these social matters while the selfless inclinations lead to behaviors that are more altruistic. Also emerging as a generalization from these opposite extremes is the generalized concept of right and wrong.
Figure 8-1:
This never-ending cycle occurs in the three step process illustrated in the figure below.
This cyclical goal oriented process is initially driven by our will to survive. In that regard, a considerable portion of the personal truth is reserved for the things that support that survival as a matter of high priority.
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