Tag: Sacred Texts

The Myth of the Whole Truth

Because the experience is unexplainable, all the greatest sacred books of all times are really books of half-truths and half-lies.

This isn’t an insult—it’s a revelation.

No scripture, however exalted, has ever captured the raw, wordless pulse of the Real. What they offer are sketches of shadows on the wall of a fire no mind can touch. Symbols masquerading as substance. Descriptions chasing something that dissolves the moment language arrives.

Truth isn’t what’s written—it’s what remains when writing fails.

Those who encountered the Infinite didn’t leave behind instruction manuals. They left metaphors, myths, and paradoxes—each shaped by the lens of a time, a culture, a mind trying to say what cannot be said. The half-truth lies in the gesture toward transcendence. The half-lie forms when that gesture becomes fixed, dogmatized, and taken as absolute.

And yet, there’s beauty in the attempt. Even the most distorted scripture carries a scent of the ineffable. But to follow that scent requires radical honesty—the willingness to discard even the sacred if it becomes a substitute for direct knowing.

Experience doesn’t need belief. It doesn’t argue. It doesn’t convert.

It just is—before the page, before the priest, before the thought.

The final surrender is not to a teaching, but to the silence underneath it.

Morgan O. Smith

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The Sacred Within the Flawed

A Paradox of Divine Texts

In an intricate dance between the divine and human, sacred texts from various religious and philosophical traditions find themselves at the nexus of reverence and scrutiny. These texts, while venerated as conduits of divine wisdom and moral guidance, are not immune to critique nor the acknowledgment of their inherent flaws.

When we unravel the threads of any sacred text, we find them woven with not just divine insights but also the human elements of error, contradiction, and historical context. Many perceive the imperfections found within these texts as reasons for critique and skepticism. Yet, there is a compelling perspective to be explored – the idea that the very flaws embedded within sacred texts render them genuinely sacred.

In dwelling within the flawed, we find a reflection of our imperfect nature. Sacred texts do not present an unattainable moral and existential utopia but rather provide a mirror through which we can perceive and engage with our own imperfections and moral dilemmas. The contradictions and ambiguities are not simply obstacles to faith but rather essential elements that provoke deeper questioning, reflection, and ultimately, a more profound understanding of our place within the cosmic order.

The perfection of the divine, if it were to be communicated through a medium devoid of error or contradiction, may remain eternally aloof and incomprehensible to our flawed human nature. Therefore, perhaps it is within the inconsistencies and paradoxes of sacred texts that we find an accessible pathway toward divine wisdom – a bridge crafted from the very imperfections that define our humanity.

By acknowledging and engaging with the flaws within these revered writings, believers do not denounce their faith but rather deepen it, embracing a spiritual journey that accepts the entwinement of the divine and the human, the perfect and the imperfect. It becomes a spiritual practice wherein the belief is not despite the flaws but is enriched and deepened by them.

In this juxtaposition, an opportunity for an intimate and authentic spiritual journey is birthed. The flaws compel believers to wrestle with their understanding, to question, and to seek, rather than passively accept a prescribed truth. This active engagement fosters a spirituality that is not static but dynamically interwoven with the realities of human experience, constantly evolving and adapting to the nuances of our understanding and experience.

As we traverse through the passages of sacred writings, embracing both divine wisdom and human error, we embark upon a journey that is both inward and outward, exploring the realms of the divine and our soul. In this sacred exploration, the flaws do not deter us but rather beckon us into a deeper, more authentic engagement with the divine, where faith is not a blind acceptance but a perpetual quest, rich with inquiry, reflection, and spiritual growth.

Perhaps then, the sacredness of these texts is not diminished by their flaws but is instead, beautifully and mysteriously, illuminated by them.

Morgan O.  Smith

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