The proof?
Hello Tom and everybody. I have a question based on an observation that I have been making for many years, but not until now am I starting to think about it.
I have noticed that there are people who say that they see the possibility that the Universe might be as The Book claims it to be. They say that it might be like that, but they are very sceptical.
The problem is, they don't do anything to find out if it's really true. And since they can find anywhere to start (you can't touch or see truth), they drop the subject, hoping that eventually someone will give them some 'hard' evidence.
If a person can see a possibility, I want to help them, but after many discussions I'm still not sure about a good way. Do you have any ideas what to do?
Andreas
A wise man @2000 years ago expressed his advice what to do in a very simple way: "WHOEVER seeks shall find...".
The word "whoever" is very important, because it implies that every INDIVIDUAL should seek in order to find. He did not say "it is exactly as I say" or "do as I say" or "wait for someone to tell you" or "wait until someone does something"...
A "proof" can ONLY arise in an INDIVIDUAL'S OWN MIND. No one can understand anything FOR someone else, much like no one can learn to speak or walk for someone else.
If intellect is unwilling or unable to seek - no possibility of any proof exists for such an individual.
I have already written elsewhere that communicating ideas to those who are unwilling and/or unable to understand them is one of the most difficult things in the Universe. If it was easy, The Great Intellect would have addressed the issue in its Design of the Universe to begin with...
The only thing that we can actually do is to MANIFEST ourselves, our own Intellect and our own ideas in order to give others a CHOICE to understand them. Our choice is choosing ideas and ways of presenting them.
Writing The Freedom of Choice book this article and conducting this Forum are examples of my personal attempts in such a communication. I explain how I had sought and what I have found. The main purpose of my communication is to tease people and try to provoke them to THINK for themselves. I specifically ask readers to "seek and find" for themselves. It seems that there is no other way. Evolution of Intellect is strictly an individual effort.
There are, however, people who cannot even begin to comprehend the concept of "thinking individually for themselves" and its consequences. Such people accuse me of leading a "sect" of "believers" or "blind followers", not even noticing that promoting individual thinking is the concept that is precisely the opposite - it emphasizes INDIVIDUALITY and The Freedom of Choice.
In contrast, the essence of a "sect" is a set of doctrines, belief systems, rules, authorities, hierarchy, procedures, rituals etc.. that restrict the individual Freedom of Thought (with consent of individual members) so that a sect leaders can control the flock.
Tom
