Truth In A Truthless World

I do not believe

That any human

Should be ashamed

Of Not seeking Truth.

 

Firstly,

If he does,

He will seek Truth

Under a banner of “spirituality.”

 

He will view Truth

As an esoteric,

Conceptual,

Moral,

And principled sort of thing.

 

This is because

Like all things,

The World is a bastardization machine.

 

Spirituality

Is utterly useless.

 

It is flights of fancy,

Mixed with pie in the sky,

And flowery practices.

 

Such things

Make a practitioner believe

He is doing “something.”

 

Truth,

At least as I speak of it,

Is utterly practical.

 

It is immediate.

It is directly applicable.

It is instantly relevant.

 

Philosophy

Is useless.

 

Truth

Is practical and useful.

 

Truth

Is not for social conversation.

 

Spirituality,

And philosophy

Lend themselves nicely

To social conversation.

 

This is why

They are valued.

 

Especially by spiritualists

And intellectuals.

 

Humans enjoy chit-chat,

And boasting,

And peacocking.

 

Spirituality,

Intellectualism,

And philosophy

Fit perfectly

Into this.

 

Truth

Has no use

For spirituality.

 

It has no use

For chit chat.

 

It is

As it is.

 

Truth is the most practical thing

In the universe.

 

What is impractical

Is the notion

That humans should seek it.

 

There are many Truths

That are so deep,

With so many layers,

That most humans would simply get stuck

In one of the layers.

 

Not because of any lack of intelligence.

But because the layering

Is so deep.

 

And this moves against

The human desire

Of wanting tips and tricks.

 

Humans are shallow creatures.

This is not a sleight.

It is simply a fact

With no emotion attached.

 

In the same way

That the shallow end of a pool

Is shallow.

 

A shallow human

Will naturally enjoy shallow things.

 

This is why self-help,

Spirituality,

Intellectualism,

Motivationalism,

Bumper-stickers

And all such industries

Are able to function.

 

If humans were deep . . .

If they wanted Truth . . .

All of those industries

Would fold overnight.

 

What is also unappealing about Truth

Is that it takes no prisoners.

 

I have received many emails

Stating that when they first read my work

It was like a double-barrelled sawed-off shotgun

Pressing into their forehead.

 

I have no such intentions

In my writing.

 

I have no intentions

Of shocking anyone,

Or trying to get anyone to feel a certain way,

Or do a certain thing.

 

But Direct Truth,

Moves so violently

Against the concepts that a human has been conditioned into believing

That unease or frankly a feeling of inner explosion

Is not surprising.

 

For a given human,

Truth may liberate him.

 

For another human,

Truth may send him into sorrow.

 

Since The World

Is so saturated with lies . . .

 

Since all cultures

Are so filled with false concepts and beliefs . . .

 

A human will have to be willing

To drop all that he has ever known,

If he moves toward the domain of Truth.

 

Practically speaking,

The Truth . . .

Is simply too much

For all but the rarest of human beings.

 

And this rare human being

Is not “good.”

 

He simply happens to possess,

For some inexplicable reason,

A longing for The Truth,

Whatever it may bring.

 

In This World,

Of “listen to me,”

“Practice this and that,”

“5 steps to happiness,”

“A new hack for X, Y, and Z,” . . .

Truth has no place,

And no interest.

 

Humans are

Where their DNA fits best.

 

Methods,

Hacks,

Propaganda,

Bumper-stickers,

Self-help,

Spirituality,

Group discussions,

Meetups,

Tips, tricks, and tabloids . . .

 

This is the DNA

Of almost all humans.

 

There is no reason

To leave these things.

For this is where they feel at home.

 

Never should any human

Be denied his beliefs,

Or his DNA.

 

Humans

Will always be humans.

 

Truth

Will always be Truth.

 

Namaste.