Truth

It is important to understand truth to be able to work with Inquiry Method.Truth is a fact, it is data, and it is measurable, collectable, recordable, and experiential. Truth is supremely useful to know about yourself, your world, relationships, and business.The opposite of truth is opinion, judgment, and interpretation. Your interpretation “what it means” is rarely useful. Interpretation is so often influenced by our ego, past, pain, beliefs, etc.… It is like looking through a dirty distorted window, very little can be seen.A simple example would be the difference between someone saying to another person “what you said is hurtful” vs. “when you said (x) I felt hurt”, the first interprets the others intention and the second is simply reporting the external and internal data. This may seem simple but the difference between the above two statements is huge for your personal development and growth.Every time we interpret we take ourselves off course, we begin to believe in mind over self. Your mind is constantly deceiving you about yourself and others.There is nothing inherently wrong in your thoughts or this desire to interpret others and yourself; it is just that these things need to be tested through inquiry. In the above situation, from a place of inquiry, you could say, “when you said (x) I felt hurt, did you want to hurt me?” or “what was your intention?” …When you share the data with the other person that when they said (x) you felt hurt that is something they can use, if they are able, to deepen their understanding of you or themselves.This is of course a subject that is huge, massive, in its implications, the tip of the iceberg. Begin looking to see if you can see more of it. Look into the implications of the difference between interpretation and data in your life and your relationships. Begin to identify which is which.