The Free Radical

TOURS = Team Of United Renegade Sovereigns

It’s true: I don’t always connect all of the dots– purposely. No matter how much I lay it all out according to my understanding in the moment, I want each reader to reach their own conclusions; those are your relative truths, and I honour them.

Q: Your recent article, ‘The Truth’ Is a Red Herring, confuses me! In what way exactly is ‘The Truth’ not real? I mean, by definition, if it’s true, it’s real. No? You talk about relative truth, but what about absolute truth?

A: I knew I was stepping into a quagmire, and I very much welcome the opportunity to elaborate– to connect a few more dots, for those having trouble… and for myself.

Relative truth is absolutely true, or real, if you prefer– relatively speaking. Whatever truth presents itself to our (linear) experience is certainly true for us– at the time of our experience. However, subsequent experience can alter that truth, making it false at a later phase of our linear journey. When we understand the universe of our experience through linear (word-based) depictions, we are firmly within the realm of relative truths.

My admonishment is simply to refrain from extending or projecting relative truths upon others, for they are not necessarily true, at all, for others.

“But what about science? Aren’t the things that science proves true for everyone?”

No. I know that’s hard to accept because of a lifetime of conditioning, but science too operates firmly within the realm of relative truth. I’m going to use a couple of familiar examples to help illustrate this.

At every juncture in history, science has ‘believed’ certain things to be true. There appears to be a progression at least toward ‘The Truth,’ but everything our sciences have come to believe are only relatively true– which is actually another way of saying– in any absolute sense– they’re false. Science deals exclusively in linear depictions. Here’s one:

The Copernican revolution ‘proved’ that the Earth was not the centre of creation and that our planet actually orbits around the sun. Today, most of us take this for granted as being absolutely true… and it is central to how we experience our earthly lives. Prior to the Copernican revolution, nearly everyone on Earth knew that we were the centre of creation and that the heavens rotated around the Earth. Everyone’s experience at that time was conditioned, or coloured, according to that relative truth. We, of later generations, look upon that now as a falsehood… and yet, it was absolutely true within everyone’s experience of that time– undeniably. To them it was true; for us it is false. And whatever linear depictions we hold to be true now, will also one day be regarded as false. The Truth cannot be depicted linearly. (Another way of saying this is that causality is not absolutely true.)

Now, if there is indeed a progression of science through the realm of relative truth, with the advent of quantum physics we have been shown the way out. Relative truths exist in the ‘objective universe.’ Quantum theory has demonstrated consistently again and again that the ‘objective universe’ is indeed a red herring. It simply doesn’t exist… at least not in the way we typically believe. It is our experience alone which is real… or at the very least, our experience of the world is MORE real than the world itself (if ‘degrees of realness’ fits with your particular relative truths).

Allow me to move on to the next example for a moment. I’ve written previously about a particular couple who lived in my neighbourhood. (He’s passed on now, but she’s still alive.) All their lives they’ve been devout Christians. Their particular version of Christianity however, is one which I characterize as being the fairytale version, where God is an old man with a beard who lives in heaven somewhere up above the clouds. In my view, it’s not a very sophisticated or intellectually satisfying form of spirituality. For me, it’s simply not true. For each of them however, it was and is absolutely true. Every last experience of their lives is conditioned by and inclusive of this fairytale they hold to be true; therefore, it absolutely is!… to them.

With my current understanding of the relativity of truth in our common experience, I would never dream of ‘setting them straight’ and try to force them into my ‘more sophisticated’ truth. Their beliefs work/worked perfectly for them. They were always a most pleasant, generous, loving couple; they required no ‘correction’ from me.

And that’s really the whole point I was reaching for in my essay. The realm of relative truths is absolutely perfect just the way it is when we fully realize that each of us unfailingly experiences life according to our established beliefs. My experience unfolds exactly according to my beliefs about reality, and their experience unfolds exactly according to their beliefs about reality. As long as everyone is satisfied with their own experience, all is well; it’s perfect. Conflict arises, however, whenever we insist upon foisting our relative truths upon others– who very well may not be evolved or developed along the same trajectory in order to accept such ‘truths.’

In the realm of relative truth, love is expressed through the acceptance of relative truth being infinitely varied. Only when the relative truths held are destructive to self and/or others is any sort of ‘correction’ warranted– and even then it must be artfully and respectfully rendered. We simply must stop bludgeoning each other with our personal perspectives when ALL perspectives are equally valid (even the destructive ones– valid, but not preferred).

This entire notion stands in stark contrast to any form of hierarchy. We are all equal and valid, despite our level of education or sophistication. The acceptance of this relative truth begins the journey beyond the realm of relative truth… and that’s where we’re going.

It is a liberation. We don’t need to pour our energy into endlessly seeking agreement in the world; certainly, there is much we CAN agree on, but we don’t HAVE to agree on anything. The world is already the manifestation– the projection– of all of our exquisite agreements… from the place where we are already One… defining the parameters of our collective experience. The plane of relative truths is infinite. No two people on Earth operate by the exact same set of relative truths (beliefs). Each perspective is a unique world (subset) in itself. It is the sum of all your personal experiences which forms the reality of your unique world. That is the world that exists in which you wield your inviolate power, by choosing the qualities of the experiences you are having. You don’t get to consciously choose exactly WHAT you will experience, but you always get to choose HOW you will experience it.

We exercise our power over the how– over the quality of our experiences– through reason. Now, reason is an interesting word. On the one hand, it refers to a type of thinking which is characterized by clarity and rationality, something akin to intellect. And on the other hand, reasons are the justifications for the choices we make. Here’s the trick: the choices we make, and the reasons behind them, only have to make sense to ourselves, no one else. The world doesn’t actually require a justification– an ‘acceptable’ reason– for any of the choices we make (unless we’re overtly limiting the choices of others). As we find reasons to love our experiences– reasons which only have to make sense to ourselves– our experiences will begin to yield more and more choices for experiences that are easier and easier to love. That is the transformation of the world; that is ascension; that is the next step in the spiritual journey– what I call the ‘little shift.’

It is a simple and subtle thing, this shift of focus, this energetic shift, of shifting our attention from all the endless ‘what’ of the world to the very quality of our own experience. It seems too simplistic; how can it matter? And yet that little shift turns the whole world right-side-up and faces us in the forward (inward) direction. Certainly, we still have to experience ‘the world,’ but the experience is primary, and the world is secondary. The world is allowed to be a reflection of our experience; this little shift is merely an invitation.

This invitation toward the little shift, placing our attention upon our own experience above that of the ‘objectifiable’ world, was embroidered into our sciences more than eighty years ago. Therefore, this current spiritual revolution is actually a scientific one too. The theme is unity or oneness, so the merger of science and spirit is merited and long overdue.

Q: This view of placing all importance on our own experience and regarding only that as being real, troubles me. How does this not automatically devolve into solipsism? What prevents me from regarding all others within my experience as mere figments of my imagination? Or the characters of mere dreams? What is the basis for morality in such a view?

A: I can’t help but view solipsism as a red herring of a very strange hue. I can honestly say that I don’t typically encounter folks in my daily life, in person or online, who subscribe to a solipsistic view. The purported fear of solipsism is that of little ego-based gods running amok in the world, failing to attribute authenticity and significance to others. Sure, I see plenty of just such ego-based narcissists stirring up trouble out of chronic entitlement and disrespect, but not from solipsism.

The little shift has us placing attention and significance on our own experience. To me, it only seems natural to grant others the same realness of their experience. I don’t ultimately gain anything by declaring that only my experience is real and yours is not. My experience alone is absolutely real to me, and your experience alone is absolutely real to you. Such a balanced view seems quite natural to me. No one is denied or otherwise relegated to a lesser status of being imaginary or otherwise unreal.

The world, as an objectified abstraction, is not my creation alone. We all dream up ‘the world’ together, although how I experience that collective abstraction (dream) is utterly unique to me… just as your experience is unique to you.

As for morality… The basis for all morality springs from love. It is a very elementary discovery, fully accessible to young children, that we are the happiest and most fulfilled when all those around us are also equally happy and fulfilled. That is the basis of true morality, far more reliable than the current coercive system of crime and punishment we employ now.

Q: My five-year-old insists that there is a monster living under his bed. I can’t seem to convince him that it’s not real. Would you suggest that I should regard the monster as real, and if so, how does that solve my problem?

A: Yikes! I’m not really the one for giving parental advice, but I can offer a few remarks.

The monster is perfectly real to your son. From your email, it is clear that an elevated heart-rate and becoming drenched in sweat is proof positive that his body is reacting precisely as though the monster is real. You may wish to engage a narrative with your son which acknowledges the reality of the monster under the bed, and then provide him with a suitable protective talisman. How the talisman works and its guaranteed infallibility only has to make sense to your son. I suggest concocting a story that is acceptable and reasonable to your son, and hopefully he will outgrow the need to conjure monsters soon enough.

Q: With regards to your recent Newsletter, what is Phase One and Phase Two?

A: Phase One is the exploration of the relative plane. It acknowledges the reality of duality/polarity. Eventually, Phase One perspectives come to realize that merely choosing sides in any manner of conflict fails to ever fully resolve said conflict.

Phase Two begins with the little shift as explained ad nauseam above. A Phase Two aspirant gravitates toward and settles into the sacred neutral perspective.

As for my continued writing, I am purposefully directing my efforts more toward a Phase Two perspective as opposed to endlessly arguing about various relative truths– like vaccines, for instance, or drug-based medicine. Phase One is winding up.

Q: Where do we go from here? I accept the primacy of my own experience in the crafting of reality, so what type of experience (reality) do I now seek out for myself?

A: That’s one I can’t definitively answer, nor should I. It’s really for you to figure out yourself, but I can make a few general suggestions.

As already stated, the theme is one of love, unity, oneness. I will point out again that unity or oneness will never be achieved through any policy of conformity. A conformist’s agenda is not loving.

We are seeking wholeness, the experience of the totality of our Being. In such a quest, I would bring your attention to the act of dreaming. I have continually referred to ‘the world’ as our collective dream. It is but one tiny fraction of Earth’s natural dreamtime. Through very crafty manipulations, we have come to regard the world dream as being more real and more significant than all other dreams in our dreaming repertoire.

All of our fractured soul shards dream; reality is dreaming. Our dream body, which is a complete body residing/emanating from the gut, is privy to all of the dreams of each of our estranged soul shards. Reconnecting ourselves to the proper dream-body offers the chance to reintegrate all of those estranged pieces of ourselves. When we are speaking of wholeness, we are speaking of bridging the divisions within ourselves.

The world dream is not merely the product of humanity’s collective in this now moment. It is connected to the lineage of our soul families and our ancestors, as well as to the future generations of souls awaiting their chance to incarnate here. We have an awful lot of reconnection to accomplish before we will experience any real sense of wholeness or completion.

I will speak much more on dreaming, creating dream space, accumulating energy for ancestral dreaming, spiritual cleanliness and more in immediate upcoming TOURS messages. (These are big topics!)

Please keep your thoughtful questions coming! niels@nielskunze.com