Life | Truth | Reality

The relationships between life, truth and reality were once clearer than they are now. What is clear now is that life is being saturated by confusion regarding reality. Reality is objective. No one can alter what is real. We can deceive ourselves about reality, but we cannot change it.

Consider a tree. The word "tree" is not itself a tree, but it signifies something we all recognize to be a tree. Moreover, we recognize that there are many different kinds of trees in the world: maple trees, oak trees, pine trees, and more. A tree is real. To point to a tree and call it a truck is either gross ignorance or foolish deception. Call it whatever we want, but it is a tree and will never be a truck.

Truth and reality correspond with each other. The correspondence between truth and reality creates reliable stability for life to flourish. When the correspondence between truth and reality is corrupted and broken, life is also corrupted and broken. And it does not take a degree in sociology to see and understand the extent of corruption and brokenness in human society.