When your philosophy is led by Truth, kindness is the natural result. When your philosophy is led by kindness, your kindness may become insincere. All spiritual teachings are guided by Truth. However the idea of truth can become dangerous. And the danger is in one’s attachment to the idea.
A religious zealot will kill in the name of their religion vs another religion – this still goes on today in the world. Buddhism claims the root of all suffering is attachment. And the attachment is to an idea, thought or belief. This idealism divides a person’s mind, creating fear and panic that leads to rejection of those that have different ideas. (In the US we do this more with politics than religion, as we’ve witnessed assassinations or attempted ones recently).
Politics has become our religion. But both stem from idealism, which has its roots in a false sense of truth. And this false sense of truth is creates spiritually poverty. We glorify our beliefs – religious or political, giving us a sense of superiority or righteousness.
Truth has no idea. A belief evolves from an idea. Someone at some point in your life put an idea in your head and you made that idea your belief. So you worship these ideas, suffocating your potential to evolve. They say the “truth” sets you free. It does this because you are not attached to beliefs, you can see reality as it is, and trust your gut, heart, and head to find out what is true. From Truth you can better obtain truth. Notice the distinction between Truth and truth? Truth is of the spiritual. And truth is of the material. I can try and describe Truth, but then it just becomes an idea and it’s no longer Truth. The truth with lower case “t” is an agreed upon consensus. For instance, if I said I am writing in Spanish, that would not be truth. The truth is I am writing in English. Both truth and Truth are relatives. But truth can be spoken, described, and grasped. The Truth cannot be grasped. However it can be understood. But the moment you “know it” you lose it. Because your grasping is what keeps you from understanding it. That’s because it flows. By leading life from Truth you develop greater mental space or faith. This sense of freedom allows for greater self awareness which reveals our own limiting beliefs and ideas of truth, in our psyche. When I am using the word Truth, with a capital “T” I mean the ever present moment. The moment as it is, without unwavering thoughts in your head, which are untruths. The everlasting and eternal. There is never a moment that goes by that you are not able to exist in Truth. It is always available and accessible. However, many of us aren’t aware of the Truth, because the compression and depression of our thoughts, ideas, and beliefs have stuffed our minds, making the weight of our beliefs so familiar and comfortable we cannot bear the nerves of letting go of these thoughts, ideas, and beliefs. When we become bitter and resentful we have lost faith. We have lost access to Truth. To observe nature or your nature, will reveal to you the passing of time. Time, such as the standardized 24 hours in a day / digital clock time – indicates truths. For instance, you can look at your clock and know exactly what time you started reading this. That time is a construct created by human thought, based on patterns of nature. Timelessness indicates Truth. When you are fully engaged in something, time doesn’t exist. The only time we suffer is when we are thinking about getting somewhere or we are thinking about some place we have been in the past. When you are fully engaged in any activity, like making love, there is no sense of time. And I don’t just mean sexually, since you can be in love while cooking a beautiful dish, or practicing yoga, or playing an instrument. These are all forms of love making, which arises when you are one with what you are doing.
Why can’t philosophy led by kindness also be truthful if it’s pure intentions?
Because I have found in myself that by manufacturing kindness I become stifled in my ability to learn. When I’m in a state of learning (which is seeking truth/Truth) I forget about my ideas of self and what’s right or wrong. My sincerity is what makes me relatable. In a state of learning exists kindness. Because when you’re in a state of learning your mind is empty and therefore innocent. But when you lead with kindness you are leading with an idea. And that idea blocks you from being with the experience. So your kindness is pretended. You create an appearance of goodness which takes all your energy to hold up a curtain.
Or you burn out because you are constantly trying to help everyone. It’s a form of validation. In seeking truth or coming from Truth you experience the totality of a person. No part of you is closed from what is. Not curtain is blinded you from seeing. And a person that is whole is generally kind, like a child.
