Metaphysics of the revelation of truth. Metaphysical relationship between choice and truth Metaphysical interpretation of truth

Truth is, of course, one relative to some phenomenon or object of reality. Forgive me, it is like pregnancy - either it exists or it doesn’t, and like the latter, it cannot be, say, scientific or non-scientific, etc., if you look at it from the perspective of the correct use of our language. But the understanding and interpretation of truth can be very different. This, in particular, is evidenced by Yandex statistics regarding impressions per month for requests for understanding the truth:

philosophical understanding of truth 166

classical understanding of truth 101

scientific understanding of truth 80

Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity (TR) is some kind of incomparable phenomenon of the past and present centuries. Based on this consideration, I looked through dozens of books and articles on this topic, and in some places I stayed for several hours, trying to achieve an understanding of the truth regarding this phenomenon. I mainly focused on the philosophical aspects of the theory, because they are the source of misunderstandings regarding the interpretation of TO.

Why did I choose E. Chudinov’s book “The Nature of Scientific Truth” (Politizdat, 1977)? Well, a smart man wrote a smart book. I don’t know his true views, but it is possible to trace what already well-established arguments the TO defenders use. At the same time, you can learn other useful information. Here and there I have slightly corrected the source text, but only to make it easier to read. So, closer to the text of the book.

If we abstract from all the secondary meanings of the term “truth” that are introduced by everyday language, we still will not completely free ourselves from its polysemy. Turning to epistemology (theory of knowledge), we find a large number of different interpretations and understandings of the subject of truth. Let's list some of them.

“Truth is the correspondence of knowledge to reality.”

“Truth is the property of self-consistency (internal consistency) of knowledge.”

“Truth is the practical usefulness of knowledge, its effectiveness.”

“Truth is the experimental verifiability of a statement made.”

Adherents of the above definitions strive to prove to each other that it is their understanding and interpretation of truth that is the only correct one. At first glance this may seem quite strange. A supporter of semantic (notional) philosophy, who, by the way, has his own interpretation of truth, will say that such a dispute is meaningless. In his opinion, the question of what should be understood by truth is of a conventional (consensual) nature. It is equivalent to the question of what meaning should be attributed to the term “truth”, which is decided on the basis of semantic convention (semantic agreement).

The point of view of the semantic philosopher is, of course, untenable. The debates that take place between philosophers around the understanding of truth are not terminological, but ideological in nature.

That’s just it, I’ll add, that everyone sees the mortal world through the prism of their own inner world. Due to genetic predisposition and other factors, arguments that are convincing to one individual may not be so convincing to another. In addition, already established views (the same inner world or worldview) are a fair part of the structure of a person’s personality. And few people agree to change their personality under the pressure of even the most convincing arguments in terms of understanding the truth or its interpretation. So the only truth in this case and in my understanding is that everyone has their own truth, including regarding what should be understood by truth and how it should be interpreted. Therefore, in most cases, the most useless exercise will be to try to convince a supporter of some mind-boggling interpretation of TO that he is somehow wrong. If he does not have enough counterarguments of his own, he will use one of the arguments prepared for future use, invented by supporters of TO. Engels Chudinov talks about such arguments.

E. Chudinov says that at present no one doubts that Newtonian physics, to a first approximation, correctly describes the physical processes of the macrocosm. On the other hand, modern physical theories, which have exceptional internal harmony and depth and greater generality than classical mechanics, are sometimes subject to doubt. This is largely due to the fact that they lack sufficient empirical support and extensive technical applications. In this regard, the example of the general theory of relativity is indicative. General relativity is more accurate than Newton's theory of gravity. In any case, E. Chudinov thinks so. It takes into account and explains effects that fall outside the scope of Newtonian theory. However, it is still inferior to Newton’s theory - precisely in that it does not have direct embodiments in technology. This explains, in particular, that, unlike Newton's theory, the general theory of relativity faces many competitors.

I understand this fragment in such a way that its author, having his own understanding of the truth and truth of TO, is not a reinforced concrete supporter of the theory of relativity. But, nevertheless, then he moves on to the standard rails of argumentation of supporters of TO. Or rather, he presents their arguments without emphasizing his true understanding of the theory. The author says that idealistic interpretations of the role of the observer in the special theory of relativity come down to the statement that the relativity of space and time is devoid of an objective character and depends on the cognizing subject. We will highlight three types of such interpretations. Their essence is briefly revealed by the following three theses:

the relativity of space and time is a relativity not to objective conditions, but to the observer;

relativistic effects are not objective, but depend not just on the observer, but on the measurement procedures carried out by him, which are the source of these effects;

relativistic effects are the result of conventions (agreements), which are determined not by objective, but by subjective factors.

All of these interpretations of the role of the observer lead to the denial of the objective truth of the statements of the special theory of relativity. Let us consider each of these versions of the understanding of truth separately.

Proponents of the first idealistic interpretation of the version concerning the understanding of the special theory of relativity (SRT) believe that the observer is responsible for the effects of relativistic kinematics.

According to STR, relativistic kinematic effects are reversible. Let us assume that the reference frame K is at rest, K1 moves uniformly and rectilinearly relative to K, and the measurement is carried out from the K frame. In this case, it is reasonable to conclude that the length of the rods stationary in K1 is less than the length of the same rods in K, and the clock in K1 is ticking slower than a clock in K. However, all inertial systems are equal. Due to this, we can consider the K1 system to be at rest, and the K system to be moving. By taking measurements of the rods and clocks located in K from the K1 system, we will find that the lengths of the rods are reduced and the clock speed is slowing down relative to the K1 system. This is the understanding of truth in SRT. The question arises: where does the “true” change in spatial and temporal characteristics occur? With such an understanding and interpretation of truth in the theory of relativity, this question makes no sense. As a result, it seems that relativistic kinematic effects are unrealistic.

However, according to the own understanding of the truth by the supporters of SRT, the reversibility of relativistic kinematic effects cannot be regarded as evidence of their unreality. A similar situation, from the point of view of SRT warriors, is observed not only in relativistic physics. It arises, in particular, in connection with such “objects” as points. It makes no sense to talk about the coordinates of any point (or event) without indicating the coordinate system. Moreover, in one system a point has one coordinates, and in another - another. The question of which coordinates of a point should be considered “true” - the first or the second - is meaningless. Both the first and second are equally real. From the point of view of the theory of relativity, the same can be said about the lengths of the rods and the progress of clocks in different reference systems.

The great Einstein himself resorted to “arguments” of this kind. But in fact, this is not an argument, but a frame-up, aka aporia and sophistry. Can't be separate correct understanding truth for one observer and another, but also true understanding for another observer. We actually choose a coordinate system and define a point in it if we need it for some reason. But we don’t choose the length of the rods. And if this length for the first observer is less than for the second, and, at the same time, for the second observer is also less than for the first, then there is obvious nonsense in the very interpretation of such observations, i.e. in understanding the essence of truth in relation to TO. Over time, the focuses of understanding and interpretation of truth are similar. You may not believe it, but Einstein goes much further in his argumentation than Chudinov. He argues that the mutually exclusive cases described are in fact true without any qualifications there. It’s just that, according to Einstein, the world is not the way we see it. This thesis, religious in its form, can neither be refuted nor proven. But the thesis of TO about the constancy of the speed of light then also cannot be refuted or proven, because it refers to another world. True, the question of understanding truth was apparently not relevant for Einstein himself. In any case, the postulates and approaches in his SRT and the general theory of relativity do not coincide.

However, we will continue our efforts in understanding the truth, following Chudinov’s presentation of versions of understanding TO:

The second idealistic version of the special theory of relativity is developed by operationalism. Physical quantities, according to operationalism, have no objective meaning outside the measurement procedure. If we accept operationalism, then we will have to admit that the special theory of relativity does not describe the physical world at all, but only measuring operations, instrument readings and, ultimately, our sensations. In this case, it is not a physical theory at all, but is a branch of psychology, interpreted, moreover, in the spirit of idealism. From the point of view of the materialist understanding of truth, which is opposite to the point of view of operationalism, measurements do not create relativistic effects, but only reveal them. They serve as a means not of construction, but of cognition of the properties of the objective world.

However, Chudinov turned it around coolly. But the opinions of the “materialists” that Chudinov has in mind are the opinions of supporters of dialectical materialism. In this matter of understanding the truth, they fell into idealism, recognizing, together with the supporters of SRT, that truth, like reality, can be more than one. However, any statements in physics, including technical theory, must be confirmed by a measurement procedure. The trick here is in the organization of procedures and interpretation of measurement results. The great Einstein selected them so that they would satisfy the most unimaginable interpretations of TO regarding the fact that the world is somehow completely different from the way we tend to see it. Accordingly, truth and reality are not the same as we tend to understand them. But measurement procedures performed in accordance with the TO methodology do not reveal, as “materialists” and supporters of SRT claim, but only, due to the tautology of the methodology and interpretation, “confirm” what is already in the initial statements of the TO interpretation. In this case, the “materialist point of view” is much more distorted towards complete idealism than the operationalism it rejects. I really hate to talk about this, because I consider myself a materialist.

Further, the highly respected Chudinov says that the third version of idealistic interpretations of the special theory of relativity is based on an exaggeration of the conventional moment in the construction of this theory.

Indeed, for conventionalists, understanding truth is only a matter of agreement.

From Einstein's point of view, Chudinov continues, the relativity of space and time stems from the relativity of simultaneity. The concept of simultaneity is central to the theory of relativity. Etc.

I'm really tired of commenting. The point is that the simultaneity of events that are simultaneous in our understanding must be understood in the way that Einstein proposes to understand this “truth.” Due to this understanding, events can be simultaneous and not simultaneous at the same time, if, of course, we agree with Einstein’s position in SRT. And if we agree, then this is conventionalism without any “exaggeration of the conventional moment,” because without this agreement, almost nothing will remain from Einstein’s interpretation of the special theory of relativity. The focus of Einstein's philosophical interpretation of the law is not complicated, but for some reason it is tenacious. The observer, through a light signal, receives messages about two events separated in space. Since the light signal has a finite speed, messages can arrive simultaneously for one observer and not simultaneously for another. In ordinary life, we consider simultaneous what we saw as simultaneous, although in fact we received simultaneous light signals about events. At the same time, by common sense, we still understand that simultaneous events and messages about these events are not the same thing. Simultaneity, like reality and truth, can only be one. In this respect, the understanding of truth and simultaneity are similar. The great Einstein proposes to exclude from our intellect such a natural mechanism as our common sense, and to consider that an event and a message about an event are something indistinguishable - one and the same. Well, this world is not what we imagine it to be, but some other one. And from this perspective of understanding and interpreting truth, simultaneous events may not be simultaneous at the same time. However, Einstein himself, who in his later statements assigned a rather modest role to the SRT, may not think so...

I greet everyone reading these lines, and all those who, in one way or another, will be affected by the energy of this material. Today I decided to write an article devoted to the complexity of understanding choice in comparison with such important concepts as: Truth and God. And first of all, I will try to put my own vision and unique experience of self-development into this article, in order to convey my message in the Here and Now in the most balanced and appropriate way.

So, each of us on our multidimensional path has more than once asked the question: “Am I doing the right thing?”... or... “What should I do, what should I do?” I will try to express as fully as possible the metaphysical perspective of answering these questions from my point of view. It will be very wonderful if everyone with whom the facet of my perception resonates in this regard brings the most relevant part of this energy into his understanding and reflects it through subsequent changes in his consciousness that will help him on his path. Well, let's begin.

Human choice seems to me infinitely complex, but at the same time infinitely simple, unfortunately, ordinary language clumsily tries to squeeze it into the paradigm public consciousness with the goal of creating a universal template of knowledge applicable to one and all. Of course, in reality, everything is not so simple when this concept is operated by the human mind, which every now and then tries to isolate everything as much as possible, mechanize and adapt it for its better understanding. Why is the mind unable to do this? Because this concept is the formless essence of the space, time, energy and matter that surrounds us.

What then, you ask, is the value of this material, as well as other material presented on various sites and forums, in various messages and theories of various practices, and how can all this help? Pay attention to these questions themselves, your reaction to them, and the consequences that will be brought by your awareness of something Here and Now, will already create the quantumness of what you call choice. But the thing is that any thought, action, any energy impulse, both outside your individual consciousness and in it, are closely connected with each other, therefore, no matter what impulse I bring into your perception now, I will be a participant in the creation of your your own choice, just like you make mine, for everything is interconnected.

From all this I would like to draw a conclusion that will be most understandable to the minds of those who read what I have written. (Since my main goal was to introduce every soul (consciousness) to a sense of responsibility, self-worth in the form in which every atom in our universe is unique and valuable, to a state of vision and spiritual perception of the absolute possibilities of the development of your / our consciousness in yours / our Infinitely Divine Existence). Any of your actions, both on the internal and external planes of your existence, creates a unique series of opportunities, directions, prospects, facets of your Choice. In our society, we often talk about the rightness or wrongness of this or that action, or even a thought born of our consciousness - as the divine mind, and the mind - as the human aspect of the Spirit itself.

The duality I have put in is of course just my way of expressing what I want to say. In reality, everything is One, and rightness and wrongness smoothly flow into each other, endlessly destroy, create themselves, and this process is not comprehended by your mind, but it is felt by your consciousness. The mind is an instrument of consciousness that wants to know everything about everything, which always asks questions and systematizes everything it comes into contact with, and consciousness is the universal essence of your existence, capable of directly being one with any phenomenon created/destroyed by it, because, in essence , they are one and the same. In a more multidimensional understanding, I would like to highlight the mind as the part of consciousness that we perceive, and this is indeed the case. So, the correctness and incorrectness of what is happening in our existence is often determined by our mind, the mind, being a part of our consciousness, is true in itself, since consciousness is equal to the Truth itself, for nothing exists outside of consciousness. However, as you see, it is the mind that tries to divide everything, and make one thing true, another false, one good, another evil. This duality helps the mind to constantly find something new that it considers to be separate from itself in its highest understanding. This search is our life path, our direction, no matter how linear it may sound now. We move along this road and try to explore every facet of our experience in order to restore awareness of ourselves as Spirit.

I don't want to say that we are trying to get parts of ourselves back, although in some ways we are. However, in reality there is nothing to return; all these parts, in fact, are not even them, because everything is already One. Your choice on this path of life is not freedom, it is not unfreedom either. freedom presupposes that there is a thought about unfreedom itself, but there is nothing of this here, although at the same time it exists. You can choose any facet and explore it up and down, and it will create for you the illusion of freedom or lack of freedom, but when you combine more and more of these facets in yourself, you begin to understand that all these concepts are no longer part of you, because you are it is not absence or presence separately, but both in fusion, and neither of these. Your nature is so multidimensional and complex when you look as a human, and so empty when you look as God, that there is really nothing in it except itself. This is the absolute, this is endless eternity, this is everything and nothing at the same time!

Your possibilities are limitless, your potential is endless. Forget even about the word end or the word beginning, you have always been and always will be. Your choice is always the truth, don't you notice it? Whatever you choose, you will not cease to be the Truth - this is your divine essence. Truth is as dynamic as it is static, you cannot grasp it, because it is everywhere, it is in you, you already are it, it permeates your every decision, thought, situation, every cell of your body. Your choice is a self-sufficient truth, wherever you go, you will find yourself where you should be, no matter what you give up - it will always be with you, because there is nothing that is outside of yourself! You see your own reflection, but you cannot call it a reflection, because you do not know about it at the very moment when you play the role of a person, (or I would even say, only your mind thinks that it does not know, but your mind is part of CONSCIOUSNESS, and consciousness knows EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING, just as it knows absolutely nothing. And thus, even your mind is unable to actually separate your Eternal Presence at the center of Your Essence). You are always in the center, this is where great wisdom lies. You are both motionless and dynamic at the same time. You go nowhere and go anywhere. You are predestination and you are absolute freedom.

You can forget every word I said here and now, but you will never lose the experience of contact with the immensity that I have now tried to convey to you. You cannot forget about this experience, you always remembered it, you perceived only another facet of it. Your memory of every choice you make, every impulse of our or any other universe, pulsates endlessly inside your hearts. YOU are this memory. Your choice is empty and absolute, wherever you go you will always remain standing in the same place, and wherever you stand you will always come to the right place. You are capable of filling your choice with everything in this universe, and you are capable of burning it. When you go beyond any concepts, then the very concept of choice ceases to exist.

If you say that your choice is wrong, or vice versa, then you will be right, but right about creating another unique facet of your experience that will begin to create, create and express itself as Truth itself. In this regard, any human pain, suffering, injustice, any judgment regarding them will become truly correct and True. You see, if you fix yourself on a certain facet of your perception, in the end, of existence, then you create your own reality, woven into an infinite number of other realities, and this reality still interacts with the others, participating in the global process self-awareness, (both at the individual and collective level). And any experience in this regard can be called progressive, because it creates even more diversity, immensity, and dynamics on every dimension, as if projecting itself onto the entire universe. This is your choice, this is the Truth... There is wise saying that “he who knows the Truth becomes free.” Wisdom, in my opinion, lies here in the fact that such a person becomes free from herself, because when he tries to separate himself from it, he himself creates something that limits him, blocks him from the general flow of life in the Universe. As soon as he stops walking along the edges of himself, as the Truth in its other hypostasis, then he becomes it itself, and, therefore, gains the highest freedom (but, in reality, he has always been it!). Truth is God, and since God can do everything, he can forget that he is God. When you forget about yourself, you begin to look for yourself, you create a path and space where you can search and make choices. You create energy and aspects of your new beginnings, in order to learn how to create a diverse field for Games, you give it all dynamics, and watch it like in a film, being at the same time the one who watches, the one who plays the roles, and, of course, the film itself.

It will seem to some that I have not answered the questions originally posed. Although, I believe that each symbol of this article, as well as the compilation of them all into phrases and sentences, is this very answer. I will not hide that the answer lies in the questions themselves: “Am I doing the right thing?”... or... “What should I do, what should I do?”... I separately highlighted two pronouns - I and ME, the rest of the words are also no less are important, but now I will try to reveal the meaning of these ones, because they are central to these issues. If you were able to perceive everything quite appropriately within the framework of the concept that I proposed, then you probably felt the main idea that man is God himself in all the multidimensionality of his existence. When you use the word ME or I, you, of course, mean yourself, as a separately thinking being, so to speak, but if you take the concept of I on a broader scale, then it immediately begins to mean much more than just an individual. This is each of us, this is every situation, every atom, this is EVERYTHING that IS. Thus, you begin to understand that something needs to be done not only by you as a person, but also by each element of this amazing system. Try to combine all these elements in yourself, realize your involvement in each of them, your unique and indestructible connection with them. Your experience is their experience, their experience is yours! Remember that as YOU are, so is the Universe.

If situations or life circumstances have suddenly driven you into a dead end, and the pain has no end or edge in sight, then you have created a division in your personal space of being, to the extent that it will be appropriate for your comprehension of your own essence of God, the Universe, the Truth. And along with the obstacles, you always create keys to unlock them, this is the law of balance. This is the most important mechanism for your self-learning. You always strive for Unity, this is your essence, pain is your lesson to comprehend this essence, if you wish - an illusion. Integrate every piece of your experience through greater Awareness of yourself as an Immortal spirit. All you need to do is simply be. If you are aware, then you present, pass everything that happens in your life through your awareness, balance perception and your subtle vision between your heart and mind, follow your inner voice. Any doubts are transformed into confidence and positive aggression when the time comes for this, before moment accept yourself for who you are You are.

As I conclude my article, I want to remind each of you that everything I have written is necessary to bring the appropriate energy into the minds and hearts of those who will truly benefit from it. I sincerely believe that many of you will be able to reveal your potential as Gods, that you will be able to cultivate the Light of Love of the Creator within yourself, and realize it to fulfill your true destiny! This article is not an attempt to persuade you to accept another point of view, or an attempt to convince you of its truth. The truth is in you, and it’s up to you how skillfully you manage your limitless potential! Wishing you a conscious journey deeper and beyond yourself!

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

What is truth? Why do we need it? To become proud and thereby get closer to the gods? Yes, it’s easy - said the sons of Noah and began to build a staircase to heaven in order to ascend to the divine Olympus, learn the truth there and become free, and therefore immortal, like gods. As you know, the Babylonian adventure was interrupted by the Creator, and in order to prevent them from doing so again, He scattered the sons of men throughout the entire earth, giving them different languages ​​so that they could no longer understand each other’s speech. Since then, people have been encouraged to seek the truth in dispute.

Arguing is a normal, natural behavior of the inquisitive human mind. It is human nature to behave like an opponent arguing, defending his own position. However, none of this touches on the truth. You can defend your own opinion in a dispute , but I don’t know who came up with this ridiculous expression: “The truth is born in a dispute.” Nothing like this. I can confidently assure that In a dispute, truth disappears forever. Probably someone will decide that this statement of mine is also controversial.

Time passed, and the evolution of human consciousness followed steadily. And so many of the sons of men realized that there is a shorter path to the truth and that it is not at all necessary to build a stairway to heaven, but one can come to the truth through knowledge of oneself. Let man not be God, but he is similar to Him, and through similarity one can come in freedom, which may not be the freedom endowed by the Creator, but it will still be freedom similar to divine freedom. And let it not be divine immortality, but still freedom from human death.

And then humanity gave birth to the science of metaphysics - the doctrine of the primary foundations of all being, or the essence of the world, and the essence of the world was proposed to be known through human essence, its metaphysical essence.

In this article, the reader will be shown the path to the truth through the metaphysical study of man. So let's get started.

What is the truth in human understanding?

The Newest Philosophical Dictionary (edited by Gritsanov) gives a definition of truth: “the universal of culture of the subject-object series, the content of which is the evaluative characteristic of knowledge in the context of its relationship with the subject sphere, on the one hand, and with the sphere of procedural thinking, on the other.” Let's think about it, truth is...an evaluative characteristic of knowledge, etc.

Why do we need such truth as an evaluative characteristic? No, we need reliable truth that will lead us to freedom, to immortality, like God. However, it is worth thinking about this: when building your individual Tower of Babel, will there not come a moment in the construction when the Creator will see what the son of man is up to? He will destroy the structure, as he once did with the Tower of Babel of the sons of Noah. Don't worry - this won't happen. The fact is that in those distant times, after the flood era, humanity desired to achieve divinity, but in fact without demonstrating at all the readiness ... for a safe existence near God.

In fact, the Creator destroyed the tower and thereby saved people from the inevitable death of self-destruction. Unprepared human bodies would literally burn out from contact with the divine world, leaving not even ashes. Needs a lot of adaptation work human bodies(primarily the brain) to the divine “consuming fire”, which separates the divine world from the world of human existence, to which man must adapt and even accommodate it within himself. The fiery world, thus, is a barrier separating the world of the existence of gods from the world of human existence.

And if a person in his swords tries to somehow imagine the divine world of existence, this is nothing more than a fantasy of the mind. But our world of human existence is a dream in the Mind of God, although for humans it is the most objective reality. But here is what the science of Theosophy says about this. Theosophy (Greek theos - god and sophia - wisdom, knowledge) - divine wisdom, mystical knowledge of God, which already existed in ancient times - claims that ... our world is unprincipled, does not express any principle of the Creator and is, in fact, an illusion , mayey.

“The devil will break his leg from all this revelation,” the reader will exclaim, and he will be right. If your brain is boiling, it’s better to stop here. Only an inquisitive and trained mind can master what follows, because knowing the truth is a dangerous plunge into a whirlpool of fire. But otherwise there is no way to know what reality is, what the essence of truth is.

Cognitive dissonance arises due to the fact that there are, as it were, two mutually opposing theories of knowledge of truth. One of them is idealistic philosophy, which asserts the primacy of consciousness over matter, and the other, Marxist-Leninist philosophy, on the contrary, asserts the primacy of matter over consciousness. So, the definition of truth that is familiar to most people - “knowledge that correctly reflects reality” - is simple and, at first glance, even understandable - is based on the concept of materialist philosophy. Isn’t it true that there is a certain sense of uncertainty and understatement? This is because the truth here is associated with the reflection of reality and, of course, in the brain of the knower. But who can guarantee that the brain reflects correctly?

For me, the closest definition of truth, based on an idealistic concept, looks like this: truth is “not of this world.” But what does it mean? What worlds are we talking about and what is the essential difference between the worlds?

Three worlds of human existence

Let us first consider the phenomenal world - well known to us thanks to the developed five senses and the mind that synthesizes them into the sixth sense. The phenomenal world of phenomena is close and understandable to us. If something is even unclear, then science will help us, explain something, give us advice if something is unclear. However, it is no secret that in the phenomenal world not all phenomena are observable. However, what is invisible can be recorded using instruments. For example, a person cannot recognize most of the frequency spectrum of electromagnetic waves. We are able to at least feel thermal, infrared radiation as heat. We can observe the other side of the spectrum - ultraviolet radiation - indirectly, for example, as a manifestation of summer skin tanning. This is because the human eye is capable of perceiving an extremely narrow part of the spectrum of electromagnetic waves, in the range of approximately 400 to 780 nm. We detect electromagnetic waves in the radio frequency range using simple household receivers, telephones and many other gadgets.

All forms, all phenomena of our life, even those invisible and in no way perceptible by our senses, still belong to the world of phenomena. And if we do not register them, even with the help of instruments, this most likely indicates the imperfection of the recording devices or the inability of science to explain the phenomena. There are phenomena that we observe, but cannot explain their phenomenality. For example, ball lightning. However, there are cases when an object shows traces of its existence or impact on the phenomenal world of phenomena, but it is in no way possible to record the existence of such an object. For example, ordinary human conscience. It will bite her to death, but no one has ever seen her, and no one has recorded her with instruments.

In his article “Crisis Western philosophy» Vl. Solovyov describes such phenomena, something that does not belong to the phenomenal world - this is “... an incomprehensible, irrational element in any phenomenon, obviously, is its internal essence - Ding an sich, independent of our representation and relating to this latter as content to form” (V.S. Solovyov, Works in two volumes, volume 2, p. 57). It is clear that this subjective “something” belongs to another world. In contrast to the phenomenal world (the world of phenomena), let us call this world, in which the subjective principle of forms exists, the world of meanings.

For a person, the world of meaning is most often the world of his mental and mental existence. It also contains all sensory experiences, as well as the moral principles of the human race. In the world of meanings lie the origins of culture, traditions, all religions, as well as most mystical experiences. In the world of meanings lie the clues to many historical events, such as, for example, the causes October revolution in Russia and the collapse of the USSR.

There is another world, even more inaccessible to human perception than the world of phenomena. This is the world that initiates all events and all phenomena, even hidden ones. Based on this, let us call this world the world of causes. In fact, this world is the cause of everything. Everything that we observe and perceive with the help of the five senses, and then synthesize with the mind, is known to us as the world of phenomena; everything that is revealed to us thanks to the psychic and spiritual development– this is the world of meanings. So, both the world of phenomena and the world of meanings - all this is conditioned and generated by the world of causes.

In the world of causes lies the purpose and meaning of human evolution. In the world of causes lie the purposes of the existence of nations. In the world of causes lies the meaning of the mission of great human and divine avatars such as Buddha and Christ. From the world of causes the Great Initiates initiated the Great Atlantic Flood, and from the world of causes our planet is governed in the broadest and deepest sense. But here's what's important:

It is in the world of reasons that the RUSSIAN NATIONAL IDEA exists. To this day, there is no national idea in Russia precisely because they are looking for it in the wrong place.

Let me give an intermediate summary: I have very briefly presented three worlds - the world of phenomena, the world of meanings and the world of causes - in which a person exists, but does not always recognize them. The world of phenomena that is most accessible to human perception is known by a person with the help of the five senses. Like is known by like, says the ancient wisdom. Therefore, it is also possible to cognize the world of meanings and the world of causes with the help of appropriate instruments of perception, which are human attributes and belong to the corresponding worlds. Just as in the case of the world of phenomena, the events of the world of meanings and the world of causes must be reflected in the human mind and recorded by the brain. To understand how this works, it is not enough to understand the anatomical structure of a person, and here we cannot do without the science of metaphysics.

Man is a metaphysical construct

A newly born person, regardless of his spiritual status, until the age of seven is under the control of one animal soul, which forms instincts in a person, develops his sensitive and emotional nature, and also forms the rational mind responsible for rational thinking. The majority of people living on our planet live their lives in this way, limiting themselves to the control of only the animal soul. In the diagram (Fig. 1), the manifested person is a quaternary. The individual we personally observe can exist in manifestation only because of these four principles. In the diagram of Fig. 1, these four principles are indicated by points numbered 7, 8, 9, 10. Each principle expresses itself through a corresponding vehicle, or body. The destruction of any of these principles ceases the existence of a person in a dense body, but does not necessarily lead to death as an individual. In a word, for some people ordinary death does not mean the cessation of self-conscious existence in other bodies. But this is not typical for all individuals.

Let us take a closer look at the human quaternary, which determines the existence of man as an individual. The dense human body is one of the principles, and in the diagram (Fig. 1) it is represented by point 10. The remaining three principles of the human quaternary are represented by its three bodies: the rational principle (manas) is expressed through the mental body, or the body of the mind (in the diagram this is the point 7); the principle of desire is expressed by the sensual body (in the diagram this is point 8); the life principle (prana) is expressed through the etheric vehicle (in the diagram this is point 9). These three principles form in man his animal soul, just as in any creature of the animal kingdom. In the diagram (Fig. 1), the human animal soul is represented by a green triangle with vertices 7, 8, 9. The animal soul operates in four-dimensional space and consists mainly of astral, or sensory, matter.

There are two more triangles on the diagram. One of them, the blue triangle, is the human soul, which gives a person self-awareness, which distinguishes the latter from an animal. The human soul is located in five-dimensional space, and its body of manifestation consists of mental matter, or the matter of the mind. In occultism this vehicle is called the causal body. The human soul is a conductor of three principles: the principle of the concrete mind (point 5), the principle of spiritual love (point 4) and the principle of mental will (point 6). It is this soul that is considered (relatively) immortal and it is it that, after the usual earthly death a person is reincarnated again, taking control of a person after the age of seven. By the age of 21, the human soul completely restores its previous qualities achieved in the previous incarnation.

The third triangle in the diagram yellow color- This is the divine triangle. It is about him that the Gospel says: “...Christ is in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). It is the conscious presence of man in the body of the divine soul that is the goal of his evolution. The divine soul is located in six-dimensional space, and its body of manifestation consists of buddhic matter, or the matter of divine love (there is no other way to say it, because there is no corresponding term to describe the substance of which the matter of this plane consists). The divine soul is the conductor of three principles: the principle of the higher mind, or abstract mind (point 3); the principle of buddhi, or divine love (point 2); the principle of atma, or divine will (point 1). And if the human soul is active in approximately 1/3 of all humanity, then the divine soul is manifested in a very, very small number of sons of men.

In the diagram Fig. Figure 1 presents the metaphysical construction of a person who expresses himself through 10 principles. And when we talk about a perfect person, this means that all 10 principles are fully expressed in a person. But I haven't met anyone like that. Even Christ and Buddha do not express a full ten. And the reason is not in them, but in the fact that on our planet there is no corresponding substance from which it would be possible to build bodies that perfectly implement all 10 principles.

After we have examined the tools of human expression through its principles, we can now begin to examine directly the three worlds of human existence - the world of phenomena, the world of meaning and the world of causes - which are also designated and each highlighted in a corresponding color in Fig. 1. For greater clarity, in Fig. Figure 2 shows another diagram of a person, but based on the Kabbalistic spiritual tradition. Those who are familiar with the science of Kabbalah will see in the diagram the usual ten Sephiroth - from Keter to Malkuth - correspondence to the ten principles of man; ein soph, which corresponds to the triangle SPIRIT (Fig. 1), as well as the same three souls and three worlds: the world of phenomena, the world of meanings and the world of causes. The points expressing the principles in the diagram in Fig. 1, correspond to the numbers of the sephiroths of the diagram in Fig. 2. The two diagrams also contain “rainbow bridges”, antahkarana, connecting sephiroths 7, 5, 3, which corresponds to the 13th and 8th paths, according to Vladimir Shmakov’s book “Great Arcana of the Tarot”. It is these “rainbow bridges” or antahkarana that we will now discuss. But first, I suggest watching a short video posted on YouTube by the famous Siberian entrepreneur Andrei Kaletin. There is also an article on the Internet “The science of the antahkarana - the science of the new century”

In his ordinary life, a person always comes into contact with the phenomena of only the phenomenal world, which he registers with his five senses. A person’s rational mind, the sixth sense, is an instrument that synthesizes all five human senses and draws directly in the brain images of those phenomena to which a person responds. Let's look at the diagram. Let's take an ordinary person and consider him in relation to the diagram (Fig. 1). Such a person will lack the rainbow bridge (antahkarana), which connects the points (7, 5, and 3) on the diagram, the “rational mind of a person” with the “concrete mind of the soul” and the concrete mind of the soul with its abstract mind. That’s the whole (schematic) difference between an ordinary person with an unawakened human soul, and a person with an awakened soul, actively participating in the life of the individual.

Outwardly, people with a “sleeping” soul will actually be no different from those people whose human soul is active. On the planet, people with a “sleeping” human soul are the majority. These are ordinary people, and they are even more attractive to others. They are extremely emotional, savvy, smart, and sometimes even cunning. It’s easy to communicate with such people; they are the soul of any company. Such people have greater health and better adaptability to external factors. This incident is easily explained by the fact that when the soul begins to delve into the life of its personality, it certainly begins to make its own adjustments to the life of the subject and, most importantly, begins to prepare its instrument - the personality - for itself, taking into account its mission, its own goal. If such an event suddenly happens to a person, then in this case the individual first of all begins to change his environment. His temperament also changes, his values ​​change, and many other things change in his life.

I'll bring you interesting example from the Gospel of Matthew. We read: “...I came to divide a man with his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law. And a man’s enemies are his own household.” (Matthew 10:36) Why do people suddenly close to a person suddenly become his enemies? The explanation is simple. When a person’s soul awakens and begins to take an active part in the life of the individual, the first thing that happens is that the environment changes. His family are people associated with the life of a person under the influence of the animal soul. The human soul, taking control of the animal soul, and therefore the personality, changes the person’s environment to a new group - those with whom the mission will be carried out.

I hope you have watched the video about the antahkarana, which means I don’t need to write much about it. Let me just add: this term, present in the spiritual tradition of Buddhism, is also used in the Hindu practice of Raja Yoga. However, this concept is also found in Christianity. For example, in the Bible we read: “I set my rainbow in the cloud, that it might be a sign of the [eternal] covenant between me and the earth” (Gen. 9:13) and also, “And I saw another mighty angel descending from heaven, clothed with a cloud; over his head was a rainbow, and his face was like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire...” (Rev. 10:1).

In the first excerpt - from the Old Testament - we are given two symbols: a rainbow and a cloud. Helping us understand these symbols is a second excerpt - from the New Testament - which explains the essence of the cloud. An angel descending from heaven symbolizes the descent of the spirit, which must necessarily take on some form. The symbol of this form is a cloud. The entry of the spirit gives birth to a son and this will be the spiritual triad or divine soul of man (see the diagram in Fig. 1), symbolically represented as a face shining with the sun. Since he descends from heaven, it means that he is a god-man, or an adept, and the rainbow indicates the fact that he has completely built a spiritual bridge (antahkarana), and therefore he is present on earth, being in the consciousness of god.

The rainbow bridge, which connects the rational mind of a person (point 7) with the manasic principle of his own (human) soul (point 5), makes a person aware of the existence of this very soul. And when this happens, a person’s life changes. It can be smooth and slow, but it can also be sharp. Saul of Tarsus, who was constantly surrounded by soldiers when he was transformed into the Apostle Paul, very quickly changed his environment to those with whom he had to fulfill the mission of Jesus. In three days, Saul's human soul took control of his personality and completely turned his life around. Yes, so much so that it didn’t seem like much. At the same time, the soul revealed to the newly minted Pavel new world, the world of meanings.

It is thanks to the antahkarana that a world of meaning opens up to a person. The world of meanings is perceived by the human soul in the same way as the world of phenomena is registered by the five senses, and the result is analyzed by the rational mind of a person and recorded directly by the brain. The soul has a concrete mind, and if the person who has built the antahkarana connects the rational mind with the concrete mind of the soul, then the truth will appear before the person not only as a certain phenomenon or occurrence, but the meaning of the revealed phenomena will also be revealed. From this moment on, a person becomes aware not only of the objective essence of all things and historical events, but also of their subjective component. Now a person has a new tool for studying existence, and the truth opens up additional dimensions of objective reality for such a thinker.

For example, a historian no longer needs to explain some events with other historical facts. Now he is able to recognize their meaning. As a result, many historical events that seem interconnected at first glance may actually turn out to be due to completely different reasons. In the world of meanings, plans for the development and decline of many nations and civilizations are drawn up. In the world of meanings lie explanations for most historical events in the life of Russia. Nevertheless, the true origin of these events is determined by a completely different world - the world of causes, and this will be discussed further.

On the plane of mind there is one more point - the abstract mind - which belongs to the divine soul of man. If the body of the human soul (causal body) is formed from mental substance, and therefore the human soul has another name - the son of the mind, then the divine soul arises as a result of the direct entry of the Spirit into matter and, as a result, the birth of the Son, or immanent God. The divine soul of man is Christ, present in everyone, as the Apostle Paul said. So, it is the divine soul of man (spiritual triad) that is capable of contact directly with the Creator Himself! With its third aspect, the abstract mind, the Divine soul of man (spiritual triad) comes into contact with the Intellect of God, its second aspect becomes a conductor of Divine Love, and the first aspect of the spiritual triad expresses the Will of God. This is an extremely important awareness, since it gives an understanding of how a person can make mental contact with the Creator and, by penetrating His Mind, become aware of His Plans and Purpose.

When the human soul of a developed personality reaches the peak of its own maturity, it continues further construction of the rainbow bridge, antahkarana, (in the diagram of Fig. 1 from point 3 to point 5) and thus the specific mind of the soul unites with the higher mind belonging to the divine soul, which responds on the Intelligence, Love and Will of God. Now the world of causes will appear before the admiring gaze of the human soul, and the truth will be fully revealed. Such a soul, in incarnation, will already play the role of a prophet.

Eventually…

Let us return, however, to the beginning of the article – the problem of “Truth”. It’s probably now more clear why the truth is “not of this world.” To understand the essence of things and phenomena, it is necessary to perceive their objective and subjective components. To do this, it is necessary not only to operate with the phenomena of the phenomenal world, but also to penetrate into the worlds of meanings and reasons. Of course, this is not easy to implement. Moreover, this cannot be achieved without a positive attitude towards accepting the concept of the existence of three worlds - the world of phenomena (phenomenal world), the world of meanings (spiritual world) and the world of causes (the world of divine expression, the world of the divine soul). Accepting this theory, it is now possible to define truth. Truth is a philosophical category that demonstrates the completeness and depth of human perception of the world, any things and phenomena from the position of their manifestation in three worlds - the world of phenomena, the world of meaning and the world of causes. To summarize, it should be added that the world of causes is the world of energies, the world of God’s Purpose and His initiating Will, just as the world of meanings is the world of God’s forces and Plans, and the world of phenomena is the world of activity and the final realization of what the Creator intended.

Most people, trying to understand some phenomena of social life, explain some events by other events if there is a correlation between them. However, few people realize that all phenomena in the phenomenal world are caused by the world of causes. Let's take this example. Studying Napoleon's military campaigns, historians, tracing events in time and space, tried to understand his historical role by resorting to the study historical facts. The intricacies of historical events indicated their obvious interconnection.

The true meaning of the Napoleon phenomenon remained hidden for a long time. As a result, it turned out that at the Congress of Vienna he was recognized as “the enemy of all mankind.” Only after a long time, having penetrated deeper into the essence of the historical events of Napoleon's time (that is, actually penetrating into the world of meanings), the true meaning of his European campaign became clear. The soul of the great conqueror used ambition as an instrument of Napoleon's personality and directed his actions to destroy the rule of monarchical dynasties in Europe. The reason for all this was the single goal - the unification of Europe.

Let's move on to politics - one of the most active areas of human activity. At first glance, everything in politics is always confusing, nothing is clear, much is hidden. This happens because people operate with phenomena, or facts, that often seem interconnected. In fact, they have nothing in common with each other. Moreover, it can be difficult to find explanations for some political and economic events, and then they resort to conspiracy theories. They say that there are some hidden organizations (masons, secret lodges, secret governments, etc.), which, by pressing on certain springs, control the authorities of states.

This is all nonsense. It’s nonsense – it’s not that there are no such organizations. They certainly exist. It is nonsense that they rule the planet. Although these organizations are called secret, they exist in the world of phenomena. We don’t see or know them only because additional tools are needed to recognize them. For example, if you use hidden microphones, satellites, some other new recording, tracking equipment, etc., then you can find similar organizations, and quite easily. As they say, it’s all about technique and there would be a desire.

However, real management on the planet is carried out according to a higher Plan, and this Plan is made up in the world of meanings. The Plan implements the Goal. The goal is static, the Plan - the projection of the Goal in time and space - is dynamic and changes depending on the circumstances, time and place. In addition, we must not forget about the so-called “free choice of man,” which also applies to any nation.

I conclude: Only by delving into the world of meanings will we be able to understand the history of human existence on the planet. Only by penetrating into the world of meanings will we be able to understand, for example, the reasons for the outbreak of the First and Second World Wars (although this is the same war with a break). Only by penetrating the world of meaning can we understand why so many Jews died in World War II. Only by penetrating into the world of meanings can we understand what happened to Russia in 1917. Only by penetrating into the world of meanings will we be able to understand the true reason for the collapse of the USSR. Only by delving into the world of meanings will we be able to understand a lot not only in relation to our country, but also other states and world processes in general.

And most importantly: only by penetrating into the world of meanings will we be able to understand what we – living on the territory of a great country called Russia – should do next, where to go, who to call ourselves (Russians or Russians), what policies to pursue within the country and beyond its borders .

By penetrating into the world of causes, one can comprehend the Purpose of the Creator, thereby expressing His Will on the entire planet. In relation to such a great nation as Russia, this will be its national idea.

And in conclusion, I suggest watching the video “National Idea” from Russian businessman Andrey Kaletin – half a million views on YouTube alone

Achieving true knowledge is the main goal and value cognitive activity person. However, difficulties in understanding the nature of truth arise as soon as the word “truth” itself is uttered. The fact is that it is immediately associated in the mind with a whole spectrum of terms that are close in meaning: truth, correctness, conformity with the law, authenticity, reliability, correctness, evidence, accuracy, revelation, etc.

In philosophy today we can indicate the following concepts of truths:

· Classical theory truths. Truth is the correct reflection of an object, a process in individual cognition.

· Coherent concept considers truth as the correspondence of some knowledge to others.

· Pragmatic concept. This concept says that what is useful for a person is considered truth.

· Conventional concept. Truth is what the majority believes.

· Existentialist concept. Truth is freedom. This is a process, on the one hand, in which the world opens up to us on the one hand, and on the other hand, a person himself is free to choose in what way and with what he can understand this world.

· Neo-Thomistic concept. It says that truth is God's revelation.

· Existential (ontological) aspect. Truth is seen here as a property of being itself and even as being itself.

Philosophical interpretations of truth:

· Materialistic interpretation. Truth is the correspondence of our knowledge to objective reality, which is established by socio-historical practice.

· Metaphysical interpretation. Truth is a kind of complete state, it is eternal, given once and for all, and does not require additional study or clarification.

· Dialectical interpretation. Truth is a gradual process of greater and greater agreement between an object and a concept.

Types of truth:

· Absolute truth- complete, accurate, exhaustive knowledge of reality that cannot be refuted. The development of science is characterized by the desire for absolute truth as an ideal, but the final achievement of this ideal is impossible: reality cannot be completely exhausted, and with each new discovery new questions arise.

· Relative truth- this is fair, but incomplete knowledge about something. Every discovery is a step towards absolute truth: in any relative truth there is some part of the absolute truth.

· Objective truth- this is knowledge that does not depend on human consciousness, it is the truth about an object in itself. An example of objective truth: The Earth revolves around the Sun.

· Subjective truth- knowledge about something that depends on the characteristics of the subject of knowledge. An example of a subjective truth: The earth is the center of the world. This is what medieval theologians thought.

Democritus 460-370 BC Democritus’s statement “the world is made of atoms” contains a moment of absolute truth. In general, the truth of Democritus is not absolute, since it does not exhaust reality. Modern ideas about the microworld and elementary particles more accurate, but they do not exhaust reality as a whole. Each part contains as part relative truth, and part of the absolute.

Criteria of truth:

· Practice (experience, experiment, practical implementation)– the most reliable criterion. Only a statement proven by practice and the experience of many generations is recognized as true.

· Psychological criterion– that which does not raise any doubt is true.

· Aesthetic criterion– true knowledge is aesthetically harmonious and beautiful.

Scientific and extra-scientific knowledge. Scientific criteria.

The science- this is a form of spiritual activity of people aimed at producing knowledge about nature, society and knowledge itself, with the immediate goal of comprehending the truth and discovering objective laws.

According to the subject and method of cognition, the following sciences can be distinguished:

· nature - natural science;

· society - social science (humanities, social sciences);

· cognition and thinking - logic, epistemology, dialectics.

A separate group consists of technical sciences. Modern mathematics is a very unique science.

Key Features scientific knowledge(scientific criteria):

systematic

· theoretical completeness

· logical correctness

· confirmation by experience

· use of scientific methods.

Extra-scientific knowledge. In addition to the scientific, there are other forms of knowledge and cognition that do not fit into the above criteria of scientificity. Non-scientific forms include everyday, philosophical, religious, artistic, figurative, playful and mythological knowledge. In addition, non-scientific forms of knowledge also include magic, alchemy, astrology, parapsychology, mystical and esoteric knowledge, the so-called “occult sciences”, etc. This means that the theory of knowledge cannot be limited to the analysis of scientific knowledge only, but must explore all its other diverse forms that go beyond the boundaries of science and the criteria of scientific knowledge.