Intellectual self-consciousness recognizes the spiritual beauty of truth through the unerring response of the Spirit of Truth, as it can be lived out and experienced, leading to true happiness. [1]
The comprehension of truth, beauty, and goodness in worlds settled in light and life is fully concerned with the revelation of Deity to time and space. [2] The perception of relative goodness and evil-contrasted truth guides the choices of evolving souls toward eternal survival. [3] Truth is revealed through autorevelation by the indwelling Adjuster and epochal revelation by celestial agencies. [4]
Discover the beauty and happiness of truth through intellectual self-consciousness and the unerring response of the ever-present Spirit of Truth, best known by its spiritual flavor. [5] Truth, beauty, and goodness are coherent, replete, symmetrical, divinely real, and ultimately attractive, stabilizing, and enriching. [6] Truth, defined only by living, cannot be imprisoned and dies in human formulation. [7]
The final, uniform, and universal truth of divine origins may manifest differently in the narratives of spiritual experiences due to the inherent relativity of personal knowledge and individual experiences, while always aligned with the eternal, infinite, and universal truths established by the First Great Source and Center. [8] Spirit reigns in the soul, revealing divine truth experienced at the highest levels of consciousness. [9] True spiritual enlightenment is felt most in adversity. [10] Truth, beauty, and goodness stand as finite maximums of ideational experience, emanating from the eternal sources of divinity on superfinite levels. [11] The greatest truth mortal man can ever hear is the gospel of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. [12] Truth is inconcussible, adaptable, radiantly alive, a safety valve in the monotony of self-contemplation and shock of unexpected fact. [13] The intellectual foundation of religion is the truth that binds science and philosophy. [14] Those who do the divine will shall comprehend the validity of spiritual values and find the way of truth. [15] Truth is a living spirit relationship of all things and beings, guiding evolving personalities towards discerning between truth and error. [16] Man's quest for a better understanding of truth is his effort to discern God in mind, matter, and spirit. [17]
Truth is possessed only by exercise of faith, inspiring man's thoughts, wisdom, ethics, and ideals to rise higher through profound reflection, self-criticism, and moral consciousness. [18] All knowledge and understanding are relative, but truth is a living, flexible factor that expands in the present. [19]
The goodness values of divinity are the mercy ministries of spirit personalities to time-space creatures, reflecting the eternal Deity's supreme concepts. [20] Truth, beauty, and goodness are value-realizations of God-consciousness, divinity, and are correlated in personality as love, mercy, and ministry. [21]
Buddhism's great advance lies in understanding the relativity of truth, reconciling divergencies within scriptures and between religions, teaching that small truth is for little minds and large truth for great minds. [22] The Chinese worship of truth sparked bold research and discovery of natural laws and human potential. [23]
Perpetuating truth prior to printing was challenging due to the absorption of new doctrines into older beliefs, making it easy to lose sight across generations. [24] Half in ridicule and half in sincerity, Pilate questioned, “Truth, what is truth—who knows?”. [25]
Truth always has advantage over error, as faith triumphs over doubt and fear with convincing evidence of spiritual certainty. [26] The great and living truths of the kingdom will drive out all serious error. [27] The truth I have taught them purifies and inspires them to be sanctified in the heavenly kingdom. [28] The truth shall make you free from intellectual bondage and establish the new and living way for spiritual uplift. [29] God is the primal reality, eternal truth, and universal spirit as the First Source and Center of all created intelligences in the material realms. [30] Hunger for truth essential for entering kingdom, salvation. [31] The iron band of so-called unchanging truth holds one blindly in a closed circle of cold fact, obscuring the artistic triumphs of truth. [32] The maximum truth is imparted to the mind of perfect poise in a body of clean habits. [33]
The ascension plan relies on sharing truth and experiences with others immediately upon attainment, serving as teachers to those following behind in the school of Paradise progression. [34]
One is not reckoned as possessing truth until he has shared it with others, as the true religionist seeks to bestow wisdom and experiences upon their fellows. [35] The eternal truth sustains the universe with the desire for union with the Supreme. [36]
The sincere pursuit of truth leads to God, who never forgets sincerity. [37] Seekers for truth, humble and teachable, are rewarded now with spiritual wealth and happiness within their own hearts. [38] The more truth we know, the more truth we are, enabling us to understand the past and comprehend the future regardless of time constraints. [39]
Truth is veiled from the wise and arrogantly self-assured, and yet unveiled to those with a humble and innocent heart; the Father's mysterious ways bring revelation to the willing, offering rest and peace beyond comprehension. [40] Man is gradually backing into truth through long, painful experience, progressing from error to the threshold of truth. [41] The Inspired Trinity Spirits impart truth superconsciously, bridging the gap in the universal scheme of moral enlightenment and spiritual advancement. [42] The authority of truth resides in the spirit within its living manifestations, not in the words of less illuminated men from another era. [43] The ministry of Paradise Sons is the special bestowal of eternal truth upon all peoples. [44] Old and true wisdom must endure, while new falsehoods should always be shunned, but embrace the new truths with faith and courage. [45] The hunger for truth as a revelation is essential for unveiling the reality of man's spiritual insight into the cosmos. [46] False teachers, frightened by new revelations of truth, drag hungry souls back into the dim and distant past. [47] The truth is best understood through divine guidance but can only be critiqued effectively through revelation, not through human reasoning. [48]
Jesus, the unfailingly genuine truth giver, enlightened and liberated the hearts of men with his stalwart strength of character. [49] Jesus embraced truth, no matter the apparent source, even choosing to adopt the title “the Son of Man” from the partially accredited Book of Enoch. [50] The deceptive betrayal by Judas exemplified the consequences of failing to love truth with one's whole soul. [51]
Humor serves as a safety valve to lessen the shock of unexpected truths, providing insight and relief from the pressures of self-contemplation and noble pursuits. [52]
Law is not just a set of rules, it is the essence of life; falsehood is not simply a narrative technique, but a deliberate distortion of truth; and the artistic triumph of truth lies in creating new pictures from old facts. [53] Truth, beauty, and goodness are not inherent in physics, demonstrating that the mind is unapart from matter. [54]
Allowing the truth to strike into the heart with living roots is essential for enduring support in times of trouble and persecution. [55] Base life on highest consciousness of truth, beauty, and goodness through wisdom, worship, faith, and love. [56] Be valiant in defense of righteousness, mighty in the promulgation of truth, and gentle in your dealings with erring mortals. [57] Believe in the truth, despite all appearances to the contrary. [58] Enhanced truth passes through personal experience, leading to new beauty and spiritual gains that glorify the Father in heaven. [59]
The roots of truth in your heart must be nourished by spiritual communion and social service to fulfill your life's service as a kingdom believer serving in civil government. [60]
Man must grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible, desiring to follow truth wherever it leads, harmonizing the findings of science and the insights of religion through a truth-dominated personality. [61] Freely receive and forgive, as you have been forgiven, and freely give the truth of heaven to your fellows on earth. [62] Feed the milk of truth to spiritual babes, grinding the grains of truth in the mill of living experience for easy reception by all. [63] Do not doubt truth even when persecuted, for I will always be with you, praying for your peace and abundance amidst tribulation. [64] Whet your associates' appetites for truth and offer advice only when requested. [65]
The argumentative defense of any proposition is inversely proportional to the truth contained. [66]
Overanalyzing and dismembering truth can lead to confusion and misinterpretation; true understanding is found in embracing it as a whole, living spiritual reality. [67] Do not discount truth because of its apparently human source; seek the word of God with a spiritual attitude of sincere trust and simplicity. [68] Promulgate truth not by secular laws, but by morally fragrant individuals freely sharing with those desiring to do the Father's will. [69] Do not slight eternal truth because it is sometimes accompanied by obsolete ideas about the physical world. [70] Caligastia and Lucifer, both untruthful leaders who betrayed their trust. [71]
Man's conceptual understanding of truth is only relatively true, serving as a scaffold for cosmic comprehension that must eventually give way to higher perspectives. [72]
It is a mistake to always speak one's mind without spiritual discernment, as sincerity must be modulated in accordance with the intellectual and spiritual development of the listener. [73] No celestial beings will assist us until we act on the truth we possess. [74] No creed is uniquely The Truth; all religions can benefit from sharing the best truths found in other faiths. [75] Jesus taught the apostles only what they could assimilate, avoiding confusion by not presenting truth beyond their capacity. [76]
The reckoning required according to what is given ensures that only those faithful servants who grow in the knowledge of the truth can enter fully into the joy of their Lord. [77] Truth can be distorted by factual correctness, leading to a false belief in the resurrection of Jesus. [78] Service of truth is not a substitute for genuine religious experience. [79]
Seek truth, expand your soul, and water the garden of your heart, for sometimes error is so great that its rectification by revelation would be fatal to emerging truths. [80] Truth does not resent honest examination, for it courts the full light of comprehension and rejoices in the illumination of scientific research. [81]
When truth is rigidly confined to self-righteous boundaries, it loses its life-giving power and becomes stagnant, as seen in the spiritually dying state of the Jews. [82]
When light is not lived up to, it can turn into darkness within the soul, which is why Jesus allowed Judas to continue, striving to transform and save him. [83]
The Spirit of Truth, personification of truth, draws all truth seekers towards the Creator Sons in the local universe. [84]
Intellectual self-consciousness can discover the beauty of truth through the unerring response of the ever-present Spirit of Truth, leading to happiness and the realization of divine truth in experience. [85]
The Spirit of Truth, cooperating with the indwelling Adjuster, will guide us into all truth when our mortal nature is upstepped by the nature of the Material Sons of God. [86] Truth is made accessible by Adjuster and Spirit of Truth to the wisdom-endowed individual. [87]
See also: UB 132:3.