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Nature Of Reality Essay

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Is there any question in the world for which we may have the true answer? Or is there any concept that is so precise that no one should doubt about? Life is about discovering and creating our own pathway and about the opportunity given to us to identify the nature of reality and truth. According to oxfords dictionary truth can be defined as “The true of an actual state of a matter” Truth is not a subjective concept. This means it’s not based upon personal opinions, assumptions, interpretations and beliefs. In fact, truth is theological it is the reality that god has created and defined.

When we were young little kids we used to ask ourselves, and our parents questions every time such as why is the sky blue? Where is god? Why aren’t there any more dinosaurs? Now when we’re older we question ourselves less often but we still do it quite regularly. We can’t stop questioning since us, human beings are constantly curious meaning it’s a strong desire from our part to know …show more content…

This will help us interact with objects and people who surround us. Now, the question is will perception help us visualize the true nature of reality? I will now use this way of knowing as an example. I find myself right now sitting down in the kitchen, and I can see a transparent glass table that feels cold and hard to touch. Beside it there is a grey mug made out of porcelain with coffee inside which is quite hot. Is my perception indicating the true colors of the mug and the table? I had my doubts. Due to this, when I stood up and visualized the two objects from another angle, I could deduce that the table was transparent blue and that the mug was white. However due to the reflection of the light I saw them different. Since I doubted my initial perception, I therefore stood up, to verify whether this was correct or wrong. After, I could say that my initial perception was

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