Can You Handle The Truth?

Things have become so complicated (who did what in the terrorist attacks around the world) that I just sigh.  A read of Jean's column confirms this.

CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?

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I admire people who tell the truth.  Who put their lives on the line for humanity?  I appreciate the work Jean and others are doing. 

Discernment is key when reading anything spoken as the truth.  This is nothing new.  There are lots of people pulling scare tactics on all sides.  Charlatans. The only saving grace for all of us is karma.  Negativity is more powerful than anyone can imagine.  It does come back to you.  The same is true of positivity. 

And those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers. (Plato, Republic)

The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers are kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands, while the many natures now content to follow either to the exclusion of the other are forcibly debarred from doing so. This is what I have hesitated to say so long, knowing what a paradox it would sound; for it is not easy to see that there is no other road to happiness, either for society or the individual. (Plato, Republic)

When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence. (Plato, Republic)

 http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Plato-Philosopher.htm

May truth always keep you free.