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@Dodo Consciousness=existence is held true in some traditions, like Advaita, in others not. But why give any concept, existence or consciousness or bliss or nothingness or brahman, a privileged position in relation to absolute truth? (Not a leading question, I don't have a good answer!)

What is 'what-is' in the statement: The truth is what-is. ?

@Dodo But why equate existence with absolute truth? Why not nothingness? Or consciousness or spirit or brahman? Why does existence get such a privileged position?

@Osaid Merci. :-)

@UnbornTao "Nobody here knows what anything is." BOOM! :-)

@Osaid "Absolute truth points to what exists." From whose/what point of view? In what context?

@AerisVahnEphelia Sorry, I fail to fathom. 'There is nothing that exists.' Or, 'Nothing(ness) is an existent.' Help! :-)

Say 'truth' is an idea, a human invention. Will it show itself as that?

> Absolutely everything is a fantasy. For years I've been thinking something similar: Everything is a story. Only for me, some stories are more fantasy, others closer to the truth. (Or maybe truth is also a story?) And I keep asking myself the question: Is there anything that is *not* a story? The top candidate: that which is not touched by thought. Take 'pure awareness' (should there be such a thing). Naming and describing it is a story. But is the actual state of pure awareness a story?

Something like: The truth is the truth?