What’s your version of the truth?

I’ve come to realise over the years that there are many versions of what one might call the truth. What got me started down this thought path a while back was when I heard the statement that “one man’s terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.” At first I used to think how can someone support (what I call) terrorism and yet still have a conscience. The simple answer I eventually concluded was that it must be wrapped up in what they believed. 

That then got me thinking as to how our beliefs are formed, or put another way, how our version of the truth is formed. I found that this was not an easy question to answer citing genetics, the environment, the society we live in and in more modern days, the media we consume as possible factors. 

As I fast forward to my thinking today, I wonder how society and their version of truth might be enhancing or diminishing their life experience post lockdown. Is their version of the truth holding them back and perhaps more importantly, are they blind to this new truth?

I remember one of my mentors telling me a while back that “a belief is only a thought you keep thinking.” If we accept that the truth we subscribe to is wrapped up inextricably with our beliefs, then isn’t it quite simply a change in our thought, will lead to a change in our belief and therefore create a new version of our truth?

If this is the case, isn’t the principle for creating a new truth simply this formula?

If it is, then we could be much closer to shining brighter than ever post Covid than many would have you believe.