Unrelative Truth

Sorry to report, there's no "My Truth." Find out why in this mini podcast.

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Transcript

Unrelative Truth 

The following is something I wrote 11 years ago and it contains a version of a phrase that I've come to despise: "My Truth." Here's what I wrote.

We all speak "our truth" from time to time – The relative truth.

Relative truth is connected to the truth but it’s not the whole truth. It’s like a blindfolded person holding on to an elephant’s tail and claiming it’s the whole elephant.

“Unrelative Truth” is the whole truth and it’s rarely spoken. That fact leaves us with lots of confusion, miscommunication and, may I say, prevarication.

What is Unrelative Truth? It’s the truth that has no opposite. Most people don’t want their truth confused with the facts. If there is an opposite to what you or someone else is claiming to be true, you only have your truth, not THE truth.

The closest most of us come to “Unrelative Truth” is when we parrot reality. “I am writing this sentence at 6:46 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 12, 2013” is reality. If I say, “I am writing a profound sentence at 6:46 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 12, 2013,” I only have the relative truth. The minute someone legitimately claims it’s not “profound,” my truth has an opposite and disintegrates.

This is just a reminder to take notice of what you are espousing as the truth. Chances are it has a snowball’s chance in hell to stand up to the heat of opposite.

Please continue to have your opinions because they are the grist that, when tested, get us all closer to the truth. Just don’t claim that your opinion is the truth or you’ll need more tissues for your Pinocchio nose.

Speaking less of your truth will keep your arguments to a minimum and, more importantly, will get you closer to the absolute truth. That last sentence, if you hadn’t noticed, was an opinion. The only way to find out if it’s relatively true is to take it for a test drive and see if it bumps into some opposition.

Final opinion: The whole truth and nothing but the truth, even in court, is rarely spoken.

All the best,

John