relative

people talk about truth and the relativity of truth in the postmodern world and whether or not there is absolute truth and the nature of reality. if this world were the true reality, we would know nothing of any other world, ask no questions about other worlds. we would have no reason to question our existence or our circumstances or our being. this is just a place of shifting shadows. the true reality, the truth, lies somewhere deeper than this place. and we have a part of it in us. that's why we know it's there. it's part of us. and because this world is just a metaphor for something better, we cannot trust it to be true to us. it contains truth but it is not truth itself. if we seek the truth in the things of this world we won't find it there. only inconsistency. a metaphor has to have some deeper meaning to convey, some point of reference in order to make sense. a shadow must have a source. a reflection must be reflected by something real. and our world is just a reflection, a shadow. and isn't that why man must explain his life and his world with religion? because somehow it is hardwired into our minds that our story must fit into some greater context. we are not the beginning and the end. only somewhere in between. we know this or we wouldn't even have to ask why we were here. there would be no reason to ask. this world makes sense only when it is placed within a bigger context. here we have the shadow, but the truth lies in the one who casts the shadow. in Christ we find the Truth. our God is reality. our God is.
and his reflection speaks of all his wonder and majesty and love and beauty, but none of it makes sense without him. but if he is given the point of reference, if he becomes the cornerstone, the one whose reflection we now see, then the rest falls into place. the true reality is in the heavenly realms, it is Spirit.
the physical world is less real than we would like to believe. and it is relative because it is not the truth itself, only a shifting tool which points us to a higher truth.



now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face
--1 Corinthians 13:12