Many scholarly individuals are on a search for truth. Coming into college, I was the same way, but after many religious, philosophical, and psychological classes, I am starting to get the impression that truth for the human being as a whole is not realistically attainable. Instead, we are learning from what we perceive to be truth and building upon those ideas our own individuals worlds. With that in mind, the truth we are searching for is not global, but personal.
One of the primary examples I could think of to examine this idea would be the usage of hallucinagenic drugs. When a person is on these substances, their brains dynamic's literally change which causes the person to perceive a new reality. There is no way to say that this reality is any less "real" than a person's reality without drugs.
The reason I bring this idea up for this class is that many religious experiences that have been discussed in class have been under a state where brain functioning is different than usual. Tribes who mutilate their bodies could be experiencing trancendence because of extreme exhaustion. Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammed all fasted during their lifetime and attained transcedence. Once they found truth in these experiences, they were able to relate to common people a truth which they discovered. It is certainly possilbe that these truths were only the truth for them, and the people who relate to these religious beings are using these holy people's realities to guide their own search for reality.
My conclusion from this is that human beings will never find the global idea of "truth." Instead, we will each relate to common experiences and live our lives based on our perceptions.
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