Reality vs Truth

Reality is defined as absolutely everything that exists. It is the ultimate foundation of existence, though its exact inner workings and ultimate nature remain completely unknown to us.

Truth, with a capital T, is the complete and exact representation of Reality in its totality. Because there is only a single Reality, there can only be one absolute Truth.

However, absolute Truth can only be known in theory, not in practice, because achieving it would require knowing the exact position, direction, and motion of every single particle in the universe. Because this level of total comprehension is impossible, humans cannot ever grasp Truth.

Instead of absolute Truth, we rely on personal “truths,” which are highly simplified approximations of Reality. These personal “truths” are constructed from patterns we observe and encoded using the “stories” we tell ourselves. While these simplifications are necessary to help us navigate daily life, they are subjective, incomplete, and fundamentally are not Reality itself.

Furthermore, we emphasize that Reality encompasses everything without division, explicitly rejecting many common philosophical and spiritual dualities. There is no valid distinction between a “material” reality and a “spiritual” reality, nor is there a separation between “illusion” (maya) and “truth” (satya). These categories do not exist as separate objective domains; they are all equally part of the same single Reality.

Any perceived division between them is simply a limitation of our own perception or the technological instruments we possess, and would be more accurately described as the difference between the “visible” and the “invisible”. We use the analogy of looking at an object with the naked eye versus examining it under a microscope. The naked eye’s view might be considered a mere “illusion” relative to the highly detailed “truth” provided by the microscope, but they are not two different realities. They are simply two different lenses through which we are observing the exact same Reality.