About the Cabin
on May 19 in Philosophy by T.M. CoalSo what is the “Ivory Cabin”? As I was lying in bed one night I was contemplating how often it is that the people we look to for the facts about our world and the ways to think in it have become lifted up with pride and contentment. No longer do they live down among the common man and woman, they have left these “lowly” masses for the beauty of their “Ivory Tower”.
Religious leaders, scientist, philosophers, gurus, prophets, and teachers of all kinds act like they are the only ones on earth who can explain and understand the meaning of life. They have treated “truth” like a fairy tale princess and locked it up in an exceedingly high tower lest it be mistreated and abused by common humanity.
However this is not the only crime of the intellectually elite, not only do they lock what little truth that we humans have away in large words, pricey schools and prideful hearts, they also build walls and fences around each of us lest we should go beyond what we have been told and find it to be false, or find something new altogether.
Is this the way it should be? Is “truth” some elite thing that is only able to be known by a select few? Do we really know all there is to know about where we have come from and where we are going? Is there any grounds for the common pride that modern humanity has about the amount of knowledge it posses? I think that the answer to all these is a resounding “No” and that is one of the main reasons I dreamed up this web site. I want to lead the minds and hearts of as many as I can to take control of their own life and soul, to no longer fill their minds with the opinions of other humans, but to think and look for themselves. There is too much error and lies to do anything otherwise.
Truth is not some exalted royalty that never mingles with the masses, “truth” is a town crier, boldly standing on the corner of main street. There she weeps about the flaws and evils in each of our lives and societies, as well as lifts up our eyes so that we might see there is beauty, goodness, and hope enough to heal them all.
Not only this but the “truth” about the existence of humanity, where we came from and where we are going, is far from being completely known. There is a great many who profess to have all the answers but there are none who do. From birth we are taught to believe a certain thing or act a certain way, we are pressured by the culture and subcultures we are in to accept their “norms” (what is commonly accepted as “right” and “fact”) and their laws as “truth”. We are no longer taught “how” to think but “what” to think. Prejudice and dislike are used in place of reason and logic, while shame and guilt become the prods with which the “masters” keep us in line.
When you combine this with the current “relative” philosophies, where “truth” is nothing more than an opinion and all can do what is right in their own eyes, is it any wonder our lives, societies, and worlds are falling apart?
The above is the other reason I wanted to create this site, to teach people that not only is there more “truth” than any one book or human can know, but that all the truth which can be known are all parts of one “Grand Truth”, which we all live in and seek to know. This one truth contains all that can ever be known about ourselves, our universe, and all that is in it. None of us can know it all, posses it all, or reflect it all. All that remains then is that each of us humbly seek to learn this “Grand Truth” in love and mercy while remembering justice. No room for pride or hate, no room for greed or selfishness, only room for forgiveness, compassion, and revolution for our selves and all around us.
In this cabin all rank, race, religion, and roles are removed from all who enter. These are then changed from “personal possessions”, things which we would kill and die for, to mere facts and views of the world which can be discussed openly and lovingly in an effort to answer the most important question any human can ever pose, “What is Truth?”.
All who enter here are equal, mere mortals, seeking a reason for our common pain and a way to endure it with joy and laughter.
This is the “Ivory Cabin”, won’t you enter?
