{"id":6948,"date":"2010-07-26T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T04:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=6948"},"modified":"2010-07-26T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T08:21:17","slug":"does-truth-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/07\/does-truth-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Truth Hurts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6949\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/149.jpg?resize=134%2C59\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/149.jpg?w=134&amp;ssl=1 134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/149.jpg?resize=96%2C42&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: <\/strong>We continue to have delusions, and fail to see the truth, because the truth hurts.<br \/>\n<strong>A: <\/strong>This is why <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">it does take courage to see the truth<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: <\/strong>While delusions will hurt eventually, they provide brief moments of joy. Isn&#8217;t this what life is about?<br \/>\n<strong>A:<\/strong> This is the problem exactly &#8211; settling for less, when there is  True Happiness that can be attained, that it permanent and without  hurt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> We often go through cycles of reaching the tipping point when delusions hurt so much that we see the truth.<br \/>\n<strong>A:<\/strong> The problem is that delusions can hurt so much for some that they give up. In  other words, delusions do not always lead to truth. One must want to  transform delusions to see the truth. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Truth does not really hurt a bit. It seems to hurt only as much as we choose to cling to delusion, when we refuse to accept the truth. The truth liberates instead, as we become free from suffering due to delusion.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Q: <\/strong>What I really want to ask for some practical advice &#8211; some quick fix to see the truth fast.<br \/>\n<strong>A: <\/strong>There are many levels of truth. For the average being, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the fastest way  to realise the whole truth is to go to the best school, to be guided by the  best teachers &#8211; in Pure Land<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: <\/strong>I have heard countless people saying the way to see the truth  is through steadfast practice. But still I do not see practice as the  solution, because it will be futile if we fail to  experience the unexpected spark of &#8216;realisation&#8217;.<br \/>\n<strong>A:<\/strong> It&#8217;s the other way round actually. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">With practice, the spark of realisation will happen.<\/span> It&#8217;s true!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: We continue to have delusions, and fail to see the truth, because the truth hurts. A: This is why&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[109,41,107],"class_list":["post-6948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-delusion","tag-pure-land","tag-truth","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}