"Absolute Truth"

Today morning when I was walking in the park trying to find some fresh air in this Polluted world, I met some one. A simple Gentleman but extraordinarily calm. I looked at his face and had a sensation of relief. I thought I should talk to him, may be it was going to be a good start.

I said a hello and went ahead in a very casual but cordial manner. We started talking and its not everything that i can remember. But i do remember what he said about "Truth".

Somewhere in the conversation I must have resorted to the basic questions that conflagrates my mind. Why I am doing? what I am doing? What is it that is absolute truth?

This man was a big fan of Albert Einstein, He said "There may not be an "absolute truth", but I can define your "truth" and to great extent reflect on what & why that you have raised."
I said "fine go ahead."

He asked me a question "Sun rises in the east is a universal truth, yes or no?"
I remembered my school days class IX English Grammar Classes, example of simple perfect tense that is used for universal truths, 'Sun rises in the east'. I said "yes".

Man: "Do you think this, 'Sun rises in the east' is an absolute truth?"
Me: "yes, it is a universal truth for God's sake!"

Man: What would you have said if you were born before Galileo or Copernicus, would you have said that Sun is stationary and earth is revolving?
Me: "yes, because it is."

Man:Then why do you think Galileo was commuted to house arrest, which he remained under for the rest of his life after he talked about heliocentrism?

I did not have a clear cut answer but I said that it was because it was against the faith of the people then and people did not believe his truth.
Hes said, Yes, but was it truth?
I was sure now "Yes it was"

Man: That time it was "truth" for Galileo and Copernicus and "lie" for rest of the world. Today it is a universal truth again.

I was listening to him.

Man:

The fact of the matter is there may never be existence of an absolute truth, but yes My truth as you may perceive comes from my "CONVICTION", and my acts are the expressions of my truth. So probably what matters the most is what is my conviction and how do i achieve it. Definitely I have a value system which i get from my family and environment which creates the basic foundation of my belief system and after that I have my own method of finding and gathering and then validating, evaluating and approving facts as it seems to me.

My conviction is an outcome of my personality, my knowledge, my experience and most importantly my Bias.

Thus my truth is an Outcome of my personality, my knowledge, my experience and most importantly my bias and as my actions are expressions of my truth, we must emanate the philosophy further.

So i guess now you may be able to understand what & why of your question.

There is one thing I would like to add which is I guess beyond the scope of discussion but nonetheless important.
Its the fact that what ever we do is our truth and we never do something that is wrong as per ourselves, but we have also experienced in life the reality of my truth floundering me and me stabbing it to death for a good reason. So, I should always be open for discussion, deliberation and verifications of my own facts that have given me CONVICTION and should learn to forgive myself and others for their methods may have caused the mistake to arise.

"May the sun always rise in the east" but till someone questions my conviction of this fact.

~ Lutarai