5.1.07

the search for truth

can be regarded as the blind imperative of consciousness

it is consciousness' response to the impenetrability of the world

it is relentless

and but for reflective metaphysics - without reason

it is strictly speaking an end that has no end

its origin

is the origin of consciousness

the conception that consciousness arrives at which it will regard as the truth

is from another point of view - another moment of consciousness - the illusion

that is to be pierced - or done away with

illusion is a conception of consciousness

it is consciousness knowing itself as it is

not what it might become

the becoming is always the aspiration for - the hope for truth

which is what?

the end of illusion - yes

but how to know?

when is the moment realized?

consciousness has no answer to this

it seeks but knows it can never identify the end of seeking

also it has no means of stopping the seeking

Indian philosophies have recognized this as the issue of living in consciousness

and have devised stratagems for resolution

the point is though

there can only be refuge in illusion

enlightenment or unenlightenment

logically speaking there is no difference

this is perhaps the great point - the great truth

it can only be a choice of illusion

and a choice of criterion

for the choice of illusion

there is no knowledge here

it is I think a matter of form

to find what nearly fits well

or the skin one can live within

laughter is the sound of God