Perception VS Truth

[dirty_blonde]

Truth is absolute existence. No matter what Truth might be, whether or not we can comprehend it, a truth cannot contradict the Truth.  The sky may be green to one person, it may be blue to an other (at a given moment). All this means is the people's perceptions are subjective, and thus, any perception, by nature, cannot be universal.  There is no contradiction here. In fact, there are no objective contradictions at all, only conflicting perceptions of the objective.

i like the phrase, "those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know" but i think that applies more to enlightenment/nirvana then language itself.  I was just thinking about this subject earlier today. Its the nature of enlightenment to be free of ego, and in turn, be free of suffering. This stills the waters of the mind allowing a person to exist in utter tranquility.  Any agenda is a desired outcome; Any desire is a product of an ego, thus by deduction, any agenda is a product of ego.  All voluntary actions are executed because of one or multiple agendas, speech included. This also includes eating and drinking as the agenda is satisfying ones hunger/thirst and in turn, preserving one's life.  Those who have studied enlightenment/nirvana know that reflection stops when you are in a zen-type mind set, and so to does reaction.  In the end, those who are enlightened desire nothing, and in turn, have no agendas...not even survival. They would not speak of enlightenment because they have no desire to, no desires at all in fact.

So how do i know this since I'm obviously not enlightened? Because i have been there, i just cant stay Zen for more than 10 seconds or so at a time. But not only that, i have discovered a logical equation that deductively concludes all voluntary action as a product of ego/reaction/reflection...none of which are an aspect of enlightenment.

That is unless enlightenment isn't freeing oneself of all desires?