How to discern Truth v.s. Beliefs v.s. Opinion for reality-testing

In cult deprogramming work, it's important to learn the skill of reality-testing your truth v.s. your beliefs v.s. your opinions so you can DISCERN reality from illusion (which is the whole point of Awakening). 

In this episode, I provide a framework for critically examining our thoughts from a nondualism and scientific perspective. This is episode will add value to anyone who is interested in developing critical thinking + media literacy skills. Enjoy!

Topics covered:

• How new-age spirituality has co-opted the concept of "Truth" to become a buzzword (and why it has created so much confusion and misunderstanding).

• Understanding Truth through the Hindu teaching of sat-chit-ananda (truth-consciousness-bliss)

• The Paradox of Truth

• The psychoenergetic mechanisms of how truth becomes a belief, becomes an opinion 

• Understanding first-order and second-order reality 

• What are beliefs and why they are meaningful, but not valid? 

• What are opinions and what makes them right/wrong. 

• The importance of falsifiability in reality-testing (understanding the unfalsifiability bias) 

• Self-inquiry questions for reality-testing to practice 

References:

1. Sat-chit-ananda

2. First-order and second-order reality discourse by Hareesh

Theme song credits: Laff- Said Mrad & Dany El Helou