12 Quotes by Brian Goedken

Achieving a state of peaceful bliss is much sought after, though the attainment of such should never be conflated with accessing “Higher Truth.”​The difference between Truth & Bliss can be felt viscerally.Bliss is the willful choice to disengage frominner conflict. The revelation of veritiesis the harmony obtained after mental strife has yielded a valid verdict.

​The ​currency to purchase the token of truth begins with ​proper phrasing of the query.It is the ill-considered question that too often​​creates the false illusion of a binary objective reality wherein two sides can claim equal validity.

We have the right to our own beliefs but not our own facts’ is a common refrain the potency of which is rendered moot by the fact that inconvenient truths are dexterously circumnavigated by the spirited belief that knowing the truth is less valuable than the prize of a shared fiction.

We also have to be particularly wary of imaginative thought processes for we can very easily create things and ideas in our minds that are outright impossible or highly improbable to be manifested in the world-universe which we then deceive ourselves into thinking that they are either certain or probable likelihoods. We often take several different pieces of information or instilled beliefs and loosely wed them together to bestow some greater meaning which falsely represents reality.

Nowhere in the definition of Religion is there a mandate for religions to self-challenge or revamp their theological positions based on new enlightenment. Rather, a religion adopts a central orthodoxy and perpetuates it.

Because the brain does not possess robust ‘fault detectors’, the brain will just as easily encode irrational thoughts and beliefs just as it will rational ones.

From the crucible of courage, perseverance, and integrity comes triumph.

To challenge the verity of one’s own beliefs is to be courageous. To separate the truthfrom falsity is to be wise. To take action against the headwinds of the status quo is to be apioneer. The troika of courage, wisdom, and a pioneering spirit [elevates our enlightenment to the construct and elegance of true reality].

When it comes to the Big Questions in Life, the preponderance of evidence should be our best advisor to inform our Beliefs.The companion enterprise are the methods by which one interprets the evidence which demand unwavering intellectual honesty.