
There is only one truth
When we see clearly, the great teachings are the same.
What can ever be lost? What can be attainted?
If we attain something, it was there from the beginning of time.
If we lose something, it is hiding somewhere near us.
-RYOKAN
As we work through all of the teachings made available to us, we may come to believe in our hearts that there is only one truth. As there is only one earth that all trees grow from, that all fishes swim in the same ocean and all birds fly under one same sky. Why is it so hard to believe that all teachings are all the same? Is it the need to feel special? If you try to feel the teachings instead of trying to understand them, you may find One True World is indeed comforting. The great teachings of the One True World never goes away, it moves through us, feel the depth of the teachings.