Since we are on the title, lets take a look at the blog name "diodosway". You probably recognize that it is composed of two words "diodos" and "way". Diodos is a Greek word and you probably recognize the word "diode" (in electronics) which comes from the same root. Diodos and way are synonymous. Diodos is literally the way through. It attracted me because of that meaning and because it also reminds me of "dio" which in Greek means "two".
In the search for "Truth" the phylosopher (Phylo=friend, sophos=wise, therefore Phylosopher=the friend of Wisdom) must work with what is available to him. He experiences a world with animate and inanimate objects. Him being the subject of this experience. The world as we know it is by definition "dualistic" in nature. There is always a subject and an object. There is always a dual reference as dark and light, hot and cold, hard and soft, happy and unhappy. The experience of one is needed to comprehend the other; Neither hard nor soft could be comprehended individually, if it were not for the opposite to define the difference and all the degrees between. If for example one was always in light, would never know "dark" but similarly "light" could not have a specific meaning. It would be what it was.
Language is based on this principal too of course. In order to express anything one has to use a dualistic approach in a completely relative world. This in fact poses an inherent difficulty in trying to talk about "Truth" because, as we shall see later, the moment something is said cannot be the Truth. Thus whatever anyone, anywhere has said about the Truth is NOT the Truth. It is at best pointing, or directing to the Truth.
This is the world as we know it, this is the world we live in, it is the world we and others experience, and we in turn are experienced by others. It is within this environment that the search for truth must commence and develop. Therefore the only way to the leading to understanding, experiencing Truth is the duality way. Even after this search is realized the one who has this good fortune (referred to by many as "Realized Man" he of course has to live in this dualistic world. We will have the opportunity to talk about this in more detail later. The old philosophical traditional approach of "advaita" (non-duality in Sanscrit) is perhaps the end and not the means to it.
A quick note from the beginning: Whatever discussed in this blog has nothing to do with religion or traditions one might have. Each one should honor and adhere to those values he grew up with or came to acquire and cherish later in life. There is no intent to proselytize to, or promote any "system" or sector or group. In fact whatever is said here are but "concepts", a concept being something one can accept or not. It is equally ok to do either. It is therefore an exposition based by necessity on "concepts" , to be accepted or not, which are not the Truth anyway, but at best pointers or pointing to the Truth. Strangely enough this process of seeking Truth is not one of doing, but rather one of undoing!
This is the basic concept of this blog.

Where does one start in this search. Even before if the search will be for "Truth" what is Truth and how do we define it? In a relative world Truth must by definition be as absolute as possible, something that is recognized by all, recognized in the same way, something that no one doubts its validity. We can agree that that "something" must be Truth. Therefore let's find what this might be. Thereafter we can try to find where do we start at

What's with the Title?

There were two times in my life that I have come across this saying and both times made an impression on me for different reasons each time: One, while on a Greek island, I have noticed a Terracotta plaque hanging over a typical Cyclades village house. There was a popular art paining of a Greek fishing boat sailing with the title inscription underneath. The other time was some 35 years later in Bombay (Mumbai) India while attending a Philosophy lecture.( More about this later). For the moment let me say that in both cases had to do with the fact that people are "concerned". In the first instance it reminded the visitor of the basically care-free Greek character who is not seriously "concerned" and effected by life's experiences. Here the emphasis was to ease the so called bad or unpleasant experiences. In the second instance the emphasis was on both the unpleasant but also the pleasant experiences. Even more so, the underlying knowledge that this is a transitional phenomenal experience. The fact though remains that as each letter of this blog is typed...it is passed so is everything else. Does this sound gloomy? It should not, quite the contrary if put into the right context, something that I will attempt in future blogs. For the moment think of the following:
- If things go wrong, if you are gloomy and unhapy, if you are frustrated and angry, if jealousy is eating you, if your fingernails are getting shorter in agony etc etc etc: " This too, shall pass!
- If things are right on, could't be better all your wishes are coming true... well what do you say? Shall I spoil this nice situation by getting depressed over the fact that it will end? By no means NO! Uusually we amplify the unhappiness and misery while we forget quickly the happy moments.
As all pass, where do they pass from? Who is the steady reference experiencing this movement?