Truth

Let's define the raw truth as what is observed, independent from perceived approximations.

In a physical ( external ) environment, the truth is simply seen by causality, that is what comes as an implication of a given cause.

Physical truths are relatively simple to derive as they are more deterministic than not, once one knows the basic principles for a given action space, the truth can be easily derived or approximated.

Personal ( internal ) truths, typically aren't defined by a clear causal process, given that the human mind is a very complex system where causality is not easily definable nor interpretable with respect to it's mapping to the human experience.

These are presented binarily as one or the other, but in most situations, they are interconnected. Understanding both units will lead to better decisions, that can then lead to a better life if the knowledge is leveraged properly.

They are the truths that can be felt very deeply. A deep resonance.

There can be the case where an internal truth can be treated as a constant variable, due to its constant repetitiveness in ones life, and therefore can be seen as a causal ( external ) truth, or a basic principle ( or constraint ) that all other internal truths are subject to.

Despite internal truths being subject to ones internal state, meaning emotion, mindset, specific knowledge, it is not something that can be viewed from the lens of attachment to the emotion, mindset, or specific knowledge, you want to the the observer of it, particularly the observer of what is genuine and authentic.

The truth is simply what is.

There is no room for subjective judgement. There is no room for opinions.

The truth doesn't care nor it doesn't not care, it simply is.

Observation.

But then the question becomes, how does the observer become enlightened to see the truth?

Maybe you want a variety of perspectives as the means to lead to a better explanation, of the internal state, that approximates the truth, as the internal state can be difficult to approximate.

But, perspectives can be damaging if there is not at the very least a hypothesis for the desired outcome.

For the varying set of perpsectives expand the search space of the observer, but they become a function of the hypothesis to the desired outcome.

If there is no desired outcome, there is no truth in the ambient space that one can converge to. If the truth just is, but there is no outcome, there is no truth but rather only phenomena.

At every moment of time, the observer is always facing a problem. Whether it's an insignificant problem or a significant problem, the observer is always facing a problem that needs solving.

Where significant or insiginificant is measured by the amount of suffering the problem causes.

Sometimes even unconsciously, but if one becomes conscious of the implicit problem and the implicit outcome they desire, finding the truth turns the solution into a deterministic process.

Life is all problem solving, peace is the absence of problems, happiness is the state of continuously solving one's own meaningful problems.

If humans naturally have desires, the problem is the satisfaction of the desire and the truth is what gets them there. This is probably the most fundamental.

Truth is what solves problems. And for every problem, there is a truth (or a set of truths) that lead to the solution for the problem.

Moving away from the broad framework of solving problems, let's assume we want to find the truth that which maximizes the probability of happiness, while working towards a long term outcome.

What you want is to find is genuine and sincere devotion. Obsession.

Obsession makes what's hard feel easy, because you're so driven by an internal desire to do what you're obsessed about, such that you implicitly don't care about the difficulty of the task at hand.

And obsession is intertwined with constantly seeking truth and ignoring all else.

As, if you're truly obsessed with something, the only way forward for oneself will be the truth, as they would not want to be led astray.

This does not mean that one should ignore all else and be blind to the world around them, but rather one should be blind to the "untruths" or the truths that don't matter.

This is the only way, though not the guaranteed way, someone can become the best in the world, specifically at what they're uniquely good at, while being happy in every significant aspect of their life.