what is truth | David M Masters

It Is Not True Or It Is True

It is like you have these two choices, either it is not true, or it is true. So, which is it? I hear a lot of people arguing about what is not true and what is true. Is truth absolute? We fight for our right to defend it, as it separates us one from the other, and some are even ready and willing to commit murder in the defense of what is true.

But what is truth?

When you believe in something so strongly that it becomes your truth, what exactly are you holding onto? Abraham Hicks once said, “A belief is only a thought you keep thinking.” That quote resonates deeply because, if you think about it, there was likely a time when you held onto a belief so tightly that it felt like the bedrock of your existence.

You might even have been willing to fight for it, to defend it with all your might. For me, love and belief have always been intertwined. In my younger years, I would have risked everything to defend what I believed was “true love” or “the truth.”

Oh, the self-righteousness of youth.

The Polarization of Truth

Today, the world feels increasingly divided by truth. The mere act of sharing an idea can lead to conflict because everyone clings to their version of what is “right” or “true.”

But what if we’re all right?

Our nation’s founders envisioned a society where freedom of thought, expression, and belief would thrive—a place where people wouldn’t be forced to conform to rigid molds. I imagine what it must have been like to dream of such a world. If I had been there, I would have been ecstatic to join that effort.

Unfortunately, like all attempts to create a utopia, it’s proven difficult to maintain. Still, I’m drawn to the vision of a world where freedom of thought is cherished, and I try to foster that in my own life.

I do my best to honor the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of others—even when they’re vastly different from my own.

The Truth Continuum

Occasionally, I catch myself being assertive about my own beliefs, but when I do, I take a step back and remind myself of a concept that has brought me peace: the truth continuum.

The truth continuum suggests that every thought ever thought, every belief ever believed, exists as truth in some time or place. That means even the ideas I vehemently opposed or once held but no longer believe were truths in their own way.

This perspective helps me release judgment—of myself and others. The things I once believed were true were true for me at the time. They’re still true for someone, somewhere, and I honor that.

So, what’s the big deal?

Just because I’m not aligned with someone else’s truth doesn’t make it untrue.

The Power of Curiosity

When I look back on beliefs I once held tightly, I could feel ashamed or judgmental of my younger self for not knowing better. But the truth continuum offers a freeing perspective: all beliefs have their place in time and space.

Instead of debating over what’s right or wrong, consider approaching disagreements with curiosity. The next time someone presents an idea that clashes with yours, try responding with, “That’s interesting.”

Because it is interesting, isn’t it? The variety of human thought is fascinating.

Toward a More Peaceful World

As we continue to grow and evolve as a society, tolerance without judgment will become more common. The compulsion to control or dominate others with our beliefs will give way to a natural state of peace and harmony.

I’m reminded of a mantra from the sixties and seventies: “Do whatever you want, as long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of others to do the same.” That idea resonated with me then and still does now.

Imagine a world where we didn’t need laws to micromanage every detail of our lives, but instead allowed each other the freedom to simply be.

A Timeless Reminder

Jesus offered wisdom that beautifully encapsulates this idea when He said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” That simple, profound statement is the key to the evolved world we’re moving toward.

Later in life, I discovered Libertarianism through John Hospers. It was a revelation—an affirmation that others were thinking about freedom and individuality in ways that resonated with me. I’m not here to promote any political ideology, but I remember the comfort I felt knowing there were others who shared my perspective.

As we evolve, politics as we know it will inevitably change. The systems we have today won’t sustain an enlightened world.

Letting Go and Moving Forward

Maybe we can find it within ourselves to release the need to control, judge, or impose our truths on others. Maybe we can allow the evolutionary process to continue, and in doing so, give peace a chance to flourish.

May God bless you in all that you think, do, and believe.

Oh, and by the way—you’re absolutely right.

Truth Continuum

The Truth Continuum encompasses the entire range of truth in its many forms. It includes all truths, such as those in this third-dimension reality’s present tense, past and future truths, and any truths known or unknown to exist in other dimensions. In the Truth Continuum, all thoughts are true in one respect or another.

Embracing All Truths Without Judgment

The concept of the Truth Continuum is both profound and liberating. It encompasses the entire spectrum of truth—past, present, future, and truths that exist in dimensions beyond our understanding. Within the Truth Continuum, all thoughts, beliefs, and ideas are true in one respect or another.

It operates without judgment or separation, allowing every truth to coexist, regardless of its form, origin, or alignment with personal perspectives. This expansive understanding is especially valuable for anyone working with others—coaches, counselors, consultants, or healers—who encounter a wide variety of beliefs and experiences.

What Is the Truth Continuum?

The Truth Continuum holds that:

1. Everything is True: Every belief, thought, or idea holds truth in some way, even if it doesn’t align with your current understanding or reality.
2. No Judgment: The Truth Continuum refrains from labeling truths as “right” or “wrong.” All truths are allowed to exist as they are.
3. Dynamic Truth: Truths are not static. They can evolve, shift, and change as individuals grow, encounter new data, or expand their perspectives.

This framework challenges the traditional notion of absolute truth, inviting us to embrace a more fluid and inclusive understanding of what it means for something to be “true.”

Truth in Practice

In working with people, understanding the Truth Continuum can transform your approach. Clients or patients often come to you with beliefs that are deeply held, even if those beliefs may not serve them in achieving their highest potential.

For example:

- A client may believe they are unworthy of love.
- A patient may cling to an identity rooted in past trauma.
- A colleague may hold a rigid perspective about success or failure.

While these beliefs may feel limiting, they are valid within the Truth Continuum. They represent truths that are real and meaningful to the individual at this moment in time.

Empathy Without Judgment

The first agreement in true communication and helping others is to meet them where they are. This means:

- Allowing their beliefs to exist without judgment or correction.
- Empathizing with compassion, even if their truth differs from yours.
- Understanding that their beliefs are part of their journey and may serve a purpose you cannot yet see.

As a coach, counselor, or healer, you must also recognize your own evolving truths. What you believe today may change tomorrow as new insights emerge and personal growth unfolds.

The Power of Allowing All Truths

When you adopt the Truth Continuum, you create a safe space for growth and healing. Allowing all truths to exist—even those you don’t agree with—fosters trust, understanding, and empowerment.

For example:

- A client who feels seen and validated in their beliefs is more likely to explore those beliefs and uncover new possibilities.
- A patient who is not judged for their perspective feels free to question and expand their understanding.
- A practitioner who embraces the Truth Continuum can guide others without imposing their own biases or limitations.

Living Within the Truth Continuum

The Truth Continuum is not just a tool for professionals—it’s a way of life. Embracing it requires courage and a willingness to let go of rigid black-and-white thinking. Society often teaches us to fear the unknown and cling to fixed beliefs as a form of security.

These societal constructs—what I call invisible prison walls—keep us divided and stagnant. Inside these walls, we feel safe, but beyond them lies the fear of uncertainty. The Truth Continuum invites us to step outside these walls, embracing the infinite possibilities of truth.

The Freedom of No Judgment

One of the most powerful aspects of the Truth Continuum is its capacity to create peace and harmony. When we stop judging others for their beliefs and instead allow them to exist as they are, we dissolve the invisible barriers that divide us.

This approach allows:

- Growth and evolution: People can change their minds and beliefs without fear of ridicule or rejection.
- Connection and understanding: Differences are no longer a source of conflict but a natural part of the human experience.
- Personal expansion: By accepting all truths, you open yourself to new perspectives and insights.

Integrating the Truth Continuum

Incorporating the Truth Continuum into your life or practice is not for the faint of heart. It requires:

- Openness: Accepting all possibilities of truth, even those that challenge your current beliefs.
- Compassion: Meeting others with empathy and understanding, no matter where they are on their journey.
- Flexibility: Allowing your own truths to evolve and adapt over time.

For professionals, adopting the Truth Continuum can exponentially improve your effectiveness. It broadens the scope of diagnosis, treatment, and personal connection by allowing people to be fully themselves—wherever they are, believing whatever they believe.

A Tool for Evolution

For those committed to personal growth and human evolution, the Truth Continuum is a powerful tool. It aligns with the natural expansion of consciousness, creating space for infinite possibilities and deeper connections.

The question is: Are you ready to embrace it? Will you open your mind and heart to the idea that all truths exist simultaneously and are equally valid?

By stepping into the Truth Continuum, you become a force for peace, understanding, and growth in a world that desperately needs it.

Break Free and Expand
The Truth Continuum invites you to step beyond the fear-based programming of society and into a world of infinite possibilities. Whether in your personal life or professional practice, this framework offers a path to greater harmony, connection, and evolution.

The choice is yours: Stay confined by rigid thinking, or open yourself to the transformative power of the Truth Continuum.

Embrace it. Live it. Expand within it.

No Such Thing as a Lie

When someone lies to you, if you feel as though someone has hit you in the stomach or stabbed you in the back, you’ve bought into the lie which asserts that there is such a thing as a lie. What if there is no such thing as a lie?

The idea of promoting the idea that there are lies, and that there are fewer crimes more offensive than lying, is the single most effective tool used against us to keep us fully separated from each other.

This obsession over the difference between truth and lies keeps us at war with each other and keeps us constantly on the defensive, ever wondering, “Who will lie to you next?”

This begins and perpetuates the endless cycle of looking for lies, and as you know, you will always find whatever it is you are looking for. If you are looking for lies, you will find them everywhere you look.

What if there was no such thing as a lie?

What if everything anyone says (in spoken word or print) actually is true one hundred percent of the time?

This is the essence of my Truth Continuum which purports that everything is truth. If history teaches us anything it is that everything which has been widely accepted as truth is subject to change and that one person’s truth can vary wildly from that of someone else.

Truth is subjective. And if truth is subject to influence and personal interpretation, then the antithesis, lies, must also be subjective. Which puts these concepts on par with each other, for if someone’s truth is another person’s lie, they are one and the same; all within the Truth Continuum.

As much as you might like to assert your truth is based on facts or sound science, we know that these things are not as black and white as we might like to believe.

Truth more adequately stated might be, “The truth as I see it,” which reasonably must allow for the truth of others as, “The truth as you see it.” Therefore, all truth, past, present, and future (including other dimensions and places in time and space) resides within the truth continuum.

Lies are a little trickier because there are two kinds of lies, the lies which are contradictory to one’s perceived truth (these may reside within the truth continuum), and lies which are purposefully spun in an effort to deceive someone or to avoid some potentially undesirable consequence (excluded from the truth continuum).

To express a lie which is known to the deliverer to not be true in an effort to deceive may be spun in such a way as to be believable or potentially true is a lie which has no truth within it, even though there may be truths hidden within the details of it, to make it appear to credible or truthful.

Lying with intentional deceit is not the same as declaring something that is believed to be true but may not be perceived by others to be true.

The possibility exists that many of the popular beliefs purported by social engineers and leaders of certain factions may have intentionally spun to deceive a particular populace but with the intention to benefit the purveyors of the lie or the greater part of the population.

Those who use lies to control people may have concocted the most masterful lies with no truth present as a method to manipulate peoples, and even so, because these lies have been believed to be truth by someone, these ideas can also be found in the truth continuum.

So, what if someone lies to you intentionally to deceive you?

Ask yourself, “Does it matter?”

If you can wrap your mind around the idea that people just are, and you honor their ability to be who they are, to say what they say, without judgment, maybe what they say to you, even if intended to defraud you in some way, doesn’t really matter.

This is your life, and you can manage it any way you see fit.

Think about being an unconditional lover who believes in the idea that everyone has the same rights as you to be right or believed, no matter what.

Consider having the courage to believe there is no such thing as a lie, and to say, “I love you no matter what you say, no matter what you do.”

If there were no such thing as a lie, you could easily stay in the frequency of love’s vibration and your countenance would be unshakeable.

You Are Always Right

Everything you believe to be true is true until that moment that you decide to believe something else to be true. You are truth, and truth is always changing and evolving, as you are exposed to new, or emerging information, which causes the truth continuum to shift and adapt to new paradigms. No matter where you are in the truth continuum, you are always in the continuum of truth, therefore you are always right.

Everything is truth which exists in the matrix of truth, so no matter what you think or believe, you are always right. You have nothing to defend. You never have to apologize for being in a different subsection of the truth continuum from anyone else. You are never believing in a non-truth, only in a truth location that is differentiated from another in the truth matrix possibly quite different than a previous truth coordinate where your attention may have been focused previously.

The truth continuum is always evolving and infinitely ever-expanding. It is not a stagnant, definitive, or limited set of data, as much as we would love it to be. There’s a comfort in having the fantasy that you can understand all there is about any given thing. This is impossible in the continuum of truth because every time you discover a new truth, a hundred thousand other truths are born in the expansion.

It can be somewhat confusing when you realize that other people, every other person, is at a different location inside the continuum of truth, and no two people can be at the same location in the truth continuum at the same time.

Truths represent specific coordinates inside the truth continuum. The truth continuum is not limited to 2D coordinates, such as longitude and latitude. Each truth includes a specific address with at least a 4D, WXYZ coordinate.

When you become aware of the truth continuum, it doesn’t make any sense to wrap your head around the concept of having any need to demand that anyone have a similar collection of truth addresses compiled to match yours.

Yet, there are the societal designers who exert a great deal of energy to keep us from understanding the vastness of the truth continuum and seek to use specific truths to keep us separated from each other.

You have been programmed from birth to believe in specific truths and defend them with a high degree of enthusiasm. You have been taught to challenge the beliefs or truths highly held by others and exert a great deal of emotional effort to persuade those who are not in agreement with you to change their truth to match yours.

The psychopaths, sociopaths, and narcissists seem to dominate the positions of the persuaders who are the most effective converters of others by lording over or bullying others to subject themselves to their particular ideas, beliefs, or limited collection of truths. The idea of letting you think for yourself will send a persuader into a rage, and he or she might even be willing to exert berating, shame, disrespect, intimidation, restraint, or force, even lethal force, to punish others for not adhering to their set of truths.

It’s as if the designers of our social matrix would do anything to keep us as oppositely polarized as possible. Why might they want to keep us divided in any, and as many, way(s) possible? Because we are easier to manage either individually or in groups. These groups are often separated by specific compilations of truths or beliefs.

Easy to manage (control). Not so easy to control: seven-and-a-half-billion enlightened, empowered individuals.

The barbarian tactics of the predatory persuaders are unsustainable amidst the expansive light of growing evolutionary consciousness.

Everything you believe in the continuum of truth is truth and you are always right. Just as you have the right to resonate with the truth you’ve discovered, so should any other person have the right to hold their own truths they have discovered elsewhere in the continuum.

Nothing is more-or-less true, except in your own compilation of truth as you recognize and sort your discoveries for yourself, and your allowance and honoring of anyone else to discover their truth for themselves without judgment is the essence of true love.

Nonetheless, more and more of us are awakening every second of every day, and fewer and fewer of us are falling for the magic tricks of the social designers.

People, just like you and me, are beginning to ask questions, find their own answers, and explore the continuum of truth.

Truth and Integrity

What is integrity? What is it? How does it work and what does it mean to different people in their quest for truth?

Integrity and what it means can look very different, depending on who you are. Integrity is remaining congruent with that greater part of you while maintaining an authentic representation of your self with respect to your journey.

There are very few (possibly no) universal truths on which we as the human race can all agree. Nevertheless, you and I maintain truths that are apparent to each of us, and even these are subject to change as we grow and change. Even two people can view the same incident and report what they’ve seen very differently, based on their perspective and their own life’s experience and language patterns. Unless they have some nefarious motivation their differences are not considered untrue. Just because you’re interpretation of something is different from someone else’s does not mean either one of you, or anyone else is a liar.

It’s highly unlikely that two people could possibly write the same report word for word regarding any incident witnessed due to the fact that we are different people and we all see things differently based on who we are. Our lives, experiences and what is meaningful to us varies immensely among our population, The onus is on you to determine what is truth to you. Certainly there are people who have researched and specialized in different disciplines, but it is up to you what to adopt as truth to you at any given time, remembering that this is always subject to change due to access to new information. Therefore, what was true for you yesterday may not be true for you today.

Being true and congruent with what you currently believe while honoring the right of others to have a contrasting belief is the integrous approach to evaluating truth. You are not responsible for what another person believes. There is no need to change what they believe, as it is up to each person to make their own way and discover their own truths along their own individual journeys.

Your personal vibration and your intuitive heart-mind connection will help you to determine what truth means to you in any given moment, understanding that truth is ever-evolving, there may be moments of uncertainty during the reevaluation process. The more in tune you are with your heart’s frequency vibration, the faster the evolvement of your truth. As your personal vibration continues to raise, so will your perception of higher truths. Temper this personal growth with tolerance, allowing others to do the best they can with what they have without judgment.

An integral portion of your life’s purpose is to observe, nurture and maintain your expanding vision of truth, utilizing your heart’s connection to source to help you discern advancements and their validity to your consciousness.

As you adopt new revelations you may be compelled to share your new insights with others. By all means do so. But do not insist that anyone else see things from your perspective. Let others take what they resonate with as they plant and care for it in their garden of truth. Allow others to let your other seeds of truth which they are not ready for to fall on the ground. You never know which seeds left unattended on the surface will germinate and grow on their own.

Our world and our connection to it is changing. The archaic institutions and systems of control (including our imposed belief systems) are losing their effectiveness and validity. New, expanding and evolutionary thought is the key to the sustainability of our future. You are an active part of this evolution which is taking place at this moment.

Your contribution to help in making the world a better place is discerning your own truth as it emerges and becomes refined in your heart and mind. Being congruent to this process of revelation in integrity is imperative to your ability to contribute.

None of us holds the entirety of all the truth. Each of us maintain our own specialty and only together can we achieve a better understanding of emerging truths, and when we unite in love, together we can achieve a higher vibration and evolutionary expansion affecting the whole world.

Perception Interpretation

How many times have you found yourself offended by the words and deeds of another person that may have been unwarranted? Even if you knew your feelings were likely unjust, still you found yourself filled with angst and fury and lashed out or made a rash decision based on the emotional whirlpool pulling you down to your lowest desperate state.

So you strike out, do or say something in your defense because in this emotional chaos, you can think of nothing more than self preservation at all costs.

You rationalize your thoughts and actions based on the truth you are able to extract from the all the data that you have access to. Using your perception you convert the results of your research and statistics to come to a cognitive conclusion justifying the torrential chaos you felt in that moment based on your interpretation.

This happens every day, and how can you blame anyone for perceiving everyday occurrences via their individual perception? You can’t. Why? Because we can only determine that is really truth from within. Only we know what is true for us based on our own interpretation of the information available to us at the time.

In example, take a look at Jasmine and Darnell. They are in their early thirties, recently involved in a romantic courtship and things are going so very well. They are professing their love for each other and even talking about spending the rest of their lives together.

On their six month anniversary, Darnell makes reservations for a quaint bistro, picks up a card and a teddy bear with a heart on its tummy and presents them to Jasmine when he comes calling to pick her up for their scheduled date.

Jasmine greets him at the door enthusiastically. Darnell holds out the bear and card to Jasmine, as her countenance immediately shifts to contempt and anger. She throws the bear into the street, rips the card into pieces and throws the pieces at Darnell’s face and kicks him off the porch while shouting disrespectful obscenities and slams the door as Darnell falls to the ground.

After driving away and pulling over to the side of the road, Darnell texts Jasmine, which does not go through, then tries to call to discover his number’s already been blocked.

Looking for emotional support, the couple reaches out to their friends in an effort to cope with the ensuing chaos. Jasmine tells her friends that Darnell is a manipulative predator, nothing short of a rapist, while Darnell spins tales of Jasmine’s severe mental disorders. Friends rally around the couple. Damages follow, some that are irreparable.

Knowing the details of Jasmine’s struggle with her past doesn’t justify her outburst and reaction to the otherwise innocuous display of affection. Issues she’s been battling within since childhood predicted her response with high-precision accuracy. Likewise, Darnell’s accusations of Jasmine’s mental instability were based on triggers from his past.

From their perspective they are both telling stories based on the truth they believe, as real to them as gravity, yet things aren’t always what they seem and neither of them have as much information as I have (purposely filtered) additionally I am certain there is much more information yet to be uncovered.

Jasmine would fare much better in the same circumstance today, because she has worked though many of the unresolved issues of her past and while she still tends to be quite impulsive, is training herself to pause (and count to three to herself) before responding, reacting or pressing “send” when she is feeling overwhelmed. This brief hesitation gives her just enough space to consider possibilities, and ramifications and helps her to manage her truth and consequences.

Don’t judge someone based on surface information because you may have no idea what lies beneath the surface. We all have lives consisting of a plethora of past experiences, beliefs, and misinterpretations the sum of which has gotten us this far. After all, we’re all doing the best we can with what we have. This is why we are cautioned to never judge a book by its cover.

If we are to have any faith in our ability to successfully share this planet with other inhabitants, we must find ways to stop dividing us one against the other, discover how to get along with each other and accept that we are all parts of the same soup, even though we all are so very different.

No one is blaming you or me for our perception or interpretation, because in heat of the moment it’s all we have to determine what is truth as it influences how i feel about you, how you feel about me and how we feel about ourselves.

In fact in all things perception is reality and subject to change pending accumulation of additional data.

Pausing in an effort to avoid making a rash decision or burning a bridge beyond repair like Jasmine does now, might be sound advice for all of us.

All you can do is to try not to judge or react too promptly, accept others for who they are and where they are at in their life’s journey and discover how to make yourself happy as you live a better life. A little tolerance goes a long way.

For me, I try to imagine what it must be like to the person who is reacting, put myself in their shoes and look for the love. While I haven’t perfected this method because I too, can react in self defense in the heat of the moment… but as immediately as possible look with empathy for love in the wings.

We’re all in process, for if we weren’t, we would not be. Let’s make the best of it.