To attempt to communicate truth we have to speak in paradoxes. A paradox is an apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning, or singularity of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. We have to speak of the polarities of truth in order to communicate the singularity of Truth. We have to say Truth is like this, Truth is like that. God is like this. God is like that. God is a bodyless body. God is all things yet no thing. Truth is a singularity that can only be discussed using polarities of Truth which are, in truth, just two expressions of the singularity which is Truth.
All physical reality in the universe is the result of seemingly opposing forces in a balance. It is like a dance of opposites. The sun exists because of the balance of the forces attempting to blow it up and the forces pulling it together. A rock is the equalization of the internal forces and the external forces of its' molecular properties.
When we walk down the street, we accomplish the Truth called walking by continually balancing two opposing actions. We balance the extreme of falling with the extreme of standing straight up. We do this while leaning forward so as to be continually falling and catching oneself, seemingly at the same time. To explain the Truth of how to walk to someone, we would have to say that they would have to do two opposing actions at the seemingly same time. An intellectual impossibility, or paradox, but the "truth" of walking is when we marry the opposing actions, or "truths", so that they seem to be a singularity. The opposing actions can be thought of as polarities of a singularity.
The north and south poles of a magnet are polarities of a singularity. The singularity is the magnet. Hot and cold are but polarities of a singularity called temperature.
To breathe is a balance of two opposing actions. To inhale and never exhale is to die. To exhale and never inhale is to die. To live as a human being, we must balance the opposing actions of breathing in and breathing out.
Truth cannot be put into, or expressed by limited words. It is like trying to put infinity into a milk bottle.
The better we can handle the two extremes or the two polarities of a singularity, the greater our understanding of the singularity or the "truth". Most people cannot handle balancing extremes so they live a safe but limited life. The better we can balance our physical nature with our spiritual nature, while remaining true to each, the more full our experiencing of life.
The above paragraphs were to show you examples of how understanding "truth" is the result of subjectively integrating polarities. I can tell you how to walk. However, you will never really understand walking until you do the walking yourself by balancing standing up with falling down while leaning slightly forward.
Same with learning spiritual truths and living by them.. I can tell you that they are there but you must learn the subjective application yourself.
We can speak of God and our relationship to and with God through analogies and metaphors. God is like this. God is like that. Words by their very nature are limited. We cannot encompass or express infinity with finite or limited symbols. Words symbolize subjective concepts or material things or actions. Words are not the things they symbolically attempt to communicate.
The moment we call God anything, we limit God. God is without limits. I can tell you God is all things yet no thing. I can say God is a bodyless body. For you to understand God, the better you can integrate the two "opposing" concepts, the better you understand God. The better you understand the polarities of God, the greater your understanding of the singularity that is God.
This is where organized religion has the tendency to blind itself. A religion is a way to view our relationship to and with "Reality". It uses word, picture and icon symbols to attempt this communication. When the followers of the religion start to consider the symbols the "Reality", then they lose sight of the spiritual essence of which the religion is only an attempt to commuincate with symbols. Most religious fighting and disagreement is all about the symbols used in each religion. The religions get hung up in one or another of the polarities of the expression of Truth.
Body, mind and spiritual growth comes when we learn to subjectively balance the polarity of action with no action. To actively wait on God to show us the way. To actively strive to direct our life towards the goal we desire, while at the seemingly same time waiting on God to show us what to do.
Embrace the polarities of the Universe. Dance with the polarities of the Universe. In time you will come to know all the polarities are but expressions of the one Great Singularity called God.
There, communicating Truth was not so difficult - was it?
