Q: Does truth exist?

A: On the surface, this sounds philosophical, an intellectual inquiry about ontology. But the question hides an emotional one: If truth exists, and it isn’t what I want it to be, then what becomes of me? The self asks this not to find truth, but to negotiate terms with it. It’s a defensive maneuver, the ego’s last attempt to stay in charge of the inquiry by turning truth into a concept it can debate instead of an annihilation it must endure.

The real question behind “Does truth exist?” is “Can I survive if it does?”

Ultimately, this question doesn’t come from curiosity; it comes from terror. It’s not “Does truth exist?” but “Please tell me truth is optional.” The mind is asking for permission to keep lying safely.

This type of question is typical of the Disruption Phase. The structure of meaning is starting to buckle, but the false self still hopes it can reason its way out, still looking for a conceptual foothold instead of falling. Asking whether truth exists is the ego’s way of saying, I see the crack forming, but maybe I can think my way around it.

Truth doesn’t need to exist as an object because it’s not separate from what is. It’s the end of illusion, not a thing to be believed in.

So the only question worth asking now is, What would it mean if truth did exist, and there was no “me” left to find it?