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The Ultimatest Most Inconvenient Truth of All     
By Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABIHM     

The pursuit of the truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up with it.     
                               - Clarence Darrow

We all aspire to know and express truth in one way or another. We want to base our life decisions and actions, minor and major, on the best information possible.

The difficulty is that in many cases it is challenging to know what is the truth. A spectrum of options are possible:

• For those who adhere to truths based on faith, their trusted authorities solve this problem for them by telling them what is to be believed and accepted or disbelieved and rejected.
• For those who base their truths on scientific evidence, the latest research studies will provide pieces of the truth.
• For those who rely upon personal life experiences as their guides to truth, a 'show me' approach provides reliable truths.
• For those who rely on feeling and intuitive ways of navigating through life, their inner 'gnowing' (a knowledge that comes with a sense of truth inherent within awareness of its details) is their guide.

Problems with 'the truth'

Each of the above approaches has its benefits and pitfalls…

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