Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. We once again use this period’s Commentary to discuss topics relating more closely to philosophical concepts and aspects relating to Realmly Truths. As such, today’s topic will be on the purpose and pursuit of said Truth and Knowledge itself. Let us begin.

Tying into the innate flaw of humanity and its exhaustive battle with the reality of fear comes the encounter with Realmly Truth. Encoded within every core—within every being of existence—is Realmly Knowledge. Such knowledge holds the key to unlocking such shackles of unhinged misery from self-imposed prisons and chambers of delusion. As we, frail as we are, grasp for any sense of permanence in our beings, we shroud our conscious with walls meant to shield us from the anguish that may come from Truth. As with the motivations of fear and how they may serve to corrupt, the escapism of mortals—Humans in particular—from facing the realities accompanied with Realmly Truth is innate. Acted upon by the initial flaw, fear of Truth is a symptom of self-centered action.

In the pursuit for spiritual equilibrium, the reality of Truth is inevitable. Realmly Knowledge is unlocked and deciphered throughout the lives of all mortals. Often, these truths are unlocked unintentionally and bring upon what is experienced as anguish as a reaction. The walls and chambers—prisons as they function—that Humans erect in defense crumble to new revelations brought by accidental but inevitable truths. All too often, those that seek to indulge in overt sense of self will be hardest hurt by these truths whilst others who walk paths to seeking realmly knowledge will accept these truths with wanton horror yet solemn understanding.

A world blinded by the self-imposed prisons will succumb to great corruption, and desired by nefarious entities who too bathe in fear and corruption. Societies fall, lives rot, relationships wither, acts of pure hatred and selfishness take regular form, and eventually, total chaos and destruction will be the fate of such worlds lost to existential ignorance. In that vacuum of stability, prophets of falsehood and corruption will rise to take hold of the lost masses and lead them to their own demise. A world left untouched by truth is a world left to rot.

For these reasons, the path to pursuing the truths of ourselves is crucial. These truths act as measured ways to stabilize ourselves and ground our own ambitions. We acknowledge our existence and the reality of the fragility of our existence. We seek to use fear as a tool to unlock these truths rather than let such fear shackle us in ignorant misery. We seek to help others unlock their truths rather than cast them to disappear in dark seas of blindness. The pursuit of knowledge is key to growing and understanding our own existence.

The desire of Realmly Truth as a means of overt corrupt purpose, however, is a line not to be abused. Realmly Truth is an attribute not meant to be used as a means to spreading further corruption, and any such attempts will see that said powerful truths be rebounded on the actor—inevitably destroying them for their own hubris. As the innate flaw is, Realmly Truth is tied to the Tale of the Old Flame. Held in the hands of the Lord of Truth, the flame passed to the youth. This flame, a tool for creation, for warmth, for protection, for light, is also a tool of destruction and of hurt. The Old Flame, passed to the youth, is to be used to provide heat and to cook food. Mishandled, the Old Flame takes to the shelter and burns it, takes to the flesh and scorches it, and takes the life and ends it. This, the Flame once held in the hands of the Lord of Truth, given to the youth, has destroyed when left unmanaged and used for foul play. The tool of the Old Flame, used as a toy, would then cause hurt and irreversible damage. In much the same way as the Old Flame, the Truth in the hands of the ignorant or the corrupt, the unfocused or immature, will burn all those that oppose the whims of Truth and its lessons.

At this reality, we ask how we are to respond to this Realmly Truth to not fall into the mistake of using such truths for evil? How would we, when confronted with or after obtaining access to new knowledge, prevent ourselves from using such knowledge for destruction and evil? The ultimate purpose of knowledge is to better understand our own existence and to gain the insight to force away corruption through practice of release the greed of self-centered goals. In absolving oneself from the desire to coddle their sense of self, a being will see the suffering of the world and why such suffering would pose a threat to the equilibrium. This insight opens the eyes to how better we can apply our knowledge of the worlds to stabilize the equilibrium. The key to avoiding misuse or abuse of Truth is to cast away sense of Self when envisioning how such Truth is to be used once learned. Realmly Truth, encoded in all of us, is a tool for maintaining the equilibrium and preventing corruption upon ourselves and should be used as such.

—phX