I write;I think;I know.

Enchantments, Mirrors and Owls

"... so it's what is believed to be true," concluded my cat, "that holds more relevance than what is actually true."

"I begin to see your point," I said smiling at fuzzy form sitting on my lap. "Although I suspect I'm an exception to the rule."

"What makes you think that," said my cat.

"Only that my operating paradigms leverage belief," I sighed, "my way to pattern into available constructs to explore the operational encoding within."

"You," announced my cat, "operate at a higher level of abstraction than most will ever be capable of."

"Do I," I grinned, "that's nice."

"No," said my cat, "it's not. It gives rise to a condition where you become so acutely aware of environmental modifiers that you are effectively denied from the society of others. Psychologically speaking it makes you more than a little slippery, making it very hard for anyone to help you."

"Okay," I said cautiously.

"Although it is partly," grinned my cat, "what makes you so good at uncovering that which is occluded."

"So what's this got to do," I queried, "with the original subject."

"Well," announced my cat with authority, "humans entrain their children to the concept of ultimate oneness, a reinforcement of a rather childish notion, which makes them passive, pliable, easy to dominate. This suits the hierarchical command structures of society so historically it's not something the adult world cared to challenge. To this extent most adults would now accept it as a self-evident ultimate truth."

"I see," I said. "Well no," I admitted, "I don't." I smiled weakly. When my cat got like this is was easier to grab hold of her tail, metaphorically speaking, and follow.

"Operationally it's an unworkable paradigm owing to the problems it presents in resolving the dissonance of inner conflict," my cat continued, "so most children will unconsciously evolve to a three-state model. You can see reflections of this in the classic archetypal pattern of three-in-one which is why it resonates so strongly. Yet the expressed truth, the inherent belief if you like, remains the singular."

"But you say," I ventured, "that the operational belief is a trinity. And," I cast my mind back for a moment, "I'm still not sure I see the connects to your relevance of truth comment."

"Think about it," said my cat.

I thought. It took a moment for the point to resolve. "Ah, I see what you mean," I responded eventually, "in a way it explains the inflexibility of thought that appears so prevalent in modern society." My cat turned her head to give me a look of satisfaction. "It's also," I chortled, "highlights how righteousness tends to infect both sides in any conflict."

"Certainly," said my cat, "and now perhaps you see how your flexibility and inability to accept the mantle of righteousness leads to a condition where in any conflict you're at a tactical disadvantage."