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The Big Truth
As I write these words, the invasion of our US Capitol in DC is only a week behind us.
At least in terms of what I’ve been reading (and writing) over the intervening period, many of us are wracked anew by the question of how it could have come to this, and what these actions might mean for our future.
In particular, many of us are wondering how so many people could have come to believe The Big Lie. Under Trump, the Lie has taken many forms, but by now its general outline is clear: Trump is the ultimate winner, only he can be trusted and believed, all other sources of information and authority are to be treated with utter contempt, and so on.
But now I think it’s time to move on to some more urgent questions:
- How do we end The Big Lie?
- How do we heal our society?
- How do we bring our divided citizenry back together around a shared set of beliefs and values?
And I’m reminded of a piece of wisdom from Ken Wilber:
I have one major rule: Everybody is right. More specifically, everybody — including me — has some important pieces of truth, and all of those pieces need to be honored, cherished, and included in a more gracious, spacious, and compassionate embrace.
