TREE OF TRUTH
NAVIGATING THE SOIL

The Root Layer

The oldest and deepest knowledge. What the contemplative and philosophical traditions arrived at through direct, first-person investigation over millennia.

R1

Vedanta Wisdom

Is the apparent separation of the self and cosmos the ultimate illusion?

Advaita, Dvaita, Samkhya, Upanishads, and Gitas.

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R2

Buddhist Thought

If the self is an illusion, what is it that experiences the illusion?

Anatta (no-self), Sunyata (emptiness), Rigpa (pure awareness), and Zen.

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R3

Phenomenology

What is left when all assumptions about the external world are bracketed?

First-person study of consciousness, reduction, self models, and presence.

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R4

Esoteric Realities

What do anomalous and mystical states suggest about the continuity of awareness?

Rebirth, subtle body maps, astral travel, NDEs, and enlightenment.

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R5

Direct Inquiry

Who is the one asking the question?

Atma Vichara (self-inquiry), Neti Neti, and investigation of the Witness.

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R6

Shivom's Inquiry

What remains when memories, senses, language, and the ego vanish completely?

Deep sleep witness, congenital sensory impairment, and memory loss arguments.

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The Trunk