For now we see through a glass darkly (1 Corithians 13:12)
Clearly seeing unbiased reality is sort of like being omniscient. None of us are any more capable of this wisdom than we are of absolute purity or righteousness; although it is something that we can and must strive toward; a life-long venture.
As observers in a life gone mad, stimuli bombarding our senses, knowledge exploding, technology growing at astonishing rates, we forget . . ..
We forget that our understanding is limited, our perspectives are just a sliver of the whole, our opinions are like grains of sand, shifting with the wind and the tide.
Like several people witnessing one incident . . . how many perspectives and stories come out of that?
How many perspectives are there on:
The war in Iraq?
The policies of any current administration?
The fist fight on the corner?
The car accident on Hall Street?
Life is kind of like crime scene investigation,
We scour the scene for bits of truth
We look for them in the obvious places
But we especially look for them in the most hidden places
And in the most obscure, unexpected places
Wherever it turns up, we cherish it,
And begin assembling it into a bigger picture
Just remember, assembling the bigger picture is a life-long venture
If we think we have accomplished it . . . well . . . of course we have . . . as we fade into the oblivion of the proud . . . the dogmatic
Living with Open Hands 
Ron Irvine
April 27, 2010
Once a person knows for sure and the mind is made up . . . the mind is then closed.
Once the mind is closed, all new learning stops.
How is it that a person comes to think they have the sum of all knowledge on a subject?
We must remember that we are the clay and the potter is forming us.
We cannot see the end of the road . . . or even around the next bend . . .
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