27 April 2025

I Say That Truth Is Relative – Relative To The One Preaching It! And I Preach What I Call THiNK! Journalism

I value Truth, of course, specially in these times when many different claims to the Truth fly faster than an airplane! I thank God we are now living in an Internet-wide world where anyone can speak to the world at anytime. Freedom of speech has never been more valuable than now.

“Truth is not what you want it to be: it is what it is,” Miyamuto Musashi says; “And you must bend to its power or live a lie.”

But first, who is the one speaking?

“Miyamoto Musashi (c1584 13 June 1645), was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels.” And as it turns out, he was also a wordsman – a killer with the word!

What do you want the Truth to serve – a few, a majority, or everyone? Truth must always be measured by how many people are served for the good. I prefer for ALL.

Truth should be all there is for the good of all the world. That is why I have embraced “Truth” and now preach & practice what I call “THiNK! Journalism.” (“THINK” image from teacherspayteachers.com)

It goes like this:

Is it
True? If True, is it
Helpful? If Helpful, is it
Inspiring? If Inspiring, is it
Necessary? If Necessary, is it
Kind?
THiNK! Before you speak, or do something important, especially when it involves many people.

That is to say, you don’t stop at True, or stop at Helpful, or stop at Inspiring, or stop at Necessary, or stop at Kind – you have to always THiNK! You must always be THINKing!

We go back to multi-talented Japanese expert. Says Wikipedia of him (en.wikipedia.org):

Miyamoto Musashi (c1584–13 June 1645),[1] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. [2] Miyamoto is considered a kensei (sword saint) of Japan. [3] He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū (or Nito Ichi-ryū) style of swordsmanship, and in his final years authored A Book of Five Rings Go Rin No Sho) and Dokkōdō (The Path of Aloneness).

Thus, I say Miyamoto was a swordsman, not a peace man – he would always try to obtain “peace” with his sword.

And hereby I say, swordsmanship or the sharpness of the sword is not necessary – wordmanship is what is necessary, and we cannot practice wordmanship or the power of the word with the sword.

I go back to my wordmanship and the 5 questions whose combined answers make up the whole as pleasant: true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, kind!

Thus, my THiNK! Journalism:

Is it
True? If True, is it
Helpful? If Helpful, is it
Inspiring? If Inspiring, is it
Necessary? If Necessary, is it
Kind? THiNK!

Now I say, “Whether you are angry or not, before you strike with your sword, or word – think! Especially when you are dealing with the Truth. THiNK Truth!@517

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