On Asha & Druj
Here's a post I had made on reddit a while back, where I try to delve into the philosophical dynamic of truth and lie. Here's a repost:
Is there any truth or lie without interaction in the first place?
Yes- and I shall explain my view on the matter.
Please note: The usage of the word truth and lie is for convenience, since they are only a speck under the umbrella of the terms Asha and Druj- and must be read as Asha and Druj.
If we take the creation story into account, Ahriman was originally unaware of Ahura Mazda's existence, as opposed to Ahura Mazda's omniscience. Here, complete conscious knowledge is the prerequisite of divine truth. Truth is creation, rather, that which exists by its own. Truth is that which wants the best for us even before the existence of an opposition. A truth can stand by its own without the existence of a lie but a lie cannot exist if not in opposition to an original "nothing" (viz. non-existence.)
Now this would sound contradictory to you since I said before that not only the truth, but a 'lie' also existed before a first interaction. The lie, in cosmological retrospect, existed because of its latent opportunity of being able to oppose, out of a lack of complete knowledge (or awareness). This is why even though the world started with two oppositions, that which exists (truth) will continue to exist but lie cannot continue to exist… This is the philosophical dynamic of frashokereti within the Zoroastrian context.
[I like to term the truth as the "original existence" amongst the state of complete knowing. I have also realised that in writing this piece I have given an explanation to one of the dimensions of Dualism. Something to think about: Would complete knowledge discredit the very act of interaction if we look at Ahuramazda's awareness of Ahriman as a single-sided one?]
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