Some very "Basic Philosophies" and "Initial Definitions" as thought starters.

"To seek the ultimate reality and help others to understand the value of this quest is a great reason to be here" (rist)

Reality: What is!

Truth: A narrow perspective on reality developed as a result of the accident of the place and time of our birth, reinforced by those who seek an ally to support and perpetuate their own version of the 'truth'.

Beliefs: Faith in a set of learnt 'truths' formed as a result of our indoctrination by the influential when we are to young to resist.

Values: A subjective point of view regarding the relative worth of our attitudes and the worth of the perceived attitudes of those we view or interact with, based on our own narrow perspective and beliefs.

Attitudes: If Personal opinion governing rules of behaviour we think we can get away with when dealing with others from whom we are taking, or to whom we are giving, in the interests of our personal wellbeing.

Motivation: The selfish desire, inherent in all of us, to satisfy ourselves.

Culture: A set of behavioural rules developed over time by those with little or no understanding of their existence, perpetuated by the intellectually inept in an attempt to maintain their narrow perspective on reality.

Religious Organizations: Institutionalised culture orchestrated buy those seeking power to indoctrinate others around them so that they may gain assistance in maintaining their own set of comfortable truths.

Government: Power taken by the strong through the passive or active consent of the weak, as they (the weak), attempt to limit the power of the religious, the well armed or other aggressive forces, given as a trade off for their (the weak) continued existence.

Sin: The act of disobeying the will of the powerful.

Law: Rules developed by the most persuasive individuals in an attempt to ensure personal safety whilst giving credence and the power to act upon their own truths.

Crime: The act of getting caught pandering to your own desires at another’s cost.

Rights: Rules of human engagement set up buy the powerful in case they become weak and sold to the gullible as the will of a superior authority (often called god).

Justice: A mythical perspective on realty implying 360-degree vision, imposed by the powerful to legalise the demise of those acting on a different truth.

'The major limitation to our improving our understanding and our progress as human beings is the difficulty we have in overcoming the indoctrinations of our childhood.' (Unknown) (rist)

What is the difference between ‘truth'and “reality" and why is the understanding of reality more important?

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What you are looking at is a top view of a cup...
(As well as I can draw it given the symbols on my keypad).

The truth for a person approaching from the east is this...

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        \        /  A clean symmetrical shape with no protrusion
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The truth for a person approaching from the west is this...

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        \    l    /  A symmetrical shape with a protrusion, the handle
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The truth for a person approaching from the south is this...

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      ( \       / A shape with a protrusion on the left, the handle
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AND SO ON... DEPENDING UPON YOUR ANGLE, OR POINT OF VIEW OR DIRECTION OF APPROACH...

The truth is of little, or perhaps even no value, as it is limited by our narrow perspective.

Regardless of perspective the cup is a cup and sometimes we need to abandon "OUR" truth and have the calibre and spirit to change our perspective a number of times to find and deal with the reality.