The mystic or sage, artist or poet, expresses these glimpses, and these have the power to awaken us. We can only conclude that truth resides in the heart of the heart of all beings, great and small. Some have unfolded more understanding of this truth. We are at the human stage of comprehension and self-expression. Birds are birds by reason of the same process.
Gods are gods because they have unfolded the godlike.
Hence truth-seeking has throughout the ages been linked with the idea of the path, the path of unfolding latent capacities. We are on this path leading to our flowering as human beings, whether or not we realize it. And when we extend our view to encompass many lives or reincarnations we realize we have the time scale needed for everyone to develop his higher potential. Truth needs no outside force, for it persuades by its innate veracity. It is sometimes believed that these three are incompatible.