The Theory of Convergence

Frequently, I stumble up on the question "Is there an Ultimate Truth?" - I am sure I'm not alone here.

Few schools of thought on this rather intriguing question:

1. There is ultimate truth (UT). With our limited comprehension in various fields, we come up with infinite theories, beliefs & hallucinations. We claim what we think of as UT is indeed the UT. The spectrum of this interpreted UT is wide: Love, Music, God, Selflessness, Family, Friends, Work, Fun, Work, Booze, Joy, Pain, Awareness, Service, Sex, Money, Inventions, Making-a-difference, Death, Sleep, Universe, Being, Self, Commitment, Integrity, Power, Happiness, Success, Patriotism, Peace and 'I, me and myself' - to name a few. People have freedom - they choose their UT, which in turn gives some sense of meaning to their life.
2. There is nothing ultimate or truth about 'Ultimate Truth'. This is simpler of the two thoughts since (a) it's too common that people of first category shift from one UT to another in the passage of their life, which in principle, defeats the definition of 'Ultimate' in UT (b) It's always simpler to deny something and ask for proof than proving.
3. The third and last group would say that we really don't know.. May be that UT is intentionally left unanswered, since answering would end the struggle and joy of living. It's like a thriller - who would be interested in watching if the story including the twists, plots and the end is known? Out of the 3, this is the safest and simplest.

Like many of you, I had (am having) been through all the 3 schools at different times. Only the third state makes it possible for one to be through the 3 possibilities. Though it's the simplest, human beings never stop and settle for simple things. We always ask "What Next?" We would like to explore, seek, know and eat the apple.

I started thinking of the pillar areas, we human beings analyzed, tried to understand, have shown interest so far. Through our reading, listening, thinking and experiences, we lived and believed in all these areas through out our life - not just our generation, but millions of them. That made me feel that we can find out the Ultimate Truth based on, what I would call, the Theory of Convergence - If there is something that all the pillar areas could converge to, that would be the UT. Yes, the convergence of Science, Business, Spirituality, Arts and Society. Pictorially, something like this [Ok, excuse me - This's definitely not an insightful piece of venn diagram - Just decided to include a picture for the first time in my blog ;)]


Yes, it's not that easy to find the convergence, given billions of population with trillions of ideologies under each area and zillions of conflicts and battles among these areas. Yes, traditionally there been more fights and incongruities than convergence among these pillars - E.g. the fierce fight between science and religion, the incompatibility between society and business. So, is it possible at all to find the one that binds all these areas? Can we get a genius who discovers the deepest insights that could potentially connect all the dots?

Let's HOPE we find. Let's HOPE we get.