Copyright 2001, Colin C. Tipping

PART THREE
Assumptions
Expanded

---

15: Articles of Faith
T
he assumptions listed in Chapter Two were made
briefly to give you just enough of an understand
ing of them to comprehend the theory of Radical
Forgiveness. Now I would like to discuss in greater
depth any assumptions underlying Radical Forgiveness
that heretofore have not been comprehensively dis-
cussed. I hope this will help you find a level of comfort
with them, even if you cannot accept them totally.
Remember, all theories are based upon assumptions,
but not all assumptions are proven with evidence of their
validity. This holds especially true when dealing with
theories and assumptions pertaining to the nature of
reality and spiritual issues.
Interestingly, science and mysticism have come to a
new level of agreement about the nature of reality and
other spiritual questions that until now have seemed
beyond the reach of science. For centuries, Hindu
mystics have claimed to possess a 
direct knowing
of
these universal truths, which they claim to have arrived
at as a result of 40 years of meditating in Himalayan
caves. By using rigorous scientific methods and theo-
retical constructs, scientists recently have arrived at the
same truths — or, should we say, have made similar
assumptions. It is now safe to say that quantum phys-
ics actually demonstrates the truth of what the mystics
have known for centuries. How exciting it is to see a
joining of these two distinct ways of approaching and
arriving at truth. Science and spirituality have come
together at last with scientists becoming modern-day
mystics!
Yet, in spite of the progress we have made, in all humil-
ity we must continue to keep in mind that these assump-
tions, by their very nature, do not represent 
the whole
137

---

truth
. The great mystery of how the universe works and
of the higher purpose of human life still seems to lie
beyond mere mortal understanding, and it seems the
assumptions we make are mere approximations of what
might be the truth. On this basis, therefore, the follow-
ing assumptions are given as the foundation for Radi-
cal Forgiveness.