Well there are many ways to experience the truth... My first glimpse of the universal truth was brought about by a zen koan, which is like a riddle. They are used to force you to think in a different way, outside the regular box within which your thoughts are usually contained. Here is an example of one called the short staff:

The Short Staff
Shuzan held out his short staff and said, "If you call this a short staff, you oppose its reality. If you do not call it a short staff, you ignore the fact. Now what do you wish to call this?"

There is no set answer to koans, by the way. Well there is sometimes a set correct answer, but it is wrong.

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