Subjectivity and Objectivity

So to summarize, we can say that subjectivity means that our approach is dominated or influenced by our personality’s positions, feelings, reactions, preferences, and judgments. Objectivity means the absence of all such inner coercive agencies in the presence of an openness that embodies love, sensitivity, and all the essential qualities that constitute the Diamond Guidance. (Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg 359)

Absolute objectivity doesn’t happen except at the level of the Absolute. At the very moment we reach that level, we transcend the uncertainty principle. This is because we see that the recognizer and what is recognized are one, not two. There is no observer and no observed, no explorer and no explored – only one objective existence. The whole basis of the uncertainty principle – the duality between the observer and the observed – has disappeared. Only on this level of nonduality can objectivity be complete. So understanding continues to deepen as we move through degrees of objectivity. More precisely, for understanding to deepen, we must become more objective, more exact, more precise. We then see things more as they are. (Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg 360)

Through this discussion we are introducing another element necessary for inquiry besides the love of truth. Love of the truth actually points to this element: the need for objectivity. In inquiry, perception and understanding become objective at some point, which means that they become the perception and understanding of the facts of the matter – what actually is. Then we are perceiving what is truly arising in the situation, and our understanding is the discernment of the truth of what is arising or unfolding. Then neither our understanding nor our perception is colored by our subjectivity… True objectivity is the most compassionate, loving attitude because it is totally open to the truth. This truth is not only the savior, it is also the beloved. (Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg 361)