Observation 4 It's Neither Half Full Nor Half Empty. It's Half A Glass

Some people like to argue that the situation is half full while others may choose to perceive the situation as half empty. Both the half full or half empty perceptions are only apparent truth. The ultimate truth is that the glass is half - filled. Similar to music and noise. The ultimate true nature of music and noise is that they are both sound.
Living daily lives, good news and bad news are information. In this instance, one must be able to distinguish the difference between apparent truth and ultimate truth. While music and noise are apparent,  ultimately they are both sound. Some argue half empty while others prefer half full, ultimately it's half a glass. Both good and bad news, are just information that we have to face and live through it.
While the earth is real, the man made world is apparent. There are some 7 billion humans on earth. This is ultimate truth.  The apparent truth would be there are 7 billion person of different races from different countries,  practising different religions. One of the way to distinguish between the ultimate truth and the apparent truth is using the way nature take its course. Here the wind blows, when the sun shines on the earth, when natural catastrophe strikes, it does not recognise or discriminate based on nationalities or beliefs.
Cheese and chilli are just the way they are. Some people like cheese while others cannot stand it. Cheese and chili are neither good or bad. In the context of choosing a way of life, very much like taking chili.  You can choose to take chili and be reminded that there will be a sensation on your tongue.  There is nothing good or bad about the sensation. Some likes it and some doesn't.  The ultimate truth is that cheese and chili is a form of food and has their own unique taste and smell. Similarly , a scene with trees, flowers, rivers and lakes backed by mountains can be perceived as peaceful and beautiful by some,  whilst skyscrapers would probably amaze the bushmen. When the scenery is per even as beautiful, we have derailed from the ultimate truth. Because the trees, rivers, flowers and mountains are just the way they are, so are the skyscrapers. They are neither beautiful nor ugly, they are neither good nor bad. We are mindlessly caught in endless struggles in the world of likes and dislikes within the sphere of conceptual truth. In essence, nature only recognises the fundamental essence of all things as they are, without judgement,  preferences, differentiation or discrimination.
Life is a riddle. If you ever find the answer, it may turn out bitter because it is just some twenty something thousand days. It may turn out sweet because you know.
One who has never woken up will not be able to realize the difference between being awake and being asleep. Not knowing the ultimate truth, on will only gave the ability to see and live in the apparent truth, consequently being ignorant of the difference between the two. Nature does not recognise apparent truth.