In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Religion, mysticism, Buddhism, therapy, philosophy, science, and psychology each glimpse part of the truth — but never the whole. This essay shows why these half-truths keep seekers circling, and how Vedanta alone opens both eyes to reveal freedom as the self itself.

Christianity survived not because of its historical truth but because of its mythic power. In grief, followers of Jesus transformed their teacher into a savior, and empire turned the story into a unifying force. Asia, meanwhile, carried forward yoga and Vedanta as systematic methods of inquiry into the Self. This essay explores how myth overshadowed method in the West, why it endured, and what Vedanta reveals about the half-truths of religion.