I observe that absolute truth does exist and can be found, but we need to find it in a specific way that involves use of more of ourselves than we have been using (generally) so far. I KNOW I exist. So I can use the feeling of that absolute knowingness to use as a guide to compare to other thoughts I have - to find out whether I really know that they are true or not. Usually, the things we think we know are just beliefs and we can feel the difference between them and the absolute truth of 'I AM'.

Assumptions are different to hypotheses in that assumptions define that an idea is true, whereas a hypothesis is speculation that may or may not be true. Once a hypothesis is tested, then it is a step closer to becoming involved with producing truth that is considered factual.

If you think about the process you described, of taking assumptions and projecting them as facts - it might often be a process that starts due to a fear of not knowing the answers. Instead of just being ok with not knowing the answer, often our fear quietly tricks us into grabbing at whatever we can find (as if we are drowning and grasping for the roots of a tree). As tempting as it might be to try to find such a tree as we gasp for air, it is probably better for us to swim instead and move by the 'root' of our own power. In other words, there is power in accepting the unknown and allowing the process of learning to unfold.

Beliefs can certainly cloud our thinking and even change our reality in a way that has us being convinced that they are the truth. However, beliefs will pretty much always contain an amount of error - which is why I aim to remove all beliefs from my being. <3