I think the elephant in the room is probably best summed up as follows:

No one will ever tell you THE truth. They’ll only ever tell you THEIR truth.

That’s not to say that people won’t ever TRY to do the former (though you have to be careful to separate those who do from those who pretend to), but rather, that it is fundamentally impossible to do so. The real truth is far too complicated to ever be put into words, so the best anyone can hope to do is point you towards it.