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What is Truth?



Lately I have been thinking about the concept of truth. In fact, this entire blog that started in 2012 has been a documentation of my journey searching for meaning and truth. While my posts have not been consistent they are a beautiful reminder of how I continue to navigate this thing called life!

Flooded by the ever increasing noise of social media and content I became conflicted, unsure who to trust or what to believe. I found myself questioning what and who I should allow to influence my belief structure which has been an ongoing journey since I originally left the church in 2013 only to return a second time in 2017. My perspectives had evolved and I landed on a belief of coexisting so I thought I would try to reintegrate my upbringing. A lifelong program of repeating what I was taught and 7 years of deep questioning have led me to the ultimate choice that organized religion is not for me. Without it I am closer to a force greater than myself.

I have found that our greatest teachers are silent. It is what we find within that propels us on journey of personal truth. Truth is dynamic, unique to a specific context of variables within a present moment and represented by the individual consciousness of that moment. A moment that can never be recreated. A world full of duality, the grass is never greener — contrast, a teacher. An energetic force that flows like the river, moving in and around nature. It doesn’t stop when a tree falls, rather it finds a new path. It does not know human personification.

It is in the moments of not forcing or searching that seem to create serendipitous encounters where we find others beautifully living out their own truth — no fear of right or wrong. It’s in these moments where we are ignited in our truth that it feels like an epiphany so high you want to share it with the world. It can become a projection of desiring others to feel or believe the same way — a movement of missionaries. It is where we find religion, a man made construct that has resulted in fear tactics, control and divisiveness. It creates a world with dogmatic rules of morality.

Our human design longs to share enlightenment and to find external factors of validation. That beautiful serendipitous moment of a soul feeling a divine connection then turned into a controlled recipe to share with others. A sincere intention, but alas — the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

In the comparison of our truth to others we create a battle, losing our connection within. A divisiveness that says I am right and you are wrong. I am here not to project my truth onto others, but to find joy in the curiosity of what gives others purpose so that together we can rejoice in their peace.

I believe the greatest gift we can give to others is the experience of being heard, for it is that validation we so badly want. Let us empower one another in our unique truths because after all, we are all one and the illusion of this physical experience is that our truths are different. I can have my truth while you have yours, neither is right and neither is wrong.

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