Sanity Begins With Truth

Ever hear the saying "Truth will set you free?"  Well, it's true. So if you would be free within yourself there's no other way to get to personal freedom than to start with the truth! Whatever the truth may be... 

But that's exactly where we often run into trouble. It's so easy (and seems so necessary?) to get wrapped up in defending what we 'already know' to be the truth! And so easy to become 'blind' to anything other than our own perception, in that defensiveness we take on. This, though it seems to be, is really not a 'mental' exercise; what it boils down to is the need we all have to be heard and validated... that's exactly why discussion get so heated when we're on the warpath to defend our rights, and what we know to be true.

In that respect:truth is certainly 'relative' (as has so often been exclaimed) in that it is certainly a very personal affair what touches the heart--that's part of what makes things "real" for us.. which is part of the subconscious mechanics in discovering whether or not reality can be trusted, from the beginning. That part of experiencing the "What Is" is bound to be different (and can even be opposite) from one person to the next, one moment to the next. But truth also has a "principle" aspect that simply cannot be overridden by how we personally feel or don't feel; that aspect of truth is as solid as the Law of Gravity.. unchangeable by personal perception or preference. (Yes, I understand that man has found a way to overcome that unpalatable limitation when he invented airplanes, but you get my drift..) 

It is what it is; it does not budge or change character to suit anyone. And even though one gets hurt by ignoring the fundamental principle at work here: essentially speaking it's not there to hurt us but to keep our feet on the ground so we don't take off to space whee, without grounding of some sort, we get lost in the outer vastness.It's this "principle truth" or "truth principle" that sets us free when we embrace it; it is only when we see this truth as truth we get free!

In the blogs to come we'll be talking more about where it leads when one does. Ciao!