TRUTH

    Truth

    In the midst of all actions, all feelings and thought
    There is but one thing to prevail,
    The many twists and turns, a step at a time
    Life's sole purpose, is this to unveil.

    Removing the blanket that covers true Being
    Age-long passage, from time of eternal youth,
    In good times and bad, in knowing or not
    What is sought-is simply the truth.

    Many times afraid- of that which is real
    We burrow and hide in deceit,
    Consciously unaware in current presence
    True knowledge, is that which we cheat.

    Peeling away the many layers of illusion
    Through experience, one layer at a time,
    No certitude of that right or wrong
    On the unequivocal, true upward climb.

    Perpetual change in earthly understanding
    Until the ripples of judgment subside,
    This stirring moment does wait for us all
    And then, the truth cannot hide.

    Truth now exposed, a cleansing of apparition
    We experience each moment nonaligned,
    Accepting the now, the instant, the present
    Is our enchanting, everlasting true find.

Truth is a single, simple word that all of us have heard from our earliest days of comprehension. From the days of our childhood, we were always told to tell the truth, that telling the truth was the right thing to do and would make us good people. Of course, this was positive, constructive direction from our parents, loved ones, teachers, and the like. In reality, it helped meld us with positive character traits and attributes in our human growth and development.

But as young children, we were continually conditioned, continually bombarded with what society considered to be the truth, what society considered to be the way of the world, what society considered to be right or wrong. This idea of truth led us to believe that when we, or others, were not acting, speaking, or directing our lives in a certain fashion, we were treading down the wrong path. "Conform to the norm" would be an appropriate description of this paradigm, and history has shown that this way of thinking has continued from generation to generation. Truths, attitudes, and behaviour pass from parent to child — with good intent in most circumstances. And, of course, the best intention directs the next generation to know the way to happiness and to being a good, upstanding member of society and a good human being. Yes, there are obvious changes in traditions from several generations long past, but the core impression of the ways of the world has remained constant, and for the most part, they have been shared with an "earthly" understanding of love.

This earthly understanding of love is experienced with those close to us, both family and friends and others in our close circle of life. Many claim they love unconditionally; many believe in their own minds they love unconditionally — but in reality, when the people they love stop conforming to direction, guidance, or the attitude of others, those who thought they loved unconditionally begin to judge them and take on other attitudes that ultimately affect their relationships. Our upset or discontent with the actions, behaviour, or attitudes of others eventually goes against the grain of the universal heart. This is the way of the world as we know it, but there is good news, great news, in fact! It is exactly this process that each and every human being needs to pass through to experience and ultimately learn to love in accord with the universal heart.

Learning the truth, learning love — this is our ultimate destiny in the game that we all know as life. And how does this happen? How does this occur for each and every one of us? Ultimately, with one interaction with another person, one new conscious thought, one experience at a time. Each and every experience does not lead us toward the truth, but it eventually carries us away from what is not true, what is not real, what is not relevant in our journey as eternal beings. In many ways, it goes against the grain of what we learned in our youth as the truth — the truth we learned to carry us through life as our predecessors displayed in their actions, thoughts, and words. It peels away the many illusions that block us from knowing real love, Universal Love. In a sense, we have to unlearn that which has established our foundation as human beings, from time of birth to our present moment.

"We continually need to unlearn, and by doing this, we learn to be"

We tread down the path of life trying to conform to the wishes and directions of those who came before us. We follow our loved ones' guidance and wisdom, typically trying to conform to societal norms and lead a good, upstanding life. These loved ones typically profess that we can do anything we set our minds to with dedication and commitment. This may include following in our families' footsteps — attending certain academic institutions or taking particular career paths, or often following our parents' dreams and aspirations for us, aspirations that we make better lives for ourselves than what they themselves experienced. Again, it's all done with good intent. But imminently, we tread off this course to varying degrees, and ultimately, we develop mental images of ourselves in accordance with our nonconformance to the expectations set before us. This process typically begins at a very young age — and our conscious and subconscious positions continuously evolve. Yes, in a lot of cases, life plays out and follows the map put forth in front of us with great precision, but if the map outlined was not in accordance with universal love, it can then repeat itself and continue to elude the truth.

So how do we migrate toward the truth by either staying on or stepping off the path in front of us? Ultimately, we go where the winds of change carry us; we each trek upon our own path one step at a time, one rung on the ladder at a time, to discover who we really are at the core of our being. There are an infinite number of paths, but all eventually lead to the same destination, the same divine Truth!

Every path has many twists and turns; there's no doubt whatsoever! We experience many, many periods in our lives of happiness, sorrow, confusion, anger, intolerance, and every other emotion known to humankind. Typically, we discover what brings us happiness, what brings us...