Living in one's own Truth

We are all part of the one Consciousness. The stars in the distant galaxy, or the tiniest of particle all have the same stuff, which is similar. We are all part of the same fractal, but adapt to the environment we live and interact with. (Video: Bruce Lippot, Biology of Belief). Our world is but phenomena of our own perception: what we see out there is shaped by our thoughts. We eventually see what we ‘wish to see’. We consolidate our belief systems, and act within this: our actions are predetermined. 

At its primacy, what makes us tick is a deep desire to seek happiness. We chase money (more specifically, what money can buy us), or we seek friendships with others (to boost our self esteem), or power or recognition (to gain more control of our environment and influence things around us); some of us even seek truth around, ‘who am I’, the ultimate in desire. For truth comes not with searching. Truth is recognized whenever, wherever. It is as certain as a bright day-all doubts vanish. Truth is an eternal principle, it stands irresolute over time.

All this is a search: as if something is out there to be found. Yet, we forget, the important lesson: we are already joyful, blissful and complete in every way. Timothy Gallwey, in the Inner game of Tennis says, “ The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change, yet at each stage, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is’. Our misery comes with wanting to be something else. When we expect, we get disappointed, when we accept, we find harmony. Nor should a search for it self become an obsession. According to the Tao – The sage does not contrive to find his self, for he knows that all which may be found of it, is that which manifests to sense and thought which side by side with ‘self’ is naught.

Our truth lives within us. As Buddha instructed, ‘be a light unto yourself’. Follow your own intuition, even if it seems paradoxical. Lao Tsu says,

What is in the end to be shrunk, must first be stretched

Whatever is to be weakened, must begin by making strong

What is to be overthrown, must begin to be set up

He who would be a taker, must begin as a giver

This is called ‘dimmining one’s light’.