Speak Your Truth - A Good Practice

A recent family dispute brought about some fairly dramatic and necessary changes in the interpersonal relationships between multiple family members.  I was thinking about the series of events that lead up to this climax and came up with this thought:  As we continuously sweep the 'little things' under the rug, eventually we trip over the mountain below. 

Everyone deals with conflict in different ways.  Some people react with violence, definitely an extreme.  Some people react with ignorance, a different kind of extreme.  Let's not look at the negative connotations that the word ignorance has and let's strictly look at how the word is constructed for a moment.  'Ignore' is at the base and means "to deny the existence of what is".  So ignorance is the denial of the existence of Truth.  One can be fully aware of what the Truth is but through actions and words deny its very existence.  Uninformed is oft mistaken for ignorant.  The necessity for the self-preservation mechanism behind this method of managing stress is very real.  As we discussed before in Yin and Yang, there can be manifestation becoming what is necessary...a dual reality, if you will.  Because of conditions that exist, individuals create necessary adaptations to deal with those conditions or, in most cases, NOT deal with those conditions.  A choice is made to avoid or ignore the condition thus creating a new habit or relationship in order to facilitate the ignorance of the condition.  As we have all found out at some point or another in our lives, ignoring something does not make it go away.  What happens, though, is that we build a false front (hey there's that straw dog thing again) and create not only an alternate reality for ourselves but also for the other person or people in the relationship. 

Speaking your Truth is very easy.  The more you practice it, the easier it becomes.  Identifying the Truth to be spoken can be a challenge.  Experience is our guide to this identification.  We know what is right and wrong.  Whether we choose to do what is right versus what is wrong is another story and can depend greatly on the existing conditions.  It is our courage that determines which we will choose.  Do we cast aside the feelings of others in our pursuit of Truth?  Do we choose to live in the alternate reality because we are too afraid to do so?  Thinking about the feelings of others, do we realize that only with the Truth are we able to fully consider them?  How many people live through lies and deceit leaving a trail of broken hearts and torn lives behind?

Let us speak our Truth throughout our lives so that we can be who we are.  It is far easier to remember the Truth.  Truth is what is.  It is not clouded by our own agendas.  When we fail to recognize the Truth, we fail to recognize who we are.  Truth will never fail us, but will we fail Truth?

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