The Truth about our Truth

Truth – what is truth? Many believe in truth. Many think they know and understand what is truth – yet many are blinded. Is wisdom also truth? Is it an understanding of the dynamics of life and all its complexities which often befall us within the pot of experience? Wisdom offers us the cup of truth. It also offers us the chance to seek deep within the soul what we truly are, a chance to walk hand in hand in the footprint of truth. A favourite quote of mine, by Esther Austin is “If we were more aware of our own shadow, we would not be afraid to look in the mirror.” So ultimately, what does this say about truth? This tells us that through wisdom, we should endeavour to ultimately seek and search for the advancement and betterment of the self, yet can we only establish this through the finding of our own truth?

Indeed, finding our own truth, is therefore the catalyst to opening our eyes to the world and the universe.

Is wisdom fact or fiction, depending from which side of the fence one perceives oneself and depending on whether one has personally faced the mirror of truth and discovered whatever skeleton there is or not in our cupboard! Yet the beauty of life is that, with discovery comes an awareness of, and with this awareness one then has the choice to take action.

For those of us who understand and even overstand – let us bear the light that searches within us, day by day. A light which speaks to our hearts and soul. A light which radiates through and within us so that we stand for the strength of what that light embodies, in the silence of who we truly are.

We need not speak words to prove the expanse of our existence. We do not need to validate who we are through our overstating of actions and deeds. Neither do we need to validate who we are by using ego, arrogance, status, qualifications, merits, material grandeur and wealth to sit on the lapels of our shoulders like sentries. We can be comfortably silent within the abundance and richness of our being, watching with the sacred knowing that we have no-one to account to other than ourselves and to God. Yet being in this place can only be because we have searched and found truth and because truth has allowed us to find her. And in that place of just being, in that place of living within the richness of our own souls, we can quietly climb mountains and build our empires reaching up further into the dimensions of the heavens and still silently maintain who we are.

Many tend to forget that strength comes from understanding our inner truth. Strength is not always vocal, it can be the silent footsteps that walk by your side. It can be the fleeting whisper of the voice of hope when your soul feels down, it can be a smile from a stranger just when you need a pick me up.

Find your inner truth and embrace it. Life is certainly a journey and sometimes we all battle with the distinction of what is truth. So you must let wisdom guide you, deep within yourself. Mediate on who you are and you will be revealed to you. And when you touch your truth, when experience feels you have learned the lessons of life, for that particular moment in time, then your truth will be revealed.


Esther Austin©All Rights Reserved 13 September 2008