The Thrill of the Truth
2007
I love books. It would be a crime if there were no bookstores, no libraries. I’ve learned a lot from books, whether self-help, fiction, non-fiction, scripture…
I like creativity books. I find myself on the outside looking in sometimes, though, when I read many of them. But have you ever read books by Sark!? Looked at them? In a very childlike way, Sark, author of Living Juicy: Daily Morsels for Your Creative Soul
with us in the world. I
love her books.
I was getting reacquainted with these wonderful Sark resources the past couple of days, when I discovered a “lesson” entitled “How Can the Truth Serve Us?” from Sark’s The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild LIife
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HOW CAN THE TRUTH SERVE US?
by Sark
If we live in truth, we will be closer to our actual experience, and therefore, open to more joy, and more of our own essence. (Our essence selves love the truth.) The truth is our ally and our revealer. If we let ourselves be truly seen, then we can be truly loved.
The truth hurts and heals. Hurts when we fear and resist it, heals when we allow it to speak and change how we see.
Truth Questions
- Are you currently choosing to lie?
- About what?
- What are your rewards?
- What part(s) does truth play in your life?
- What lies seem essential?
- Where can you increase truth-telling?
- Do you fear the truth?
- How do you explore the truth in your life?
The Thrill of the Truth
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If I might share just a little bit, I can say that I’ve chosen to lie about my anger. Notice that it appears I’ve taken “ownership” of that emotion. Well, I think I must do so. Trying to avoid it and pretend it’s not there has not been helpful because it has caught me off guard when it rears its ugly head. I think I must keep it closer, to sort of get to know it. My anger runs pretty deep.
What about the remainder of those questions? Well, I can’t go any further right now. There’s too much involved, and my brain is fried right now. I plan to come back to it; but in the meantime, I encourage you to explore these questions yourself. Unless I’m preaching to my own little self…
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Hi Kwiz–thoughtful stuff you have here. Being truthful to yourself is not an easy task. In many instances the lie we tell ourselves may be something we learned at a young age. As an adult, we may not even recognize it as a lie. Once we recognize it as a lie, well, then we have to uproot the pattern it is attached to. Not so simple.
One of the catalysts for me to push further and diminish lies I tell myself, was receiving my daughter. I knew in order to teach her about things like patience, I must be living it. I must not be impatient and calling it something else or lying to myself about the degree of impatience I held.
My becoming more truthful about myself was important for me to be able to teach my daughter about truth.
Thanks for sharing this, Kwiz.
Hi The New Parent,
I can relate well and feel the same way. In fact, because my husband and I want our daughter to be healthy and whole, we must demonstrate those actions and qualities that lead to and help us maintain health and wholeness. So yes, I must be more truthful about the anger inside because I don’t want my daughter to grow up to be an angry person. She’s doing fine right now.
Thanks for your comment!