Greetings, spiritual seekers!
Part of what Spirit Life Journeys is all about, is finding truth. Your Truth. With a capital T – the meaning, wholeness, and essence of your life. That which makes your life worthwhile.
Part of knowing that, is being able to tell a lie from the truth.
Sounds simple, right? We all get that gut feeling that lets us know that what is going on, is not our path. Is not our Truth. Is not for us. Is not in alignment with our intentions.
This can come in the form of outright falsehoods from outside of you, or perhaps some falsehoods you may have been holding within yourself. Lies that say you’re not enough, that you’re not worthy, that you’re not beautiful, that you’re not capable.
So why does it get so complicated to know and follow our truth?
Judgement – being judgemental, thinking judgemental thoughts, acting in judgemental ways.
We often use judgement instead of discernment, so I wanted to spend some time talking about the difference.
Many of us navigate through life by reaction – by judging what is good and bad, through emotional reactions – and then making choices based on whatever we have judged.
Discernment, on the other hand, is simply knowledge of truth. It does not separate one person from another; it does not make one thing wrong and another thing right. It does not decide a person or situation is bad. It simply sees the Truth of what is.
That Truth is so freeing – because within that Truth, is the path forward.
Here’s another interesting twist – we sometimes judge ourselves for knowing our Truth. Which makes things very complicated – and here’s an example. Let’s say there has been an event in your workplace where someone has made a mistake. Do we point it out? Do we decide not to call attention to the mistake, so we don’t seem mean?
We might be tempted to judge ourselves for having the thought that someone made an error and that we should not speak up when mistakes are made – that we should not say what we know to be true, because that makes us mean.
On the contrary.
Mean is holding back someone’s opportunity to know the truth and act on it. Mean is calling someone bad names because they’re growing. But, it is NOT mean to point out the truth so that it can be righted.
So – the next time you are tempted to dim your light – reconsider. Act on your truth with love, of course – be conscientious, compassionate, and charitable. But to judge yourself for knowing your answers, helps nobody. Diming your light, giving up your path to serve a lie, does nothing but dim the whole of the world.
Be your light. Shine. We need your light!
All love,
Kelly
