The Texture of Truth Telling

Begin by telling the truth. By hearing your own voice speak the truth, you will learn what truth sounds like. By facing the joy and pain of truth, you will know what truth feels like. By gazing into the shadows your eyes will adapt and shine like the owl’s. Wickedness then will fear you.

Tell the truth to yourself and to others, then you will inspire others to open up. Lies will sound on their tongue, so they too will abandon deceit. Abandon of deceit is a solid step toward humility, a measurable move away from delusion. To be yourself means you do not lie to yourself. If you do not lie to yourself, you won’t be concerned with making others see you a certain way.

We should always reflect back upon the darkness we ourselves came from. Reflect back on the times we were asleep, unawakened. They were there, and we are continually awakening so that our awareness now will someday seem dim in comparison.

Knowing that we come from darkness and that our ignorance brought us suffering — let this sit on your heart. It will give you the patience and compassion to allow darkness in others — and faith that we can all find sunrise, that sunrise dawns upon us.

Yes, the sun rises over the horizons of our potential. Fresh air flows into all lungs. Water fills our bodies and sates all thirst. The earth accepts all paths. The stars house infinite imagination — you see, this universe surrenders itself both to the saints and who you name wicked.

Don’t settle for “whatever works”, be fresh, do something new, say forbidden things — we all forbid ourselves to say things, but saying them can be powerful — maybe other people wish to say it, or hear another who feels the same. Then you are two.

A breath of fresh air breaks us out of the cocoon of habit. The light instantly pours through the cracks. Your words could bring breath and light, water and warmth, to someone else’s life. If a thousand people read something you’ve written, it is nowhere near as successful as if it is truly felt as sacred to just one person. This is why we musn’t be concerned with the numbers of our audience — appeal to the mass and you pay in spirit.

The possibility of fresh air brings us automatically towards it.