5 - Truth and Love
The best thing you can do is to always speak the truth. Just look within and think about what I’ve said thus far. Obviously if Mrs. Pumpernickel at the school fair asks you if you like her hat and you think it’s hideous you’re not going to say ‘Oh that’s grotesque’. What I mean when I refer to speaking the truth is about being true to yourself and to those you love.
For instance was there ever something you were afraid to express in the way of feelings? Like for example let’s say you and your significant other are planning a vacation. You really want to go to the beach but he wants to go camping. Before you can even say anything he gets all hyped up about this great place where the fishing is great and the hunting is plentiful. You see how excited he is and you feel bad even mentioning what you'd rather do, so you stay quiet. This is not a good kind of quiet. This is a bad kind of quiet! If he loves you he wants your input. Decisions should be truly mutual.
Perhaps you said ‘That’s great hun. I would love to go camping.’ when you really couldn’t give two hoots about camping! That makes it a lie. It is not being selfless. What you are doing is misrepresenting yourself and thus being dishonest in the meantime. So let’s say you get there and he’s having a great time catching fish and you're miserable fighting mosquitoes, cooking on campfire and burning your face off. Eventually you start to take it out on him and he doesn’t know why you’re so upset. It’s not his fault that you were dishonest.
This is why it is always important to tell the truth when it comes to real feelings and important events. Had you spoken your mind and expressed how you felt telling him what you wanted to do, this whole situation could have been avoided. By lying, even with the best of intentions, you are not being fair. Always be honest with your feelings. But do it in a tender and loving way. Whether anyone understands it or not, it’s only fair to speak the truth. How can you expect anyone to know you if you don't show yourself to them?
If you want something speak up! That’s not to say you’re going to go into work and ask your boss for a million dollar raise, let’s be reasonable. But what if you’ve been at your job two years and no raise. All the while you were afraid to say something. I know because this has happened to me. There were all kinds of reasoning and logic I used to calculate why I did not deserve a raise and, therefore, I should not ask. Well this kind of thinking is just bullshit! I wish I would have known then what I know now. Don’t ever try to talk yourself out of something you deserve by doubting yourself. Make it a motto ‘I will not be afraid to ask!'
The truth is very important on the journey to self-enlightenment and spiritual freedom. Just say what you want to say if you find yourself holding it in. Don’t let unsaid truths fester inside. It’s not good for anyone. When you do you will find yourself obsessing over it and that’s unhealthy. Obsessing is indulgence and that’s a big no, no! The idea is to eliminate as much negative energy as Truth and Love you can to make room for the positive energy. Yup, that’s right. Negative energy takes up space, loads and loads of space. Just squatting in your body not paying rent messing up your life! Take charge of your life, kick that negative energy out. Make room for the positive energy and you and everybody around you will feel a lot lighter! Might even lose a few pounds! Lies invite negative energy, even well intentioned lies. Negative energy invites stress, and stress can kill.
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