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We’re Searching for Truth

The truth is the truth. Constant, consistent, it vibrates to the inner core of our being. We feel the truth. Like the straight arrow, the truth seeks its bullseye. It does not take a winding path to some ever shifting mark in the sand.

Truth has come into question of late. It eludes us. What is it? Where is it? Why should any one entity have the ultimate say in what the truth is, to mold the consensual reality as they see fit?

Sometimes there is no instant way to pinpoint the truth, but what we can do is be widely observant, noting the incongruities and idiosyncrasies, and listening to our intuitive voices along the way. We can feel a vibe in any situation, be it positive or negative, when we’re paying close attention. Logic and intuitive reasoning together help us to know where to properly place our trust.

If you are not already doing so, it is time to listen to your inner truth. In rune stones, Teiwaz (the arrow symbol) is the spiritual warrior. Spiritual warriors do not put blind faith in the consensual narrative. With patience and perseverance, they see, analyze, and go inward to compile their own conclusion.

As Albert Einstein said, “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” This is your call to start listening to your own inner voice and wisdom.

Within You

You ask “Where’s the truth?”
I say it resides in your core,
it’s that feeling in your gut,
that you may often ignore.

Society says it’s the facts,
I ask you, “Whose facts?”
With experts at every turn,
there are too many, alas!

Our phones are their key
to enslaving us all,
they want us distracted,
our minds at their call.

For centuries the game
has been played the same,
they rule us with our fears,
our guilt, blame, and shame.

So that feeling you have
that something’s not right,
is the key to the truth
and changing our plight.

Inspirational Quotes:

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ~ Mark Twain

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the Earth.” ~ William Faulkner

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” ~ George R.R. Martin

“I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” ~ C. S. Lewis

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© Susan L Hart 2024

Really Live, Every Day

You Butterfly, You

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The beautiful butterfly captivates us with its brilliant color and lightness of being. Its joyful flitting among flowers never fails to raise our spirits, and somehow it gives us hope. Hope for what? Well, perhaps simply a world where more color, joy, and lightness of being may be possible. Butterflies cut right through to the core of our being. They speak to our souls about joy.

We were born with lightness and joy

As adults, the world and its problems have this way of weighing us down. Eventually we forget that we were born with this innate sense of joy. Watch young children. They are still in a cycle of newness, discovering, joyfulness, positivity.

Butterfly, symbol of transformation

There is a long history of the butterfly as symbol of transformation, resurrection, adaptability to change, lightness and joy. You’ll find more about this in the article: Dance like the Butterfly

Allow the butterfly in you to burst forth

Embrace your soul lessons, because they are food for your transformation process. Learn from them, and do not get weighed down by regrets and problems. Allow yourself to grow, bloom, transform completely, to the beautiful butterfly you were always meant to be.

Born to Fly

I had a “friend”
who wanted to
dissect me,
so they could
determine how
to capture me.

I have worked
hard in this life
to unchain and
free my soul –
Why would I
agree to this?

The young me
would yield
to please, but,
the older me
stands firm for
autonomy.

I’m not an ant
made only
for hard work,
I discovered
I have wings,
I’m a butterfly.

Thank you for
the lesson!
I cannot allow
you to pluck
my wings and
pin me down.

I will not deny
that I am
a butterfly,
real friends
let friends fly,
and so must I.

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Becoming One

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Wholly

Living life wholly, fully, completely,
is a process of learning,
with full awareness
and reverently,
for life IS holy –
I don’t mean religiously,
but yes, spiritually,
and respectfully
of All of Life,
not sacrificially
of yourself,
your own soul,
your learning,
but cooperatively
with humanity,
compassionately,
understandingly,
gracefully,
lovingly,
becoming
wholly
One.

Letter to Humanity

On the winding path of life we’re here to learn,
that love’s greatest lessons are not to be spurned.

Be faithful and true first of all to yourself,
but don’t leave your heart sitting on a back shelf.

Brave the big world and embrace what you see,
we all contribute to humanity.

Love is the compass to navigate our way,
a world of connections needs no special day.

The challenge, you see, is to each do our part,
to heal the world, we have to live from the heart.

Unison

Heart, mind, and vision,
intention creates action,
people have power.

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An Awakening Humanity

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There is a spiritual revolution quietly brewing in the heart of humanity. A surging, monumental wave undulates persistently around the world. Can you feel it?

The process began with the pandemic. Isolation removed our normal distractions, making room for some valuable time for introspection. Oh, we tried our best to fill up that vacuum with various projects and more social media. But that nagging feeling that our lives weren’t quite right in the first place, “what are we trying to get back to?“ did not fully go away.

The curtain was pulled aside, the yawning void was revealed, and for some people that was scarier than any virus ever could be.

Questioning how we’ve been living our lives

“I thought my life had meaning, now I’m not so sure. Why was I busting my butt all those mornings, commuting to a job I hated? Why did I put the dream of a big house before the dream of a happy and cohesive family? Why did I sacrifice my own dreams so I could try to measure up to society’s yard stick of success?”

And on it goes. The monologue playing in your head would have been different than the next person’s, but you get the idea. We were (and still are) in a time of extreme self-examination, as we open our eyes to the dysfunctional aspects of society.

Much of it is not pretty, so we are inclined to turn our eyes away. But wait! Isn’t that what we’ve been doing for too long now? Losing ourselves in our technological devices? Trusting that everything would be taken care of for us by external authority? Trusting that the formula for life that society insisted we adhere to was a good one? Trusting the message that we shouldn’t trust in ourselves, after all, what could we possibly know?

The big opportunity for change

To say that this time is important is hugely understating it. Humanity is riding a wave, the cusp of a gargantuan shift in consciousness. Change is a scary proposition, and we have a tendency to avoid it at all cost. However, the uncomfortable global reality has thrown down the gauntlet for you, me, and the rest of humanity. The big question hanging in the air is, will we rise to the occasion and create a better society for ourselves, or continue to tell ourselves that someone else will “take care of it”?

It’s important that we all take the time to ask questions, and while we’re searching for the answers, listen not only to our heads, but also to our hearts and guts (intuition). There’s a collective voice crying to be heard, and you and I are part of it.

Hear its song and feel its pulse. We are all inextricably connected.

Inspirational Quotes:

“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.”~ Eckhart Tolle

“Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger hold you back from striving toward the summit of fulfillment.” ~ John O’Donohue

“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ~ Albert Camus

“You have wakened not out of sleep, but into a prior dream, and that dream lies within another, and so on, to infinity, which is the number of grains of sand. The path that you are to take is endless, and you will die before you have truly awakened.” ~ Jorge Luis Borges

“You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.” ~ Amit Ray

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss – an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc., is sure to be noticed.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.” ~ John Steinbeck

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