| Something inside tells you whether or not you are | | | | longer satisfied by fooling yourself. You've done that |
| being true to yourself - you can sense it. You can | | | | and it has boomeranged on you. It's now time to get |
| sense the difference between sincerity and falseness. | | | | on with life in a more mature and intelligent way, to |
| Not being true to yourself means that you are faking | | | | be true to yourself for a change rather than being |
| it for some reason of convenience, and faking it, in | | | | true to some authority that tells you what to think. |
| time, eats away at your very being. | | | | Part of being true to yourself is finding the courage |
| There is a difference in believing something, and | | | | to stand up. |
| believing in something. When you believe something | | | | Not everybody can do this; initially it's akin to having |
| without a doubt, you have investigated it thoroughly | | | | a rug pulled out from under your feet. But when you |
| and are certain of it. When you believe in something, | | | | begin to see how you have been manipulated, then |
| you are subtly and purposely distancing yourself from | | | | that first step toward being true to yourself |
| its truth, and the further you distance yourself from | | | | becomes intuitive; it's the only thing left for you to |
| truth, any truth, the less you are true to yourself. | | | | do as you begin to awaken from your deep sleep. |
| You might believe in another person, or believe in a | | | | Once the awakening begins, once you begin being |
| cause, and completely surrender to it without | | | | true to yourself, then the freedom you feel can only |
| considering whether or not you believe that person | | | | be described as utterly amazing; an awakened |
| or cause. There is a difference. This difference is | | | | existence as if you have been reborn into a brave, |
| what separates truth from falseness. | | | | new world. The false security that once was your life |
| Being true to yourself involves tremendous courage. | | | | and drugged you into oblivion is now replaced by a |
| If you lack that courage, you fake it. You fake it | | | | piercing awareness and intelligence that carries you to |
| when you fool yourself into believing in something | | | | ultimate freedom. Nothing can compare to this - |
| simply because it makes you feel good, or makes | | | | everything else is child's play, children's fairytales. |
| you feel secure, or real, and this is part of the | | | | And being true to yourself begins by being with |
| ignorant bliss you surround yourself with when you | | | | yourself . . . in meditation. |
| are not true to yourself. | | | | Copyright © E. Raymond Rock 2007. All rights |
| Being true to yourself requires guts, guts to actually | | | | reserved. |
| look closely at everything, because now you are no | | | | |