Your Truth Shall Set You Free
What is the truth? What does it mean to you? The truth has different meanings depending on whose truth we are talking about. Speak truth, speak your truth and most importantly be honest with yourself and others.
My truth may not be your truth and vice versa. I had spent many years in search of the truth and after every new higher-truth that I discovered, it would just expand my awareness and I would keep on seeking higher truths.
I felt like I was going down the rabbit hole or dealing with one of those Russian Dolls where you open it and there is a smaller one inside of it.
An example of a higher-truth that I had learned and experienced would be from going to believing that I am a separate from everything else to a higher-truth that we are all connected on an energetic level.
The definition of truth according to Dictionary.com is a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
Higher truths
What I have learned is that all of us are at our own level of truth and that is fine by me and I totally accept it. There was a time when I was learning about higher truths and I wanted to share them with others.
This wasn’t always welcome and I mainly reserve my higher-truths for my blog. If anyone else resonates with what I am saying than they will be attracted to my blog.
I can tell my truth to someone who is not ready to hear it and it would never get through to them. Same goes for someone trying to tell me their truth. My filters would block it out unless I asked them for their truth or they had some serious rapport with me. This seldom happens though.
Every blog that I read is someone expressing their truth, what they believe to be true according to where they are in their life. Who am I to tell them they are wrong, I wouldn’t .
Even if I read something that I disagree with or that I believe I know a better way, it is best that I allow them their own truth.
Sure, I could offer another way or a higher-truth in the comments, but I would never tell another blogger that they are wrong in their beliefs.
The need to be right
Boy, I could write several posts on this topic. Have you ever made a decision that went against the norm and someone close to you says that you are wrong? How could they know?
They don’t know and nobody knows what is best for you but you. Now there are people such as therapists, coaches, consultants and intuitives that can help you get to your highest truth, but it is your job to eventually learn how to do it yourself. If not, you can choose to keep letting others row your boat at a cost to you.
Row your own boat
Remember the nursery rhyme Row Row Row Your Boat? Gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream. Never in this song does it mention that anyone else get’s to row your boat, that’s your job so don’t ask anyone else to row your boat, and don’t row others either.
I believe the nursery rhyme would be a good analogy about why there is so much turmoil in this world. We are all busy trying to row someone else boat. Oh, this guy in front of me is driving too slow, I think I’ll get right up behind him and push him along. You’re raising your kids the wrong way, I better let you know that you’re doing it wrong.
What you said offended me, I’m gonna get a law passed to prevent that.
It goes on and on. Have we all forgotten that we are not responsible for the world. That’s God’s/Source’s/ The Universe’s job. We are all architects contributing to the greater picture yet we are not responsible for creating or rowing someone else boat.
Sure we can help if asked or if someone is seriously struggling but if someone is rowing their boat gently down the stream without any hiccups than stay out of their boat.
Living life by your own terms
This was a hard one for me to overcome because I had learned to be a people pleaser at a young age. I still like to make people happy and serve, but I am no servant. I do what I want, when I want and how I want without having to explain myself to others.
I live my life according to my beliefs, wants and desires. My life feels so much better when I live from this perspective. (I am talking in personal life terms here and not in regards to jobs, business and legal matters.)
Final thoughts
I want to share this message from Author Neale Donald Walsch: The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Niels Bohr said that, and he was right. In fact, there have been few statements in the history of statement- making that were more accurate than that one. So be aware and stay awake! The Law of Opposites sometimes leads you to a Divine Dichotomy.
Two opposing truths can exist simultaneously in the same space. Do not assume that That Which Opposes You is That Which Is Not Good For You. It may be just the reverse.
What Neale is saying here is that you can live life according to your truth and I can live life according to my truth without having to worry that one truth would be better than the other, because it is not.
Are you letting others in your boat without your permission? Or are you a kick-ass and take names no nonsense kind of a person living life according to your highest truth?
Live from the heart, learn through the mind and treat each other with respect.
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Justin,
This is the first post of yours that I've read. Incredibly insightful! Row your own boat and living life on your own terms especially resonated with me. I can't wait to read more!
Emily
Hi Emily,
Thank you for stopping by. Row your own boat was a concept that I got from Abraham Hicks. It makes total sense to me to not let others row our boats.
Hi Justin,
When I read the title of this post, I thought "what is the truth" as my truth and your truth are different based on where we are at different stages of our lives. And bingo - that was what you mentioned in the first sentence of this post.
I have learned not to share to my own truths as many may not be ready to hear it and I will just be faced with opposition. It then just question my own truths. I allow others to have their truths and that's perfectly fine as that's where they are.
One more thing - love the analogy about rowing your own boat. Do your own thing and don't worry about others! It's to everyone's benefit that you focus on yourself and your own growth :)
Great post as always!
Diana
Hi Diana,
Yes, that is exactly what I was thinking when I wrote my post. Obviously in my blog I express my truths to others but in everyday life I only express them to those that will listen.
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Hi Andrew,
Thank you for your kind words. I only delete spam comments like "Hey, Nice Post."
You are welcome to comment here and I will go over and check out your site and I completely agree with your comment about karma.
Hey, Justin,
yes, according to the dictionary, truth is an undisputable fact. But it doesn't have to objective, because, as you say-sometimes what is truth to you does not necessarily has to mean it is truth for us. I think that truth is sometimes so naked and so obvious, that people feel pitty over it, camouflage it, and rather believe in the lie. After all, lie is just one of the many faces of the truth.
Hi Kristina,
This topic was fun to write about and interact with everyone. We all have our own truths even though some truths don't serve us.
Great Post Justin. Yes I'm guilty of letting others in my boat without permission. Truly inspiring post. I definately need to live more by my own terms.
Have a good day,
Anita
Hi Anita,
I believe we all have at some point or another. I'm all for cooperation but no one is gonna steer my boat. :)
Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Justin,
This is an innovative and beautiful article. The points you rose were well chosen and well explained too. Thanks for the information.
Thanks Shivam, How have you been?
Thanks Lindsay,Speaking and being our own truth is a revolutionary act that we all must face, but I am not saying it is easy by any stretch.
Sometimes being honest is so hard. But in the long run, those little lies (or big ones!) that we tell ourselves and others always catch up with us.
This is a fantastic post, Justin. Very thought-provoking.
I guess I'd say I'm tolerant of other truths so long as they are truths. If the truth someone arrives at is "Well, I guess we should kill a bunch of Jews." I'm probably going to fight that, and hard. It may seem true to them, but whatever logic they are using surely has to be twisted to get there.
So, while I think there is room for a multitude of truth so to speak, I think there are practical boundaries. If someone's truth is that they are a piece of shit, that's probably got the FORCE of truth to them, but isn't actually the truth.
Hey Joe,
Great points as always. I have no tolerance for generalities of any kind like in your "Jews" statement.I have been online for many years and I have read statements like that and they are just not very well thought out IMO.
People that make general statements like that are usually all emotion and lacking any intellect.
In my world people that are against groups ie, ethnic, racial, religious and so on is not tolerated at all.
There are many individuals that I do not like, but as far as groups go, I have never met all of them to form a truth about it.
Hey Justin,
I think you were speaking directly to me when you said people that understand your truth will be directed to your blog :-)
This is so true, when I first began reading some of your post I was in awe and your thought process. It was refreshing to see that I'm not the only one who thinks like this.
I too feel that each time I think I've got it I'm only entered into a higher awareness. Your blog post assist a great deal with that.
Your ability to translate your truth (which I tend to align with) and put it into words is awesome.
I've been that person trying to explain my truth and gotten shunned because that person didn't care nor understand.
A higher truth is an awesome thing and sometimes I get a bit frustrated when I think people are operating on a "lower" (i shouldn't say that) truth. But, again, you're right, why do I care. I'll never tell them they're wrong, because I too had a "lower" truth. Does that make sense lol
Well anyway great post as usual!
Hi Chelsea, It's funny the blogs that I am attracted to as well. I get a "feel" for each one, and even if the topic is not exactly in my niche, I still am attracted to the person behind the blog, like yours.
I get what you are saying because it was the same as the point I was trying to get across in the post that I wrote.
Even my truth now is still lower than the next highest truth that I discover and so on. Finding others that are close to our own truth is what it is all about. Thanks Chelsea. :)
Hi Justin,
Nice post! What is right and true for me might not be true or right for someone else. We have to accept there we are all different and this difference makes the world and life beautiful. Thanks for sharing my friend, it is good to be back reading your posts. ;)
Hi Dia, Haven't seen you in a while my friend. Welcome back. :).
It is fun to celebrate our uniqueness and yet respect others uniqueness as well.
Hi Justin,
this is powerful stuff, thanks for sharing. I live according to my truth and I don't try to drag others into my truth. I allow them to row their boat.
I just found out that certain people feel threatened in their existence when someone lives according to another truth. They don't know that two truths (or realities) can co-exist peacefully in the same space. For them, only one truth exists, theirs.
Probably there's really only one truth - the universal truth - but different interpretations of it. And that's perfectly OK.
Take care
Oliver
Hi Oliver,
That was the point that I was trying to make. We all of our own personal truths (smaller truths) even though there still exists a Larger Universal truth.
I have learned that life is much more fun and authentic when we live by our own personal truths yet we still live according to the larger Universal truths as well.
Thanks for adding value to the conversation Oliver. :)
I believe that we all have different beliefs and opinions about things, which you have expressed well through your post! I believe that we are to express them, because that's how we learn from each other from different truths just as you mentioned the example about the raising of children, their way might not be another person's exact way! We have different ways and avenues of beliefs of doing things! Even though some people might not understand it, but that's what human beings are created to be different so that we can learn from each other! If we had the same thing or beliefs, or truths, what would be the reason to learn from each other! Great post!
Hi Tyler,
I Love learning about other people's point of views and truths on life. I remember when I was a kid I believed wrestling was real, Santa was real and so on.
As I got older I found out that it wasn't true but at the time I believed it was. I believe that in order to have a sustainable and healthy society we must let others live by their own truths as long as it does not infringe upon anothers truth.
Yes, honesty is not always welcome, even with ourselves. I believe that it may have to do with the belief that we will have to change or that we may be somewhat defective.
Thanks April, We all are allowed to live our lives according to our own personal truths w/out stepping on other people. Well said.
Bravo Justin! I totally agree. We each have our own truth and just because our two truths may be different, doesn't make either one of us wrong. Love it.
I can also really relate to the comment about the Russian Dolls. I think of it as layers upon layers. Basically, as I raise my vibration, I get access to new layers, which allow me to gain a deeper and deeper understanding of how everything works. That's the beauty of it. We'll never know it all, we'll never be done. There will always be more layers to explore.
Hugs,
Melody
Thanks Melody,
We'll never get it all done is something that I accept and have learned to live with. I was really rushing downstream there for a while trying to experience everything that I could.
I am learning to slow things down a bit these days, well at least I try. :)
Hey Justin!
I love the topic of truth. While our perspective of it can vary as widely as there are people talking about it, the is a universality of truth that I believe calls us to investigate it trying to get as close to it as possible. I'm not a big fan of "My Truth, Your Truth" speak. I agree that our perceptions are the truth to us. But in reality, our perceptions don't alter truths. There may be different aspects of the truth, but that only means we have a clear or incomplete view of truth.
Personally, I love it when people call me on what they believe are my misperceptions. It is the only way I can either clarify my position or correct it.
I think those of us that blog on this and related subjects are also more open to challenges to what we believe because we hunger after truth.
Enjoyed the post, Justin!
Hey Ken,
Thanks Ken, Everytime I think I have it all answered I just open up another can of worms. Finding truths and expanding my awareness is what it is all about for me when it comes to my personal development.
When my friends and family ask me a question, they don't ask me if they really don't want to know how I feel. Trust me, I will tell them "my" truth. I have always stated that this isn't "God's" truth but what I believe so they can definitely take it with a grain of salt. But I will always give you my honest answer to what I know to be true.
Not that I haven't had to go back and admit I was wrong. When another way is shown me and I step back and take that into consideration, there have been plenty of times I've admitted I was wrong. I'm a big enough person, I'll do that for sure.
Which is another reason I won't discuss certain topics with people because they are so passionate about it and so dead set on their way that it can start an argument and that's not worth my time. That's their truth and nothing will change their mind and they get really upset when you don't see it "their way".
So I love that you pointed out that these are your truths Justin because I definitely feel the exact same way.
Thanks for sharing this, I really enjoyed it.
Adrienne
LOL,Adrienne, anyone who has to argue their point to me is too passionate for me to spend my energy on.I just say you're right and move on because this is what they want to hear anyway.
This way of thinking simplifies life and doesn't necessarily have to make someone right or wrong, it just shows their level of awareness.
There are plenty out there who have amazing awareness and I have to accept where I am and others are in their own awareness at the moment.
I agree with your comment here, Adrienne. Sometimes people want to know your truth and sometimes they just want to move you over to theirs. I love the analogy of the rowboat. Never really thought of that, but I think it would be pretty hard to row someone else's boat unless we were in it...just like it is hard to know someone's truth without walking in their shoes. Nice post, Justin!
I have seen many parents trying to row the boats of their children, it causes much discomfort in the relationship plus doubt and insecurity.
Not everyone tries to row others boats and more conscious people would never allow it.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting Amy.
I let some people into my boat but I'm rather picky about it. One of those people is my son. He makes mistakes on a regular basis but he learns so much from each experience. What's really nice is that he has a photographic memory. I wish I had that.
We can certainly allow others in but it is not compulsory. When We start any type of partnerships in our lives we have to learn the concept of cooperation.
Love this concept, Justin.
I have come to the same conclusion as you have...that we are all connected at an energetic level.
I also realized teh same phenomenon when my mind is opened to a "higher" truth that I don't *need* to make anyone agree with me. I'm in my boat going down the stream. THey're in their boat. But the truth is we're both in the stream and their boat (opinion/choices) has nothing to do with me personally.
So I can playfully and effortlessly relish the company as we float along without having to make it be something that it is not.
Hi Steve, Hey I like that, we are in separate boats but in the same stream. Awesome.
Hi Justin,
Learning to accept that everyone is in the right place at the right time believing what they do, frees us to mind the only thing that matters, minding our own vibration which is our truth in every moment.
~Marcus
Right on Marcus, minding our own truth and vibration is all that matters to me as well.
If we all did that instead of trying to control what others perceive we could end all hostilities right now.
Well, I do think that what some people find true is in fact wrong (eg. that one culture is entirely superior to another - I think this is likely true only in some respects). One person believing that they are superior to another person due to the culture they belong to is not compatible with someone believing that all people are entitled to equal dignity.
I do think it is important to listen to and respect others but I have been wrong and others too from what I can gather.
I believe in the phrase we are perfectly imperfect beings. It's not wrong to the person who believes it to be true. From their unique pov it is true and that is all that it matters.
Hey Justin,
Great post. Our truths overlap. Simply put I think you have to figure out who you are (our truth) and have the courage to be that person.
Riley
Riley, that is where I am now, I had stood at the crossroads for too long. It is time to move forward for me my friend.
If you're 100% in alignment with Divine Truth, does that mean that you understand everything there is to know about the universe or that you can see the truth in all things? No. Probably it means that your receptivity and understanding are at 100%...to the extent that it is in your best interest to know it at the time, with more to be revealed on an as needed basis. Living your truth and allowing others to do the same, wherever we may find ourselves, is living in the highest.
From a physical perspective and living in the modern world it can be almost impossible to stay in a state of divine truth or at least stay in alignment with it.
Maybe if I was a Tibetan Monk devoting my life entirely to spirit w/out having to worry about earthly matters so much I could. But, being human doesn't always leave me as much time as I would like but I do make it a point to connect with higher-truth daily.
hey Justin
great post
i usually try to maintain balance between what i believe to be the truth and the way i deal with people
Hey Farouk, That is a great idea my friend. :)
Shakespeare told us - This above all: to thine own self be true.
The truest thing I have discovered over the years is that we are all on a journey of ever revealing truth. If I receive a message that at this point I cannot accept or understand a wise man advised me to do the following - store it in the drawer found in your brain that is titled - 'awaiting further enlightenment' - and then get on with living.
In this place there is no judgment. There is only peace.
For we can be rest assured that there will come a time in the future when all will be revealed.
I like that, file it in the drawer in your brain, awesome idea. Life w/out judgement would be a beautiful thing.
