Truth or Illusion – It is All Up to You
Steps to breaking down the veils of illusions:
- Learn to observe without judgment or comparing others to your own opinions and beliefs, pushing your thoughts onto others.
- Practice observing things as they really are without adding your feelings or interpretation.
- Stop the judgment of others! Often when we judge others we are projecting our thoughts about reality onto them. For example, you encounter someone who appears rude so you think he/she is a negative person when in fact they may just have received some saddening news, in pain; in other words you don’t know what has gone on in their life up to this point.
- Remember that sending love to others can do far more to lift them up than your criticism.
- By leaving out the judgment of others you clear your mind to see them for who they really are. Remember we need to love others for who they are at this moment in time not waiting for them to become who we think they could or should be.
- To help another grow, focus on their strengths rather than their weaknesses. We need to remember to do this with ourselves as well. Acknowledge that there are areas in your personality or life that need to be improved but use your inner strengths to help get you there.
- The biggest illusions come when you accept the thoughts and beliefs of another without questioning their value to you. Just because everyone believes something to be true does not make it so. Think of how many things throughout history were thought to be true until someone stepped outside this particular train of thought by questioning its truth and discovered a new truth.
- Through your thoughts and meditation ask the question what is true to me? Then be willing to receive the answers. Look at things as through the eyes of a child, looking at things for the first time.
- Talk, act and live in a way that is true to you – living in harmony with your beliefs and values.
- Accept those challenges that come your way as stepping stones on your spiritual learning path. Take something positive from each experience. In this way you will begin to understand your own truth and purpose.
- Be willing to see things clearly. Learning to follow the heart is not always easy but the rewards are wonderful! It is here you find the strength and faith to manifest your reality.
