My Intention for Today

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Seeker of Truth by Jackie Paulson © 2010

I follow my inner compass and discard any beliefs which are no longer serving me. I go to the source. I seek truth.

Looking back over the course of my life, I’ve always been a seeker of truth. It’s been in my personality since I was a little girl, and I never felt comfortable in a situation where I felt deceived or confined. As a result, I lived for many years as a hermit in order to free myself from the deceptions and illusions which are so prevalent in today’s culture.

What I love to do is help people get more of whatever it is that they want. Well, needless to say, it is a work in progress with Organizing as my main focus.

I could begin by seeking a higher truth, a truth which could be accessed by walking one of three paths: 1.) The path of imitation;

2.) The path of meditation;

3.) The path of experience.

The first path, which he said was the easiest, required me to find someone else who is an example of all that I wanted to be and imitate them. I found that studying the wise elders and teachers from the past, including:

Jesus, Mother Mary, Buddha, Gandhi, Princess Diana, Mother Theresa, White Buffalo Calf Woman fit into this category of imitation.

For me I find it helpful to keep a copy of the Bible handy or any other book that helps in the growing process. If I find myself in need of help, this book (or the book of your choice) will guide me/you to the highest truth.

The second path, is the path of meditation, and its promise is that we can go into the stillness of our mind and, there, discover the truth about whatever we want to know. This path may take some practice, but it allows us to view our surroundings and circumstances from a calmer, more detached point of view. It reveals a bigger picture to us. All we have to do in order to avail ourselves of its magic is pose a question to ourselves, quiet the activity of our mind for a few minutes, and then wait in stillness and be open to receive an answer.

The better we get at stilling the clamor of our extraneous thoughts, the quicker, he said, our answers will come to us.

The third path, which is the one taken by most people nowadays, is the path of experience. bitterest, Life itself will dish out the exact experiences we need to enable us to find the truth. I have discovered that when we approach our tests/Challenges/Adversities with an optimistic attitude, and are completely gentle and honest with ourselves, we place ourselves in the best possible position for gaining a true understanding of our Earthly illusions.

A word of caution, however it may be a little disturbing for some of us when we discover the degree to which we’ve allowed ourselves to become immersed in our illusions, and that it’s important for us to remember that there’s nothing wrong with buying into an illusion, just as long as when we become conscious of it, we retain our freedom of choice.

My intention for today is: I intend to remember that I am strengthened by all of my adversities. A blessing is around the corner.