Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
Honesty
W h e n we resonate with oneness, lying becomes anathema to us because dishonesty creates distance and disconnection. Honest c o m - munication comes naturally to us w h e n we recognize that w e ' r e inher- ently connected. Lying to others is no different from lying to ourselves. Imagine w h a t w o u l d happen if the cells of your body started lying to each other—or merely withholding the truth. Suppose some of your white blood cells signal that everything is okay, but in reality they're losing ground to a spreading infection. Perhaps they justify it by claiming they didn't w a n t to worry a n y o n e . Do such actions serve the greater g o o d of the b o d y ? In your communication with others, strive to be direct and forth- right. Don't allow yourself to succumb to lies and deceit. Hold yourself and others to the standard of truth. Is brutal honesty always the best policy? G e n u i n e honesty is truth tempered with love. Using truth as a w e a p o n is not a loving act, but shedding light on an otherwise dark situation is certainly in our best interests. Even w h e n it seems painful and embarrassing to tell the truth, y o u do more d a m a g e by holding back. There's no need to w e a r a public 73 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE mask over your private self. In order to truly experience unconditional love, y o u must make yourself naked to the world. On my Website, I've publicly shared the most difficult and shame- ful parts of my past, such as the time I w a s a kleptomaniac and was compelled to steal almost every day. It w a s certainly cathartic for me to share such stories, but I didn't know if they w o u l d matter m u c h to others. To my surprise, m a n y people told me that those stories had a deep and lasting impact on t h e m . They saw their o w n painful past in my stories, and this helped t h e m heal from similar self-inflicted w o u n d s . By sharing my o w n sorrow honestly, I actually helped create joy for others, w h i c h ultimately enabled me to find the joy behind my o w n sorrow. W h e n we communicate from oneness, we invite a previ- ously u n k n o w n perfection into our lives. Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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