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All a Truth

Sunrise at Pineridge Natural Area

“What if everything you have been taught is all a lie and everything you feel is all a truth?”

Nikki Rowe

There was a time in my youth when the things I was taught did not seem to fit with my feelings. That feeling came from somewhere within, a place I was not that familiar with, yet. Later I came to know it as intuition, a gut feeling, voice of my authentic self, the ground of my very being or whatever we choose to call it. I am now aware that when I was younger I was not taught the whole truth in school and church while expected to believe what I was taught. A controlling society does that whether it be a parent, a church, a government or an educational system.

I’m learning the importance of listening and trusting my intuition. There needs to be a connection between what I think, what I’m told to be truth and what my intuition tells me. With so much access to information it is vital for me to listen to the voice within. Connecting these together has given me much better results in knowing my truth, making decisions while not living to someone else’s truth.

Retired. Having fun shooting Fujifilm cameras. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku. Have a love for fountain pens.

2 Comments

  • Bonnie Moore

    I love your thought provoking posts, Monte! This one reminds me of countless discussions in a philosophy class regarding relative truth and absolute truth. In this “upside down” world that I’m living in it seems far too many believe their relative truths are also absolute truths. As for me, it might all be a lie…

    • Monte Stevens

      I think “upside-down” world fits. I would love to have been in that class philosophical conversation! My kinda conversation. It is very difficult for many to accept that others can have a truth different than theirs. Too many wars over relative truths. Thank you again, Bonnie, for stimulating my thoughts with your thoughts. Seems to be the power of conversations, even in comments on blogs. Relative versus absolute could be a good blog post! 😂