"The truth is more important than the facts." Most of us go through life with some vague idea of what a fact is and what truth is. We aren't really sure because from the time we are born, we get so much misinformation fed to us under the form of "true facts" - think back to your school days - that we often confuse telling a lie to avoid hurting another's feelings as a "fact" of life.
Facts are usually some piece of information that has been discovered, tested, measured, observed, proved actual existence, or event that has happened. That is a pretty big list! Here is a fact: scientists have proven in conclusive experiments that we can alter the facts of an outcome simply by observing it. In other words, a scientist affects the results of an experiment by the belief and the bias they have prior to the experiment. Results or facts have been deemed true when the methodology is repeatable and the first findings are repeated.
Life proves the scientists correct because we all observe incidents everyday. Five of us watching the same interaction of people, whether it is an accident or a simple pleasant conversation, will have five different views on what the stages in the interaction were, and what the outcome is. Typically when two people or more tell a story that differs, we have come to understand that the truth is somewhere in the middle. Our life experiences do influence how we see facts.
How does one change this?
It seems the only way to make a change in our view of the world is to change our view of the world. This sounds cryptic. To change ourselves, we need to move beyond the level that we are currently in, when we are thinking, doing, and observing. A good example of changing this level is to watch what happens to an individual when they begin taking the Munay-Ki Rites. When protégées come to take the Munay-Ki Rites, they go through an introduction that includes the five vows integral to moving forward as a "Rainbow Warrior". Each protégée must vow to practise these new ways of life beginning immediately. There are three vows that are relevant to truth and fact. They are:
1. Bring harm to no one, including one's self. This is about nonviolent behaviour and allowing everything to be the way that it is. One does not judge, criticise, condemn or manipulate what is done or said by either one's self or by another.
2. Truthfulness in all things so that what you say and do then becomes the truth. As Yoda says, "Do or do not. There is no try." This means no more white lies to self or to others. It is about examining the rationale of why one does not operate in truth. Some say, if it doesn't hurt anyone, it doesn't matter. The fact is, it hurts the person who fibs because they are not in truth or integrity. Dr. Wayne Dwyer sums it up nicely with " How people treat you is their karma, how you react is yours."
3. Come from a place of integrity so that those who meet you immediately know that they can trust you as you have a high standard of behaviour - you are courteous, kind, honest, accepting, cooperative, responsible and self disciplined. (This does not mean that you are a doormat - there is no need to please.) One of the most frequent comments made about politicians and leaders within corporations is that they lack integrity. If you need to tell someone you have integrity, it will make them suspicious.
When a protégée is challenged to break a vow, then the next step is to look beyond what the situation appears to be, and to step back and ask, "What is really going on?" This is the next level. This is the place of looking at one's own behaviour to see what is self serving, and to see why one is being reactive to the situation. Part of it comes back to truth, and part of it comes back to being accountable for one's own behaviour. Einstein recognized that when he was doing his experiments. He said, "You can never solve a problem on the level that it was created."
As a person becomes comfortable living in truth, the facts are not very relevant. They just are. The person becomes less reactive to the point of being non-reactive in confrontational situations. Being cut off by another driver, as an example, does not evoke anger or judgemental comments about their driving. It just is. The driving is the other person's karma.
May you find a place of truth within you, and may you be at ease.
Judith
(For information on Munay-Ki, see http://www.angelsandancestors.com/munayki.html.)
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Blessings,
Judy