{"id":11,"date":"2015-03-04T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/awakenyourtruth\/?p=11"},"modified":"2015-03-04T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:39:46","slug":"the-is-time-is-now-to-awaken-to-our-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/awakenyourtruth\/2015\/03\/the-is-time-is-now-to-awaken-to-our-truth.html","title":{"rendered":"The Time is Now to Awaken To Our Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside, awakens. -Carl Jung<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I think about the word truth, the first image that comes to my mind is a child. Children are beautiful examples of truth because they feel free to be exactly who they are. They express their emotions in the moment that they are feeling them and they naturally let them go. They ask for what they desire because they know this universe is abundant and that it is perfectly acceptable to have desires. Their curiosity and excitement about life shines through and they are comfortable just being who they naturally are. Truth is our natural state of being. It is who we are when we are embracing and acknowledging all facets of ourselves. It is knowing that we are all things, good and bad, happy and sad, strong and weak, courageous and fearful etc. Truth is willing to always be curious about ourselves with the knowing that we are continuously growing, evolving and changing. Truth is being completely accepting of what we are experiencing in however way these experiences may show up. It is both knowing and being committed to our deepest desires and not settling for anything less than what we know feels right regardless of what it requires from us.<\/p>\n

So how do we disconnect from our truth? As we engage with life, we often decide to put down our truth and pick up the truth of what we are observing and witnessing from the world around us. We decide that everyone and everything outside of ourselves is more valuable than the truth of what is residing right inside of us. To put it simply, we stop listening, acknowledging and believing in ourselves.<\/p>\n

Instead, we believe in countless messages that sound like<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t stand out too much
\nYou are not trying hard enough
\nThat isn\u2019t good for you
\nThat\u2019s too good for you
\nYou can\u2019t have that
\nYou are too loud
\nYou are too quiet
\nYou are going to get yourself in trouble
\nYou should do that
\nYou shouldn\u2019t do that
\nThat\u2019s too risky
\nYou\u2019re a bad girl\/boy
\nYou\u2019re a good girl\/boy
\nYou will fail
\nThat won\u2019t work
\nYou must do this
\nLife is a struggle<\/p>\n

And the messages go on and on. Regardless of the specific message that we choose to believe in, they can all be summed up into 3 universal fears that in some way affect us all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not valuable, worthy or significant\u201d<\/strong>
\n \u201cWe are not loved or lovable\u201d<\/strong>
\n \u201cWe are alone and disconnected.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

These fears get buried so deep in our subconscious that we couldn\u2019t possibly think that we hold on to these beliefs. But we do. On some level, we are all experiencing these universal limited ways of thinking. And the more we decide to acknowledge this, the more we begin to remember who we really are and what our heart is calling forth in us.<\/p>\n

Carl Jung says, \u201cPeople will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.\u201d<\/p>\n

I say it\u2019s time to stop avoiding, denying and resisting our greatness. I believe on some level though, we all know that in order to honor our uniqueness and our greatness, we must also be courageous enough to honor our vulnerabilities and our imperfections. We can\u2019t have one without the other. But really, what is worse? We either face all of who we are and shine bright and live our dreams or avoid who we really are and allow our souls to die a slow death? We aren\u2019t here to live in fear. We are here to live fully in spite of our fear. We are here to fully participate in the magic that life offers when we have the willingness to remain true to ourselves. It\u2019s our job. It\u2019s our responsibility. It\u2019s a privilege.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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