A Dearth of Authenticity
“If spirituality is to be authentic, it is not going to be disconnected from the realities of all of our lives—from your day-to-day life and from our collective life. Even our realization, our awakening experiences, our revelatory moments—they all, in their own way, seek to be grounded in the embodied soil of our own humanity.” ~ Adyashanti
“I’m discovering that the reasons I tell myself that I do things are not the real reasons.” (Charles Eisenstein)
Each of us have an inner life and an outer life. Visible and invisible. To what extent do they match? To what extent are they both seen in me? Seen by others… and by myself???
“When we reconnect who we are with what we do, we approach our lives and our work with renewed passion, commitment, and integrity.” (Center for Courage and Renewal)
Being me is a blessing and a curse.
I am so introspective that it is exhausting.
But if I am not questioning myself like this,
Then who am I???
If I don’t do the right thing.
Then I am no one.
“As above, so below,
as within, so without,
as the universe, so the soul…”
― Hermes Trismegistus
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
(Socrates)
”Appear As You Are,
Be As You Appear”
-JaLaL-UD-Din Rumi-
Why are we so polarized collectively?
It begins with us being so fragmented individually.
Does our spirituality define our political decisions?
How do we treat people that think differently?
What is our response to racial upheaval?
What is our response to the pandemic?
Why do we do what we do?
Why do we follow the politics we follow? Because my friends or neighbors do? Because my church does? Because that’s what I feel I must do? Because I’m told to?
Why do we follow at all? What is our source of authority? Is it our culture? Our teachers? The televangelist or preacher?
Why do we not follow our heart? Our inner teacher. Our inner Light. Our inner Spirit?
Why do we not follow that which we know down deep is the right thing to do?
