13 october 2008

Trying to convey objective truth is not always easy. First you need to make sure that person or persons you are trying to communicate this truth too want to receive it. The next step involves you being able to present this material in such a way that the person receiving it will understand what you mean.

The conveying of this truth must be logical, while at the same time interesting. The very worst thing in the world would be to make the truth boring. I do not mean that you have to be an entertainer but keeping you audience's attention is very important. Now in an age of the short attention span and diminished memory function, maintaining your listener's attention makes the passing on of truth even more challenging.


A true truth-teller is compelled, by some inner engine, to make the truth known even if they are fully aware that doing so might seem uncomfortable, politically incorrect, cost them being ostracized, or make the listener upset. For such a person, telling the truth, is a must. This does not in any way mean telling it all. Telling the truth for the sake of gossiping, bettering one's own position, causing harm, hurt or injuring to someone is not being a truth-teller. It's just being mean.

It is now always fun hearing this kind of truth. This kind of truth reveals things that I may not wish to face up to. It shines light into the hidden crevices and exposes what is hidden there. It can strip away the power of hiding. You know, when something is hidden then the maintaining of the secret becomes something that requires energy from me. What I don not mean is something that is said in confidence or something that should not be made public, but things that allow other people to have a better picture of me than what and who I really am.

Keeping us such a mask means taking energy from some other area where it is needed, for my own personal growth, an using it keep people from discovering a more true picture of me. Now I am fully aware that part of not letting all of me be seen is a component to my personal defense system. I need to make sure that revealing these hidden truths about me are not used against me or become the source of harm to others. Even God, wh0 is all truth, and goodness and light, does not reveal all things about himself. But he does reveal enough to take a risk.

This can happen to individuals as well as organizations. It causes a lack of self reflection. It might even result in the acceptance of a deceiving attitude. Refusal to see the truth makes one more susceptible to delusion. The truth's ability to pierce the shell of the heart can, in this environment, loose the sharpness of its point. It still looks like the spear of truth, but unfortunately it no longer pierces. The church in Sardis was like this. Jesus, truth-telling, says that they thought that they were alive but in reality they were dead.

So even though it is sometimes very difficult to communicate truth to people who have short attention spans, the truth must come from a living source and not a dead one. I wonder if I have the ability to realize when I am in the place of the dead instead of in the place of the living?

peace on your head