Feelings such as fear, shame, guilt, doubt, denial, envy, anger, and resentment arise whenever we have
prevented ourselves from speaking our deepest truths, or withheld a depth of sincerity from being shared with others. With nothing to withhold or hide, the truth is spoken freely - at no one's expense. The truth contains no form of judgment. Instead, it celebrates how intimately you know yourself by how open and available you're willing to be. Knowing this, life's deepest wisdom always remains the same - you'll feel better when you're totally honest. It is important to remember, there is no "how" in honesty. There is only the unwavering heartfelt willingness to share what is so. Everything else miraculously works itself out through the radiant perfection of eternal grace.
Any form of discomfort reminds you when you are not being completely honest with yourself or others. Whenever you are being completely honest, you allow yourself to clearly recognize what choices you have previously avoided. When previously avoided choices are finally acted upon, you invite the precision of integrity to clear out of your life what no longer serves you. In doing so, space can be made to invite a new horizon of possibilities into your life. Beyond all teachings, practices, and modalities, honesty is the only path you were born to follow. It is the sole means by which reality transforms itself - out of the pitfalls of desperation and into the supreme joy of heartfelt relief.
This is why honesty is also the ultimate healing modality. Honesty is the absence of avoidance, no matter how inconvenient a situation appears, or how afraid we are of being rejected in response to what true sincerity of heart wishes to share.
Inevitably, life transforms when the value of honesty is no longer dominated by an attachment to convenience, or the threat of rejection. When honesty is regarded as your highest value and acted upon with kindness and compassion in every personal encounter, you invite the precision of life's inherent perfection into all areas of life. In doing so, every relationship and circumstance transforms at the rate in which true sincerity of heart leads the way. This reveals life's natural way of being, which cannot be known on the deepest level until you're being completely honest.
Above and beyond any measurement of spiritual attainment, it is the absolute willingness to be completely honest with yourself and others that reflects the clarity and maturity of an awakened soul. Such complete and radical honesty is also a direct means by which an overstimulated nervous system unravels - dissolving all perceivable barriers and boundaries to reveal the heaven that is already here, and the hell that never was.
It is nothing short of cosmic irony how the willingness to be radically honest in all areas of a personal life acts as a direct invitation to see through the imagined fabric of identity. This is all so you may taste the supreme reality of the true eternal Self. It is an indescribable Self that is nowhere else but here, and nothing but One throughout the aliveness of all. It is the only Truth there is. It is the only reality that you are. It simply awaits your arrival, whenever it is time to allow unwavering heartfelt honesty to guide you back to a source that no one has ever left.
Matt Kahn is a spiritual teacher, mystic, and intuitive healer who, along with meditation guide and yoga teacher, Julie Dittmar, travel the world inviting seekers of all faiths to discover their true divine nature www.truedivinenature.com
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