TREE OF TRUTH
It also has five major branches from which many smaller branches grow... confidence - assurance - courage ( no fear) - prosperity - honour. These are not entry points but benefits we receive when living in the truth that comes through the tree of purity.
How do we know if something is the truth ? We test it in such a manner as not to cause harm to creation or anything is creation. When I say the water is cold or hot, we feel it to know = truth. This can be seen and felt. What about the unknown, like religion, faith, philosophy. Same ..... we test it. Unused faith is only hope and not faith at all....we hope it will work until we take an active step and test our hope...it then become the walk of faith....hope in action = faith, we see it in operation and it works and then we believe = faith in action, in motion. From faith it grows and becomes KNOWING...... we build a KNOWASARK - NOAH'S ARK in our mind, heart and soul and can't and won't sink. It becomes knowledge and as we test and live the knowledge it becomes wisdom due to the experience and practical application we add into it. When an event happens, we tell it exactly like it is....exactly what we saw and heard from our perspective...this is our truth, we don't colour it with all sorts of exciting detail to make it more appealing, exciting or interesting....only the truth, the whole and nothing but the truth. The next person will have seen the same event, but because of a different upbringing, other experiences and knowledge, will see it totally differently... that is their truth. Neither is wrong, so, instead of arguing about the differences, we see how we can view it from their perspective and add a great amount of additional knowledge and insight to our outlook on life.
When we live by the truth, we never need to feel ashamed or bow down to anybody. We stand tall and hold on to our beliefs with courage and conviction, we have tested it, we know it works.
Lies bring insecurity, lots of fear of being caught out and it makes us skittish and wishy washy .....we back off from direct confrontation and can't look people in the eye, because we KNOW we are lying. We have to cover up contiuousy and become sneaky and devious and terribly afraid....subconsciously.
Dishonest gain has a way of bringing trouble, it makes invisible debts to those we cheat and because we can't see it, we forget about it...BUT, IT DOES NOT FORGET ABOUT US....IT CHASES US WITH NERVOUSNESS, WARINESS, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, FATIGUE, ILLNESS...PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL....IT LITERALLY EATS AWAY OUR INSIDES...HEART, SOUL, CONSCIENCE, MIND.....until we become so hardened and unpleasant to be around. It defiles mans character at a very high cost....often a family... We may think we can hide it, but it brings shame to us and our families and our honour and respect goes down the drain into the gutters of life. We lose our self respect and also the respect of others and fall into many traps of greed and corruption destroying our lives in the long run. It simply is not worth it.....it is a far easier, simpler life to live with the truth.... It may appear hard, but it really isn't when we stick to our word.....©
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