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Russell posted an update 7 years ago
I vaguely recall watching a video of a wise, wise woman imploring – willing? – a community to, “Be present. Be PREsent. BE present.”
It feels so hard right now. Being present, I mean. So hard. There have been so many lies.
In the end, maybe none of us really matter at all to whoever is really on top…
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@russell
When is a lie NOT a lie?
When YOU CHOOSE to believe something without any evidence to support it.
Because you make your own truth does not make it TRUTH.
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Sadly, I think you’re absolutely right. It’s hard not to let that fact weigh you down, but know that you’re not alone in feeling this way, and therefore, not alone at all.
Of course we matter, inasmuch as we have value to them. Or we make ourselves valuable to them. And then pull a Noah Sinclair, and take over when they aren’t looking.
So long as we matter to ourselves, though, no? Your intent is the only thing you know for certain.
I think I just want to know that I matter to someone.
This really resonates, Russell.
There have been so many lies that it can become impossible to discern truth from fiction. The only way to approach a scenario like that is, as you said, to Be Present. No preconceived notions. Just authentic reactions to circumstances and situations. Thank you for the reminder.
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Glad to know this resonates on some level. I have done much soul-searching of late… medical issues, travels and family visits can sometimes stir up stuff… can’t it? If everything is a lie, then the truth is only what each of us feel, in my opinion.
When objective truth is not present, what else do we have but our authentic emotional response to what is before us? I believe the MSE will be yet another set of lies. All we can do is respond authentically, just as we did in Ascension. And yet…did we each not discover some truth then, sandwiched in between the lies?
My authentic emotional responses have gotten me burned and sometimes led to dead ends. So, am I a fool to still be ripping my heart open?
“No one should ever tell you how to think or feel,” right? Because you already know the truth.
Sometimes I don’t like what I feel, Cristen. Truth can hurt.