simple Truth

I think:

Each person has their own reality. However, there is only one Truth; that's what makes it Divine. It's creation (and non-creation) as God/dess sees it.

An individual's reality is determined by their biases and emotions - it is their perspective on Truth as viewed through the lens of their life experiences. In order to come in contact with pure, simple Truth, we must rid ourselves of self-specific distortions and distractions. This might be what many of the world's religions are talking about: purifying the mind, freeing oneself of the body and the physical world, etc.

Anyone who has come in contact with the Truth at any point should consider themselves highly blessed. I'm led to believe that it's not a common occurrence. It is a struggle trying to get back to that point, and I imagine it's even more difficult to maintain it as a constant state of awareness. And perhaps the latter quest is where many of us Truth-seekers go wrong. Maybe it is difficult to be in constant contact with the Truth for a reason; maybe it's not the experience intended for us while on Earth.

An old friend and mentor suggested to me, recently, that most of today's priests/priestesses (keepers of timeless, divine wisdom) are "hiding in the world." They are ordinary people, and more often than not aren't well-known religious leaders. They don't care if you drink or smoke or curse, and may even partake in such "unseemly" activities themselves. They know the secrets, and yet, they're really not sweatin' it.

Why? Maybe it's because they've realized that their relationships with Divinity don't rest on them dwelling in that pure, holy state of mind all the time. If you ever truly find it, Truth is not something you can lose - it is accessible at all times, from any juncture in life. It is the one pervasive, all-encompassing vision that exists. Isn't that the beauty of the Divine? It is wherever you are...

So we don't have to struggle to maintain a sense of spirituality that's based on neglecting the human experience. We can be here, on Earth, in our bodies, alive with pleasure and pain (neither is a sin). We can vacillate between our high and low chakras/minds/selves as needed in order to come into the fullness of human life and potential. And we can be assured that, no matter where we fall on the spectrum at the moment, Truth and the Divine are always within our reach.