Commitment to Truth

Ultimately we have but one choice in this life, and this choice is available to us in every moment. The choice is simple. Open or Close. Expand or Contract. One results in freedom, the other in suffering. Commitment to Truth simply means choosing openness (both individually and mutually). Saying Yes to unlimited freedom of Being. It means to relax the tendency to grasp, to own, to become identified with. The natural consequences of this contraction (identification) is a feeling of separation. The key to total freedom is to remain both open and perpetually empty (of attachment to how you think things should be or are). The choice to be open, is one of commitment to living, fully incarnate, right here and now, 100% present with a limited body, surrendered to the beauty of this current human circumstance. The sooner we forge our commitment to being totally here, the sooner our suffering diminishes and our inherent freedom reveals itself.

So often people fear commitment because it somehow appears to narrow down the myriad possibilities that life offers. To a degree this is true. Commitment makes life more simple and immediately available. The committed person enjoys a deep fulfilment in what is Here-Now and is alive, fully present, whereas the one who is weighing up the possibilities, waiting for a better option to arrive, seeking something other or more, is not Here, and consequently experiences only temporary, conditional fulfilment. This is because of a refusal to fully incarnate, in the Here-Now. Freedom exists when one commits to being unconditionally present, here, already arrived.

If we temper this understanding with wisdom we will utilise every moment as an opportunity to relax deeply into the Truth of what we already Are, and what already Is. Whilst the ever deepening process of awakening to the Supreme Self will endlessly refine the outer details of our life’s story, it is not this refinement (nor is it a pre-requisite to refine) which causes awakening itself. Primarily the quest to refine is in itself a subtle strategy contrived by the ego to avoid the Truth of That which Is always present, beyond and prior to all notions of being with which one can become erroneously identified. The call to become conscious of our actions and the way in which we conduct ourselves through this play of life (particularly with regard to others, and the ramifications that our behaviour has upon them in a relative sense) arises effortlessly through profound and uncompromising acceptance of Who and What we Are Now. This way by the unconditional suspension of the seeking impulse, we are in harmony with the way things actually Are, rather than unconsciously fighting a futile battle with Reality Itself. When we are through with resisting the Truth, and struggling to justify our existence, we find that our true nature is not only heart shatteringly intimate, it is profoundly impersonal, as is the devastating sweetness of its non-existence. One simply rests in Truth.

To enter community in this way, our commitment to the Truth must be firm and secure, tested by the fire of experience. Community is not a place to escape from a dysfunctional existence, it is heading straight into the fire where everything intensifies. If our commitment to the Truth is strong then this environment will be a flourishing ground, whereas if our commitment is weak because we are avoiding facing aspects of ourselves then we will have a tougher time in becoming truly functional community members.