The Intimacy of Truth
For most people on the planet, there has never been a better time to easily access and share information. Whether it be researching a topic, sharing an experience, or publishing news, for many, this data is a few seconds and finger taps away. Adversely, this ability has also ushered in the proliferation of fake news, the questioning of scientific fact, and the unfortunate dependency to doubt our own true knowingness and look elsewhere for information.
Our knowingness (aka intuition) is the moving toward the information or answer that brings the deepest part of ourselves the most peace. It is the answer that likely shows up first—most immediately. The tricky part around accessing this information is that most of us have become very distant with who we are, and well practiced at doubting our knowingness. We’ve become so well practiced at questioning and doubting ourselves, shrinking the window of our knowingness so small, that we often miss it before our doubt shows up to skew the information. Such obscure data results in us distrusting ourselves, and fortifying a habit of looking elsewhere for answers.
This is where our yoga practice can help reverse the lightning-fast takeover of doubt and fear. Consider that the word yoga is a synonym for intimacy. Finding the answers that already exist within us requires, for the most part, slowing things down and getting more quiet. Add to that physically challenging our body while in this state of slow and quiet, and through the intimacy of this experience we begin to witness the emergence of our truth.
In moments when we question such things as how much alcohol is too much, or should I stay in my marriage, consider that these questions are first calling us to know ourselves better. To truly and humbly know something is to become intimate with it. And to become truly intimate with it is to become one with it.
THF’s fall 30-Day Journey begins today and it’s not too late to jump onboard this daily practice of getting to know yourself more. It doesn’t have to happen at THF, and you don’t need to do it for 75 or 60, or even 20 minutes. Find any amount of time each day, anywhere, to connect with the most accessible element of yourself: your breathing body. Let’s familiarize ourselves more with knowing the difference between living through our self image, and living our truth.
See you in the practice room,
Don