Hi Christine.
I spent part of yest, & today reading on 2 threads: 1) The Corey thing, 2) The LRH thing. The two threads prompted me to post. Then, what I was going to say turned out to be the same thing. I'm not a fan of Copy/Paste, or cross-posting, on forums, and then I looked up, and my eyeballs landed on this thread.
Lemme start with this one: Two very helpful books I read a while back (1972-ish) were "Caravan", and "Monday Night Class". They were both accredited to Steven. No last name, but I later learned it was a man named Steven Gaskin. He passed in 2014, at 79. He did a pretty good job of proving an adage:
"It's amazing how much gets done when nobody cares who gets the credit."
Lemme quote him (I'll even try to be accurate):
"Everybody knows the truth. You know it when you hear it, 'cause it rings like a bell."
Truth, in general, comes quietly, and usually points down a long road. Drama, is usually more "fun" and quite a fine distraction. "Sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Now, if you want to step in a real snake pit, go Google the word "Guru". What comes back are the usual, like "Teacher", "Mentor", but what seemed missing is this: Empirically, what does the guru get from the experience? Nothing that has anything to do with you("Dont you ever ask them why. If they told you you would cry..."). What do you get? the opportunity to come across the truth. You can't grab it, like a fish in a stream, because it isn't where you think it is. "it rings like a bell", when it reverberates back out of you, that's when the magic and practical meet.
After 15 years of working at a trade, I found myself with the chance to be a teacher of same. I didn't look for it, it truly found me. Taken seriously, there are few things, so scary, and humbling, when confronted honestly. I
never learned so much, so fast, about my trade, as I did in the 2 weeks I was given to prepare for the job. Things like, "how much will I make?", "will I get famous", etc. never occurred to me. What had me shakin' was
"OMG!! How do I take what I've learned, over 15 years, and set it down, in a straight line, so other people can begin the same journey, with as much as I can cram into them, without ANY of the BS that made up my own journey?"
I got lucky. I was scared about the right things, because it made me honest. Over the next 4 years, I taught in all but 4 states, also in 3 Canadian provinces, it even took me around the world once.What I also learned from Steven,
"Truth is accurate information." - baggage removed. The last bit is my own addition.
The "Truth Movement":
Being mortal, I think it would be a good thing if it started soon.
If there was a lesson I could burn into everyone's head it'd be this. It needs to be about
what, not
who. If its about what, then its a "clean deal" - "the truth will out", the rest won't "ring" and will go away on it's own. If its about who, then whether its by them, or you, you've probably been hoodwinked.
"Who" begets drama. Theres a lot of jumping around, much noise, usually some control to it, but in the end, its a distraction.
"And they all bring their big dreams. Because no one dreams little ones." Elwood P. Dowd, in Harvey
As long as you'll jump through hoops, there'll be someone there to hold up a next one.
We should quietly, and determinedly insist on better.
Fred
