How to Find Your Own Truth

Truth comes to us as an inner knowing not yet defined. We tend to think of truth as something connected to our thoughts and intelligence, something we can define and explain, but truth in this context is a fuller awareness and more of an insight that does not yet have a mental definition. Truth will come from an intuitive reaction that precedes understanding and will have to be trusted as authentic. This is challenging as truth is very personal and your truth will not be everyone's experience. It is important to claim your own truth while allowing others to claim theirs without judgment.

The world's great spiritual traditions teach that it is necessary to still the mind and enter into inner silence so that personal truth can emerge. In silence you can hear your own inner voice and discover the truth within. When there is inner silence, there is time for deep introspection and to allow the true self to speak. Silence is the source of everything; the gateway to inner knowing. Silence creates the resonance of contemplation, insight and direct communication with the source. 

The best way to still the mind and find inner silence is to develop a spiritual practice. A spiritual practice is the regular performance of actions and activities undertaken for the purpose of inducing spiritual experiences and cultivating spiritual development. A spiritual practice is something you do every single day that grounds you in your own truth by connecting you with your essential self. Regular spiritual practice fosters deeper self-awareness, inner peace, compassion, non-attachment, integration and connectedness with others.

Ultimately, spiritual practice leads to self-realization or enlightenment. It is important to remember that each person is different, so what works for one person may not work for another. The key is to choose an activity that makes you feel calm, centered and relaxed. A spiritual activity might be dancing, drumming, chanting, meditating, praying, doing yoga or tai chi. Consistent spiritual practice reveals your inner truth. Your inner truth reflects, like a mirror, the higher, universal truth that exists in every situation. If you rely on the truth of your inner voice to guide you, you can readily adapt and flow with the shifting currents of change. In every situation, you should outwardly go with the flow while inwardly adhering to your inner truth, to your sense of what is correct. Then, with truth as your guide, your actions will be in accord with the times.