Will You Stand For Truth?
I do not spend my time writing about politics. That is not my life’s purpose. It is not my mission.
I do not even make political comments on Facebook.
My focus is on spiritual values and right relationships, love, harmlessness, right speech.
So, imagine my amazement when the direction I received from my Soul in my morning meditations was that I must write about the topic of truth. Now, I have written about truth before, but never because of something political. This is entirely new for me. But there are times in life when it is important to take a stand for truth.
Sadly, my stand today must have a political overtone to it. That stand is that I cannot be silent as I let the truth be hijacked by lies.
ALTERNATIVE FACTS
Kellyanne Conway, President and CEO of a Polling Company and Counselor to Donald Trump (the current President of the United States at the time of this post), came out to the American people trying to make obvious lies acceptable by calling them “alternative facts.” That is just wrong!
The truth is such a powerful force that I have often suggested that you listen to the inner promptings of truth as the arbiter of what you believe. I have even asked people to use that inner sense of truth to determine whether what I teach and say should influence their lives.
That, of course, comes from the understanding that truth is the truth, and, as such, has the resonance of the Soul to it. What is so very dangerous about this concept of “alternative facts” is that it is a perversion of truth and just plain evil in its nature.
Opinions are always open to interpretation. Your perspective on something can be modified, and that modification can determine how you experience something, particularly emotionally, however; a fact, by definition is a fact. It is objective and real, and it is not subjective.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
– Winston S. Churchill
DEFINITIONS OF FACT
Wikipedia Definition: A fact is something that has really occurred or is actually correct. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability—that is, whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement (by experiments or other means).
Merriam-Webster Definition: Something that truly exists or happens : something that has actual existence. : a true piece of information.
Dictionary.com Definition: Something that actually exists; reality; truth: A truth known by actual experience or observation.
When someone tries to convince people that something that is true is not a fact or an “alternate fact,” that is a lie.
It is important that you realize and understand this. It is important because truth is a powerful force for knowing what is good and right.
Jesus understood this and taught this when in John 8:32 he said,
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
– Jesus Christ (King James Bible)
The truth makes you free because that resonance that the truth responds to is the resonance of your Soul (and Love.) Connecting to the wisdom and promptings of your Soul is what guides you in right action in life. It is what makes clear what is right and what is wrong. It is The Truth.
ALTERNATIVE FACTS ARE JUST WRONG
Perhaps the most dangerous part of what is happening with this concept of “facts” is that you must silence the wisdom of your Soul to believe an “alternative fact,” which is not a fact at all, just a lie dressed up to serve a particular political agenda.
To play fast and loose with the truth is morally wrong. It is not ‘just politics,’ it is just wrong.
It is wrong because it is “Gaslighting“ (a common technique abusers, dictators, narcissists, and cult leaders use.) Because truth resonates deep within your heart, your mind, and your Soul, I believe a lie takes you to your dark side.
When spoken by someone in a position of leadership a lie can be dangerous. It is dangerous because people must move away from the knowing in their Soul when they try to believe a lie. The more they force themselves to believe a lie, the more they must reject their internal sense of knowing and connection with their higher source.
The Psychology Today website states that people who “Gaslight” mostly use the following techniques:
- They tell you blatant lies.
- They deny they ever said something, even though you have proof.
- They use what is near and dear to you as ammunition.
- They wear you down over time.
- Their actions do not match their words.
- They throw in positive reinforcement to confuse you.
- They know confusion weakens people.
- They project (and accuse you of the same wrongdoing.)
- They try to align people against you.
- They tell you or others that you are crazy.
- They tell you everyone else is a liar.
Do the techniques above sound familiar? You know what they are saying is an outright lie. Yet they are telling you this lie with a straight face. You know they said they would do something… you know you heard it. But they out and out deny it. It makes you start questioning your reality. And the more they do this, the more you question your reality and start accepting theirs.
Gaslighters are masters at manipulating and finding people they know will stand by them no matter what – and they will use these people against you. By telling you that everyone else (your family, the media) is a liar, it again makes you question your reality. What is so amazing is that you usually have never known someone with the boldness to do this, so they must be right, right? No! It’s a manipulation technique.
Many good and well-meaning people have let their love of their political party lead them down this slippery slope that evil will use. History has shown us, and I pray taught us, the evil consequences of people making compromises with truth. To compromise your morality is spiritually dangerous and can be politically disastrous.
Hitler’s propaganda chief supposedly said,
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it,
people will eventually come to believe it.
– Joseph Goebbels
Although it is not clear who first said this, it seems that idea predated Goebbels and Hitler. The bottom line is that harm is created with a lie and it brings you out of resonance with your inner sense of knowing, an inner moral compass which knows the “real” truth and directs your life.
That is why it is important to call a lie a lie and not dress it up with fancy words that dismiss and diminish the importance of the lie by calling it a falsehood. That is why the political art of spinning what happened is currently so damaging to the world.
Evil is tricky. It tries to dress itself up to look good. That is how it makes good people, moral people, complacent.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing.
– Edmund Burke
The fact that this is the second time I have felt compelled to use the above quote in a brief span of time is because the world is at a tipping point. This is particularly the case in the United States of America, but as I ponder, meditate and pray about this issue, I realize the slippery slope of playing fast and loose with the truth has been going on for quite a while. This trend is not only in the United States but has been growing throughout the world.
TIME TO TAKE A STAND
As happens in the world, events and circumstances have emerged at this moment in time that requires you to decide what you believe.
It is a time to decide where do you stand? Do you stand for truth or are you willing to accept alternate facts, racist comments, and lies as truth?
When you get to the core of the above questions, they really are not just political but rather spiritual.
Many people have responded with anger and fear to the recent political decisions that have been made on both “sides of the pond,” as they call the Atlantic Ocean.
As Master Yoda put clearly in the movie Star Wars,
Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
The answer to the challenges of this world moment is not anger or hate.
The answer is Love.
Humanity has come to this critical moment in history not as an accident but as a crucial stage in our spiritual and moral evolution.
Choices lie before us; decisions that will affect not only our country and people but the evolution of the planet as a whole.
The consequences of greed and separateness are now becoming more apparent. What happens next is your choice. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
I believe it is more important to stand for what you believe than it is to stand against something.
The world your children will inherit, and your children’s children will inhabit is just one of the many decisions that hang in the balance of this moment of moral history.
I choose Love. Not the “sticky love of attachment and need” but the powerful transforming dynamic unconditional Love that Divinely inspires you throughout your human adventure of life.
Along with choosing Love, I choose Unity and Brotherhood (and Sisterhood). I choose Truth. I choose Justice. I choose Liberty.
I choose Right over wrong, and I choose Good over evil.
I invite and encourage you to look into your heart and connect with your Soul and make the choices that resonate as right for you and your country.
We the people of the world are at a time when it is necessary to decide and choose. I encourage you to choose Harmlessness, Right Speech, and Right Action not only for your highest good but for the highest good of all.
To make the right choice requires honoring the truth. That requires honesty not only with yourself but also with the world. Truth is not a “situational reality.” It is either real or not, a truth or a lie. Your Soul calls to you to honor what is true and take a stand. Thank you for taking the time to hear what I have to say and connect with the truth of your higher self. Please share this post and comment about how you feel.
Namaste,
Genevieve
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Thanks for finally writing about “Will You Stand For Truth?.”
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Thank you for your comment.
I understand what you mean about trying to stay out of politics but God has also spoken to me about making a stand and teaching about Narcissists and Gaslighting because people of today need to know what is happening right in front of them!
May God Bless you, my precious friend, I just wanted you to remember (like I have to sometimes remind myself) God chooses the “Messenger and the Message.“
All we get to do is let Him work through us even when we don’t like to deal with some things!
I am honored to be your friend you are such a motivator of strength!