Theos-Talk Archives (February 2006 Message tt00304)

Bruce,  thank you for your perspective.

Below is another perspective which also has its own  merit.  This 
perspective was written by a friend and brother, who has given me 
permission to post it.

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A Three-Fold Path To Wisdom

Seek Truth -   Search for that which is true. Not only the truth in 
which you see, but the truth that others see. This
               entails many perspectives. Use an eye that is open, an 
ear that is open. In keeping yours open, you will
               also be open to the eye and ear of others. This allows 
for a greater range of truth to be recognized.
               Speak truth. In seeing, hearing, and speaking truth, you 
will touch upon the truth in it's fulness.
               If one were to see a shirt that is seen to be blue, and 
another says it is not blue; seek to find the truth in the
               other's statement. If you can not see it, do not say 
"What you say is false", but instead, say "I do not see
               the truth in what you say". The latter response is a 
truer statement. The other, who said the shirt is not
               blue, could be seeing a truth also. He could be 
colorblind. Or he could be thinking that the shirt is reflecting
               blue light, giving it a blue appearance, while in 
actuality,  the shirt is every color but blue. Blue is the only
               color the shirt is not, for every color is absorbed into 
it except that which is reflected and taken in by
               the eye. There is truth in all things. Only by seeking 
the truth in all things, can you see the truth in all things.
               This is the sincere seeker of truth.
                 Seek not for what is false, for then you will be a 
seeker of that which is false. Your focus will be in the
               opposite direction of truth. You will become a knower of 
falsehoods instead of a knower of truth. Falsehoods
               will overshadow truth, instead of truth overshadowing 
falsehoods.
                  
Seek Positivity -  Search for that which is positive. Not only the 
positive you see, but the positive others see. This
               entails many perspectives. Use an eye that is open, an 
ear that is open. In keeping yours open, you
               will also be open to the eye and ear of others. This 
allows for a greater range of positivity to be recognized.
               Speak positive. In seeing, hearing, and speaking the 
positive, you will touch upon the positive in it's fulness.
               If you see one in a wheelchair, and another says " That 
is terrible that one should go through life in such a
               manner." Do not say "Yes, that is terrible."  Respond 
with a positive approach. It could be the balancing of
               karma, or the individual in the wheelchair having  
written a book about overcoming handicaps that had
               helped thousands. Stating whatever positive aspect that 
is known through self, or from another, fortifies
               the postivity of the other's experience. Expressing the 
positive shares the positive. This is also true with self
               and self experience. The more one can see the positive 
in one's own life's events, the more one can see it in
               others. A positive attitude promotes positivity. It has 
an impact upon others besides one's own self. There is
               the positve in all things. Only by seeking the positve 
in all things, can you see the positive in all things.
                This is the sincere seeker of positivity.
                  Seek not for what is negative, for then you will be a 
seeker of that which is negative. Your focus will be in
               in the opposite direction of the positive. You will be a 
promoter of negativity, instead of a promoter of
               positivity. Negativity will overshadow positivity, 
instead of positivity overshadowing negativity.

Seek Acceptance - Search for that which is acceptance. Not only the 
acceptance you see, but the acceptance others
               see. This entails many perspectives. Use an eye that is 
open, an ear that is open. In keeping yours open,
               you will also be open to the eye and ear of others. This 
allows for a greater range of acceptance to be
               recognized. Speak with acceptance. In seeing, hearing, 
and speaking with acceptance, you will touch upon
               acceptance in it's fulness. Acceptance brings forth 
understanding. One can not understand what one does
               not accept. Acceptance is a non- judgemental response.
                 If one were to say to you "That person is a liar.",  
accept what is said (without judgement).  Let your
               response be one of truth and positivity, but accept the 
other's opinion. With acceptance, there are
               no conflicts. If two accept each other's statement (that 
are different), then it will be a sharing of thoughts
               and not an argument. In the acceptance of the other's 
statements, comes forth the understanding of them.
               One does not have to agree, to understand. The different 
viewpoints are shared without conflict arising.
                 Accept others. Be non-judgemental. The acceptance of 
others, brings forth an understanding of others.
               Acceptance comes prior to understanding.  Acceptance 
also allows one to be whole. All is part of the whole.
               Any part that is rejected means being less than whole. 
Acceptance does not mean no attempt at change.
               If an act of greed or violence is occuring, one can 
attempt to change it. But it is done without the judging of
               the other. If one is speaking to others in the manner of 
deceiving them, one can attempt to change it. But
               it is done without the judging of the other. The act of 
greed can be accepted (as in acknowledged), and
               an attempt made to change it, and no judgement placed 
upon it or the person. In an example of a storm :
               Persons do not prefer the destructive acts of a storm, 
and precautions are made to prevent harm from being
               done. But the storm is not judged. It is accepted as 
part of nature, as a part of life. This form of acceptance,
               without judgement, can be applied to persons as well. 
Accept the storm that can be internal. Accept and
               work with it, whether it is within self or other. Do 
this without judgement. Do this without rejection.    
                Accept "new" or "different" ideas.  Acceptance is a 
seed for growth. A seed can not grow if it is not
              accepted.  Acceptance does not mean agreement. One can 
accept another's view without agreeing with it.
              Although the view is not agreed with, it also need not be 
rejected. Accept all as a possiblity, understand all as
              a possibilty, for all has a place and purpose. Accept the 
purpose of all, understand the purpose of all. Only by
              seeking the acceptance of all things, can you see the 
acceptance in all things.
              That which rejects, separates. That which accepts, 
unites. Be that which unites, not separates.
               This is the sincere seeker of acceptance.
                 Seek not for what is rejection. for then you will be a 
seeker of rejection. Your focus will be in the opposite
              direction of acceptance. You will be the encourager of 
separation, instead of unification. Rejection will
              overshadow acceptance, instead of acceptance 
overshadowing rejection.

You intake that in which you search for, that in which you seek. If you 
seek falsehoods, negativity, and rejection; then
that will be what you intake and it will define your being.  If you 
seek truth, positivity, and acceptance; then that will be
what you intake and it will define your being. Truth, positivity and 
acceptance lead to Wisdom in it's fullest expression.


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