Truth

I meditated at 4:00 am this morning, and asked Spirit what I should discuss in this blog today. They told me to mention a day Canadians commemorated this week. I questioned if this was really what they wanted and perhaps I had just misunderstood. Several hours later, I pulled a card from my Sacred Destiny Oracle deck, and lo' and behold, it was the TRUTH card. Message received, Spirit. Today's blog is about truth.

Canada marked the National Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30. It was a day where Canadians honour the children who attended government-imposed residential schools and their families who endured the indelible scars of having their children ripped away from them and their communities. Many children never returned home from residential school, their little lives cut short in a cruel system intended to extinguish their Indigeneity. Those who did survive experienced harms many of us cannot imagine, and the tragic consequences continue to hurt today.

As a non-Indigenous person, I believe it is my responsibility to confront the truths about what residential schools did to Indigenous children and families. It is digging deep into a history that is not what we were taught in school and finding the truth of what our society did to hurt Indigenous people and what we continue to do today. This goes far beyond residential schools and cannot be addressed properly in a short blog, but the first step is uncovering the truth, and once you do, make reparations so that they do not occur again. Show your support by using your voice. Be an accomplice, an ally, or a change agent to work towards an egalitarian society where Indigenous people and other marginalized individuals are not oppressed.

We are at a time in history where many truths are being revealed. From a spiritual perspective, this is a time to look inward and to be honest with yourself. Finding your inner voice of truth requires practicing stillness and silence sometimes, but once you do, you will recognize its authenticity and power.

Your inner voice will aid you in speaking truth from your heart. It will also help you discern truth to see what is sincere and honest in others. Share your truth and let go of relationships where you cannot be your true self. When you discover others who are not telling you the truth, pray for them and release them as well. They are on a path that does not serve you as you strive to be your authentic self. When you learn of governments and authority figures who are not being honest, work peacefully to change that. Seek the truth in all that you do.

Being true to yourself frees your spirit to fully experience the wonderful life you have created here, and in doing so, find new energy and vitality. Truth is freedom!