TO KNOW
What does it truly mean, “to know”?
How many times have you judged someone
based on what you thought you knew about them…
And as a result, have held them to that judgment?
Only to later find…
what you thought you knew about a person
came from a small window
to a much bigger landscape you could not see.
Also, further to one’s retrospective reflections,
we discover that our judgments
are always a reflection
of our need to feel secure
in what makes us feel better about ourselves.
It is not easy to release our judgments.
The willingness to remain open
to what we refuse to accept or see
requires humility, courteousness,
compassion and graciousness…
And the willingness to forgive and sympathize
with our own limitations.
To know, is a swinging door,
inviting us to go back and forth
with what we thought we knew,
always ready to shift and expand
our point of view.
It is one of the highest forms of friendship,
towards yourself and others.
It is the great unconditional circle of love…
The emptying of our proverbial cup,
that we may drink once again
from a fresh spring…
Freeing ourselves from so much unwanted baggage
And in doing so,
to welcome and share the true elixir of freedom
with others.
When we embody this kind of knowing
and non-judgment,
the manifestation reveals itself
simply as a means to access
the peerless state of Divine Emptiness.
-TruGuy Starhorse
May 14, 2024
(image by Roberto Nunez)
