Tree Of Lies
A flash of truth can burn up a forest of lies….
That is true but the question is what do we do when lightning hits us? Do we allow the fire to do its job or are we trying to prevent it from spreading? Are we willing to let the fire burn away the false to discover the truth? Fire spreads fast and to get burned hurts. The forest is part of us since the lies became part of what we imagine ourselves to be. To let the fire spread, to let the forest burn means to get hurt and to get burned. It means to be surrounded by flames and at times not knowing if we will make it or not. Some of us will be burned alive. Our old lives, the person we used to be will die. Out of the ashes new life will be born.
Who wants to go through that? Nobody. This is why when the lightening hits, when there is a small fire we run to get water. We grab a few buckets run for the well and extinguish the fire as fast as we can before it spreads. What water do we use? We distract ourselves. We go to the bar and have a few drinks, take subscription or illegal drugs or get deep into spiritual practices. We overeat, overwork, over-exerceise, have a lot of sex or travel the world. Anything that gets our mind of the truth and regains control will do it. If we have a person in our lives that stands for the truth we get rid of him or her as fast as possible. We know if we do not act immediately the truth will spread from tree to tree and our lives will be on fire. Every lie will be affected, nothing will be how it was before lightening hit and we know that we are not able to handle that.
How can we find truth? We have to be very tired or just ready to let go. Living a lie is very painful and very draining. The only possibility for the truth to burn away the lies is either that we are too tired to run for the water or that we realize that the life were living is not worth being protected. If there is so much pain in our lives that being burned alive sounds like a relief then we are willing to let the fire burn, let it go its course, let go of control. Most of the things we believed in will be on fire but we are o.k. with that since we know that they have not worked for us anyway. The pain level will increase and be pushed to a maximum. Then slowly but gradually things will get better. When the fire subsides the ashes will create fertile soil to plant a forest of truth. Our lives will blossom, we will never have to suffer like we did before the fire started and will never plant a tree of lies again.
"Tree Of Lies" Williamsburg/Brooklyn 02-28-08 at 02:20 PM.
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