Honest Communication Makes A Better Life

Honest communication makes a better life …
and a better world.

Honesty comes from contemplation beyond likes and dislikes.

Our reluctance to communicate comes from fear. We adopt a comfort zone, either because of self-doubt or fear of opposition; either way, it’s uncomfortable. We don’t want to say anything that will give us away, revealing how we actually do feel. Actually, how we feel reveals itself in subtle ways, but talking about it remains too sensitive.

People are judgemental,
so it’s not surprising that we have doubts.
Who dares to be honest?

To alleviate our discomfort in conversation, we go off-topic because whatever we hear goes straight to our memory bank for reference, association and security. We choose to talk about whatever is convenient to us.

Those who stick their necks out
and talk about the rawness of life
make conformers feel uncomfortable.

How do we overcome this fear?
Simply by knowing that we are pure consciousness,
rather than our unenlightened display.

Anything else
– including what others think of us –
is immaterial.

Elitist or peasant:
who do you think can recognise the suffering that leads to enlightenment?

Knowing what we are, we can never be wrong.
And we don’t have to be holy – just whole.