How to Learn Truth

How do we learn truth (best)?

Converse with wise people.
Engage in conversation with those who have an open heart.
People with an open heart are able to touch, and to be touched by others, even those with whom they are at odds, disagree with, come from a different place or point of view.

We can't learn Truth when we shut out that which we don't want to hear.
We can't learn Truth when we surround ourselves only with what we like.
We can't learn truth when we avoid those different from us, from our beliefs, our origins.

It is easier sometimes to begin this exploration of learning truth, by learning to communicate with non-human beings--animals, birds, insects, plants, trees, the wind, the moon...
Listening, and speaking as if they can understand us--because often they can. Our non-human relaions often understand us much more than we do them.  It seems less fearful to begin our learning truth through our relationships with these relatives rather than with humans.  THey have much to teach us.

Self-Reflection:  I desire to learn Truth. I take time to listen to the natural world around me.

If you would like to explore a wonderful practice for learning to listen to the wisdom and guidance of nature, click here: A Medicine Walk for Wisdom and Clarity