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Title: Truth
Artist: Mary A. Gravelle
Media: Mixed media, approx. 6" x 9"
About this image: Journal Entry
April 1, 1995, 10:45 am
RE: Oaxaca, Mexico, Sunday, March 5
Today was the beginning session [of the Sacred Art -- Sacred Places workshop facilitated by the New England Art Therapy Institute]. Introductions to the other people, workshop attendees and facilitators and introduction to the workshop and schedule. Also, introduction to the city of Oaxaca and the Zocalo and how to get around and back to the hotel.
We ventured as a group to the Zocalo and Peter [London, author of "No More Second Hand Art"] gave us a quick grand tour.
Then we went back and did some art on what "sacred" meant to us.
I drew a pink and purple circle with a green inner circle and the word "Truth" in the middle (written in black). I collected flowers and petals and glued those on. Sacred, to me, meant Truth, unshakable truth, something that cannot be argued, like truth or the beauty of nature. The flowers just are -- they are sacred, they are truth -- you cannot argue that they are -- they just are. Sacred means something is so special it cannot be touched or messed with, it cannot be broken down, it's unshakable.
Today, May 30, 2003
What is Truth to you? What is Sacred?
Today's Daily Guide in the magazine, Science of Mind, www.scienceofmind.com, titled today's writing, Be Yourself. It tells us that being true to oneself keeps one in the flow of life and helps us be true in our relationships with others. "If we are not true to our hearts, can we then be true to the world?", it asks.
It quotes Shakespeare, "To thine own self, be true and it must follow as the night, the day; thou can'st not then be false to any man."
In the passage there is also a story of Chuang-tse and the Tortoise, a Taoist story about being true to yourself. At rivers edge one day, Chuang-tse was offered a position at the court of Prince of Shu'u. Chuang-tse asked if it was true that the Prince had a sacred tortoise, over 2,000 years old, which is kept in a box, wrapped in silk brocade. Upon hearing it was true, he replied with the question, "which do you think he would have liked better--to have been alive in the mud, or dead within the palace?" The reply came, "To be alive in the mud, of course." Chuang-tse replied, "Then leave me alone and let me drag my tail in the mud."
Then there is the old cliché, the Truth shall set you free.
Truth is sacred. But, is Truth the same for each of us? And is the Truth really unshakable? Does it change as we change? And is sacred a good thing, after all? Sacred Cows in a working environment are not good. They are a hindrance to change and new order.
Do we need to let go of personal Truth? Or is Personal Truth the truth of the matter that will set all of us free? If we were each to practice and maintain our own personal truth, would there be war? Would peace prevail if we all remained true to our hearts? No, I think not. Truth is different for each of us. We only need to respect each other's personal truth and learn from each other. Let each other's personal truth soften us to a new reality and expand our being ness into compassionate understanding that Truth is only as good as we are. Truth serves whom?
Are there different Truths? Religious truths, personal truths, sacred truths, spiritual truths, human truths, earth truths, plant truths, animal truths? Is there a Truth Thread that weaves all this together? Where in the world am I going with all this?
What is Truth?
What is Sacred?
Does Sacred = Truth?
Does Truth = Sacred?
What do you think?
THE END
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Posted: May 30, 2003
Written by Mary A. Gravelle
© 2003 Mary A. Gravelle
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