Truth, Love, Power, What are you most aligned with?

[brendannz]

I'm reading Steve Pavlina's book again,

and I think I'm not particularly well aligned with Truth, Love or Power as much as I could be..

In truth, I've been discovering recently that I've got quite a lot of inaccuracies, and negative limiting beliefs to work through.

In love, I think I have the capacity, but I'm not always present, and so often disconnected.

I'm pretty good with power but i think I'm a bit out of touch with my desires.

I don't feel bad about this either, it's like I'm starting to see lots of potential for improvement, and I'm excited about this.

[Karanime]

I'm incredibly aligned with truth, lightyears away from love, and definitely searching for power.

It's incredibly difficult for me to delude myself, which is awesome, because it helps with the power thing. Not so much with the love thing.

/<3

[brendannz]

Originally Posted by Karanime

I'm incredibly aligned with truth, lightyears away from love, and definitely searching for power.

It's incredibly difficult for me to delude myself, which is awesome, because it helps with the power thing. Not so much with the love thing.

/<3

I'm very honest and transparent with people, but I don't always have a realistic world view and understanding of things.. I guess.. But I'm happy to have the room for improvement

[shasah]

There are many aspects to truth, power and love. For instance, in one of the books I'm reading, it breaks power down into physical, moral, mental and spiritual. Seems like truth and love could also be broken down. You can be strong in some aspects of each one and weak in other areas.

Thanks for the thread because I'm going to look into it from that angle.

I'll add more when I've had time to think about it.

[brendannz]

[QUOTE=shasah;572746]

You can be strong in some aspects of each one and weak in other areas.

I think that's me

I'll add more when I've had time to think about it.

Yup, maybe you should read the book then..

[mcarlos]

Originally Posted by Karanime

I'm incredibly aligned with truth, lightyears away from love, and definitely searching for power.

It's incredibly difficult for me to delude myself, which is awesome, because it helps with the power thing. Not so much with the love thing.

/<3

Gee, with that look you're light years away from love? I can't believe it. Well, same with you, I'm absolutely aligned with truth, wanted to possess power and definitely looking for love.

[Solipsist]

Truth, Love, and Power are all the same to me, anymore, as they are all qualities of Oneness.

[ssandra]

Just now starting to read the book.

I must say, I have problems with power, but that might more be about power abuse and power over. Once I've read the book I'll probably have a better understanding of what he exactly means by it, and I'll know how much I'm aligned with it.

Love: I'm aligned with love I'd say. I love myself. I love the people around me. I love not loving every person in a personal way, but still feeling acceptance and universal love for the possibility that they are.

Truth... It would depend who you'd ask I'm pretty truthful about myself and who I want to be, what I've done, and how I see reality.

However although I have no problem acknowledging that how I see reality is not how most people experience reality, that definition of reality leads most people to believe me naive and not truthful about reality.

I'll need to learn the definition that Steve uses to say if I'm aligned with his definition of truth or not

[secrets0stolen]

I'm very much aligned with Truth (according to what I'm drawn to and compelled to point out/live by), also aligned with Love, and struggle with Power.

[supertom]

Originally Posted by shasah

You can be strong in some aspects of each one and weak in other areas.

Yeah ! actually i only started thinking about it that way recently, i've just been looking at one aspect over a week its been better for me.

I've tried certain strategies to better align myself, like benjamin franklins virtues chart but that was more about avoiding.

[nwilliams]

I am most aligned with the Truth because both power and love exist in it. Truth always show a right way to communicate with the others and also give strength to talk to a person eye to eye. It gives a power to face anything. Automatically love would come in front of you.

[The Unconquered]

Originally Posted by nwilliams

I am most aligned with the Truth because both power and love exist in it. Truth always show a right way to communicate with the others and also give strength to talk to a person eye to eye. It gives a power to face anything. Automatically love would come in front of you.

I most resonate with this comment -- but I probably have to read the book again. When I read it initially, I thought I was most aligned with Truth, then Love, and had no Power. In hindsight, I think I was way out of touch with all of them. This is because the Truth is I am more Powerful than I had ever imagined since I realized we are One. Of course, it's much easier to feel Love for others when you realize that "But for the Grace of God am I." In other words, if I had those life circumstances and was in that level of consciousness, I wouldn't have acted much differently -- in fact, I know from experience I most likely would not have. Empathy is earned through pain.

Again, I'll have to reread the book to see where I'm at now -- my guess is Love is a bit weaker than the other two because I hate feeling vulnerable despite knowing it many benefits. I suppose the next weakest is Power because I am just putting it into practice. Truth came first. So, Truth, then Power, then Love, I suppose; except I have a lot better idea of what the Truth is, which is very emPowering, which I use with Love.

[carenkh]

Originally Posted by The Unconquered

I suppose the next weakest is Power because I am just putting it into practice.

NOT. Ever since you have begun posting here, I have felt your power. You are an incredibly powerful person - you just need to retrain your eyes to see that, then you can more effectively use that power.

[The Unconquered]

Originally Posted by carenkh

NOT. Ever since you have begun posting here, I have felt your power. You are an incredibly powerful person - you just need to retrain your eyes to see that, then you can more effectively use that power.

To clarify, I'm not saying I'm weak or not powerful. I'm saying that in order of strength of alignment, it is the following,

1. Truth <- strongest alignment
2. Power
3. Love <- weakest alignment

[ChrisG]

It varies over time, possibly with the seasons. Increases or decreases in alignment seem to go hand in hand with one another. One goes up, so does the other.

Atm I can't say which is my strongest, but I always feel like I need to improve w/respect to Power more than the others.

[pyrogen]

I've decided to align more with Truth and Power.

The irony is that the more connected I feel to these, the more I feel connected to Love.

[Cochonette]

Originally Posted by pyrogen

I've decided to align more with Truth and Power.

The irony is that the more connected I feel to these, the more I feel connected to Love.

For that to be ironic, there would have to be something contradictory about Truth/Power and Love, but there's not.

[Attitude nee]

Truth is hard to come by, it relies on building enough self esteem to remove the self from the equation, it also relies on knowing the difference between evaluation and judgement. Real truth emanates from a solid relationship with yourself so that input from others can be viewed as neutral.

[Le Roi]

Originally Posted by Attitude nee

Truth is hard to come by, it relies on building enough self esteem to remove the self from the equation, it also relies on knowing the difference between evaluation and judgement. Real truth emanates from a solid relationship with yourself so that input from others can be viewed as neutral.

I wouldn't say I agree. I used to be more aligned with Truth than either Power or Love. I also had low self-esteem. However, I had made the determination a long time ago to be truthful in all of my dealings, both with myself and with everyone else. Since I was used to aiming to never lie at all (aiming not even to white lie for any reason), it was easier to be truthful with myself.

I have found some of the most hidden truth about myself when my self-esteem was quite shattered and I unveiled the layers to see what was going on. Having a high self-esteem however helps a lot in applying power and love so you can do something about that truth you find .

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Depending on how I see myself, I could say either one of the 3 is my strongest attribute and another is my weakest. I have all 3 attributes in equal measures. Perhaps not great measures, but certainly equal ones.

[Cado]

Truth, moving toward power.

[MikaJun]

Truth. Truth itself seems to point towards power and love. I think I got lots of work to do with Power, but especially Love. My self-esteem isn't too great, and I think that's a combination of both power and love.

But I think truth is a great, perhaps essential starting point. Acknowledging thing as they are makes it possible to change things, to evolve.

I wrote about the power of truth in my blog. It's mainly about how especially in the future one HAS TO be aligned with truth in order to succeed and be able to live a fulfilling, free life.

[MikaJun]

Now that I thought more about this, and my past, I realized something.. I have the biggest challenge with power.

When I was still a very small child, I was truly loved, but my mom had very little power to back it up, to make me feel safe and all. And I felt it. And then she lost the little remainings of her power.

And I've ever since felt like I've been left with no power. No power at all. And I still got a lot of fears, and crippled self-esteem, as a sign of this.

When the pain becomes too fierce to ignore, it's hard not to face the truth.
Being aligned with truth is "easy" for most of us PD geeks, because the pain has made us feel it very vividly. It seems to me that this is why most of us are here. We've become aware, we've felt the pain, we've become aligned with truth.

I know many people who sure ain't completely happy with their lives, but they're not feeling ENOUGH PAIN to seek possibilities for growth.
Then again, I know people who are not feeling pain in any area, but are just already powerful (and perhaps loving) enough to have the courage to see where they need to grow.

I feel blessed for having this opportunity to find my power on my own. If you're in similar situation, I hope you do too. : )