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Meditation for Monday – April 19, 2010

To Suppress A Truth Is To Give It Force Beyond Endurance.

Suppress - To put an end to an activity.  To do away with by or as by authority.  To keep in or repress.  To withhold from disclosure or publication.

Truth - The actual state of a matter.  A verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like.  Actuality or actual existence.  An obvious or accepted fact.

Give - To grant.  To impart or communicate.  To set forth or show.

Force - Strength; energy; power; intensity.  Power to influence, affect, or control.

Beyond – Father on than.  More distant than.  Outside the understanding, limits, or reach of.  Superior to; surpassing; above.

Endurance – The ability or strength to continue or last.  Lasting quality; duration.

Today’s Meditation

Once a truth has been revealed, it is out in the open.  It is no longer hidden.  By virtue of it being out in the open, it can (and will) be dealt with.  It will eventually fade out of existence as we move on to other truths.

In contract, if truth is suppressed, it is kept hidden.  By virtue of it remaining hidden, it remains alive.  It does not have a chance to be dealt with.  It does not have a chance to face out of existence as we move on to other truths.

Furthermore, people will devote vast amounts of continuous energy toward either (i) the eventual disclosure of these truths, or (ii) keeping them hidden.  Thus they continue to endure long after truths that have been disclosed.

Applying This In The Real World

This principle is why when one makes a mistake they should admit it quickly and emphatically.  By doing that, the truth is out in the open and while it may initially be painful, everyone can quickly deal with the ramifications of the mistake and move forward.

In contrast, if one fails to admit their mistakes, they are like truths that remain hidden.  The one who made the mistake will spend untold amounts of energy hiding their mistake and the ramifications of that mistake may never be addressed.

Analysis

As you meditate upon this thought, ask yourself the following questions:

• When I make mistakes how do I usually react?  Do I admit my mistake or do I try to hide it?
• What have the results been from some of the largest mistakes I’ve made in my life?

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