Seek the Truth and Set it Free

Growth requires work, it requires dedication. Genuine transformation requires constantly checking in with our intention, because we are always fallible to the sway of our own ego.
We’re having a human experience, and no degree of consciousness makes us totally above our own shadow. 
My compass down this path is the Truth, and so always observing and asking myself if my beliefs are True. After filtering out as many projections as possible, I can reach a place of saying: yes, my beliefs are True... But then comes the real work: a deep acknowledgement that this truth is indeed only so through MY eyes. It is truth based on the lessons I am learning in life... based on the path I am walking.
Perspective is reality.
We get caught up not only in the rat race of materialism, but also in the equally damaging efforts to “save” other people. Whether we’re trying to take or give: everyone is on their own path. Nobody needs to be saved. Instead of looking outwards, look in. Always look in. You’re going to have to dig, but in the very depths of your Being lies a quarry of absolute peace. A joy that no one else can offer you, a love no one else can give you. True peace and happiness, that only you can give to yourself.

Spotted while hiking in the forests of Campbell River, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, November 2018.