THE FIVE LEVELS OF TRUTH TELLING.

1. Begin by telling the truth about yourself to yourself.
There is only one journey. Going inside yourself. Undertaking this spiritual journey is a preparatory step to looking into the mirror with a view to communicating with your alter ego. In the basement of human life, illusions are the truth we live by until we know better. When you tell the truth about yourself to yourself, you are indulging in soul-searching, the purpose of which is to personally identify and acknowledge your fears, self doubts, weaknesses, negative traits and the other little secrets you have never communicated to other people.

2. Tell the truth to yourself about another.
This involves seeing your fellow- creature as similarly endowed with a share of the divine, for both of you were born to work together like the upper and lower rows of a man's teeth. When you tell the truth to yourself about another, you are affirming the fact that the earth was made for both of you to inherit through peaceful coexistence. Each time you are critical of another person, turn within yourself to see what it is that triggers this reaction.

3. Tell the truth about yourself to another.
This is basically the same thing as the second level of truth telling. It involves honestly sharing your weaknesses. When you reveal your failures, feelings, frustrations and fears, you risk rejection. But the benefits are worth the risk. Opening up relieves stress, defuses your fears, and is the first step to freedom.

4. Tell the truth about another to that other.
Here, you will be embarking on an evangelical mission of getting the truth disseminated. In the process, you have to be ready to don the toga of blindfolded Justice, complete with swords and scales. While operating on this level, you try as much as possible to remain impartial, non-judgemental, and a good keeper of other people's secrets. Encourage and praise openly, criticize and advise privately, and advance the cause of universal brotherhood.

5. Finally, tell the truth to everyone about everything.
The Creator in Its infinite goodness permeated each particle of creation equally, and the same divine spark animated life in all its forms. We have to live our lives not oblivious to the sense of perfect harmony with the universe, of perfect harmony with another person, and of perfect harmony with the self. Every star is an annoucement. Each leaf a reminder. The glaciers are megaphones, the seasons are chapters, the clouds are banners. This is God's truth. The truth we are required as It's creatures to live habitually, subconsciously and consciously.