FAQs
What made you start writing?
Watching the parts come together with meaning and purpose toward an integrated whole has always fascinated me. This is especially true for life’s esoteric questions: meaning of life, love, self-awareness, the idea of “god,” metaphysics, psychology, and philosophy.
One day, while on a routine airplane flight, something very simple and powerful happened. Relaxed, ear buds streaming my playlist, and apparently quite receptive to recognizing the truth, I focused on the chorus of a familiar song which chanted the words “mind, body, and soul.” For some reason, in that moment, I got it: it really is just that simple. These are the three, true, and essential parts of all of us. I was captivated by their utter simplicity and, true to my nature, began asking myself: How do these parts fit together? Where do they come from? What do they do? What is their purpose? I now acknowledge that I was beginning to remember the truth to life’s three most basic and compelling questions: Who am I? Where did I come from? Why am I here? This event sparked the fire that eventually became the book: The Truth About You.
What were the challenges of writing The Truth About You?
I can think of four:
Remembering what is true while living in the illusion of the human dimension. Especially making time to listen to me and write while maintaining a demanding full-time job.
Describing absolute, non-polar concepts with a limited language designed for polarity.
How to organize the parts of the whole truth into the linear chapter structure of a book. When to introduce certain concepts relative to the others. How to build upon a foundation of truth in layers – adding more detail as it unfolded.
Remaining confident that this message is important and true. In the end, the process of remembering and writing mattered to me, so it was important. If it resonates with others, that is the icing on the cake.
What was the song were you listening to that inspired you to remember and and write The Truth About You?
Mind Body & Soul, by Hossegorl from the album Mata Cavalo.
In a nutshell, what have you remembered?
We are all One—the active and creative expression of that which is perfect and true, originating from the still and tranquil realm of the absolute. As One, we enter the human dimension as a three-part hologram of energy: soul, body and mind, with our soul being the foundation and core of our being.
The meaning of life is nothing but the activity of creation, for which we use The Creation Cycle. The purpose of life is to experience what we create. It is just that simple. There is no requirement for what we must learn, do, be, or have, except for any requirement which we also create for ourself.
When we create with integrity, that is, using all parts of us—soul-body-mind—then we create an experience of contentment and well-being. To the degree we do not create with integrity, then our experience lacks contentment and well-being.
We knew all this when we entered the human dimension but we forgot as we matured and became distracted by all the interesting “stuff” of the human dimension.
The purpose of the book, The Truth About You, is to show how these simple parts of the truth fit together so that you can remember, once again, who you are, where you came from and why you are here. As you remember, you create an opportunity to experience contentment and well-being for yourself and “everyOne” in the human dimension.
What exactly do you mean by “remembering” the truth?
Remembering is a process similar to “connecting the dots.” It is an integrative approach to the truth that happens when we recognize how each part of the truth fits together and rolls up into the whole big picture. The definition I use in The Truth About You is:
The process of recognizing a vital, but forgotten, truth, arising from a renewed awareness of how its integral parts relate to the whole.
This book focuses on the fundamental parts of every human being: soul, body and mind. You can think of these three parts of you as members of the whole you, with whom you are reconnecting, rejoining, or “re-membering.”
What do you mean by an “integrative” approach to remembering?
This approach explores the connections between soul, body, and mind to rouse your innate awareness of what is important and true in life, which you had when you entered the world. Although you have come to rely on your mind and body for most of your awareness and understanding, by reconnecting your soul you are better equipped to remember everything you brought with you into the human dimension, in particular the whole, forgotten truth of who you are, where you came from, and why you are here, in other words, the meaning and purpose of your life.
This approach can also be said to be “integrative” because it draws upon the established views of many diverse disciplines to point to a whole, unified understanding of the truth about who you are and how you are connected to the world around you. It looks at Eastern and Western perspectives, scientific and religious doctrine, physics and metaphysics, psychology and philosophy, even literature and fine arts in order to deconstruct old walls and build new bridges amongst these various and separate towers of wisdom. The result, you might say, is a simple and tightly woven “theory of everything.”
How do we really know what is true?
First, as truth seekers, we must be precise about what it is we seek. I suggest that truth has two defining qualities. For something to be true, it must be both: constant and constructive.
Constant: As the ever-present constant, truth never pauses, fluctuates, or changes. It is always, meaning that truth is, quite literally, fixedly present in all ways, at all times. It is invariably and inescapably universal. It is everywhere. Nothing and no one is exempt from the certainty of truth. In terms of space and time, truth is both infinite and eternal—endless and forever. It has no beginning or end. Truth simply “is,” always has been, and always will be.
Constructive: To be constructive means that truth is the elemental, underlying organizational principle, or construct, of all that is, whether seen or unseen, accepted or not. It is the essential foundation and structural order of all that you experience and have yet to experience. Truth holds it all together and, ultimately, makes perfect sense amid seeming chaos and confusion.
Based on this definition, what do you know to be true in life?
How can someone else remember who they are, where they came from, and why they are here?
Read The Truth About You, a path to remembering.
Meditate. Quiet your mind and listen to your soul. I recommend the Calm app as a place to start, particularly Jeff Warren’s 10-minute daily meditation sessions called the Daily Trip.
Pay attention. Listen. Be on the lookout for parts of your life coming together. It is happening now.
Bear in mind that I am not telling you what you think. In fact, I explicitly tell you: don’t listen to me! I am asking you to listen to you. Trust yourself. Remember what you already know.