One of the true gifts bestowed upon us all.

Truth. Truth exists within us as the most sincere, honest, actual and simply coy to all our games, gift of magick. Truth is what allows you to know... all of this, this entire tradition, this entire life, every beautiful thing you have ever and will ever seen in all the lifetimes. Truth is simply so beautiful it takes me real bravery to talk about and even makes me teary-eyed to reflect on. The gateway to all realities, the Fool and the Magician, the Hierophant, the most authentic and incredible act of magick ever conceived in all of history. And it's right there inside of you.

Throughout our lives we're told by so many Masters who've reached heights we really may only dream of, some of us, and that's true, that the one thing they've learned they wish to pass on to the entire world is that the Truth exists within you. All Power exists within you.

The mind can deceive us when we hear this so it's hard to understand just how remarkable this is, how humble even of a statement this truly is, and what it reflects in their lifetimes of work-- to truly see that they've done it, they've achieved what they set out to do is effortlessly beautiful and the most worldly evident sign of real initiation we'll ever need. Right there in all of our faces from the time we're young and know very little at all to the time we're old and, hopefully, still know very little at all.

This world... it's incredibly deceptive but only when you view it through the lens of that mind of yours. The most important and necessary thing, that really does require true bravery and sets us on the very long path of learning, is to look within and see what Truth says. What our Hearts say. Because everything outside of that is conjecture, to ourselves.

Truth is a blessing and act of Love. The very fact you can connect to it is a result of that eternal beauty, that magick we all talk about and wield-- there it is in plain view. A Divine design, coursing through you. And divinity is indefinable Love...

So no matter what you do, or where you are, or what you believe in, what banner you proudly walk under or what heights you've achieved, whether you're out there somewhere far beyond our reach or next door to me right now, please remember, to follow your Heart. Follow Truth that you were born here with. Revealing always, Loyally, Lovingly, Authentically, Who you really are. That it has the Power to do this, reflect on it --- that it is everything you'll ever need, respect it. Nurture it. That is the secret to truly rising as an indomitable force, that is the most Powerful example of what you could be, that is True alchemy, and it's already right there. It's You. Not in any book, not in any temple, not in any anything-- You. And only then do you find the teachings of it in everything else, truly. Only then can you truly Reflect without need for judgment of how true you are. And so you will Truly Exist in this world.

Love to those Loyally under Her Violet Banner. Em Hotep.

I personally think that truth is not a gift, but an ideal. You seek it, you have some basic understanding where to go towards it, but you never reach it. It always moves further. As you move towards it, you always uncover new and new things, sometimes altering your understanding by 180 degrees, or upside down.

If you reached the final and ultimate truth, you would achieve perfection, but perfection doesn't change and what doesn't change, is not alive.
The truth is ideal worth pursuing, that's for sure. In it's ultimate form I don't think it is within us. I like to rather think that we have within ourselves the tree of knowledge or tree of truth and the more we care for it, the more it grows. We cannot share the tree, only it's seeds, which other have to plant in their own mental gardens...

[quote="Morell"]I personally think that truth is not a gift, but an ideal. You seek it, you have some basic understanding where to go towards it, but you never reach it. It always moves further. As you move towards it, you always uncover new and new things, sometimes altering your understanding by 180 degrees, or upside down.[/quote]

I don't agree. To me you have a very linear perception of truth, as truth when we're within it and in alignment with it produces the effects you describe. I am talking about being in direct alignment with who you truly Are which is only possible if you embrace truth, and [b]real[/b] truth-- not the image. Like time, you must think of it non-linearly and more whole. Expand your view. "The Ultimate Truth" you describe is closer to the wholeness of knowledge in Divinity / "Kether" transmutably in your example, we are closer to when not bound here to a physical shell. In this context Truth is the gift bestowed upon us and inherent to our soul, magickally it is the secret to all true spiritual Power and not the pretend kind. With deeper study of Asetianism you realize that all is Magick owing to a magickal formula in the grand design and nothing is just "over there" or separate to you. All facets of the Tree are you. This is all evident in practice, life and any form of communion with your Higher Power. Truth has undeniable alchemical properties for not just the one embracing it but also all of those they touch, literally transforming reality around them. If when looking within you are only ever moving farther and farther away from truth then likely that is an illusion of your mind in one literal sense or a misunderstanding other for truth is Kabbalistically what actually guides one in the Tree at all being the reason we ascend from Malkuth to begin with. It is required to face any challenges above or far below...

[quote]I like to rather think that we have within ourselves the tree of knowledge or tree of truth and the more we care for it, the more it grows. We cannot share the tree, only it's seeds, which other have to plant in their own mental gardens...[/quote]

This is quite true from my own years of studies and in Spirit corroborated by varying Asetianists.

All in All Temet Nosce.

Good points, thank you.