Awaken to your True Character
Our actions are a reflection of our character and our character is what determines the course of our life. Unfortunately, this planet is filled with people who believe that making others believe we have character is the same as having it. Where we go, what we do and all of the things that we treasure are all connected with this idea that has nothing to do with real character.
What kind of character do you have? Part of character is being willing to hold up the mirror to ourselves and really take a look. But we don’t want to look at ourselves because if we look in the mirror and it shows us something we don’t want to see — everything that we are, all that we have, all that we’ve done — what’s it going to mean? So rather than look to see what is true, we’ll put the mirror aside and look instead at a thousand pictures of the way we want to see ourselves.
Constancy for example is a quality of character, which means doing one thing all the way. The man or woman without character is a creature of circumstance, where every circumstance determines what they are. Look honestly at yourself: Do you have a constant character, or does every circumstance determine what you are? Is what you think about determined by what other people think about?
If you are able to put principle before person then this is a sign of true character. What are you putting first all the time? What is your principal concern? Is it to be self-interested and self-serving? Do you care only for that which satisfies you?
The purpose of this life on earth is to go through a transfiguration and internal change that leaves our character like nothing it was before. We are meant to rise above this present character of “me first.” To do so, we must learn to put principle before person. This means putting Truth first and ourselves last. Usually we only put ‘Truth’ first if it serves us to do so. There is no character, just the search for comfort. To develop a ‘true’ character we must create a new intention; the intention to go in a straight line, to be constant to the principle of Truth instead of to ourselves.
Inside, we have a true character that yearns to break out. This character has no need to spend the day thinking about money or worrying about what other people are worrying about and does not desire to serve ones self. A true character spends the days sacrificing the self for the higher principle or Consciousness. That means regardless of how you feel about any situation, you put the ‘Truth’ first instead of yourself.
Are you willing to learn about Real Life? Are you willing to call into question everything about yourself? Are you willing to doubt your present character? Are you willing to stand upon what you see when you’re willing to look at your character? If you see certain things that tell you that what you are embracing is destroying everything, including your chance to be a true human being, are you willing to do without these things? These are the things you have to ask yourself. It isn’t hard to do. What’s harder is to remain a human being without character.
Unless we put principle before person, our life is being frittered away. How can you put Truth first? Every day, at least make a new aim to watch yourself, to hold up the mirror and do the work. Do what you can so that ‘Truth’ can do what it’s meant to do for you… and it will.
