Living the Deepest Truth You Know
Living the Deepest Truth You Know explores the remarkable guidance that’s available when you look inward to discern your inner wisdom – “the still, small voice” – around personal questions or issues. With unique stories from his own and others’ experience, the author describes the process, challenges, and rewards of living your deepest truth.
This book is a true gift to humanity, with insightful experiences of living authentically, cultivating deep and meaningful relationships, and finding happiness in the present moment. It contains profound wisdom in every chapter, and reading it was a life-changing experience for me.
- Joseph Roscoe, Ph.D., Psychologist
Even if you’re not a mystic or a poet, as author Albert Bellg clearly is, can you still find your way to the inner promptings that provide you with guidance, and even more, with peace? This book sets out a provocative menu of possibilities for doing so.
- Barbara Loots, Poet
Explorer, cartographer, companion, guide... Albert Bellg plays all those roles in his book about finding “the deepest truth you know" and living your life guided by its wisdom. Writing about terrain he knows well from long experience, he includes a wealth of startling, funny and moving stories and helpful advice for tapping into your own deepest truths and helping others find theirs.
- Kat Griffith, Co-Clerk, Northern Yearly Meeting of Quakers
This book is a true gift to humanity, with insightful experiences of living authentically, cultivating deep and meaningful relationships, and finding happiness in the present moment. It contains profound wisdom in every chapter, and reading it was a life-changing experience for me.
- Joseph Roscoe, Ph.D., Psychologist
Even if you’re not a mystic or a poet, as author Albert Bellg clearly is, can you still find your way to the inner promptings that provide you with guidance, and even more, with peace? This book sets out a provocative menu of possibilities for doing so.
- Barbara Loots, Poet
Explorer, cartographer, companion, guide... Albert Bellg plays all those roles in his book about finding “the deepest truth you know" and living your life guided by its wisdom. Writing about terrain he knows well from long experience, he includes a wealth of startling, funny and moving stories and helpful advice for tapping into your own deepest truths and helping others find theirs.
- Kat Griffith, Co-Clerk, Northern Yearly Meeting of Quakers
Albert Bellg
"There is something both wonderful and humbling about bringing inner wisdom into your daily life, relationships, work, spirituality, and community – what I call living the deepest truth you know. In these pages, I offer my thoughts about how you can become more aware of your inner wisdom in a conscious, intentional and discerning way, and what you can do to make the deepest truth you know the foundation for how you live.
"Living the deepest truth you know in daily life is challenging, and I’ve not always been successful at it. You, too, may find it difficult to stay on the living edge of your inner wisdom. To do that as best you can, you need to develop trust in your inner wisdom and be willing to courageously follow a path that others may not understand. You may also need to let go of conventional ways of thinking, heal old hurts, and forgive yourself and others. The gift when you do – along with a sense of aliveness, connection with others, and peace – is a life that’s truly your own." |
It starts with a simple idea:
at the heart of creativity, healing, and personal and spiritual growth is a wise inner knowing. When I’ve looked for it, inner wisdom has often shown up as a surprising but insightful awareness about a situation I’m in, or a question or issue I’m concerned about. When I’ve been thoughtful, discerning, and brave enough to follow the insight it offers, the result has been life-changing. Inner wisdom has offered a genuine and whole-hearted way of moving forward in my life. One way I’ve found that inner wisdom is distinguished from other ways of knowing is that it often reveals something distinctly beyond what I already know and want, and it reflects a deeper truth about who I am and what I really need. Inner wisdom has helped me – and I believe it can help anyone – decide what career to pursue, find a good place to live, be a better parent and partner, engage more deeply in spiritual or religious practice, solve problems, be creative, write in a more personal and authentic way, and heal emotional wounds. There is also abundant evidence beyond my own experience that inner wisdom can give genuine insight into what is going on around us and in us, and help us discover what to do next. My inner wisdom has done more than guide my decisions and actions, however. It has also been part of my spiritual path, and it has profoundly changed my sense of myself and my relationships with others. In much the same way that I have been blessed to experience the personal change that happens by loving someone and creating a committed relationship, I have also seen the deep transformation that’s possible when making a committed relationship to inner wisdom and true self. As you read this book, I hope that you will be intrigued by the same questions that inspired me: What will change inside me when I start to love and trust my inner wisdom? How will I be different when, every day, I look to my inner wisdom for guidance? What happens when I begin to identify with that part of myself, and let my true self be who I am in the world? |
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About the author
Albert Bellg, Ph.D. is a writer, retreat facilitator, and retired health psychologist. He received his doctorate in Psychology from the University of Rochester in New York, and is a former President of the Wisconsin Psychological Association. He did clinical work and NIH-funded research with heart patients at the Rush Heart Institute in Chicago and at the Appleton Heart Institute. He has practiced and taught various forms of meditation and mindful practice for over 40 years. |