The most important thing is not that you try to convince anybody of the truth that you see. What is really important is that you are truthful with yourself. If you can be truthful with yourself, then you can be truthful with anybody. There is no real usefulness in becoming overly focused on being truthful with everybody else. Although that´s necessary, the place to start is with yourself: Can you be totally sincere with yourself? Can you go to that place that is beyond blame, beyond judgment, beyond should and shouldn´t? Can you go to that place that is so sincere you won´t shy away from any part of yourself that is still in conflict; you won´t use the perception of truth to hide from something that feels less than liberating?
It is really a question of sincerity. As I said, this is not a self-improvement program. Once you discover the level of sincerity and honesty I am describing, you find that sincerity and honesty are manifestations of the absolute nature of being. To be this sincere with yourself may not be easy, initially. You may see things about yourself you don´t want to see. You may see the parts of yourself that stand in seemingly stark contrast to everything you have realized. Nonetheless, this is where awakening moves: toward and into that which is not awake. Sincerity is what allows this movement to happen, and it does happen if you are real with yourself.
Sincerity is the key. You have to be willing; you have to want to see everything. When you want to see everything, you will see everything.
(The End Of Your World. Adyashanti).
