Seeing True™ is a moment of epiphany that is so pronounced that subsequent changes in direction or behavior are dramatically altered for the better. The Greeks called this “metanoia,” which means "change of mind," though it might translate better today as “a profound change of heart.” In the Seeing True framework, we focus on transformation as the desired result, and forgiveness and relationships as the spaces in which we practice.
In the vernacular of recovery, whenever we point a finger at someone, there are three pointing back at us. As you and I often discuss, we turn back to our own inner work to see what’s amiss with us.
Read MoreThe phrase "All My Relations" has been a curious one for me for some time. Undergirding it is the idea that somehow, inexplicably, despite appearances of separation, we are connected at a most fundamental level. Any time we profess love in a unilateral fashion as a single relationship, it must expand to bring in everything.
Read MoreSome years ago, I had one of those great learning opportunities that come to us as people, professionals, etc. What that opportunity taught me was that maybe sometimes just listening really is the best value we can offer. I realized that's a little harder for those of us who think with our egos.
Read MoreWe are interconnected, that we cannot separate ourselves from the reality in which we are immersed. It was only a small step from that to a moment of awe. And from that, to appreciation, even gratitude. Which then led to reverence.
Read MoreIn my professional human development world, I spend a lot of time working with psychological assessments. One of the things I really like about the Enneagram is the way it thinks of us as humans. It doesn't think you ought to be different. It knows that you are who you are, you're baked the way you're baked.
Read MoreIt seems most everyone is looking for a place in their lives and in the world to just be happy. While all of us seem to hear the calling or yearning in such language, it’s clear that many of us are mostly focused on what’s wrong in our external realities rather than our internal ones.
Read MoreEvery now and again we may find ourselves captured in video or audio as the most interesting things pour forth from us. Sometimes our only option is to be surprised by what appears. That’s the case with this somewhat rough monologue that unfolded in a conversation with a long-time mentee and friend.
Read MoreSeeing True is a framework and practice for living an engaged life through forgiveness.
Ronald CHAPMAN, CREATOR
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