Truth Mining –
When a miner digs for gold,
sometimes he finds fool’s gold and sometimes he finds the real thing. He may
have to take an extra few seconds to examine any gold shiny rocks to know the
difference. In order to do that the minor must pay attention to anything that
shines like gold with an open mind considering that he may have found the real
thing. Only after inspection will he throw away a piece of fool’s gold or keep
the gold if its real.
Truth mining is similar. It
involves digging in your head to find little nuggets of truth, however, it may
take a little bit of time to inspect each “nugget” you find. If you keep
digging you will eventually reveal some truth.
Warning: Not everyone has what it
take to be successful at truth mining as it can be very challenging. In order
to be successful at it an individual needs the following qualities:
Ø Open mindedness – You need to be able to open to the fact that some things
you may find are true, even if it is uncomfortable. If you are the type of
person who cannot handle a little discomfort or if you are just quick to deny
anything that you may not like hearing, then truth mining will not work
Ø Insight – You need to be able to “look inside”. Truth mining is an
exercise in insightfulness so if you are not the type of person is ready to
“dig” and learn a little more than truth mining may be difficult
Ø Self-Honesty – For truth mining to work, you need to be honest with
yourself rather than make excuses for uncomfortable truths
No comments:
Post a Comment