Definitions: (1) the quality of being in accordance with or conforming to actual experience, facts, and reality; (2) the ideal of fundamental objective reality apart from and transcending perceived experience; (3) subjective existence portrayed to oneself or to others with honesty, integrity, and veracity; (4) expressing sincerity in action, character, and utterance; forthright; (5) in agreement with a common standard or a collective idea; (6) reliably certain; accurate; (7) dependably exact; precise
     Note: 1) Higher nature in Sanskrit is called satchitananda: sat = truth, chit = conscious, and ananda = bliss. 2) A philalethist is a lover of truth

Synonyms: genuine, logical, upright

Compatible Quality: tact

Maxim: Truth is mighty and will prevail. — Attributed to multiple authors

Adage: The truth will set you free. — The Bible, John 8:32

Poetry:
He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy
He who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity’s sun rise. — William Blake (1757-1827) English poet

Quotes:
• In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. — George Orwell [born Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) English author
• Nonviolence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. There is no God higher than truth. — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian lawyer & peacemaker
• Unless there is truth, and unless people tell the truth, there is always danger in everything outside of the individual. — Terence Hanbury White (1906-1964) The Once and Future King {1958}
• The truth cannot contradict The Truth. — Pope Leo XIII [born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci] (1810-1903) the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
     Note: In 1996 Pope John Paul II [born Karol Józef Wojtyła] (1920-2005) the 264th Pope, restated the quote to make the point that the truth of science cannot contradict the Truth of faith.

Reflection: Thinking breeds facts but feeling leads to truth.

Consideration: Individuals respond to truth in their guts by the use of their knowing centers. Even if the outside information or person is partially truthful, there is still an unerring response to that portion which is objectively truthful. This internal truth guide works just as well on all levels of fact, meaning, and value.
     Consider a good liar. He or she projects the positive qualities of sincerity and clarity with a convincing communicative style. But the listener needs to be perceptive in judgment so as to correctly segregate the true from the false. We can attune this ability by honoring and respecting the truth.
     This internal truth sense works not only externally but also internally. Listen to your “self-talk” with your intuitive truth center. This is useful when you are exploring a new subject.
     It is nice to share with a friend. If you say something inappropriate, they react honestly, and if you are sensitive and paying attention, you will both know something needs to be adjusted.

Comment: Truth always has an advantage over evil in that truth can be continually lived in experience. You can become it. Error, evil, sin, and iniquity cannot become a permanent part of you. They are unreal. They eventually lead to a dead end. Sooner or later they will prove their lack of value. If you choose to be unreal, you are choosing not to be.
     Yet error has the purpose of showing us the edge. We can stay away from it when we encounter it again – if we are smart. Error nudges us back toward goodness and reality.

Colors: blue, green

Symbols: 1) the torch; 2) a hand mirror; 3) the number nine; 4) gems or treasures {Spiritual Truths and Knowledge}

Fictional Figure: Una, a lovely damsel, is the personification of truth. — Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) Faërie Queene {1590}

Mythological Figure: Ma, in Egyptian mythology, is the goddess of truth and justice.

Definition: a person of inflexible honesty and fidelity; loyal; faithful

Derivation: Derived from the blue cloth made at Coventry, England {1670}. The town’s dyers had a reputation for producing material that didn’t fade with washing.

Music:
• “Dear Prudence” {1968}
The sun is up; the sky is blue
It’s beautiful, and so are you.
Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
— John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) Revolutionary artist; The Beatles (1960-1970)

• “Blue Skies” {1926}
Blue skies, smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see
— Irving Berlin [born Israel Beilin] (1888–1989) American composer & lyricist

Prayer: I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. — Edward Estlin [e. e.] Cummings (1894-1962) American poet

Definitions: (1) placing confidence in; believing in the honesty, integrity, or justice of; reliability; (2) without fear of consequences; allowing exposure; open-hearted; confiding; (3) supposing and supporting something as accurate; (4) certain; sure; expectant; hopeful

Compatible Qualities: responsible

Too Far: gullible
     Note: Be wise to the signs. Are you being played for a sap? If the person you trust is a real good liar, don’t beat yourself up for being taken in. Be true to your ideals. Give yourself credit, and learn from the experience.

Motto: In God we trust. — United states of America

Quotes:
• As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German polymath [eight disciplines]
• It’s alright if you fail. Just try, and then be what you are. Know what you know. — Daniel James Abraham (1969-) Age of Ash {2022}

Consideration: A blind person takes for granted the fact he or she occasionally needs to trust someone else; they need to put their faith in someone as a guide from time to time. Visualize a bicycle built for two; the person in front is sighted, the person in back is blind. They enjoy being together and they each play their part.
     Each person is sometimes a leader and sometimes a follower. We are all somewhat blind and somewhat sighted.

Observation: If you trust someone, you will find (or have found) in their actions reasons to trust them. At first, you may give them the benefit of the doubt.
     If you do not trust someone (including oneself) or if you have a suspicious nature, then even the most innocent actions will be clothed in negative scrutiny.

Comment: Trust is linked with expectations. If someone says, “I’ll pick you up at three,” and doesn’t show up until four, that person has set up and broken an expectation. The next time he or she makes a promise you may be less certain.

Symbol: freesia flowers

(TRUSTWORTHY)
Definitions: (1) worthy of confidence; dependable; (2) able to puts minds at ease; reliable; (3) forthright and multifaceted in difficult matters; straightforward; (4) axiopisty (worthy of being believed)

Quote: People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions – warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They are first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That’s much more important than whether or not you are competent. — Amy Joy Casselberry Cuddy (1972-) American social psychologist, author, & speaker

Comment: There are some things so continuously trustworthy we end up forgetting they exist or expecting them to always be there. Some that come to mind: gravity, God, beliefs, parents, job.
     Consistent qualities are growth, choice, change, and love.

Definitions: (1) being in good order; neat; tidy; (2) a modification of viewpoint or opinion to satisfy another; compromise; (3) in balance; (4) being in good physical shape; firm; (5) well-proportioned; smartly designed; snug

Quote: Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that’s in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labor’s prize. — John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895) Scottish scholar

Comment: You can trim your mustache, trim your trees, and trim your calories, but by all means keep your attitude trim.

Definitions: (1) notably successful; victorious; (2) rejoicing over winning; exultant; elated

Sayings:
• Set the stage for success.
• Celebrate your small victories.

Quotes:
• The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. — Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) French historian [Father of the Modern Olympic Games]
• Unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) American preacher & peacemaker

Comment: Triumphant is a quality of the past and the future. It is important to appreciate what has been accomplished. Contemplate the fact of having been triumphant in order to project it onto your next goal. Visualize it clearly and experience the victory even before it happens.

Color: red

Symbols: 1) a laurel wreath; 2) the Chariot (Tarot)

Definitions: (1) conforming to fact; real; (2) genuine; pure; legitimate; (3) loyal to a friend, idea, or ideal; faithful; steadfast; (4) honest; sincere; upright; true-hearted; (5) reliable; certain; (6) conforming to an established standard <true north>; exact; precise; accurate; (7) reflecting the essential character <true meaning>; (8) in proper order; in alignment to an important point or ideal; (9) logically necessary

Poetry:
This above all: to thine own self be true.
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
— William Shakespeare (1564-1616) King Henry IV {1598}

Quotes:
• To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. — Confucius [born Kǒng Qiū] (c.551-479 BC) Chinese ethical philosopher
• People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926–2004) Swiss-American psychiatrist

Divine Definitions: (1) Beyond the bounds of the finite; supermortal; (2) Superior to the material universe; multidimensional; (3) Existing objectively to any human conception; eventuated reality; (4) Potential actualized physical, mental, and spiritual reality; (5) Excellence surpassing practical understanding; supereminent; (6) Beyond the human realm; ethereal

Comment: God can help us in transcending our current finite state, but we have to choose to be more than we are. This is done by embracing those positive values inherent in, but not limited to, the finite. And by doing so we are also choosing to expand our ability to decide appropriately.

TRANSCENDENCE
Human Definitions: (1) rising above or going beyond limits; extending ordinary experience; surpassing; (2) the potential actualization of physical, mental, and spiritual reality; (3) exceeding in excellence; supreme; superior; (4) not constrained by subjective understanding, conjecture, or experience; objective; (5) said of the Divine Being <i.e., prior to, beyond, and above material existence>; independent of the physical universe

Quotes:
• Spiritual transcendence is never satisfied; its potential is unlimited. — Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) American psychologist
• To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things–this is emancipation, and this is the free man’s worship. — Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) A Free Man’s Worship {1903}

Comments:
• One can know truth, not only in an intellectual sense but also in an ontological sense. There are perceptions beyond scientific or philosophical keening.
• It has become common to think transcendence means to leave what is unwanted behind. It would be unwise, and therefore less valuable, to forget our hard-earned lessons – better to bring everything along as your true and full experience. In genetics “junk” DNA is an important part of our basic structure, even though entire species which created these unique traits are long extinct. We learn and grow from our mistakes as well as from our successes.

Definition: greatly valued or highly prized; cherished; appreciated

Compatible Quality: abundant

Idiom: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Quote: Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. — Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil [aka George Sand] (1804–1876) French novelist

Admonition: What to treasure: gems of mentation, events that have touched your heart and soul, hard times overcome, spiritual treasures stored in heaven, home.

Symbol: the golden fleece {Supreme Spirituality [through purity of the soul]}

Definitions: (1) free from emotional disturbance or agitation; calm; serene; placid; (2) quiet; even; steady

Too Far: lax

Quotes:
• Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) German Lutheran theologian
• It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which gives happiness. — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 3rd President of the United States
• The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. — James Allen (1864–1912) British philosophical writer & poet

Color: green

Symbol: statice flowers

Definition: pioneering in any field; making or finding a new way; track breaking

Quotes:
• There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls. — Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-1939? lost at sea) American aviator
• The progressing personality leaves a trail of actualized reality as it passes through the ascending levels of the universes. (117:5.6) — The Urantia Book {1955}