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The Truth Will Set You Free......

6/5/2015

 
The truth will set you free no matter what side of the coin you are on.  Whether you have hurt someone or have been hurt, honouring the truth helps move you into an authentic place that you can feel proud of.
This week Justice Murray Sinclair released the findings of the Truth & Reconciliation Inquiry.  He stated Tuesday [June 2, 2015], that “what took place in residential schools amounts to nothing short of cultural genocide – a systematic and concerted attempt to extinguish the spirit of Aboriginal peoples.”  Later in the week I heard him speak on CBC and he was saying the shame that our Native people carry was bred into them through oppression and a systemic and cultural superiority on our part.  These are hard truths to hear.  We all have an instinct to recoil and hide our mistakes so that others don’t shame us with them.  However, without looking at what Justice Murray is saying, we will continue to act the same way, because we think we are right....and we’re not.....
True healing and wholeness happens when we can speak up when we are not being heard and say we’ve been hurt and stand firmly on our own side.  AND...when we can say we are truly sorry for our transgressions and show it by changing our behaviour when we’ve hurt someone else.  Then we are speaking and listening from a place of spirit and not ego.  It’s not about power and who is “right”.  It’s about wholeness and honour and respect.  Respect for yourself AND the other person.   Kiñuiñak (peace)
 
This blogpost is in honour of my cousin Karrie Wurmann. 
 
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