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.
There is a simple truth that is hiding in plain sight in our culture, though it is a common reality for those in recovery. While it hurts my heart that the carnage of a bottom injures many, radical acceptance is the only starting point.
Read MoreThere's a powerful story behind Amazing Grace. If you're not familiar with John Newton, the story goes that he had a profound conversion experience—not just a Christian awakening, but a deep internal shift. In the end, he became instrumental in the creation of Amazing Grace, the hymn we all know.
Read MoreOver the past few decades, a powerful therapeutic framework has arisen: Internal Family Systems. In short, it proposes that Walt Whitman was right: we do contain multitudes.
Read MoreLife abruptly throws us out of the uterine world into this material one—the one we’re all navigating right now. No wonder so many of us are drawn to comfort, leisure, and moments of escape—it’s part of our original design.
Read MoreWhat if our own transformation or transcendence is going to ask us to let go of everything? What if the only question is always whether not our desire to be transformed outweighs our desire to stay where we are comfortable?
Read MoreIf we are paying attention to life and to our lives, it doesn’t take much observation to realize that it’s all capricious: often unpredictable, disruptive at times, and a mixture of the proverbial ups and downs. That’s not a critique of the nature of things, merely an evidence-based awareness.
Read MoreWhat if, in order to find a new way, the old ways must be shattered forever?
Read MoreSeeing True is a framework and practice for living an engaged life through forgiveness.
Ronald CHAPMAN, CREATOR
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