To be authentic is an ongoing process, because we have so many demands for inauthenticity. I think it is to really do your human homework, to take sacred time and space daily, if you can, whether your form is meditation or prayer or journaling. It is to demand of yourself and require of yourself the ongoing pursuit of the truth of your own being and condition. It’s also to be merry about it and not to take one’s self too seriously. Have a good deal of laughter, a good deal of loving whoever or whatever it is that you love, and to increase your capacity for loving. If you increase your capacity for loving — it can be a dog, a flower, an idea, ihe beloved of the soul, the other who is in front of you —and increase your deep appreciation, I suspect that your own authentic being grows. — Jean Houston
