As the teacher Gil Fronsdal has said, without a commitment to truth, there is no spiritual path. This is so important that we can safely say - as a kind of absolute truth in practice - that deceiving oneself or others is never acceptable.

Yet, so often, we tend to either ignore or suppress our own truth, or are fearful about expressing it.

During this talk, Shell explores this 7th parami (truthfulness) and how courageously allowing and nurturing this quality of heart – as well as living in and acting from our truth - can help us to release more joy and freedom in our lives.

(*This is talk #8 in a series of 11 talks on the 10 paramis, or 'perfection' - qualities of mind and heart that the teachings urge us to nurture in order to reduce our suffering, and discover more peace and ease.)