What Is True Today Will Still Be True Tomorrow

One of the teachings I remember most from the late Dr. Scott Irwin was something he would say about the days after a powerful transformational experience.

As I remember him saying it:

“Don’t quit your job. Don’t divorce your partner. Don’t sell everything and decide you’re going to live as a nomad. What is true today will still be true tomorrow. It will be true next week, next month, six months from now, or a year from now.”

There is a lot of wisdom in that.

After an ayahuasca ceremony, a Bufo experience, or anything powerful enough to change the way we see ourselves, there can be an incredible sense of clarity.

I know what I need to do.

I know what needs to change.

I know who I am now.

Some of it may be absolutely true.

But truth does not always require immediate action.

I have seen people in the middle of ceremony suddenly want to call someone important to them.

They finally understand.

They finally know what they need to say.

And they feel they have to make that call right then, while the clarity is still there.

I understand the feeling.

Clarity does not expire overnight.

If what you need to say is true, it will still be true when you are grounded, rested, and able to have the conversation fully present.

These experiences can show us what is possible.

They can give us a glimpse of ourselves with less fear, conditioning, grief, and fewer of the stories we have been carrying.

More open.

More loving.

More courageous.

More present.

Maybe that is part of what we mean when we talk about our higher self. We get to see the person we are capable of becoming.

Seeing that person does not mean we are ready to rearrange our entire life tomorrow.

You may realize your job no longer fits you. Something in your relationship needs attention. You may feel called to travel, create, teach, serve, move, or begin something entirely different.

Listen to it.

Write it down.

Pay attention.

Then live with it.

The vision may arrive before you are ready to live it.

There may be conversations to have, responsibilities to handle, things to learn, and parts of yourself that still need to develop.

There may be steps between the life you saw and the person who can actually live it.

That is part of integration.

Eventually, you leave the ceremony and return to ordinary life.

The job.

The relationship.

The kids.

The bills.

The traffic.

Let Tuesday test what you discovered on Saturday night.

Let work test it.

Let conflict test it.

Let boredom test it.

Can you carry that compassion into a difficult conversation?

Can you respond differently when someone pisses you off?

Can you make one decision that reflects the person you saw yourself capable of becoming?

That is where the insight becomes part of your life.

Give it time.

What is meant for you is not going to miss you because you took the time to become ready for it.

What is true today will still be true tomorrow.

And if it is truly yours, you do not have to run after it.

You can walk toward it.