In today’s world, where the line between truth and deception is often blurred, navigating personal, work, and community life with skill and spiritual principles is more important than ever. By embracing truthfulness and cultivating personal integrity and authenticity, you can build healthier and more unified relationships. As you deepen your understanding of spiritual and ethical principles, you’ll be empowered to be more discerning about what you see and hear in the media, and contribute to thriving communities, marriages, and families.
Are you ready to discover the truth within yourself and the world around you? Join us for a transformative journey of authenticity, growth, and meaningful connection.
Format: Weekly Zoom meetings with breakout groups
Note About Communications: This course may include aspects that lead to lively discussions on controversial topics. The participants should be aware of two important TLC guidelines: no backbiting comments about individuals, no partisan political commentary, and no comments specifically about public figures, such as politicians, by name or position.
The practice of truthfulness is a personal and learning-in-action growth journey. How you interact with this virtue has private aspects to it. There will be discussions throughout this course, but we do not invite confession. If you share a personal story, it will be best to hide the identities of those involved. It’s also wise in your stories to practice humility rather than pointing to oneself as a good example.
This course contains quotations and other content from a variety of sources, including several religions. Some quotations are from the Bahá'í Faith, which you may be less familiar with. You can see information at www.bahai.org. For all the quotations and content, you will assess what seems true and accurate for you, what aligns with your beliefs or not, and what you want to take with you as inspiration. Where you have questions, it will be good to raise them for consultation with your facilitators and fellow learners.
Please Introduce Yourself!
Course Orientation
FREE PREVIEWCourse Communication Guidelines
Course Schedule/Zoom Link for Group Meetings
Frequently Asked Questions
Change Notes for the Course
Elements of the Course Opening Meeting (January 3, 2026)
Quotations from All Units
Unit 1 Learning Goals and Content
FREE PREVIEWUsing Consultation to Build Understanding and Make Unified Decisions (PDF)
Unit 2 Learning Goals and Content
Unit 2: Accountability (PDF)
Unit 2: Perfectionism, Grace, and Forgiveness Essay (PDF)
FREE PREVIEWUnit 2: Be Kind to Yourself (PDF)
Unit 2: What Gems Are the Best Part of You (PDF)
Unit 3: Learning Goals and Content
The course begins Saturday, January 3, 2026, and it ends about February 14, 2026. A discussion group will meet weekly on Zoom on Saturdays for 2 hours, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. US Eastern time. Note: Time zones are complex. To check your time vs. the meeting time throughout the course, Time Zone conversions can be done using one of the tools below. (Put Miami or New York City in for the meeting time.)
This course invites you to commit time, effort, and money. We hope you can afford the cost of the course, as that helps cover the cost of the course platform and a small amount to the course facilitators for their service. However, we recognize that many factors could make it difficult to afford the fee. We do not want financial difficulties to prevent registration. If you cannot afford part or all of the fee, there are coupon codes available to reduce it. Please be specific with how much you can afford or how much discount you need. Prior course participants are eligible for a 75% discount. Contact Susanne Alexander, course administrator, at [email protected] with your request for a coupon code.
Envision a Truthful Society: Reflect on the world you wish to create and explore how truthfulness and collaborative, unified consultations can guide you toward making progress in that vision.
Embrace Your True, Authentic Self: Discover the unique aspects of your identity and learn the power of authenticity in a world that often encourages facades. Share your genuine self to build deeper, more meaningful connections.
Think About Truth in Media: Assess ways to critically analyze current media, expand your ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and sharpen your thinking in an age of information overload.
Cultivate Truthfulness as a Superpower: Understand the significance of truthfulness, assess your own integrity, and explore practical strategies and tools to strengthen this essential virtue in your life.
Triumph Over Falsehoods and Lies: Delve into the nature of deception, learn how to spot its signs, and uncover effective strategies and tools to nurture truthfulness and transparency.
Build Unity in Close Relationships: Apply these insights to courtship, marriage, and family life, creating trust, open communication, and authentic, unified bonds.
