The quest for authenticity is a quest for being real, a quest for integrity, a quest for authoring one's own authentic life. If it is a crusade for authority as in authority over others, I think the quest for authenticity has gotten sidetracked. I have experienced sharing what I am authentically experiencing as a creative act when I am present, honest, and open in the moment, don't have an agenda, don't try to control or manipulate, and allow what happens to happen. I have experienced that process being a bridge of close, valuable, satisfying connection between me and the other. Unconditional welcome means genuine welcome without any agenda, and when unconditional welcome is present I find it easier to extend further my own concentric circles of authentic hospitality.
On Mar 19, 2026 David Doane wrote :