As kids, we were all moralized by our parents, teachers and elders to be truthful and
honest. Never was untruth encouraged. If caught lying, we have been punished! And severely at that. Now as grownups too, a trait that is most sought after is how reliable and trust worthy we are. We are always urged to speak actuality, by being ingenuous and candid. Tell the right things at the right time. AS IT IS!! Without manipulating the content.
Many a times we have all faced some situation where it has been very difficult to both speak the truth and accept the truth! Isn’t it? But check this - If you think something, say another thing and do something entirely different, it causes an inner conflict. Your body, mind and intellect are not in sync. There is disintegration. And hence you suffer disturbance and inner turbulence. Give it a thought. You must have experienced this sometime!
But, sometimes what is equally important is to leave unsaid the wrong at the tempting moment. Our regrets are usually about what we have spoken, rarely about not having spoken. Think. In samskrita, “satya” means to speak the truth. Yet another meaning for the same is ultimate reality. And the ultimate reality is beautifully stated in the manu smriti of the sanatana dharma:
"satyam bruyat priyam bruyat na bruyat satyam apriyam
priyam cha nanrutam bruyat esha dharmah sanatanah"
This means, speak truth. But truth, that is pleasant to others. Never speak truth, which is unpleasant on somebody's ears. Yet, never speak untruth, which might be pleasant! Care should be taken not to hurt others' sentiments. So the value of truthfulness is relative to a situation.
Words once spilled cannot be picked. The safest and the most peaceful way to live life is to do nothing against one’s conscience. It is only then that we can lead a peaceful life and be free from fear and worries. If not, we go through life with our conscience pricking at our being. Guilt haunting us! Righto? Just give this a thought. Listen to what your voice within has to say.
About Me
- Dithu
- West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- A confused soul, trying to seek answers to questions and puzzles (albeit stupid and silly) life poses. Living life a little, amidst the perplexity!! :)
5 comments:
It's difficult for everyone to carefully think through and analyze what you are going to say before you say it. Certain things are said in the heat of the moment and are a result of certain passionate beliefs that are at the core of you. If you're using words to water down the impact of 'truth' , then you are not being yourself and neither will you get an honest reaction to the real magnitude of the 'truth' from your target. I think it's a bigger crime to not be yourself than to not speak the truth.
Woaw! I agree with what u say. I am not tryin to probe on one being individualistic. Agreed, totally that one has to go by his moral stance, the political philosophy et al. Sticking to ur principles and standing for a thing that is right for something good is welcome! And by all means.
But sometimes the same could become a stigma!Individualism has a controversial relationship with egoism. If that's in check eveything else will fall into its place and the said could be observed. You won't lose anything by being nice and polite to someone. Righto?
hmmm..nice..ya..
i try to speak truth as far as possible...coz..i if start telling lies..i've 2 keep track of all the lies i've told [:D]...which is difficult...but ya..sometimes i m more or less forced to do it...:)
manassali iro hage helidre tumba tondre... uppi tara janara kayalli bayisikolla bekagutte.. namma parvatamma idda hage idre ... Industry mele olle hold... :)
Ha ha.. That's unto u again, Mr. Upendra's fan! ;)
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