THE POWER OF TRUTH🔗

Speak your Being

Man as such can't bear too much of truth. If you give him 30 to 40% of the truth, he feels comfortable, but more than that, the truth starts transforming him. He gets frightened! He feels the ground on which he is standing slowly moving away. I tell you honestly: we really don't want truth. If the honest truth is given to us there will be nobody here. One of the Western philosophers writes beautifully: please don't take away the lies, let Man live on them, live with them.

It is too much to take away all the lies because lies are the base on which we are living. Again and again, why do you think you want to hide your body with make-up? You don't want to face the truth that you have become old. Why do you think that there is so much social courtesy? When we see each other we say, 'Nice to see you!' If you really feel nice seeing somebody, your whole body will express it. You don't have to say it. Then why are we trying to say it? We know the truth is something else. We have to hide it! Neither in the verbal language, nor in body language, can we afford to be truthful. That is the problem.

And the truth straight away gives you enlightenment. Let me tell you: the moment you imbibe any single point of truth, or any one dimension of truth in any way, if you catch just one idea and imbibe it truthfully, honestly, your whole life will be transformed!

One great philosophy professor asked me, 'Swamiji! To give a 15 minute class, I have to prepare at least one hour on the subject which I am teaching every day of the year. But everyday I am seeing you - day in and day out, somewhere or the other, you are addressing without any time for preparation. How are you able to continuously speak? How are you able to continuously give ideas? I told him, 'Actually, if your inner chattering is honest, if your thinking and experience are one and the same, you don't have to prepare. Just open up. What ever comes out is your experience.'

And I tell you: if you are established in only one thing - Truth, your inner chattering will disappear. Your thinking will disappear. If you are completely truthful, you don't have to think and speak. Whenever it is necessary, you can just speak and relax.

Picture taken in Angkor Wat, Cambodia in 2007.