Truthfulness (January 2014)
The topic for this month is Truthfulness.
In words of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Truth is to know a thing as it is, believe it to be as it is, speak of it as it is, and act in accordance with what it is. All People should speak truth at all times, in all the ways, and for the good of all. However you should not use the speaking of truth to insult, to hurt or to harm anybody.
Benefits of True Conduct:
– If you live a life of truth, you achieve the happiness of world and the lasting happiness of spirit.
– If you always speak the truth, people develop faith in you.
– A man of truth feels no fear, while the man of untrue conduct always feels shaken by fear.
– The man who speaks the truth has to take the courage once. But the man who tells the lie has to speak hundred more lies to sustain the first lie.
– A man of truth is always happy and healthy. On the other hand, a man of untruth is unhealthy, unhappy and always in stress.
– Truth bestows many advantages in the world and eliminates many evils from society.
– The heart and mind of a man of truth is true and simple, and he can naturally worship God and achieve higher meditative stages.
As part of this month’s assignment, we would like to hear your personal, forthright experiences in adopting truthfulness in life.
Regards,
Harsh Mendiratta