What foundations of Yoga, Part 3: Satya (Truthfulness, Honesty)

Satya: truth, honesty (Continuation of the interpretation of parts of Yama and Niyama of Patanjali) "Satya is said to be a statement and thought that goes hand in hand with what you have seen or thought or heard in authority. "What is said to help all creatures. But what is said about the harm of creatures, even what is called the truth, when the main purpose is to harm the creatures, would not be true [satya]. It would be a mistake." Shankara says that being truthful means telling what we really know the truth - especially through our experiences or contact with sources we have seen its authenticity. . in all its forms, "said Taimni in regard to the personal and practical aspect of satya. participate in yogi. The Bible speaks of turning truth into falsehood. (Romans 1:25) This is done by not telling the whole truth or presenting it in a way that allows the listener to come to the wrong conclusion — or to the wrong conclusion — about what we are offering. Concerning numbers it is said that “statistics do not lie — but liars do.” It's the same here. What is worse is the deliberate mixing of lies and truth. Some liars tell a lot of truth — but not the whole truth. This is especially true of treacherous attempts at advertising, politics, and religion. There are many falsehoods, and some people's lives are lies. We must therefore make sure that our actions reflect the truth. How many people claim to believe in God and in spiritual values ​​but do not live in a way that pleases him? How many people always make sworn oaths and show loyalty but are not traitors? [“These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. (Matthew 15: 8) "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46)] So Saint John wrote: “My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. ” (1 John 3:18) We must not just tell the truth, we must live it. Being honest in all our words and deeds is an important part of being truthful. This includes paying off debts, including taxes. It is inexplicably important that the yogi make his living by means of honesty and truth only. Selling useless or foolish things, convincing people that they need them (or even selling them without conviction), is a serious violation of the truth. Trying to retaliate, even in the slightest, is an excuse for “everyone to do” is unacceptable. Because “everyone” is bound by the wheel of birth and death because they do — and that is not what we wish for ourselves. We can lie to ourselves, to others, even to God; but we will not lie everywhere. The law of cause and effect, or karma, will respond to our pain. Interestingly, Vasa considers the true expression to be instructive. By that you mean that true speech is important, important, and useful. Unthinking sarcasm and word-of-mouth slander are also a form of falsehood, even if it is true in the literal sense of the word. And foolish talk is no man's advantage. Sometimes people also lie about being “skinned” by a series of words that are intended to mislead us in our questions. And almost all of us college students remember the old game of generating anything we write, providing a lot of context but little content in the hope of fooling our teachers into thinking we know the lesson and saying something important. This is one of today's most lucrative businesses, especially in the advertising world. Speaking the truth in harming others is not really true, as satya is an extension of ahimsa. For example, a person may be wicked, but saying: “The wicked one” is not righteous. "Based on harming others, although free from the three assumptions (i.e., not deceptive, or wrong, or incomprehensible), is not equal to the truth" (Shankara). Our aim should never be to harm in any way, but we should be aware that there are some people who hate the truth in any way and will accuse us of harming our honesty. Such people are especially fond of pronouncing any truth (or person) they do not like “cruel,” “harsh,” “divisive,” “wrong,” “hateful,” and so on. We will have to be dishonest or liars to offend them. So “injuring” them, or annoying them, is the result of the truth we will have to live with. The main point is that truth "means to help all people." Without injury is not a passive quality, but a good character for recovery and healing. Peace can also be a form of falsehood, especially in the face of the aforementioned haters of truth. Because the truth is dangerous only when it is “the sole purpose of harming people.” But if some people put themselves in the way of the truth, then they should be held accountable for their reaction to it. Will Cuppy described diplomacy as “the art of lying.” Sadly, that is often the case. So we need to be careful that we do not deceive ourselves by saying that we are talking nonsense or tactfully. Self-deception, our favorite of almost all of us, must be brutally eradicated if