The master also says: “Whatsoever I say, I should not only say it, but I must also flow through it. Speaking unnecessarily simply pollutes the atmosphere with senseless verbal catharsis. Speak only that which deeply comes from the heart, otherwise observe silence. So curb your untruthful talk as much as possible.

And remember, those who cannot say the truth, can’t accept the truth from others as well. That’s why we often say what we don’t mean and don’t say what is really meant. According to yoga, this kind of mind has to be controlled and transformed.Īt the moment, it is difficult to speak the truth because we are not so much connected to the heart.

After all, we are all humans, which means we all live in the mind, are guided and limited by the mind which is basically made of waves of ideas, imaginations, projections, feelings, and thoughts. Maybe he felt the dishonesty that was inherent in his thinking, feeling and doing. Or were they? Because, if that was the case, why did the sage of the Upanishads have to pray for truthfulness? And he felt his own strength was not enough - that’s why he was asking for help from the almighty. What is strange is that this value, this quality, was missing even in the time of the Upanishads when society was supposedly more peaceful and ethical, people were simple and truthful. This request may not sound so strange, for truthfulness has been one of the basic values of spiritual practice. There is a prayer in the Upanishads: “O ultimate, the whole, help me so that my speech is rooted in my heart and my heart is rooted in the speech.”

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