The Truth – Harsh or Rude

The Truth – Harsh or Rude

Tomaso Maa Jyotirgamaya - From Darkness to Light; Ignorance to Consciousness

Truth!

The base of all values. Often gets the wrong treatment and perception.

I heard most of the time that truth is soar; difficult to accept and digest. Difficult to communicate also.

To check the truth of the progress in my life, I seek feedback from a different set of people. These people are from my family, relatives and friends, and professional & social associates.

This is more about the inner journey. The inner journey is equally checked from the external manifestations also.

The inner journey gets validation by observing the thoughts and intentions. Keep reflection as an aligned partner and getting insides. The external needs the external eyes. And these eyes represent the people of meaning in our life.

The truth of growth and progress can be in the forms of tangible and intangible both. 

As we are on the verge of completing the decade, I checked my truth.

I felt grateful to the people who invested their energy, time, and wisdom to share their opinion with me. This needs the courage to say and listen to feedback. I practiced this for last more than a decade now.

This time one opinion disturbed me the whole day. The words were disturbing me. I have never felt this way in the past.

The truth. I searched inside me and questioned my capability to accept the truth. If I failed to accept or attempt is to justify my conduct, the entire process and activity were at stake. But the disturbance was there.

I checked with the universal mind, combined conscious to facilitate me and take me through it. I checked the words in the dictionary; the meaning in English and Hindi both. The reason was clear and transparent. I smile and express gratitude to the universe and the person who shared it with me.

He told me that he was harsh, though he was rude.

Harshness is the process of the sculpture. This is the way of life to evolve the awareness, explores the hidden competencies and potential, and the same is the process for any metal or diamond to get a shape of pure beauty and joy.

What is the purpose of his rudeness? He was helping me to grow and evolve. His intention was pure and in response to my query. He served me this way. 

Why does he use those words then? Do we all do this very often in the veil of telling a truth?

Yes! I find the answer in affirmation. Harsh and rude are two different words.

One reason for using such words can be the incompetency to articulate in the right way, using the right vocabulary; the other reason is coming from our belief of truth being soar. This belief loses its feet in the light of old Indian scriptures. They guide us, “Satyam Vad, Priyam Vad”, means by saying the truth, saying it sweet (pleasing). 

In the ignorance and misunderstanding of the verse, and defeated by the logical interpretation of mind, someone took the meaning of the first part in the light of the second part as the ‘truth is soaring’. How strange then from that day everybody took it this way only, instead of understanding the core of the verse.

Harshness has the capacity to be compassionate, caring, and loving at the same time. Harshness is the style of the creator many times. The rhythm and music of love and purpose instill beauty and grace in it. Harshness is about purpose. On the other hand, rudeness speaks about the pain and hurt inside the speaker. This is more about ego and past. It defeats the core purpose.

The antidote is a smile. Smile and appreciate the truth. This is your identity, as you are creating it; this is the identity of another person, who belongs to you. You belong to them.

Find the beauty of the truth and the beauty of the subject of truth. Speak truth without any apprehension and defense. The defense is the representation of the ego. In a few cases, people even think that the offense is the right defense. Harshness and rudeness are coming from inside. They speak about both, the creator and the creation. 

Discipline is harsh, not rude.

When the truth is perceived as a phenomenon of understanding self through every aspect and situation; we are able to feel the oneness and beauty of it. The truth is sweet and graceful, still can be harsh also.

Learn the art of living and sharing the truth. “Satyam Vad, Priyam Vad”. A step from darkness to light. A step towards truth and consciousness.

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Manish, The Mindfood chef.