Satyam Vada- Madhuram Vada – these are the dictums of Vedas. Speak the truth but speak sweet. When you speak, let there be politeness and respect in your speech. We can speak the truth without hurting another. Nowadays we use speech as a weapon to hurt others. We speak words which will tear up the other person. Then we blame the dictum which says speaks the truth and that God is Truth. We are in the wrong as it our intention to hurt the other. The intention behind the speech is not to disclose the truth but to hurt the other. The bitterest of truths can be spoken with respect and sweetness and it will not hurt the other. Such speech will help the other to understand his mistakes and make change in his behavior. Such words have value since they help a person to see the light and transform himself.
When one speaks the truth with sweetness and respect for the other- the body becomes a temple and God resides in that temple. Those who follow this dictum have a peculiar strength and attraction - a charisma which pulls others to them. That is the power of the truth and sweetness. God who is the form of Love and Truth resides within them. And the Light of God shines on their faces and through them.
I recount an incident which happened in my life which reflects this truth. After Dhyanyogi Madhusudandasji came back to India from USA, he did not live in his Ashram. He chose to live in a small room of ten feet by ten feet at the residence of a disciple and his family. After he selected and made me his Gadipati at a grand public function at the Ashram, I took my residence at the Ashram. I invited Dhyanyogi Madhusudandasji to come and stay at the Ashram. He refused my offer. He replied that he enjoyed staying with that family in a small room and in a small flat because of the behaviour of the family. They were wholly united with each other and spoke with love and respect with each other. There was no rough speech or shouting or arguments in the family. Love, respect and sweetness permeated the family atmosphere. They served their Guru with the same love and respect. The entire family took care of him with veneration and reverence. He said that it was heaven on earth and he did not wish to leave that temple of love. So he stayed in that flat and in that room till the end of his life.
Guru and God will reside in a home where the members have love and respect for each other and show it in their speech and behaviour. That home becomes a physical temple of residence of God. When we transform our body into a temple of sweetness and truth, Guru and God will also reside in our hearts. The manifestation of the Supreme Power in our heart will reflect in our lives and will be apparent to all around us. It is in our hands to change and transform our very being into a holy sanctum sanctorum fit for God and Guru to reside!
