It is said that if a man speaks truth uninterruptedly for 12 years, whatever he speaks thereafter will come true. This is the power of truth. That’s why it is said don’t say anything wrong to a Satguru. Whatever he will say it will come true. They become so pure in the purity of their thoughts that even the nature cannot afford to defy their words.
In the Ramayana there are many instances where the miraculous power of truth is revealed. Sita boldly proclaims that if she has been truthful and chaste, Hanuman’s tail that was set afire by enemies would not scorch him. The fire had no option but to bow before the truth. Hanuman’s tail remained unharmed despite the raging fire. Again towards the end of the epic, Sita is asked to prove her chastity before an assembly. This was the second instance after the fire ordeal she was made to undergo soon after the war. Mother Earth unable to bear the travesty of justice, opened up and took her daughter back into her womb.
The first step towards journey of truth begins with a pledge (Sankalpa). It is the decision which is important. The worst sinner becomes a sadhu the moment he decides to be good. In the very moment that the commitment or decision to change for better is made the individual is transformed. In the lives of great Masters we find that their lives were ordinary till some event changed them completely and they rose to great heights. The turning point in the lives of Swamy Vivekananda or Mahatma Gandhi was the decision to seek the truth.
When Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of the train in the mid of the cold night in south Africa, he chose to follow the path of satyagraha. (satya is truth , agraha is insistence). He held that precious anger of being discriminated against in his heart and put it to good use. He did not waste this energy by cursing those who had insulted him. Instead he used it to fight for the Truth. He took the decision to live and die for the Truth and from an ordinary lawyer he became a Mahatma. Gandhiji’s uncompromising attitude towards truth is what made him a Mahatma. In his autobiography work My Experiments with Truth, he confesses that if something is shameful to reveal, it is more shameful to hide.
A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed. The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave the rest to the girl. The girl gave him all her sweets just as she had promised. That night the girl slept peacefully. But the boy couldn’t sleep as he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him the way he had hidden his best marble ! if you don’t give hundred per cent in a relationship, you will always keep doubting if the other person has given her hundred per cent. This is applicable for any relationship like love, friendship and employer-employee relationship. Give everything and sleep peacefully. A beautiful relationship does not depend upon how good we understand someone, but on how well we avoid misunderstandings.