The Light of Kirpal
The Best Virtue
March 18, 1971 Rajpur
When what you think, what you have
in your heart and what you give out are in unison, that is truth. When
they're one, that is truthfulness. And this is also the result when you
conceal nothing from God. When your heart says something, your brain thinks
something else and your mouth says something else, you cannot be truthful.
Two students went to a Master. He
examined both of them and gave them each a pigeon instructing them to kill
them where nobody could see. One was very clever; he went out around the
wall, shot and killed the pigeon and brought it back in no time. The other
was just running here, there, from morning till night; he could not find
any place where he could kill the bird where nobody could see him. He came
back at night, "I have not found any place. The very pigeon sees me." The
Teacher said, "Well you are fit for initiation." When you see that He sees
every action of yours, you cannot conceal. I found the greatest thing that
appealed to Master was that very quality. I would tell others, "Go on,
tell Him what you've done; open up." We conceal, mind that. Our attitude
is to conceal so that nobody would see, but He sees all the time. So deeds
of darkness are committed in the dark, don't you think? When you do something
wrong and you're asked whether you've done it or not, you have to tell
a lie, then eventually you are found out. Truthfulness is the biggest thing
that appealed to my Master, I tell you. Perhaps He saw that in me. I was
very truthful--this is a necessity.
We conceal, even deceive Master, you
see. We think we are more clever. We put things in a way which puts a cover
over our deceptions. So, I always say, "Be true to your own self." When
you do something wrong, you deceive yourself. You see, and the God Power
in you sees when you're clear to Him...
And further, when He sees other's
faults, He does not crow over them. He wants to cover them. What do we
do? We broadcast like un-paid apprentices of the CID of God; like a plagued
rat we carry tales. Even if there are faults in others . . . when a child
is besmeared with filth, you wash the filth, you do not kill the child.
God is in him, you see. When that attitude comes, that brings you nearer
to Him, nearest to Him. You say, "Oh, He's seeing me." Then other things
follow naturally.
I told you, truthfulness is when your
heart, mouth and brain are in unison. When what you have in your heart,
your brain thinks, proves it; it is like that and you know it to be. When
you can find no place where He is not, where you are not seen by anybody.
Sometimes we speak something but we think differently. We do so many things
under-handedly. Do you follow me? All things are covered. When a child
sees his mother working near him, he is afraid of nothing. That mother
looks after the child wherever he goes. When we see Him everywhere and
He sees us, how can we conceal anything? We have to come to that. Be open
to Him. Anything which comes out of the heart is heard. So, which prayer
is heard? That prayer which comes out of the depths of your heart. When
your heart, your brain and your mouth are in unison--that is truthfulness.
So be true to yourself. The God is within you and the
Master Power is within you. Truthfulness is wanted. This appeals to Him.
When you discover that there is nowhere He is not. First of all you see
yourself that Power overhead which is everywhere. That is the reason the
student who was looking for a place where nobody would see him replied,
"Wherever I went I was looking into His eyes. He was looking at me."
So the first thing, for clarification,
that all Masters give out is to just know that God is seeing you. The God
in you is seeing you and the God overhead is seeing . . . This is the greatest
teaching of a Master: All things lead to that.
Yes, it is all sin when you forget
Him; that is all sin. Forgetfulness is the greatest sin. Consider that
during the day. You've got ample time to consider it, discuss all the viewpoints
and angles. All right, God bless you.