When Should You Tell The Truth?

I was asked the question “When should you tell the Truth?” and so this is my reply. The Vedic culture had a wonderful perspective on this subject. They were totally focused on being always truthful because this is in all of our interests, to be honest and truthful. Truth was seen as an integral part of becoming enlightened and dishonesty has the pernicious effect of covering people's hearts and minds in ignorance. Yet truth should not be used as a cudgel to cause pain or injury to others.

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It's spiritually healthy to be truthful about ourselves to each other. Hiding aspects of ourselves seems like a form of lying and a low vibrational way of interacting with others. Thank you for this talk.

This was indeed truthful and agreeable.