External Integrity

The external integritty is very poerful tool that must be used very carefully. It is not merely speaking of the truth, but it is speaking of the truth without any sense of fear. Now it may not be possible to do always, in that case we would not advise to follow external truth. But if and when used, it is a remarkably powerful tool, but quite dangerous also if you are not prepare for it.

For example, I often tell when you are not enlightened , do not behave like one. When you are not a Mahatma Gandhi, do not behave like one. I often say when Gandhi faced the British bullets. it never really hit Him And then I say if somebody behave like Gandhi the first bullet would hit him. Because your very fear will attract the bullet to hit you. One should not behave like you have courage and strenth when one does not really have them.

To give an example in India someone came to our courses and learnt about external integrity. But he forget the strategic warning that we gave that you should not practise that unless you have the courage to take it on. And not merely speaking of the facts, but of the inner cycle. You must come from what you have discovered on the inside and speak it out. Now this gentleman went to his boss's office and told him " Boss I dont like you." The boss said "Fine". "Look you are a crook." The Boss said, "Then Get lost". The man said, "I know all corrupt things you have done. The boss said, "Please stop it" . The man added "I have also been also corrupt. I am also corrupt." The Boss dismissed him from his job on the spot.

The man questioned a dasa about the teaching. What kind of teachings are you giving? I thought there was power in it, and I lost my job. We gave him correction. It has to come from inside and, and if you have the courage, then you must speak it. Truth is a concept to you.

You can only lift the weight that you can handle. You must not lift beyond your capacity. To what extent you can be truthful without being hurt.

Ther must be a deep inner conviction when practised, it is amazingly powerful, because the mind stops day dreaming. All the time playing with concepts, constructing emotions, constructing thoughts, onstructing feelings. It's a machine that just cannot be quiet. Its all the time building up things. A lot of things you'll find is actually build up by mind. There is no truth to it, not fact in it. When practised external integrity this mechanism slows down and the mind becomes very very quite. Only if you have the strength you must practise external integrity otherwise you must not practise it.

- Shri Bhagavan.