Thinking of hen I am in inconsistent with my thoughts/feelings, words or actions are when I consider I am ashamed of them, when I think my actions are not right or ethical. This is a judgment I have of myself based on my conditioning of what is right and what is wrong.
But the only way to overcome this would be to act from awareness and not the ego.
and that would be possible if there is a constant check on the thoughts. A thought raises for the ego and when there is action based on such thoughts they tend to be selfish. True selfless action arises directly from awareness and does not require a thought to facilitate it. A good example is during an emergency one does not have a privilege of thinking one has to action based of the awareness of the emergency.
Other instances of diverting from Satya is when you think telling the truth bluntly would hurt the other individual. During my training I learnt from another student how her mother taught her to be "care-fronting" meaning if you had to tell the truth to yourself how politely and appealing you would reveal it the that is how you want to present the truth to another person as well.
A moment after saying a white lie I cringe that I should not have done that. But truth is even that feeling started sprouting only later after I started reading a lot of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Earlier I used to never worry about saying a white lie and used to think to myself that I was only evading unnecessary conversation and that my white lie would not harm anybody. But it's a relief that I actually understand and immediately feel that the white lie that I just uttered did not make me feel good and that I was only cheating myself by saying a white lie.
But the only way to overcome this would be to act from awareness and not the ego.
and that would be possible if there is a constant check on the thoughts. A thought raises for the ego and when there is action based on such thoughts they tend to be selfish. True selfless action arises directly from awareness and does not require a thought to facilitate it. A good example is during an emergency one does not have a privilege of thinking one has to action based of the awareness of the emergency.
Other instances of diverting from Satya is when you think telling the truth bluntly would hurt the other individual. During my training I learnt from another student how her mother taught her to be "care-fronting" meaning if you had to tell the truth to yourself how politely and appealing you would reveal it the that is how you want to present the truth to another person as well.
A moment after saying a white lie I cringe that I should not have done that. But truth is even that feeling started sprouting only later after I started reading a lot of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Earlier I used to never worry about saying a white lie and used to think to myself that I was only evading unnecessary conversation and that my white lie would not harm anybody. But it's a relief that I actually understand and immediately feel that the white lie that I just uttered did not make me feel good and that I was only cheating myself by saying a white lie.
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