Why Do I Want To Act With Human Values In Everything I Do? | 9/11/22

Why do I want to act with human values in everything I do?

Well, what are the human values? There are the 5 from Swami. There are the ones that I have for myself now. There are values at work. There are values that other people have.

I guess I never really understood the difference between Shanti & Ahimsa - peace & non-violence.

Is one just internal and the other external? That inner peace. If you have that inner peace, then non-violence will naturally be a characteristic, no?

Hmm, I think they’re all different contexts of Love. truth is just love in what you say. Right conduct is just love in what we do. Peace is just love in how we are internally. Non-violence is just love in also what we do.

So when there is unity in thought, word, and deed, then we are Love. Premaswarupalara.

So do I have Truth? Idk. Do I actually have that integrity? How big is that integrity gap? Of who other people see me as and who I actually am. There are several aspects of myself that don’t embody that Truth. I say I will do things in whatever context and then I don’t. Or I tell myself that I won’t fall for my impulses and then I do. So there is no Truth there.

Putting in the effort and not being able to commit to what I said is one thing. But knowing I could have potentially done something different to keep my word is not Truth. Maybe that’s why I like to be precise with my language and diction.