The Indian sage Ramakrishna extolled the virtue of truth, saying: “Truthfulness in speech is the tapasyā of the Kaliyuga”. He also said: “One should live in the world like an ant, taking only the ‘sugar’ of truth and discarding the ‘sand’ of untruth”.
Truth has to do with discernment and discrimination. Can we discriminate the real from the unreal? Do we have the courage to stand up for what is most important in life? Are we true to ourselves and our life’s purpose or are we wandering about without direction?
In mundane language the color blue is associated with faithfulness. However, the same is true on an esoteric level, for blue is the color associated with vishuddha chakra, which is located in the throat area and ruling speech. In the subtle spine it is one of the higher spiritual centers, as it is located above the heart space and below the third-eye. Meditation on this chakra results in purification and alignment with higher wisdom. We are no longer afraid to speak our truth.
We live in an age of pervasive untruth, and our expression of the qualities of this chakra are urgently required. The question to ask ourselves is whether we can help to bring much needed light and truth into this suffering world.
