We need a message for the Darshan of the 24th.

(after a silence)

I don't know if it's any good.... It's my experiences these last few days.

(Mother writes with her eyes closed)

Human blindness is such
that many people
expect to attain the Truth
while keeping the habit of lying.
At least 4 or 5 people around me are lying -- lying to me! Just these last few days.

Shall I put that?... You're not happy!

Oh yes, yes! I completely agree.... Because Falsehood has many levels. [[Satprem was thinking of the subconscious level. ]]


Well, anyway I say "the habit of lying," I don't say "the Falsehood."

Yes, Mother, I know, I was speaking for myself!
(Mother laughs) What I say there concerns the crudest of all levels: they lie to me to get me to do certain things. Just these last few days. And it's so spontaneous on their part that they don't even realize that I am going to find out.

The first case was M. [[See previous conversation. It is in reference to this man that Mother said, "You have to be very thick-skinned to lie to my face." ]]

If I give this message, they'll think, "Oh, well, there are 'many,' so it doesn't matter!" (laughter) They always twist things around like that!

I could put it another way:

It is imperative not to tell
lies when one aspires
to the Truth.
People will say, "Oh, that's obvious!"

Well, it isn't so obvious at all!
But they do it just the same.

I can say:

Needless to say that
those who aspire to
Truth must abstain from
telling lies. [[This version will be adopted for the message of April 24. ]]
It's the lies of the lower nature that are difficult to ... dispel.
(Mother nods her head) Yes, but that has nothing to do with "telling lies."

Lying is always the sign of a lack of courage. A refusal to face the situation as it is.


page 82-83 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 7th Apr - 1971