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Why would
someone tell a lie to his dear ones or to their beloved?=
This is a
question often asked by lovers. Love cannot stand untruth. It
causes relationship to fall apart. The answer lies in understan=
ding
the paradox of love and truth.
People tell
lies to save and maintain their love. Lies are a result of fear
that the truth might damage the love between husband and wife,
boyfriend and girlfriend, parents and children.
In love you
feel weak but truth brings strength. So why do people prefer lo=
ve
over truth, weakness over strength?
No one wan=
ts
to sacrifice love. Thus people are ready to give up the truth f=
or
their love. Love takes the luster out of truth. Sometimes truth=
can
make love bitter, while in love, even lies can appear sweet, li=
ke
Krishna's lies to his mother, Yashodha.
The truth =
that
does not nourish love makes no sense and the love that cannot
withstand the truth is not true love. When you are assured t=
hat
your love is so strong that the truth can neither break it nor
cause bitterness, then the truth prevails and love shines.<=
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With truth
there are judgements, but true love is beyond judgements. Thus =
true
love makes you weak and yet it is the greatest strength.
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bsp;
---Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
---Bangalore
Ashram, India, February 22,2002
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