Santa and Satya
It’s an argument that all would
agree has two sides, not only that, both sides have some very good points. Do
you or don’t go along with the Santa fantasy? Is it damaging to lie to
children, what happens when they find out, does a lie that honours the image
and persona of a more traditional Santa (as pictured above) make it alright? I
don’t know. What I do know about is Satya and that according to Yogic tradition
and that great Sage Patangali it is important if we want to rise above our ego
and become one with our Higher Self/Divine Mother that we embrace Satya.
Satya is the Sanskrit word for
truth. It is one of the five Yamas (in Yoga), things not to do or to restrain
yourself from and it means restraint from falsehood and the distorting of one’s
reality in word, deed and even thought. Simply put, it means to be honest.
Honest in thought and deed, also to be honest with one’s self. We seem to have
the habit of moving the goal posts where honesty is concerned. It’s alright to
be dishonest in one situation and not for another. When it boils down to it
though, honesty is honesty.
We have a one year old daughter,
she is too young to believe or disbelieve in Santa though when she is old
enough to understand we will not be going along with the Santa hoax. Not
because we are Christmas bar-humbugs but because we do not lie. Some people say
that the Santa lie is not a bad lie as it is ‘for a good reason’, it makes
children happy and brings magic into their lives, it is something to look
forward to and well it is simply a beautiful part of childhood. This all may be
so, but it does not change the Satya element. Let’s put lying to a child on
hold for a minute and look at the consequences of telling a lie, the
consequences for the liar.
Every word is a mantra, every word
carries a vibration, as does every colour, every thought, every thing and these
words have a resounding effect upon the water that we are predominantly made
of. If you’d like to learn more about this, and the work of Masaru Emoto click here.
To speak words that are dishonest
lowers one’s energy frequency because a lie is of a heavy energy. Loving words,
honest words and joyful words and thoughts higher one’s energy frequency
because they are light, and bright. Dis-ease of all types manifests in lower
energy frequencies. Have you ever felt sick when you are full of joy and feeling
happy? I notice that I only feel sick and/or upset when I am not feeling
joyful. Health and happiness go hand in hand.
As adults, as parents we are teachers
for children. What we teach and how we teach is mostly up to us. If I were to
tell lies to our daughter, even if I preface them with ‘it’s for a good reason’
what am I teaching her?
I want her to have energy of the
highest vibration possible. I want her to resonate truth and joy and I want her
to be healthy and happy. To be so she needs to hear and speak the truth and for
that to happen I embrace Satya.
Does Satya mean we go about
telling the ‘truth’ as we see it whenever and wherever we see fit? No. This
goes against Ahimsa, non-violence, not to injure. We tell the truth as we can
when/where it will not cause hurt. When we tell a lie, the Santa lie, we start
a ball rolling, a pretence we need to keep up.
Santa and Satya, consider the two
together and see what you come up with.
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