For the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed a downturn in my attitude. I haven’t been practicing the daily work as I should and it has reflected in my online discussions. The other day I read a negative review about technology. It triggered me and I ended up in a useless debate that didn’t change anyone’s opinion. Why did I do that? Just to be “right”? To assert power in the winning of an argument?

Is it True? Is it Necessary? Is it Kind?

I picked up my teenagers book from Eckankar. It’s the advice in Question and Answer form from the previous Mahanta (Harold Klemp). I flipped it open, and I fell upon a random page that had these words: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? It is a topic for how to talk with others and the advice was not only necessary for me at that moment, it was correctional.

I haven’t been kind. Even if my words are neutral, my feelings have been hostile. I’ve become a reflection of a world I witness on the daily. A world in conflict and high agitation.

After digesting these words and this topic in the book, I allowed the other in this online argument to have the last word. No more return. No more frustration. No more ego needing to be right.

Going Forward

I need to make the HU the daily routine.

I need to do the spiritual daily work.

I need bring to my attention in any communication with others:

• Is it True
• is it Necessary
• Is it Kind