Truthfulness (satya)

Great day yesterday. A turning point. Most of you know I've been dealing with IBS for many years now - beginning in 1985 with the removal of my gall bladder. I finally made the call for an appointment with a medical doctor in Asheville who combines alternative medicine in his practice. I know such a move is controversial, but my medical doctors have only this to offer - "until something hurts, we can't know what to fix." I don't want to wait until something hurts. So, I made the leap. ------ The yama I'm concentrating on this month is satya or truthfulness. In reading this morning I learned an intention about satya about which I was unaware. "One's truthfulness toward self and others not only ennobles one's personal actions but also removes the pressure to deceive that those around us may feel." Can that be so? In my efforts to improve my own actions, I never thought about the fact that such might also improve the actions of others. This is heavy stuff. Sorry if it isn't pleasant to read. I spent much of yesterday watching the stuff going on in Egypt and it stirred up some deep feelings. Today I'll go to the laundromat and read and knit and let it all settle in. HAPPY DAY TO YOU!