🪔 My Vow for Social Media & Public Speaking

🪔 My Vow for Social Media & Public Speaking

I am a Sundersath. I know that after AI, social media is where discernment weakens the fastest. From the Taratam view, this is a subtle influence of illusory maya. This is not a rule, but my personal vow of self-restraint.

Whenever I am about to post or speak—especially under urgency, pressure, or need for validation—I pause and remember this vow.

This vow is mine.

1. Check myself first:  Before posting or speaking, I check my inner state. If my words come from agitation, fatigue, anger, or the need to prove myself, I will not post or speak.

2. Social media is not satsang: Words online travel far without context and return as responsibility. I share only what I am ready to stand by.

3. Speak to serve, not to perform:  Talks and satsang are service to awareness, not displays of knowledge. If clarity or aliveness is missing inside, speaking becomes distortion.

4. Validation is not truth: Likes, shares, praise, or applause do not define truth. Truth is measured by inner discernment, not reactions.

5. Be careful of the pulls of maya:  I remember that: addiction to sexualized pleasure, distracting entertainment, intellectual pride based only on material knowledge, and attraction to miracles, magic, or tricks pull consciousness downward, not upward. I keep distance from words or posts influenced by these pulls.

6. No sharing without discernment: I do not forward ideas, news, or accusations without checking and understanding them. I speak only when I am ready to take responsibility for truth and impact.

7. Stay away from ego and subtle harm:  If my words lift me up by putting others down, or cause subtle harm to any group, I choose silence. Words born from ego are not my practice.

8. Silence is also a response: Not every statement needs a reply. Not every disagreement needs correction. Sometimes, silence is the deepest practice.

9. Quality over regularity:  Posting or speaking regularly is for service, not ego or streaks.

An honest pause is better than empty content.

10. Respect people's time: Listeners and readers offer time, attention, and trust. Careless or incomplete words waste their awareness.

11. Have the courage to say "not today": Speaking every day is not spiritual discipline.

Sometimes "not today" shows honesty and wisdom.

12. Do not fill inner emptiness: I will not speak just because a schedule demands content. Creating output without inner clarity only expands illusion.

13. Final Taratam test: Before posting or speaking, I ask: Does this increase clarity? Does this awaken compassion?Does this strengthen discernment? If not, silence is better.

14. Closing resolve: I will not throw words; I will refine them. I choose responsibility over reaction. Where discernment is missing, pause is my dharma.

15. Personal reminder: Please help me notice when I slip while trying to follow this vow.

Will you gently draw my attention to any mistakes I may make in observing this vow?

If you find it meaningful, you are welcome to adopt and use this vow yourself. 

Note: Keep this in your phone Notes / Lock Screen / Wallpaper. Before posting, take one deep breath and read even one point—especially for conflict, politics, religion, or personal criticism.