Gita: The Naked Truth | S.B. Keshava Swami at University of Pretoria | September 2026

I think you guys have hit the nail on the head. When we think of truth, there's like two sides to it. There's like a curiosity, a revelation, a discovery, [music] in some sense, an excitement. In other words, we realize truth is powerful. But there's another side of truth which is brings anxiety, which is hard [music]

to digest, which makes you think, I don't know if I really want to hear this. And [music] that's the painful side. [music]

[music] If someone would come to you and say, "I want to tell you the truth." [snorts] What immediate feeling would that bring in your heart? If someone was like, "Do you want to know the truth?" What what what what do you think you would feel in yourself if someone was proposing that they're going to now tell

you the truth? >> Anxiety. >> Fear. Anxiety. Anything else? >> Resistance. >> Resistance. Excellent. Anything else? >> Curiosity. >> Curiosity. Excellent. Anything else? How does it sound to you if someone says, "Do you want to know the truth?" >> Ominous. >> Or ominous. >> Ominous. Yeah. Like you're about to hear something you knew was was meant to come

to you, but perhaps you were not wanting it to come to you. >> Even the word betrayed. >> Betrayed. Oh, okay. Oh, like there was something that you were being led along all along that wasn't perhaps true. These are all great points. Yeah. [snorts] Yeah. This is such a I think you guys

have hit the nail on the head. When we think of truth, there's like two sides to it. There's like a curiosity, a revelation, a discovery. In some sense, an excitement. In other words, we realize truth is powerful. But there's another side of truth which is which brings anxiety which is hard to digest which makes you think I don't