For decades, we’ve been taught that loyalty is a virtue. We praise loyalty to a country, to an institution, to a leader, to an ideology — as if it were synonymous with righteousness. But it’s not. Loyalty and truth are not the same. In fact, they often stand on opposite sides of the battlefield of conscience.

Loyalty: The Illusion That Feeds the Ego

Loyalty originates from the conscious mind — the part of us that seeks approval, security, and belonging. It looks noble, even comforting. It’s what drives soldiers to obey orders, citizens to defend corrupt systems, and professionals to remain silent when they witness injustice.

Loyalty, when misplaced, becomes bondage. It ties us to people and structures, not principles. It blinds us to reality because it feeds our need to be accepted and rewarded. As Krishna said in the Bhagavad Gita, “Loyalty is born of the mind — it appears real, but it serves attachment, not truth.”

The media understands this weakness perfectly. For years, propaganda has kindled our emotions, manipulated our fears, and glorified loyalty over integrity. Lies repeated long enough become belief, and belief becomes identity. That is how the world drifts from reason into delusion.

Truth: The Voice of the Soul

Truth is different. It comes not from the mind but from the soul. It does not need validation. It doesn’t serve comfort, fame, or survival. Truth is raw, disruptive, and often painful. Yet, it is the only force that can heal a broken world.

When Krishna lifted the chariot wheel in Kurukshetra, he wasn’t defending loyalty — he was defending dharma, the eternal law of truth. Loyalty binds the body; truth liberates the spirit. Loyalty serves the throne; truth serves the universe.

My Journey from Loyalty to Truth

I spent more than forty years working within the NHS — a system I served with deep gratitude. It gave me purpose, experience, and the means to support my family. I was loyal to it, proud of it. People respected me, and I took joy in that recognition.

But loyalty has a shadow. When I saw errors — systemic flaws that endangered patients — my conscience refused silence. I made protected disclosures not out of rebellion but responsibility. I thought honesty would be welcomed. Instead, it was punished.

Suddenly, complaints appeared — even when I wasn’t working. Loyalty was rewarded; truth was ridiculed. At first, I doubted myself. Then I realised: this was not personal — it was universal. Every empire, every institution that places loyalty above honesty is destined for collapse. It’s the law of karma.

The Price of Awakening

Returning to India, I spoke with scholars who helped me understand what had happened. It wasn’t betrayal — it was awakening. When a person acts from truth, the system built on deceit trembles. That’s why whistleblowers are attacked, not because they are wrong, but because they disturb the illusion of loyalty that holds the masses together.

Today, as I share my story, I do so not out of resentment but duty. The time of blind loyalty must end. We must return to honesty — the kind that originates from the soul, not the need for approval.

The Universal Reckoning

Healthcare, politics, corporations — all are now facing their reckoning. The Artificial Realm of Manipulation (ARM) that humanity built through greed and false loyalty will soon cripple itself. What we call “karma” is not punishment; it’s correction. Every lie, every act of suppression returns to its source.

If we continue to defend loyalty over truth, we will inherit decay. But if we embrace truth — even when it hurts — we will restore balance.

A Call to Remember

So I ask you to pause and reflect. Whom are you loyal to — and why? Is it truth that guides you, or the fear of losing comfort, status, or approval?

Remember: loyalty may make you popular, but truth will make you free. I was loyal to a system that taught me medicine; now I am loyal to the soul that taught me why healing matters. Loyalty ends at the mind. Truth begins at the heart.