Balaram Reddiar: When we were living with Bhagavan there was one thing we could never be: insincere. There was no way we could fool him on this account.
Once a group of influential devotees from Madras came up with a scheme to take Bhagavan away to Madras. In an attempt to execute this plan, a number of them arrived at the ashram and came into the hall. It wasn't long before they realized that Bhagavan would never consent to leave Ramanasramam, and eventually, they left.
One old devotee was sitting in the corner of the hall quietly watching the whole drama unfold. He said nothing while the discussion was underway, though he was secretly in collusion with the group from Madras. After the group left, Bhagavan turned to one of his attendants and said, "Some people will sit quietly as if they have nothing to do with what is taking place before them. But on the contrary, they have everything to do with what is going on."
The old devotee questioned, "Bhagavan, are you testing me?"
Bhagavan simply remained silent. Any acts of insincerity were easily known to Bhagavan and he did not hesitate to point them out.
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(from "Living by the words of Bhagavan"):
Annamalai Swami: On another occasion, Bhagavan got very angry with Rangaswami, his attendant, for telling a lie. While Rangaswami was tuning the radio in the hall he turned one of the knobs in such a way that the radio stopped functioning.
Instead of owning up to Bhagavan that he had broken it, he told him, 'It seems that someone has broken the radio'.
Later that day Rangaswami secretly confessed to me that he had broken the radio and lied to Bhagavan about it. I had a strong feeling that Bhagavan ought to be told the truth so I went to the hall and told Bhagavan what Rangaswami had said to me.
Bhagavan reacted by exclaiming angrily, 'He is telling lies even to me! I should not even look at his face!'
Bhagavan carried out his threat by ignoring the unfortunate Rangaswami for the rest of the day.
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