Never in history have so many borne witness to a greater act of untruth!

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> However the Shakti always triumphs by bringing forth renewal and

> change by first destroying the decaying and dying, and

> revitalizing those still left standing with nourishing spiritual

> energy. Like a mighty wave She has again destroyed the obstacles

> and set forth the path to follow, a path that was not taken by

> those 'chosen' to lead in the past. All such leaders have either

> died, were expelled, have fallen from grace or left powerless.

> None had the conviction to TELL ALL THE NATIONS. None dared

> announce Her incarnation Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi as the Messiah.

> None had the courage to even squeak in public what they always

> thunderously roared at Her pujas. None can prick their conscience

> now, both rank and file. Never in history have so many borne

> witness to a greater act of untruth, hypocrisy and cowardice. It

> is almost satanic in nature, as if Satan's promise to mislead all

> humans is a prophecy is being played out with diabolical accuracy.

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Truth (Meaning of Truth)

 

By M. K. Gandhi

 

I deal with truth first of all, as the Satyagraha Ashram owes its

very existence to the pursuit and the attempted practice of truth.

 

The word satya (Truth) is derived from Sat which means 'being'.

Nothing is or exists in reality except Truth. That is why Sat or

Truth is perhaps the most important name of God, In fact it is more

correct to say that Truth is God than to say God is truth. But as we

cannot do without a ruler or a general, such names of God as 'King'

or 'Kings' or ' The Almighty' are and will remain generally current.

On deeper thinking, however it will be realized that Sat or Satya is

the only correct and fully sign fact name for God.

 

And where there is Truth, there is also is knowledge which is true.

Where there is no Truth, there also is knowledge which is true.

Where there is no Truth, there can be no true knowledge. That is why

the word Chit or knowledge is associated with the name of God. And

where there is true knowledge, there is always bliss. (Ananda).

There sorrow has no place. And even as Truth is eternal, so is the

bliss derived from it. Hence we know God as Sat-Chit-ananda, one who

combines in Himself Truth, Knowledge and Bliss.

 

Devotion to this Truth is the sole justification for our existence.

All our activities should be centered in Truth. Truth should be the

very breath of our life.

 

When once this stage in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other

rules of correct living will come without effort, and obedience to

them will be instinctive. But without Truth it is impossible to

observe any principles or rules in life.

 

Generally speaking observation of the law of Truth is understood

merely to mean that we must speak the Truth. But we in the Ashram

should understand the word Satya or Truth in a much wider sense.

There should be truth in thought, truth in speech, and truth in

action. To the man who has realized this truth in its fullness,

nothing else remains to be known , because all knowledge is

necessary included in it. What is not included in it is not truth,

and so not true knowledge; and there can be no inward peace without

true knowledge. If we once learn how to apply this never failing

test of Truth, we will at once able to find out what is worth doing,

what is worth seeing, what is worth reading.

 

But how is one to to realize this Truth, which may be likened to the

philosophers stone or the cow of plenty? By single minded devotion

(abhyasa ) and indifference to all other interests in life

(vairagya) replies the Bhagavadgita. In spite, however of such

devotion, what may appear as Truth to one person will often appear

as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker.

where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appear

to be different truths are like the countless and apparently

different leaves of the same tree. Does not God himself appear to

different individuals in different aspects? Yet we know that He is

one. But Truth is the right designation of God. Hence there is

nothing wrong in every man following Truth according to his lights.

Indeed it is his duty to do so. Then if there is a mistake on the

part of any one so following Truth it will be automatically set

right. For the quest of Truth involves tapas self suffering,

sometimes even unto death. There can be no place in it even a trace

of self interest. In such selfless search for Truth nobody can lose

his bearings for long. Directly he takes to the wrong path he

stumbles, and is thus redirected to the right path. Therefore the

pursuit of Truth is true bhakti (devotion). It is the path that

leads to God. There is no place in it for cowardice, no place for

defeat. It is the talisman by which death itself becomes the portal

to life eternal.

 

In this connection it will be well to ponder over the lives and

examples of Harishchandra, Prahlad, Ramchandra, Imam Hussain, the

Christians saints, etc. How beautiful it would be if all of us,

young and old, men and women devoted ourselves wholly to Truth in

all that we might do in our walking hours, whether working, eating,

drinking, or playing till dissolution of the body makes us one with

Truth? God as Truth has been for me a treasure beyond price; may He

be so to every one of us.

 

Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi