Never in history have so many borne witness to a greater act of untruth! - 2

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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: THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLE

by Paul Hourihan

 

Truth …?

 

We hear much of this from Christ, Buddha, the Hindu texts … from all

philosophers.

 

Christ's words to Pilate: " I have come to bear witness to the Truth. "

 

Buddha: " Truth is Life. "

 

Upanishads (main Vedantic scriptures): Constant emphasis on the

Truth.

 

As though there really is one saving, eternal, universal Truth of

being that will enlighten and free us forever!

 

Is there?

 

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free …

 

Buddha believed it. Vedanta believes it.

 

Let's analyze this saying:

 

Knowledge of the truth will make us free. Obviously we are not free

now. That means we do not have knowledge of the Truth. What do we

have? Knowledge of untruth. It is untruth that is the foundation of

our lives. And in that untruth is our bondage, our lack of freedom.

For surely we are not free, we are in bondage to so many things.

This is assumed by Christ, by St. Paul, by Buddha, by all the

scriptures of India.

 

Therefore it behooves us to find our way out of this bondage of

untruth by knowing the truth. Realization of the truth, says Christ,

will make us free.

 

Which means that the state we are in now is an illusion, a false

state. We conclude that because if we can move from one state

producing bondage to another which produces freedom, then obviously

it is ignorance of the truth that constitutes our bondage. Ignorance

of what we are, of what the truth is, constitutes our lack of

freedom.

 

Hence our lack of freedom, is not only false, but also illusory,

like a dream. Truly like a dream! In a dream we are in bondage, feel

we are, feel the fears, the terrors, the compulsions. . . . It is

upon waking that we know the truth and it is the knowledge alone

that frees us. We do not have to go anywhere. We merely turn from

ignorance, which is the dream-consciousness, to knowledge of our

condition, which is the consciousness of truth, to come into the

true state, our true state.

 

So our present bondage is dream-like. Is merely false. Our sins,

weaknesses, bondage, fears, limitations, and all the rest are merely

false, based on ignorance … say the Upanishads, the Vedantic

scriptures.

 

Ignorance is the original sin, they say. Remove the ignorance and

the sun of knowledge shines forth on a condition that was always

there—as our true freedom from dream-fears was always there during

our dream-bondage. We have merely to wake up to know the truth. So

here, we have merely to awaken to know the truth, to wake from our

ignorance. Our sins, then, are merely the result of ignorance. When

we are no longer ignorant, when we know the truth, we shall no

longer sin … no longer hate, lust, rage, grasp, fight, and all the

rest. Those things being the result merely of not knowing what and

who we are!

 

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free!

I come to bear witness to the Truth, Christ told Pilate.

 

It is the truth that saves … not a man. Christ doesn't say: I will

make you free. That, if it were possible, would enthrone him above

the Truth, which is above all men. You shall know the truth—that

will make you free. Truth being God in another mode. He came to bear

witness to the highest principle … namely, the Truth.

 

TRUTH IS LIFE, says Buddha. That is, spiritual life, divine life,

immortal life.

 

TRUTH: THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLE

by Paul Hourihan

http://www.vedanticshorespress.com/