The Nature Of Truth

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Dear friends,

 

Sri Ganesan has sent me a brief synopsis of a Talk he gave to Heart of Human

Kindness Foundation USA. He has given me permission to share it with the group.

 

Best wishes to all,

 

Alan

 

" Nature of 'Truth' "

 

Bhagavan Ramana's guidance to us in grasping the 'nature' of TRUTH is very

valuable, indeed :

 

" TRUTH should be available to all, at all times and under

all conditions. IT should be simple, direct and natural. "

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> One should apply all the six principles in one's daily

> activities and discern for oneself what exactly TRUTH is. The speaker's

derivation landed him in 'experiencing' the Truth as one's own

true nature of " I AM " . No other branches of phenomena in the physical and

mental realm could survive the test of those six demanding principles !

 

> Instead of analysing anything else, let us take up the God-given principles of

'Nature'. What are the God-given principles ?

> 'One's body, one's mind and the World' . These three principles appear when

one is awake and disappear when one is deeply asleep --this is not a theory or

concept, but everyone's daily experience !

>

> 'NATURE' is that 'which is' -- that which exists, apparently with two

> divisions = 'subjective nature' and 'objective nature'. That which

> perceives is the subjective nature and that which is perceived is the

> objective nature.

 

> Nature as the 'World' is the objective nature -- the " seen " . One who

> perceives the World is the subjective nature -- the " seer " .

>

> Nature is always changing, yet remains eternally the same, as well !

> Like a 'river' ! Thus, there are two elements = the 'chalana' aspect and the

'achala' aspect ['chalana' = movement; 'achala' = non-movement].

 

> The creation is always in a flux, that is 'in movement' and it is made of

> the five elements [earth, fire, water, air and ether] . All the 'seen'

> are always changing ! The 'seer' is ever the changeless ! Observe this....

>

> To be specific -- the 'changes' denote a process of 'evolution' and all

> forms of 'seen-evolution' submerges in the 'seer'. Such mergence

> we may call as 'involution'. For example, a mighty tree grows and

> dies; yet, its seeds spring up as tree again ! This process of 'evolution'

and 'involution' goes on, endlessly. This is the

> nature of 'Nature' !

>

> Why ? Where exactly does all these begin ? And, where do

> they end ?

>

> Outwardly, scientifically, all these questions ever remain

> unanswered. But, inwardly, spiritually each one of us hold the correct

> answer in oneself. Thus, the sole importance to solve this riddle

> lies squarely in 'oneself' ! Therefore, the scriptures say : " What all is

contained in the 'macrocosm' is contained in the 'microcosm', as well " . Thus,

focusing one's attention within, assumes enormous importance, indeed !

>

> What does it mean ? To what one should focus attention ?

> The answer is very simple and direct -- pay attention to the waking

> and sleep states. They happen to everyone, every day. The drama of

> 'evolution' [when one wakes up in the morning, the whole panorama of the

'World' appears] and 'involution' [the submergence of all that is'seen' in

one's deep sleep] takes place daily, to everyone too.

>

> The root of Nature -- objective nature and subjective nature -- depends,

> thus, on one's own 'Awareness'. Awareness is the ground on which the

> waking and sleep states come and go. Bhagavan Ramana calls

> this Pure Awareness as 'SELF' or the 'HEART' !

 

> If one steps out of all these variations of differring states and holds on to

the 'Awareness per se' , the Reality of, the Truth of 'Nature' is fully

revealed. Such revelation takes place in 'Silence' ! In this Silence one

realises, one experiences that Nature is simply 'Ananda' -- eternal joy !

>

> Joy, Love pervades everywhere as Nature. That very Nature

> is 'You' as " I AM " ! When one turns within, one finds one is

> saturated with the very Nature which pervades all around outside !

> Hence the instruction : " Turn within " , " Dive inwards " !

>

> What is the importance ? Why is one always instructed to

> turn within ? The 'macrocosm' which is outside oneself has never

> been discerned nor discernible due its vastness and magnitude in volume.

> Scientists are still making valiant efforts, no doubt ! Yet, the

> 'microcosm' , which is an exact replica of the 'macrocosm', is

> always discernible since it is within oneself. And, great sages and messiahs

have already discerned it, so very thoroughly as well - through

> the ages !

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> Sri Bhagavan said " The Science of the SELF is superior to all the

> sciences ! "

>> What is that 'Science of the SELF' ?

 

> To know oneself as one really IS, denuded of all that is

> artificial, impermanent and unreal, is possible; and, it is a perfect

> science. It is a 'total', 'complete' science because it alone

> of all other sciences, goes into the nature of the very one

> who comprehends all the other outward sciences.

>

> To discover the truth about oneself, Sri Bhagavan said,

> one has to delve within and seek the source of all

> one's activities. If the Truth is not within oneself, he said,

> then the Truth definitely cannot be found outside. To drive home

> this vital point, Bhagavan Ramana never indulged in jargon

> or polemics; he referred to one's own daily experiences.

> No one says, 'I do not exist' , nor, 'I do not know what is

> sleep, dream, hunger or thirst' . By drawning one's attention

> to such common experiences, he made one realise that

> one is nothing but the Truth.

>

>

> By the powerful quest of " Who Am I ? " , one realises that

> one is the screen on which the film of actions and experiences

> come and go. The pictures in the movie have a beginning

> and an end, but the screen on which they are projected

> ever remains unchanged. The feeling of 'I' is common in

> everyone's experience.

>

> Sri Bhagavan helps us through " Who Am I ? " - enquiry

> to hold on to the 'I', transcending all the differing states of

> experiences. He said that to remain as the unchanging 'I'

> at all times, under all conditions, is to be the Truth.

 

> Truth is, thus, one's own being. To be is to be the Truth.

>

> " If one enquires as to who one is and what one is, and

> finds out the Truth as one's own being, " he said.

> To discover and remain as the Truth, all the time, is

> the essence of the 'Science of Self-Knowledge'.

>

> When a devotee once put a question to the Maharshi

> as to what he should do to master this science,

> Sri Bhagavan with a benign smile, answered :

> " Be as you ARE " !

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> Love,

> Ganesan.