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Svadyaya for January 25, 2014
Practice of Truth
Glorious immortal Atman!
Beloved and blessed children of Light! The Upanishads have referred to that
great Reality as the one true essence or Principle, in relation to which all
other things are false only – temporary appearances in time and space with no
other stable or eternal existence. The Upanishads call that Reality Sat or “Satayasya
Satyam – The Truth of truths”, and everything other than Reality as asat.
Therefore, Truth is the ultimate goal to be attained. The great Father of
Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was bold enough to declare his viewpoint in the words:
“Not only it is true that God is Truth, but I declare that Truth is God.”
To adhere to truth, verily would be to attain God.
Truth is a divine principle
that is not only the ultimate Reality, but also the path that leads to the
ultimate Reality. It is the great penance that makes sadhana fruitful,
that supports and infills this sadhana with divine strength. The penance
of truth creates atma-bal, the spiritual force, within one’s heart. Truth is
the penance, truth is the Sadhana, truth is the path which allows the Sadhana
to be progressive. Truth is the inner power that galvanises the sadhana.
Truth is the ultimate goal to be achieved. The worshipper of Truth never fails
to attain blessedness.
Actually truth is already
enshrined within you as your own true Self, as your real nature. In truth, you
are not of this earth, you are not a physical, biological being. You are a ray
of that great Reality. You are a part of that eternal Truth, which never fades,
which never changes, which ever shines, shines, shines.
Therefore to be aware of this
truth about yourself and to live in this awareness is to adhere to Truth, to
worship Truth. To express the Divinity that you are in your thoughts, actions,
words, and in all manifested modes of living your life – that is the fulfilling
of truth.
“To thine own Self be true.”
To be true to your real Self, and to manifest that truth so that your life
becomes an expression of the Divinity which you are – that is the practice of
truth in its ultimate spiritual form. It is this practice of truth that beloved
Gurudev Swami Sivananda Maharaj prescribed for modern age: “You are Divine.
Feel divinely, speak divinely, live divinely. Make your life divine. Be
divine.”
This
is the key to blessedness. This is the way to supreme Illumination and
Liberation. Ponder this truth and you will be blessed.
God Bless You!
Swami Chidananda
Additional Reading:
Satyam (Truth) By
Sri Swami Sivananda
The Search for Truth By
Swami KrishnanandaThe Process of Truth-Realisation By Swami Krishnananda
Two Indispensable Truths By Swami Chidananda
The Two Forms of Reality-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad By Swami Krishnananda
True Spiritual Living -Freeing Ourselves From Entanglements By Swami Krishnananda
Ponder these Truths By Swami Chidananda
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