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There Is No Text Called Truth.

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Yes that is all poetry. Very beautiful ones. You do not know Tamil and so I am unable to give here some of the Tamil poetry which are most beautiful. You are missing a lot. LOL.


Dear Vaagmi ji,

I can read Tamil but very very slowly..anyway may be I will learn Tamil in detail.

I managed to self study Sanskrit when I knew not even the Devanagari script..since I already know some Tamil I will should start studying in detail.It should not be too hard if I try hard enough.

When I am ready I will ask you for those poems.
 
Dear Vaagmi ji,

I can read Tamil but very very slowly..anyway may be I will learn Tamil in detail.

I managed to self study Sanskrit when I knew not even the Devanagari script..since I already know some Tamil I will should start studying in detail.It should not be too hard if I try hard enough.

When I am ready I will ask you for those poems.

Renukaji,

Please do learn Tamil. It is like an open sesame to a lot of knowledge and beautiful thoughts. Even while I advise you this I regret that I could not get my daughter learn Tamil. That was because of my circumstances. She is unable to allocate time for that now. And that is one regret I will carry to my death.
 
Renukaji,

Please do learn Tamil. It is like an open sesame to a lot of knowledge and beautiful thoughts. Even while I advise you this I regret that I could not get my daughter learn Tamil. That was because of my circumstances. She is unable to allocate time for that now. And that is one regret I will carry to my death.

I am planning to polish up Tamil..after all I know all the swear words well!LOL

BTW dont die with any regret..for all you know God speaks in Mandarin since almost everything is made in China!LOL
 
I am reading a religious text of a different kind today..just to gain info(read..its just for info).A Hindu text that I have never read before.

It seems to have emerged as a reaction to a earlier philosophy.I wonder if the substratum for it to emerge was fear?

That is to "know" Reality is actually "fearful" in the sense it gives you nothing to hold on before it finally unfolds within us.

The cold darkness before we switch on the sun within is.


The transient fearful journey is not too easy for the human mind I feel.

If there is no Lord to perceive and there is actually only the One and Only Self..it can seem extremely scary becos that calls for the Death of Ego.

The human ego is the most difficult to give up..the human ego will go to any extent to defend itself..when at the final stage when Ego has to go..this would make many run back to beliefs that can make him/her secure.

I feel some philosophies give a person a cradle to be rocked on..so that he is put to sleep with the lullaby of dualism.

One goes into deep sleep where it seems comfortable.There is no need to even be awake.The sleep is so comfortable. There is no rebellion..there is no change.


Commentaries have been written in volumes on Gita/Brahma sutra/Upanishads etc..each Acharya has written some commentary or the other.

All seem to be conflicting most of the time.


So who is right? They are both right not becos its the Truth..but becos one can only write a commentary on knowledge but not on Truth.

Is there any text called Truth?

Nope..none..Truth verily Is..it cant be described..it can only be felt.

The presence of which no words form in the mind..hence only silence prevails.

Has anyone written a Bhasya on silence?

IMO, there is no Text on Truth as conceived in this OP. All religions conceal truth, may be not deliberately but because they are able only to provide a warped view of Truth as imagined by one or more Prophet/s, Gurus or Acharyas.

But since the mind abhors a vacuum, it has to grasp ideas, notions, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, emotions, etc. in order to build a sense of self for itself. These "ideas, notions, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, emotions, etc. are what define ME, the "ahamkaara", and they constitute who "I am" - that is the underlying construal. The more gross, heavy and burdensome the things which the mind holds on to, the more solid, substantial, well-defined and powerful the fabricated, construed self-identity feels like. That is why it is difficult to come out of some mental states like rage, jealousy, depression, egotism, superiority etc. It is not easy to give up the things that have contributed so much to the building up of one's sense of one's own self.

Individuals differ in what ideas, notions, thoughts, etc. they grasp. Ideologies, religions and gurus differ in what ideas, notions, thoughts, etc. they encourage and require their followers to take up.

The mind can latch on to base ideas like power, anger, violence, prejudice, repression, etc. like in nazism, fascism, islam and the old testament; at the other extreme, it can take up powerlessness, goodwill, submission of the extreme kind (विधेयत्व vidheyatva) and other similar things as in the Bhakthi movement/Vaishnavism and the new testament. The mind may like to grasp the dramatic magic, mystery and mysticism as in Tantrism and what many of the stories (which are mostly hearsay and not verified scientifically) circualted about the many Acharyas, Gurus, Swamis, Godmen/Godwomen, and in the stories about Jesus. It can find attraction and grasp elaborate, complicated and even masochistic rituals and the worship of deities like in everyday Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism. It can grasp intellectual concepts and states of meditation like in Advaita and Mahayana Buddhism.

The tendency to seek an origin (and hence the creator of) and the fundamental basis for the universe is itself a form of such mental grasping on to something in order to strengthen the mind's own building up of the sense of SELF. This is not an exhaustive list, there are a large number of other things which the mind can and does, hold on to equally vehemently in order to create its own image of the SELF. The majority of individuals, religions and ideologies grasp more than one thing.

Hence, to get at Truth, the first step is to get over all the "self-constructs" so far made by one's own mind. Deep self-contemplation is the best way to go about this. A Guru or Spiritual Teacher is a stumbling block to this and so if one wants to really seek Truth, one should avoid latching himself/herself like a flunky of any guru, acharya, godman, etc.

Ultimately, it is a complete "nothingness" and this is the Truth. Spiritual development is all about the mind becoming more and more comfortable with vacuum.

Once again, there is no text on TRUTH and there cannot be one, for the simple reason that TRUTH is beyond all human senses including the mind and the intellect, to grasp.



 
IMO, there is no Text on Truth as conceived in this OP. All religions conceal truth, may be not deliberately but because they are able only to provide a warped view of Truth as imagined by one or more Prophet/s, Gurus or Acharyas.

But since the mind abhors a vacuum, it has to grasp ideas, notions, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, emotions, etc. in order to build a sense of self for itself. These "ideas, notions, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, emotions, etc. are what define ME, the "ahamkaara", and they constitute who "I am" - that is the underlying construal. The more gross, heavy and burdensome the things which the mind holds on to, the more solid, substantial, well-defined and powerful the fabricated, construed self-identity feels like. That is why it is difficult to come out of some mental states like rage, jealousy, depression, egotism, superiority etc. It is not easy to give up the things that have contributed so much to the building up of one's sense of one's own self.

Individuals differ in what ideas, notions, thoughts, etc. they grasp. Ideologies, religions and gurus differ in what ideas, notions, thoughts, etc. they encourage and require their followers to take up.

The mind can latch on to base ideas like power, anger, violence, prejudice, repression, etc. like in nazism, fascism, islam and the old testament; at the other extreme, it can take up powerlessness, goodwill, submission of the extreme kind (विधेयत्व vidheyatva) and other similar things as in the Bhakthi movement/Vaishnavism and the new testament. The mind may like to grasp the dramatic magic, mystery and mysticism as in Tantrism and what many of the stories (which are mostly hearsay and not verified scientifically) circualted about the many Acharyas, Gurus, Swamis, Godmen/Godwomen, and in the stories about Jesus. It can find attraction and grasp elaborate, complicated and even masochistic rituals and the worship of deities like in everyday Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism. It can grasp intellectual concepts and states of meditation like in Advaita and Mahayana Buddhism.

The tendency to seek an origin (and hence the creator of) and the fundamental basis for the universe is itself a form of such mental grasping on to something in order to strengthen the mind's own building up of the sense of SELF. This is not an exhaustive list, there are a large number of other things which the mind can and does, hold on to equally vehemently in order to create its own image of the SELF. The majority of individuals, religions and ideologies grasp more than one thing.

Hence, to get at Truth, the first step is to get over all the "self-constructs" so far made by one's own mind. Deep self-contemplation is the best way to go about this. A Guru or Spiritual Teacher is a stumbling block to this and so if one wants to really seek Truth, one should avoid latching himself/herself like a flunky of any guru, acharya, godman, etc.

Ultimately, it is a complete "nothingness" and this is the Truth. Spiritual development is all about the mind becoming more and more comfortable with vacuum.

Once again, there is no text on TRUTH and there cannot be one, for the simple reason that TRUTH is beyond all human senses including the mind and the intellect, to grasp.





Dear Sangom ji,

Thank you very much for your reply.I have been asking this question" Is there any text called Truth" to many I know and each person gets angry with me.

Thank you once again for your reply.
 
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