THE SUPREME TRUTH
Anything that has a beginning and an end is not satyasya satyam, the supreme truth. Time has a beginning and an end. So too, do space and causation. That is, the world is a projected fact – lokyatey iti lokaha – that which is seen is the world. It needs a seer to see it and always has a beginning and an end. In fact, every night in deep sleep, the world disappears, and appears only on waking. The world is thus, only a conglomeration of time, space and causation.
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One’s body too, is subject to these three impediments. It is born and one day, it will die. Its sex, its caste, its religion, its position in society, its success or failure in life, all depend on the layers of causation.
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The world and body are not the only things that are subject to time, space and causation. Even one’s mind is regulated by these three limitations. The mind, which according to Bhagavan is nothing but ‘bundles of thoughts,’ rises when we wake up or dream. It vanishes when we are in deep sleep. So, it too has a beginning and an end. No scripture denies the phenomena of the world, the body and the mind. They are phenomena i.e., appearances, The Reality is the Seer the Self.
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There cannot be any form of seen without the seer. While everything that is seen has a beginning and an end, the seer is unchanged, unaltered and always there. The seer’s beginning and end is unknown. Therefore, if the seen is asserted as factual reality, satyam, the ever existing seer is truly satyasya satyam, the supreme Truth. It is the basis and ground on which the partial truths of the world, body and mind, come and go.
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Turn inwards and pay attention to the seer, always. This is Bhagavan’s message. You are the ever vibrating, supreme Truth, the ever witnessing seer. If we identify with the seen we shall fall into the grip of destiny. Bhagavan enthuses us seekers to identify ourselves with the supreme Truth, the seer. Seeking the truth is another name for freewill. Being the Truth, one tastes the eternal nectar of FREEDOM!
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