The Truth Is What Your Inner Voice Tells You

 The Truth Is What Your Inner Voice  Tells You

 Religious traditions around the world consider truth based on revelation to be absolute, immortal and beyond definition. It is said that the truth of instinct is  higher than the truth of thought, that reason is higher than that of sensory experience, that the discriminating mind is higher than that of the calculating mind, and the soul the highest. of  all. `Ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanti` - The truth is one, but the sages speak  differently, says the Rig Ved.

 Truth is the law of being. It is one of the three attributes of God, others are Chit, Consciousness and Ananda, Bliss. Dharma in its highest aspect is synonymous with the truth that unfolds throughout the cosmic order. The empirical truth can change, but the absolute truth, which is identified with Brahmn, the Supreme Being, never changes.

 The truth is evident. It cannot be repressed by  state or religious authorities. Mundaka Upanishad says: "Satyam eva jayate nanritam, satyena pantha vitato devayanah" - Only the truth conquered, not  the lies. The path of the gods is traced by truth.

 As a metaphysical concept, the truth may seem nebulous. But as a social value, the truth is applicable to human life. Knowing the truth is a basic human drive. Real life is great for homeowners. The Brahmana Upanishad mandala includes satya in the category of self-control practices. Narad Smriti considers that the application of the truth is synonymous with a thousand sacrifices. The Buddha spoke of the Four Noble Truths as a means to achieve nirvana. Mahavir made the truth an integral part of the Pancha Mahavrata, the five great monastic vows. Guru Nanak Dev says: 'Sachahu orai sabh ko upar sach aachar' - everything else is not true. True life, however, is still higher.

 Gandhiji only worshiped God as truth. He regarded his "experiments with truth" as the most exalted of all endeavors. At first, he thought, God is the truth; but he checked his mind to say: Truth is God. For him, the truth is what the inner voice  tells you. He advised that if one cannot realize absolute truth, one must stick to relative truth. Knowing the truth means seeing the unity of everything.

 Truth and non-violence formed the practice of his concept of swaraj, self-determination. Swaraj should be seen not only as a political goal to be achieved, but as "domination over oneself". He saw the link to truth as total freedom, which implied the affirmation of the power of conscience. His doctrine of Satyagrah, the call to truth,  aimed to change the minds of both the British and the Indians. A satyagrahi, a devotee of truth, must ignite his soul through self-purification and self-control. He must hate the sin, not the sinner, and wish his opponent to rule a better mind. "The seeker after truth should be more humble than dust," he wrote.

 Gandhi stayed true to the truth and wanted everyone to know the truth for themselves and not trust used versions of it. He believed that the path of truth is arduous and slippery, but it must be traveled for spiritual growth. As he wrote in his autobiography: "The truth is like a giant tree that bears more and more fruit the more it is cared for."