The Ulumate Reality

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The Ulumate Reality

AMONG living beings it is man who has been endowed with reason and

intellect. Though man's behaviour and actions are dictated to a very large

extent by his instincts and emotions, still intellect and reason play a very

"prominent and determining part. These faculties have been utilised by man

for the quest of the eternal truth or the ultimate reality.

>From time immemorial man has been confronted with the problem, "Whence have

I come? What is the cause? Why do I live ? Where is our final rest? " The

answer to these questions has led him in quest of truth.

Prophets and seers have made utterances to convey their views of eternal

truth. Jesus Christ, two thousand years ago, stated: " And he shall know the

truth and the truth shall make you free." Lord Buddha, much earlier, stated:

" Happy is he who has found the truth." The founders of great religions have

made similar statements.

The interpretations of the sayings of the prophets, by their followers,

disciples and annotations at a subsequent stage have given rise to different

kinds of religions, various systems of philosophical thought, dogmas,

doctrines, and theories. The sayings and utterances of the prophets and

the sages have lost their original universal meaning in the conglomeration

of dogmas and theories and various religions, sects and sub-sects arose, to

support each interpretation. These different systems of philosophical

thought and religion have swayed the actions of men, races and nations, and

in the name of religion war, murder, and arson have been perpetrated. If

only man has stopped to think over ultimate truth, which is universal and

all-embracing, and realised that all philosophies, sciences and religions

are but attempts of the human mind to know ultimate reality and realise the

truth, much of this chaos and confusion could have been avoided.

Every science makes for knowledge of truth and the scientists applying the

standard of reason, intellect and perception have tried to unravel the

mysteries of nature.

They have advanced so far as to realise that the fundamental particles of

the universe are the same and it is a particular kind of grouping that makes

a particular substance, - and advanced scientists have envisaged the

possibility of one substance being converted into another. Some have gone

still further and postulated that there is really no difference between

energy and matter, as is evidenced by atomic energy, which is produced by

the atom being broken up. This energy is however, at present being utilised

for the construction of the atomic bomb. Scientists have, therefore come to

the conclusion that the universe with all its variety of phenomena has come

out of this eternal substance.

 

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(Adopted from the Book Pearls of Wisdom by His Holiness Swami Kesavaiahji)