The Ulumate Reality

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By the very same process of reasoning they arrive at the conclusion that

matter and force can neither be increased nor decreased. Matter, energy and

force are eternal, infinite, beginningless and endless. One can change into

the other, but the substance is always-there. Scientists who first started

with the assumption of the existence of the law of cause and effect have,

after a process of reasoning and experiment, reached a stage, where further

phenomena could not be explained by, or correlated to, the law of cause and

effect. Science has brought us almost to the gateway of the reality of

truth.

Applying the very same logic and reasons, our ancient seers and sages,

though by a different process, have come to the conclusion that eternal

truth or ultimate reality is beyond cause and effect. Truth, or Satyam in

Sanskrit, means that which exists in all times and under all circumstances

and is changeless.

Our ancient sages have of themselves posed certain questions in their quest

of truth. In the final analysis, the whole universe consists of the

cognising self or the objects cognised or enjoyed and the cognition or power

which is the bond between the two. Science for the most part confined itself

to the external objective world which is the thing cognised, and has left

out of account the other two. When we see a thing, it is not the thing that

we see but an image of it on the retina which is interpreted by the mind to

the self.er—tucnaver. It is the same with sound and other sensory

perceptions.

Turning to our subjective self or the knower, we find that it is the source

of all knowledge. By a process of reasoning and analysis, our ancient sages

and seers have come to the conclusion that the self or the atman above is

the permanent thing and is equated with the universal self or the supreme

Brahman; they have also pointed out that the subjective self or the enjoyer,

the thing enjoyed, and the cognition or power which brings about the

enjoyment are but aspects of the supreme Brahman. In this view, this world

yj not unreal, but Atman or Brahman itself. This eternal truth or the

ultimate reality is existence itself and the whole universe, energy and

phenomena of nature are but manifestations of the same. That truth or

ultimate reality is beyond cause and effect and beyond reason and intellect.

Reason can only point out that it is beyond cause and effect, but the

ultimate truth can only be realised in the depths of Samadhi.

We have seen, therefore, how starting on different roads we have been able

to reach the ultimate truth which is the God of religion, the self of

philosophy and the energy of science.

Om Shanthi! Shanthi!! Shanthihi!!!

Saint Sayings

God places us in our respective situations which, however miserable or happy

they may be from the external point of view, are always for our good.

lf you are in right earnest to learn the mysteries of God, He will send you

the Sadguru, the right teacher. You need not trouble yourself about finding

out a Guru.

'"There is always a shadow under the lamp, while its light illumines the

surrounding objects. So men in the immediate proximity of a prophet do not

understand him. Those who live far off are charmed by his spiritual glow and

his extraordinary powers.

A man gets anything he wishes if he makes efforts like Bhagiratha.

H. H. SWAMI KESAVAIAHJl'S SELECTIONS

 

 

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