Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00451)

At 06:56 PM 11/30/97 GMT, you wrote:
>Dear mkr
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>Volume II of the SD ends:
>"*Satyat Nasti paro dharmah.*
>THERE IS NO RELIGION HIGHER THAN TRUTH."
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>Is it possible to "think" of anything fixed, or, is it possible to "think"
>of anything which is not moving and active?

I should honestly say that I don't know what Truth is. It is possible that
Truth could be beyond thought.

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>There is no harm in guidance.

 The problem is how to make sure that the guidance is not harmful. It is a
very difficult question and I don't have an answer either.

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>How will it ever be possible to come back and say what truth is? "It is
>beyond the range and reach of thought -- in the words of Mandukya,
>"unthinkable and unspeakable."" (See 1st fundamental proposition in SD)
>"thinking" is all very well at this stage of evolution, but it is only a
>stage, and a rather slow one at that.
>TRUTH is infinite, so how could anything finite ever describe it, or put it
>into any finite kind of language or symbology.
>alpha

It looks like Truth is beyond thought. So it may not be possible put
explain in a manner we can understand by thought.

Again we are all inquirers after Truth, and so long as we keep this in our
minds, we can have an open mind and keep inquiring until we *find* Truth.

MKR


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>>I don't know if anything to point to Truth. If Truth is a fixed point or
>>something then there could be pointers.
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>>I think the fundamental basis is the need for each one of us to inquire
>>independently and orginally without anyone or anything leading us.
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>>One of these days or may be in this or the next manvantara, when we realize
>>what T/truth is really is, we may be able to come back and say for certain
>>what T/truth is. Until such time, everything is second hand and/or just
>>speculation.
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>>mkr
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