What is the truth?

What is not subject to negation is Truth.

This is the definition of Truth. Any object that we define can be defined differently by another person. Thus there can be various definitions of any object. But when it comes to the Absolute Truth, we cannot negate it.

Is there such a thing as Truth?

Is there one thing that fits the definition of Truth? If so, what is it? The Vedas and Upanishads say that it is YOU! You are the only truth. Let us test this assertion by the Vedas. Are you the truth, and the only truth? The only way we can decide this is by attempting to negate the truth. If we negate you, you cannot be the Truth. Can you negate yourself? Let us find out.

“You are the only truth.”

Am I the Truth?

I exist. I know that I exist. I do not need any proof for my existence. In fact, my existence is self-revealing in the sense that no one else nor anything else needs to confirm that I exist. I am the eternal subject and, as the subject, I objectify everything else in the world. We have established that if I am the eternal subject, the only way to negate that would be another subject which denies my existence, in which case I become the object. An object is subject to negation but how can we negate the subject? It is not possible.

I, the subject, alone AM. Everything else around me is known to me and become the objects. Everything else around me therefore IS. The world is, the sky is, and so on and on. The existence of anything can therefore be established only when I am aware of them. The Awareness Cit and the existence Sat, is the common plane in which the whole of creation is. The Sat and the Cit is therefore the limitless fullness, the all-pervading. Nothing in the world can exist without Awareness, but Awareness can exist independently of everything. Awareness cannot be negated. Thus, the all-pervading Awareness is the Truth. This is why that in spite of my physical and mental limitations, when I am happy I feel full and complete.

Where is Happiness?

We are all conditioned to look for happiness outside of ourselves. We seek it in the form of fame, fortune or other means. Yet, none of these is a source of eternal happiness. The happiness we derive from these is at best momentary, fleeting. The same thing which makes one person happy, makes another sad. Take divorce, for example! One person can be devastated by it while the other finds exhilarating freedom! Thus, there is no place, time, object or space that defines happiness.

Some people say that happiness is within, but where within? In the heart? What if you have a heart attack? Are you still happy?

When you have a garland in your hand, it registers in your mind. You say “this is a garland”. So it is with everything you perceive. But when the mind registers happiness, you say “I am happy”, not “this is happiness”. When you are happy, you do not want to get rid of that emotion. Why? Because happiness is your real nature. When you are sad, you are anxious to get rid of it. Why? Because you do not feel comfortable during a period of sadness. So, happiness is your true nature, it is the nature of something full, which is what you are!

This is why I am called Satcitananda (Sat-being, Cit-Awareness, Ananda- Happiness) by the Vedas and Upanishads. I am The Being and the Awareness that is full and happy.

Awareness is Brahman

When Space is, Awareness is; when Time is, Awareness is. When any object is, Awareness is. When space, time and the object are gone, awareness remains. Space, time and the object need the Awareness to objectify them, but Awareness continues to exist in their absence. Awareness is. It is the final and ultimate truth. Awareness is when these objects are present, and it IS when these objects, even the world, are absent. Therefore the only Truth is Awareness — Brahman. It is the all-pervading Sat Cit Ananda.

~ Hari Om