The more we know
The less we understand
The more we want
The less we love
The more we meet
The less we accept
The more we get
The less we give
The more we pray
The less we believe
The more we try
The less we accept
The more we exercise
The less we relax
The more we learn
The less we apply
The more we read
The less we act
The more we collect
The less we let go
The more we go through
The less we learn
The more we talk
The less we care
In this aquarian age of burgeoning information from every possible crevice of life, it is difficult to fathom what is the Truth. I start this piece with this dilemma, laid down at the beginning. Instead of building it up.
You may think you are on the best diet ever; it turns out that it may have some adverse effects on your kidney some years later. Picture this, you love wine and to defend that you would get stuck on as article which propagates its health benefits maybe with a research of 1000 people as a resounding proof may completely ignore another explaining its acidic nature.
Yoga people swear by the benefits and marathoners mock them. Doctors are fed up of patients armed with grenades of information beforehand, falling short of the skill to operate themselves. Did you take a lot of turmeric in the lockdown? Good for immunity, right? Did you know it aggravates stomach if the nature of your body is ‘Pitta’, according to Ayurveda? What do you do? Take a closer look at politics on TV channels, each channel would have a completely different perspective on the same event. Who do you believe? What is the truth?
Documentaries such as ‘Social-Dilemma’, ‘Game Changers’, ‘The Great Hack’ would leave your jaw dropped, tongue tied and mind fried. Who do you believe? What is the real truth?
There is nothing such as complete truth, right or wrong. It is subject to the context and one’s viewpoint in that arena. Truth cannot be decoded by polarized positions. To give you the metaphor of Mahabharata, Krishna took Arjuna to the center of the battle arena to make him look at both the sides, a balanced approach to the situation. Arjuna was polarized in emotions.
Truth is progressive and changes with the evolution of the soul. Why are many stuck in the past or are firm with their fossilized thinking? That’s because acceptance that truth changes is not easy. It moves, it adapts to higher levels. Some part of the fixed ideas could be attributed to our education system which commands only one right definition with ‘Key’ words to make it simple for the checker.
As we evolve, the layers peel and we go deeper, become wiser. The view of a landscape changes as you move up the floors. Education of lower grades seems easier as you progress higher. The perspective of Dhoni is different than Rishabh and both are justified from their point of view. Only if we accept both and not take sides or hold on to ‘Our’ truth is true and yours an illusion.
Acceptance of various perspectives, flexibility to know more, nimble footedness to move forward and curiosity to find deeper layers will keep us on this path.
Truth is not a destination. It is a quest, a never-ending journey.
There is light within. The light of truth. Take time to find, follow, radiate.