THE TRUTH OF IT AFTER ALL
Truth was the foundation of both Sri Ramakrishna's life and that of Mahatma Gandhi. It is adherence to truth and practising truthfulness in life that made these two seminal greats who they were. The rest of the subliminal impulsions to their eventual fruition in relative greatness are too complex for a course in casual conversation. But both these leaders of men serve as beacons for a humanity that has lost its moorings in truth.
In our country that aspires so very much to rise in the temporal sphere today with grandiose claims to a cultural renaissance, it is necessary to absorb this ideal of truth and its derivative, truthfulness, in practice so that our means match our aims and produce the desired results. As of now the blatant blazoning of untruth by prominent politicians in their daily discourse in public life puts to shame these saintly practitioners of truth in the inverse order. But why is it so? Perhaps the answer lies in the cyclical progression of civilisation and we are right now going through an inevitable trough in its evolutionary unfolding. But the ideal nonetheless remains the same and that is to imbibe the attribute of truthfulness from greats such as Ramakrishna and Gandhi en route to realising the goal that is Absolute Truth in the Supreme Self.
Written by Sugata Bose
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