Ultimate truth or
Brahman can be established and conformed mentally by soul-centric reason
independent of scriptures. It is possible also to show the unreality of
the objective universe even from well directed pure reasoning.
The scripture are
for the ordinary man who are immersed in practical life within the practical
world, who finds security in the idea of causality and thus in the idea of
God.
Those of superior
intelligence, have no need of this idea of divine causality, and can therefore
dispense with Vedas and arrive
at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason.
People, who did not recognize the authority of the scriptures, will be able to
prove the truth of non-dualistic by means of reason alone. Ultimate truth does not need the
support of any Scripture or Revelation like the Veda. It is based, not
upon the varying theological fancies, which are as numerous as the sands of the
sea, but upon reason, the common heritage of all mankind, irrespective of
colour or creed or clime.
In pursuit of truth neither
lecturers, nor theses, not even books are of any avail in attaining the
ultimate truth or Brahman. It is only one pointed soul- centric personal
discussions by such as have an irrepressible passion for truth that can be of
value.
Seeker must have humility and patience in his
temperament in pursuit of truth. In this world there are as many philosophies
of truth as there are thinkers. Most of these philosophies are egocentric and
to be no more than opinion not ultimate truth.
In the world philosophy seeks the common
ground of Truth. In world many thinkers have discussed ad infinitum such
subjects without defining truth and nowhere have they come nearer to any
agreement.
Most people are not in a mood to
seek Truth because they have already accepted something else as truth. They
seem to think that what they know is all the Truth that they need. They do not
care for any verification regarding their accepted Truth. To such a mentality
truth is a distant dream.
Truth is never in a hurry to reveal itself.
People do not seem to think that self-knowledge is not mere intellectual
abstraction, but the most vital of all human achievements.
Ultimate truth is universal truth.
Universal truth must be independent of religion that in personal god is only
reality within the unreal world. The ultimate truth or Brahman is the only
reality and has nothing to do with religion.
The main hurdle is in way of
reasoning based on the ego which is the false self. To get over this hurdle one
has to reason on the base of the formless soul, which is the true self. Then
only seeker can come to final conclusions independently without the scriptures.
