Truth seeking

The state of living in the truth is indeed extremely simple - the state of total surrender to the universe. But, the normal mode of living is so extremely complex that the chasm between the two is deep and wide. In order to live in the truth, one has to cross this deep and wide chasm.

But, it is no trivial task. We need help from all quarters - from hinduism (vedantas / yoga), from buddhism, from christianity, from sufism, from irreligious philosophers like JK, from atheism, from modern science, from western thoughts on life, from tribal wisdom, from life history of people who have done similar things, from ones own understanding & experience and many more. All of these have pointers to help us and all of these have valid statements about The Truth. All of them are useful and should be carefully considered by the truth seeker and none should be ignored.

Once the individual is firmly established in The Truth, it might be obvious to him/her that any one of them is sufficient but this is not so obvious to the truth seeker. So, the best thing the truth seeker can do is to trust ones own intelligence. For this, ones own intelligence has to be cleansed thoroughly of ego, ignorance and all the other mental impurities to begin with and then it has to be used to enable oneself to cross the chasm separating oneself from the truth. Though this might seem to be quite cumbersome initially, but to me, it is ultimately the most efficient way of truth seeking. Holding on to any one path, say Hinduism, may work but it might have a very high risk percentage. After one investigates this entirely, one might choose a path that is any combination of all pointers available or might be something new. Whatever it is, that would be incidental. But, an exploration of everything available seems to me to be a must!

Thus, in my opinion, careful consideration of all available paths by ones own thoroughly cleansed intelligence will lead us to the truth in the most efficient manner possible.