Knowing the Supreme TRUTH is the goal of a true seeker

Caution: This topic is for advanced seekers. In my humble opinion, new seekers might take a long time to comprehend this one.

It  took  me  a  long   time  to  understand   the meaning  of the word “TRUTH”, when it comes to   spirituality. I  mean  the  word  “TRUTH” in  reference  to the spiritual quotes like: 

• Know the Truth and you will be blessed.
• You can recite and discuss scripture, all you want, but until you drop everything, you will never know Truth. – Astavakra Gita
• The Truth of oneself alone is worthy to be scrutinised and known. – Ramana Maharshi
• The knower of Truth is never miserable in the world,for the whole universe is filled with Himself alone. – Astavakra Gita

In the initial years of my seeking, I couldn't relate to the phrase, “Knowing the Truth”. I could only understand telling the truth. In the worldly conduct, it is generally taught to the young ones that one should always tell the truth, never lie. It took me long time to understand that the truth (which is opposite of a lie) is different than the spiritual Truth. In reference to the worldly affairs, telling a truth means telling as it is, as per your understanding, as your senses have perceived. But at the same time, they say, whatever your eyes see is not always the truth. In other words, the truth can change from person to person, based on their situation, their perceptions and their pre-conceived notions.

However, the real TRUTH, the spiritual TRUTH is absolute. It is not relative to your perceptions, to your situation or your senses. It IS as is. It is eternal – that which never born or die. It refers to your Consciousness, your Awareness – the Absolute Omnipresent Eternal Conscious Blissful TRUTH.

There are three realms – The “TRUTH”, the “False” and the “Myth”. The TRUTH is ever present, eternal. TRUTH never changes with time – it was, is and will always remain the same. The False never exists. Something like a horn on human head or a flying fish. The myth is something which was not there before, only appears to be in the middle and then again ceases to exist in the end. Myth is something that is always in the state of flux, continuously changing and moving towards its end. It is like a dream – which doesn’t exist in reality, but appears to be true in the middle (while dreaming), but ceases to exist in the end.

Myth is something like human body, or any object of the world, or this world itself. It is evident by the scriptures, by the history and by our own experience that this ever changing world is nothing more than a Myth. All of this is Maya, the Myth – mere play of senses. It is not the Truth.

While conducting in the world, there are three domains - “This”, “That” and “I”. “This” and “That” pertains to other objects and other people, but “I” pertains to the Observer himself. The Observer, who perceives. All the perceptions of “This” and “That” are ever changing and hence, the myth. However, the Observer (“I”) remains the same. The childhood has passed, the adolescence has gone, youth is passing by, the old age will also pass, however, “I”, the one who is experiencing these stages, the experiencer himself will remain the same. That “I”, your true Self is the “TRUTH”.

The true seeker seeks that spiritual, eternal and ever present TRUTH by realizing which a being gets blessed; by realizing which the being gets emancipation while living (not after death); by realizing which all doubts are evaporated and no more question is left; by realizing which the coveted state of deep peace and bliss is attained.