Page 59 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 5

THE VIRTUE OF TRUTH
There cannot be different goals for us to strive for, there cannot be more than one person to whom we are oriented as Guru, there cannot be allegiance to more than one path and there cannot be an idea of having more than one God. Truthfulness in following these practices is of paramount importance if we are to realise the true nature of Reality.
In order to train ourselves in the spiritual field it is necessary that proper and correct information is collected before making any assessment. It in this regard we have been asking the aspirants and trainers to gather the data of the aspirants in the several proforma. Whether or not we like that information is relevant: the quality and integrity of the information is what counts. What we need is integrity of data and the willingness to operate with it. It is essential to understand that reality is not necessarily going to be the way we wish things to be or the way they seem to be; reality is the way things actually are.
Honest living many times reduces us to the condition of living at the lowest level in Maslow's 48