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The Elusive Obvious (The Sanatana)
– Sri K.C.Narayana
When some thing which we say is proved as wrong and we find ourselves exposed we often meet it with denial, blame, and when inevitable excuses. When we do not know, by consciously being aware of that we can avoid passing on something that is fraud as certainty. This internal decision is the criteria for Truth and is essential to be maintained strictly in sadhana.
Some thoughts can construct certainty where it does not exist. There are few absolutes but many more are merely presumed: though they are held in common in a group or society. For instance, we will all die. Another absolute is that freedom is not more or less based on one's awareness of it. When one insists that something imaginary is real, one can be standing in a pure river feeling thirsty and even leave the river to go to quench the painful thirst in a desert. This is how I feel about persons who are in this path and have the taste of the Real Ultimate for some moments at least, feeling that they are not having the real experience they should have. They have 342
