Truth

The Truth is always fresh, enlivening and new, like a "fountain of living water".  It is never a rehash of old understandings; though it may be a transformation of old understandings into a new level of consciousness. It is a deliverance from the egoistic state of mind: me, mine, my problems, my fears, etc. It is profoundly liberating in a way unmatched by anything else in the world. It is within and beyond all of us, though some seem so far away from it that none of its Light seems to be getting to them or shining within them. These are those who do the most evil in the world, thinking that they are right. Jesus prayed for them, and all of us in our unawakened state, when He prayed "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." How could we describe the acts of incredible violence, war, genocide, torture, greedy deception and abuse that we have enacted against our own human brothers as anything but "insane"?  Think, if you don't mind feeling some profound sadness, of all the earth's resources and precious mind-energy and young human lives that have been wasted in warfare and the preparation for war. When and how does this insanity end? By awakening to the Truth of Jesus the Christ. We can deny, ignore, numb ourselves with material pursuits, entertainment, trying to have fun, sex, drugs, etc. But when we come up out of all those distractions and look hard for Truth, we find it in the One Who said "I am the Truth.." And if we have enough enlightenment in us, we will submit to the "Light of the world" and become one with It, thereby discovering our true place in the universe. This is, as previously stated, a profound liberation.