BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

106. BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH
Loving adorations to revered and beloved Holy Master Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj in
whose spiritual presence we have the supreme blessedness of gathering together in an inner
spiritual fellowship day by day upon our glorious journey to the realisation of Reality—which
liberates us forever from this lesser existence, limited in time and space, bound within the confines
of the body and mind processes!
The many find their oneness in their one non-dual Source. The many find their oneness in
their one non-dual, illimitable inner support and substratum. And, the many find their oneness in the
final consummation of existence when all manifested names and forms and appearances are
withdrawn and dissolved and merge into the cosmic Source.
This means that oneness alone is the true fact of existence. This means that oneness alone is
the truth of our seemingly separated and variegated being in this outer phenomenal earth plane. This
also means that all manifestations and movements that tend to emphasise separation, difference, are
contrary to this truth, contrary to this supreme cosmic fact.
We deny a great spiritual reality, a spiritual fact, a great divine truth when we see difference,
feel difference and act in a way based upon this erroneous feeling of difference. Where there is a
feeling of higher and lower, greater and lesser, I and you, superior and inferior, there this great
cosmic truth is contradicted and there arises disharmony, discord, clash and the entire range of
negative feelings and experiences, not only in the individual concerned but all around that
individual. For each individual is a centre of influence that imparts something to the environment
where one lives, moves and has one’s being.
It is up to us, therefore, either to be unwise and become a centre of disharmony and discord
or, to be wise, to be true to the great fact of our being and become what St. Francis of Assisi would
have us become—a centre of understanding, consolation, sympathy, love, unity, and harmony, all
that is positive and divine. What greater good fortune and glory could there be? What greater

blessedness and privilege could there be than to be a centre of all that is positive, auspicious,
beautiful and blessed—in essence a centre of Divinity.
This is precisely beloved and worshipful Master’s vision of life. This is precisely the ideal
life that he would wish one and all of us to adopt and to live, thus affirming the truth of our being
rather than contradicting it. We have come here to beautify the earth where there is enough of that
which is contrary to such beauty. As we go along the highway of life on this wondrous journey
towards divine perfection, liberation and illumination, we are meant to sow seeds that can flower
into fragrant blossoms.
It is given to each one of us through our life to make this world a beautiful garden of God if
we will but go along this way called the journey of life as sowers of seeds that will bring forth
beautiful, fragrant blossoms that make the atmosphere sweet, add a joyous colour to it, and become
a source of rejoicing to all those who behold it.
Let each day be to us a day of such sowing that brings forth beauty and fragrance and joy.
Each thought that you allow to emanate from your mind is a seed that flowers. Each sentiment that
you allow to arise in your heart is another seed that can bring about a fragrant flower if it is a feeling,
a sentiment, an emotion, that is sublime, that is true to your reality.
Let the spiritual children of God, let the spiritual family of Swami Sivanandaji be indeed
such a fellowship that as it goes along life’s highway it sows the seeds of thoughts, feelings,
sentiments and attitudes that become innumerable blossoms that will make this earth a beautiful
garden of God basking fragrance everywhere. That is the beauty of life. That is the privilege of our
being here, and it is indeed the true purpose of our being here—to lead a life that is truly divine, that
is truly an outer expression of satyam, sivam and sundaram, an expression of the truth,
auspiciousness and beauty that is our eternal, unchanging, essential nature.
May we grasp this supreme privilege with both our hands and rejoice in bringing about in
this garden of God sweetness, fragrance, beauty, colour and joy. This indeed is the great mission in
life for each and every one of us.
How easy indeed it is to choose the lesser, easier path. How difficult indeed is the choice to
live Reality. How wise it is to choose the difficult, that which is auspicious, blessed and beautiful
rather than to stoop low and opt for the little, the petty, the alpa, and thus miss this great
opportunity, this golden chance—forfeit this great privilege.
Therefore, may you all be strong, wise and determined. May you shine with Divinity,
express and manifest Divinity alone and thus fulfil your divine destiny. Go forward with a
determination and joy in bearing witness to the divinity of the ever-present Reality. Go forward
with strength and wisdom and make this life of yours a great source of blessedness and oneness,
unity and harmony in this world in which you are passing through.
This indeed is the immediate task before each and every one of us. This indeed is that which
imparts a grand, glorious higher meaning to our life. This indeed is that which gives a purpose that
makes life worth living each moment day by day.

This is the greatest adoration that we can offer to the Divine. Live your life divinely and
rejoice in this golden opportunity to make your life an adoration and offering to God and to guru.
God bless you all!
Touchstones
In all levels where you express yourself as life, the living of life, ask yourself: “Am I living
my life— physically, mentally, culturally, morally, spiritually—in a way that makes me move from
the unrealities of fanciful imaginations unto the reality of actual Divinity? On all these levels, am I
living, thinking, acting and moving from unrealities unto Reality, from darkness unto Light, from
death and rebirth unto Immortality? In my totality, in the integrated, holistic way of living my life,
am I fulfilling this great movement?” This is the touchstone.
Ask yourself constantly. As your answer to this question is, so is the quality of your life and
the outcome of your life.