We human have the ability to understand life in wider scope. We have the senses, an evolved mind and also an intellect mind. so, it’s a great opportunity to be human. But a person is said to be human when he is truthful. ‘Truth’ is as simple as a “White board” until anything is written on it. So, to be a human it is necessary to know, what truth is ?.
According to “Bhagwat Gita” our soul is the truth. One day our body has to go but our soul will remain as it is. It’s a painful thing to become a truthful human because truth is sometime very cruel, sour, hard and sometime indigestibles. And to face these things a person has to walk on an impasse full of thorns and ember.
The “Panchatatwa” or the five elements such as Fire(agni), Air(waayu), water(jal), Earth(dharti), Sky(akaash) of which our body is made off describes about the truth or truthfulness they have. The elements of “Panchjanya” are the final truth whose realization leads towards the attainment of “Moksh”. They teach us what “Ultimate Truth” is and why a person is required to know to become a human.
Fire(agni) is the purest element. It makes everything free from impurities. Even in Ramayana it has been described during Sitas’ Chasity test or in Mahabharata at the time of Draupadis’ birth. Air(waayu) the second element which is consumed even during fasting. Without air not even the non-living organism can survive, is the truth which can’t be ignored. Water(jal) is tasteless and transparent but still we can’t survive without it. Even a single drop of water can do the job of glass of water. Earth(dharti), Which is greater than our biological mother. Where we come , stay and go and get full of independence for all the activities, is the truth which is as clear as water. Sky(Akash), Who is said to be like our father in Hindu mythology. Which stays above from all the elements and provide shelter to every unit. These are sometime very useful but sometime very disastrous. Being disastrous for these element is valid because the harm which we cause to them is really a matter of concern.
Knowledge of the importance of these five elements can be achieved with an intellect mind which evolves in our evolved mind. If a person is not able to know these truth in his lifetime then he/she will know it at the time of his death, just like as it happened in Mahabharata. We human sometime are very indifferent towards other things. As we think if it’s not related to us then why to bother but the fact is we are unaware of the fact that we are inter dependent on each other and with our past. The “karma Yoga” first chapter of Bhagwat Gita had said that whatever a person is today is just because of his work done in past. Swami Vivekananda said- today whatever we are is just because we have wished it in past.
Lies, fraud, greed, anger are the impurities which restricts a person in becoming a human. Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Ramakrishna Paramhansha were the persons , who have been able to become a truthful human because they have accepted the ‘Truth’.
It’s little bit lighter to be truthful for human beings because the quality to be a human can be best utilized by a human being only. An animal can’t think why killing a person unnecessary is a sin, how escaping a single lie gives birth to thousands of more, why an arrogant attitude is the tree of destruction and why an anger is devils’ workshop. So, if consumption of truth is made on an tasteless base then the person will be truthful, which will automatically make him to be human.
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