The Great Quest for Truth:
The Quest for Truth begins at the moment of birth with the struggle for life in strange surroundings. Bewildered by the expulsion from the dark, watery nourishing home of the Womb into the starkly lighted harsh external world with a violent push and the severance of the vital link with the sharp blade of the knife, the newborn cries out for air to breathe and nourishment to hang on to life. The initial struggle for life ends with the tender and loving hugs from the mother who forgets her labor pains to welcome God's gift of the bundle of joy, throbbing with life and demanding ever more care and attention which she is always willing to give. In return, the child rewards the mother with warmth and a joyful life and its first words "amma", "maa".
Our struggle for life and with life continues for decades without our understanding the Truth behind our lives: what is this thing called life that we are living, what is the purpose of our life, where are we going as the years fly past us and finally, who is it that is living this life. Who is this "I" that claims my life and determines how it should be lived, who shouts with joy at successes and cries with pain at failures? The puzzle becomes more complicated with age and we despair at the absence of answers satisfactory to the "I" who poses the questions and rejects the answers given by other wise men.
Until one Wise Sage appears on the scene and tells us plainly: your quest for the Truth shall end only when your questions cease and you look inside yourself and experience who you are. 'That thous art', you have learned from the sacred scriptures; the moment you experience the truth of this statement, you have truly realized and there is nothing more to learn or know.
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