​The Path from Fact to Truth: Understanding the Spirit of Truth!

​In our journey to understand the universe and our place within it, we often stumble over two words we think are the same: Facts and Truths. However, distinguishing between them is the first step toward spiritual maturity.

​The Foundation: Facts vs. Truths

​A fact is a discrete piece of objective data. It is verifiable, measurable, and indisputable. For example, it is a fact that water freezes at 0°C. Facts are the "building blocks" of knowledge, but they are often isolated.

​Truth, on the other hand, is a more comprehensive realization of reality. It involves the interpretation of facts and a deeper understanding of how they relate to the whole. While a fact tells us "what" happened, truth explains the "why" and the "so what."

You can have a pile of facts without ever reaching the truth, but you cannot reach a valid truth if your underlying facts are wrong. Truth provides the meaning that organizes data into a coherent narrative of reality.

​The Promise of the Spirit of Truth

​In the Gospel of John, specifically during the "Upper Room Discourse" (John 14–16), Jesus promised his disciples that after his departure, he would send the Spirit of Truth. This "Advocate" or "Comforter" was sent to guide humanity into all truth.

​Theologically, this transition was essential. While Jesus was on Earth in the flesh, his physical presence was limited by time and space. By returning to the Universal Father and sending the Spirit, the divine presence became a universal endowment available to every person on Earth simultaneously. It shifted religion from an external following of a leader to an internal, personal experience within the mind and soul of the individual.

​Expanded Revelation: The Urantia Perspective

​The Urantia Book provides a more technical and expansive explanation of this spiritual gift. It identifies the Spirit of Truth as the literal personal spirit presence of Michael of Nebadon (Jesus). This is a "super-endowment" bestowed upon all normal-minded human beings on the day of Pentecost.

​Unlike traditional views that might see this gift as reserved for a specific group, the Urantia papers clarify that it is a universal gift to "all flesh." Its primary role is to "spiritualize" the human mind, taking the historical facts of Jesus’s life and transforming them into living, spiritual truths. It acts as an internal compass that resonates when a person encounters genuine value.

​Furthermore, it works in coordination with the Thought Adjuster—the fragment of the Universal Father that dwells within us. While the Adjuster guides from within, the Spirit of Truth surrounds the mind, creating a spiritual atmosphere that makes it easier for us to choose the divine will and destroy the "spirit of bondage" and fear.

​Why We Struggle to See the Truth?

​If we are "spirit-surrounded" by the Spirit of Truth and the Thought Adjuster, why do so many struggle to recognize spiritual reality? The barriers are not in the divine signal, but in the human "receiver."

​1. The Sovereignty of Free Will

The most fundamental barrier is that these spiritual forces are non-coercive. They respect human autonomy. If a person persistently chooses purely material or selfish pursuits, these spirits remain silent. The "door of the heart" must be opened from the inside.

​2. Intellectual and Emotional Clutter

A mind full of rigid dogmas, prejudices, or intellectual pride has no room for new truth. Truth requires humility. Additionally, chronic fear and anxiety act as "insulation," drowning out the "still, small voice" of spiritual guidance.

​3. The Animal Heritage

Our physical brains are evolutionary and tuned for survival. This "material gravity" makes it difficult to focus on the unseen. Shifting focus from facts to truths requires a conscious effort to overcome this biological inertia and the defensiveness of the ego.

4. The Overworking of Envy

Personal envy and prejudices prevent to recognize truths or avoid information that leads to truths. For example when you see this blog of mine the envious mind tries to distract you by posing this question: "How does this fellow, Rajan C Mathew, know all these? Is he smarter and more knowledgeable than us? What does he know about the Bible? What's this ' Kooranshya' he keeps writing about? He shouldn't be allowed to become known as an author. No question of reading, liking or sharing what he writes."

​4. The Lack of Sincere Desire

Truth-recognition is directly proportional to truth-seeking. The Spirit of Truth is like a constant radio broadcast; the signal is perfect, but we must tune the receiver. Without a sincere hunger to know the Father’s will, the spiritual mechanism remains unfelt.

​My dear friends, ​the Spirit of Truth ensures that no individual is ever truly "orphaned." 

It is a living teacher that remains relevant to every generation, ensuring that revelation is never a "dead letter" of the past but a living experience of the present. 

By understanding the difference between the facts of the world and the truths of the spirit, we can begin to remove the mental barriers that prevent us from experiencing our true relationship with the Creator.

മതങ്ങളിലെ സത്യവും അസത്യവും മനസ്സാക്ഷി നടത്തിപ്പും!

ഇന്ന് മലയാളത്തില്‍ ഒരു ലേഖനം എഴുതണമെന്ന് വിചാരിച്ചിരിക്കയായിരുന്നു. എഴുതാന്‍ വിചാരിച്ച കാര്യത്തില്‍ മറ്റു ബ്ലോഗ്‌ എഴുത്തുകാര്‍ എന്ത് പറയുന്നു എന്ന് ഒന്ന് സേര്‍ച്ച്‌ ചെയ്തു.

അപ്പോള്‍ വളരെ ജ്ഞാനമുള്ള ഒരു മലയാള മത പണ്ഡിതന്‍ കാര്യ കാരണ സഹിതം വിശദമായി എഴുതിയ ഒരു വലിയ ബ്ലോഗ്‌ സൈറ്റ്‌ കാണാന്‍ ഇടയായി.

ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികളുടെ ബൈബിളും അതിലെ ഉള്ളടക്കവും അതിലെ സത്യവും അസത്യവും തെറ്റുകളും ഒക്കെ വിശദമായി പ്രതിപാദിക്കുന്ന ധാരാളം പേജുകള്‍.

ഈ ബ്ലോഗിന്റെ തുടക്കം തന്നെ 'യാഹ് വെ' എന്ന ലേഖനമാണ്. 

ലേഖകന്റെ വിശദമായ പ്രതിപാദനത്തോട് അനുകൂലിച്ചും പ്രതികൂലിച്ചും ധാരാളം പ്രതികരണങ്ങള്‍ ചര്‍ച്ച ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.

അതൊക്കെ ഒന്ന് വായിച്ചു പോയപ്പോള്‍ ഞാനും ഇങ്ങനെ പ്രതികരിച്ചു:

ഈ ഭൂമിയുടെ മാത്രമല്ല, സര്‍വ പ്രപഞ്ചത്തിന്റെയും ഉത്‌പത്തിയും നിലനില്‍പ്പും കാരണഭൂതനായ ദൈവം ആണ് എല്ലാത്തിന്റെയും മൂല ശ്രോതസ്. ആ ദൈവം ആണ് സകലത്തിന്റെയും പിതാവായ ദൈവം. പിതാവായ ദൈവം ആദിയും അന്തവും ഇല്ലാത്ത മഹാശക്തിയും എല്ലാ ശക്തിയുടെയും ഉറവിടവും ആണ് എന്ന് ഒരുവിധം എല്ലാ പ്രധാന മതങ്ങളും ഒരുപോലെ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു. 

എന്നാല്‍ ഇപ്രകാരം അനന്തനായ പിതാവായ ദൈവത്തെ പൂര്‍ണ്ണമായി അറിയാന്‍ പരിമിതികള്‍ ഉള്ള മനുഷ്യര്‍ക്ക്‌ സാധിക്കുകയില്ല. അത് കാരണം മനുഷന്റെ ദൈവ സങ്കല്പങ്ങള്‍ കാല കാലങ്ങളായി പരിണാമപ്പെട്ടു വരുന്നു. അറിവും ബുദ്ധിയും കൂടുന്നത് അനുസരിച്ച് കൂടുതല്‍ കൂടുതലായി ദൈവത്തെ ഉള്‍ക്കൊള്ളാന്‍ മനുഷ്യനു കഴിഞ്ഞെന്നു വരാം. എന്നാല്‍ ആ അറിവ് ഒരിക്കലും പരിപൂര്‍ണ്ണമായി വരികയില്ല. മഹാ സമുദ്രത്തെ ഒരു ഗ്ലാസില്‍ ഉള്‍ക്കൊള്ളാന്‍ കഴിയില്ലല്ലോ.

അപ്പോള്‍ മനുഷ്യര്‍ പല രീതിയില്‍ ഉള്ള അപക്വ ധാരണകള്‍ വച്ചു ദൈവത്തെ അളക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നത് അബദ്ധമെന്നെ പറയാന്‍ സാധിക്കൂ. മത ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളും മനുഷ്യരാല്‍ തന്നെ രചിക്കപ്പെട്ടതാണ്. മനുഷ്യന് ഗ്രഹിക്കാന്‍ പാകത്തില്‍ ഉള്ള ചില ദൈവിക വെളിപാടുകള്‍ ഈ ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളില്‍ കാണുമെങ്കില്‍ പോലും മനുഷ്യ ശ്രുഷ്ടി ആയ ഈ ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങള്‍ പരിപൂര്‍ണ സത്യം എന്ന് വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നത് അബദ്ധമാണ് എന്നേ ബുദ്ധിയും വിവേകവുമുള്ള ആധുനിക മനുഷ്യന് കരുതാന്‍ പറ്റൂ. 

അതിനാല്‍ എല്ലാ മനുഷ്യ മതങ്ങളിലും സത്യവും അസത്യവും ഉണ്ട്. സത്യത്തെ തിരിച്ചറിയാന്‍ ദൈവം മനുഷ്യന് കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്ന ദിവ്യ ശക്തിയാണ് അവന്റെ മനസാക്ഷി. മനസാക്ഷിയെ ചിന്താക്രമീകരണന്‍ എന്ന് വേണമെങ്കില്‍ പറയാം. മനുഷ്യന്റെ തനതായ ചിന്തകളെ നേര്‍വഴിക്ക് ആക്കാന്‍ അതി ലോല ശ്രമം നടത്തുന്ന ദൈവത്തിന്റെ സ്വന്തം പൈലറ്റ്‌ ലാമ്പ്‌. എന്നാല്‍ ദൈവം മനുഷ്യന് സ്വയം തീരുമാനങ്ങള്‍ എടുക്കാന്‍ കഴിവ് നല്‍കിയിരിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാല്‍ ദൈവത്തിന്റെ മനുഷ്യ മനസ്സിലെ ചിന്താക്രമീകരണ ശക്തി ഒരിക്കലും മനുഷ്യന് വേണ്ടി തീരുമാനങ്ങള്‍ എടുക്കില്ല. വിനയമുള്ള മനുഷ്യന് ദൈവം വഴി കാട്ടിയായി വര്‍ത്തിക്കും. പണവും സ്വാധീനവും ഉണ്ടാക്കാനല്ല. പിന്നെയോ, സത്യം തിരിച്ചറിയാന്‍ മാത്രം. 

തലക്കനം വര്‍ധിച്ച മനുഷ്യരും അവര്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ മതങ്ങളും അഭിപ്രായ വ്യത്യാസങ്ങളും അടിപിടിയും വിദ്വേഷങ്ങളും ഒക്കെ പെരുക്കി കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കും. സത്യത്തിനും അസത്യത്തിനും വേണ്ടി, സത്യത്തിന്റെ പേരിലും മറ്റു പലതിന്റെ പേരിലും. ദൈവത്തിന്റെ പേരില്‍. ഒരു വീട്ടിലെ മക്കള്‍ അപ്പന്റെ പേരും പറഞ്ഞു അടിയോടടി! കൊള്ളാമോ കാര്യം?  

അന്ധന്മാര്‍ ആനയെ കാണാന്‍ പോയ കഥ കേട്ടിട്ടില്ലേ?

ആരുടേയും ബുദ്ധിയെയും  വിവേചന ശക്തിയെയും വിധിക്കാന്‍ ഞാന്‍ ആരുമല്ല.

എന്റെ ചിന്താക്രമീകരണന്‍ [Thought Adjuster] മനസ്സിലാക്കി തന്ന ചില സത്യങ്ങള്‍ എന്റെ സ്വന്തം രീതിയില്‍ എഴുതിയെന്നേ ഉള്ളൂ.

നിങ്ങളുടെ മനസ്സാക്ഷിയുടെ നടത്തിപ്പ് നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് അറിയാന്‍ സാധിക്കുന്നുണ്ടോ സുഹൃത്തെ?

[The above is a brief essay ( in Malayalam language) about understanding truths and untruths in the teachings of human religions with the help of the unique divine power that is available with every normal human being- the Thought Adjuster and about the essential prerequisite for differentiating the divine guidance from egoistic self thoughts arising out of human intelligence and biases]

Would It Be Practically Possible To Live In This World Doing God's Will ? Any Benefits ?

Before answering those questions, let me tell you some fundamentals that my favorite book of divine revelation taught me. Note that some of these fundamentals have been known to human kind for the last hundreds of years or perhaps even thousands of years. But at the same time, I consider it very important that we recapitulate some of the key knowledge pieces once again. Please go through the following and see whether they match with your concepts fully or partially:

1. The material universes as we know today comprising of our planet earth, our solar system, our galaxy and millions of other such galaxies and dark bodies all came into existence at some point of time billions of years ago as physical or perceivable or visible energy and matter due to an act of some intelligent mind which existed beforehand. At that moment of time, space and history as we know today also came into existence. Time before that , which we cannot comprehend is called eternal time.

2. There existed only one pre-existent energy not comprehensible to us, which we may denote as spiritual energy and one infinite mind energy pervading over this spiritual energy forming an infinite Personality and certain intelligent creative actions of this infinite Personality that happened, during the eternal times. About the creative actions that happened during eternal times, we have only vague ideas. The Original Infinite Mind or Personality that has been existing eternally is our Universal Father God, because we all exist in life, intelligence and personality due to Him. From Him all things and personalities came in to existence later.

3. During eternal times, the Universal Father God created other Spiritual Personalities like Him and distributed Himself to them his attributes and powers for various purposes including further creative actions. The first eternal personality formed from the Universal Father may be identified as the Eternal Son and the next one as the Infinite Spirit. These three there after acted independently and jointly to create other spiritual personalities and spiritual materials during eternal times. The original three together is God, the Trinity. There are yet other divine beings originating from the original Trinity, who too could be deemed as God for all practical purposes. But it is a wise decision to keep the concept of the Universal Father God in mind whenever we give our reverence to God in general. 

4. All spiritual energy, spiritual material and spiritual gravity are concentrated at the Centre of the Universes that we perceive now as space, though we may not be able to perceive its existence. The abode of the eternal God and his associative spiritual personalities are predominantly in this region. The Universes around it are growing in space and material as a result of the continued creative actions of the God or His high spiritual associates. The fundamental particle that makes up the fundamental material particle, electron, is the ultimaton, which is formed out a pimordial force drawn from the spiritual energy realm. Spiritual energy is predominant (the major constituent) if we take up all energy, spiritual and physical, together.

5. There are innumerable spiritual personalities who exist from eternity or are created later. All of them are immortal beings, unlike beings who are created in physical material by different techniques including we the human beings, who are mortals ( i.e, those who cease to exist in their physical form after some time). 

6. Personality and life of any living being, divine or otherwise, is a direct gift of the Universal Father God.

7. All living beings have a form or body made of either spiritual matter (spiritual beings) or physical matter (material beings) .It is difficult for beings in physical body to perceive or see beings in spiritual form or body under normal circumstances unless they are provided with some special prerogatives. The reverse is also true. But some of the spiritual entities are capable of making their presence perceivable to physical beings while the physical beings do not have any such powers inherent in them.   

8. Both spiritual and material beings require some form of energy, either spiritual or material, for sustaining their lives.

9. Immortals who deviate from perfection can lose their immortality. Similarly, mortals with personality attributes who aspire for perfection by doing the will of God may attain immortality. All mortal material beings and many immortal beings in the lower orders  can be in the presence of the Universal Father God and 'see' Him only if they attain certain perfection levels.

10. God is not a respecter of persons or individuals; He loves everyone impartially and according to His universal laws.

11. All living beings in physical material form do not have God gifted personality attributes. For examples, plants and animals. They exist for a while for certain limited purposes only. But mortals like human beings have God gifted personality attributes which can survive death under certain conditions. According to the universal laws of God, mortals too can gain immortality and become like one of the spiritual personalities of high power and abilities, provided they live according to certain universal laws of God while they live in mortal form. Otherwise they too will perish as plants and animals.

12. Human beings have an additional God gifted power, in addition to life, intelligence and mind, which ensures personality survival even after physical death. This power is called the Thought Adjuster which is a direct gift of God which is equivalent to a micro mind of God Himself. This power resides within the human mind. This spiritual power is the one that compels man to seek God and develop those qualities that are liked by God.

13. When the human mind accepts the feeble leading of the God gifted mind or the Thought Adjuster and live according to that leading, then we can say that this human being is living according to the will of God. All humans who live according to the will of God are likely to survive death and their personalities would survive the physical death to advance to become immortal spiritual personalities.

14. Advancing spiritual personalities such as those human beings who have survived physical death are called the ascending sons of God, unlike those spiritual personalities who have a different kind of origin. The ascending sons of God progress towards perfection through varying levels of universe experiences. When they attain perfection, they would be in the direct presence of God where they are likely to be assigned high responsibilities in the worlds that are under the process of creation or evolutionary progress. During this process of progress in intelligence and mind capacity, they may exist in various forms, while their basic personality remaining intact.

The above are some essential information to be understood. 

Now comes the question of doing the will of God while we live our lives on earth. We may live in any physical condition, rich, poor, privileged, underprivileged, short lived, long lived, with high abilities or with lower abilities, facing problems always or leading a good life always, etc., etc. 

Whatever be the case, we are likely to perish as plants and animals unless we live according to the will of God. We do not require any one's help to know the will of God now as the will of God is perceivable by  us from the Thought Adjuster that is already within our mind.

Now to understand the leading of the Thought Adjuster that is within us, our own mind should not get elated by self importance called our own ego. I think this is a situation we can know our self if we are a bit attentive to our own inner consciousness. 

All human beings are likely to face this difficulty. The moment their own abilities make them elated in mind, they fail to recognize the feeble voice of the God given mind residing deep in their own minds. That causes the danger of not living according to the will of God, while their own mind might justify otherwise.

If this is so, would it be practically possible to live according to the will of God? I think it is possible. Only thing here is that one has to make some conscious efforts not to allow the self importance that develops within the mind to envelop the whole mind subduing even the Thought Adjuster.

Doing the will of God, does not mean that we can live without any errors in our own judgement while we live. Errors do happen in human life, because God has not made us as perfect beings. We humans are imperfect beings in the process of advancement towards perfection. But committing errors always and willfully with no regard to the guidance of the Thought Adjuster is some thing that is regarded as disobeying the will of God.

Those humans who are guided by the will of God exhibit certain qualities.

They are too willing to seek the true God. Their inner self would not accept just any one or any thing as the Universal Father God. For them God is much beyond any human being that they know, however superior they might appear to be. They keep loving and worshiping that God in their mind always and submit to Him for his guidance always.

They also recognize that other human beings are also the children of God and they too have the God given power of the Thought Adjusters residing in their minds. So they love their fellow beings unconditionally.

So, enmity, envy, hatred and selfishness have no place in their minds. While they pray to God, they pray for the well being of all and not  for only their selfish needs. They would never try to exploit underprivileged human beings. They would use their abilities to be of some use to others. In other words, those who are living according to the will of God are willing to serve others.

Material and physical well being, though important, are not the priority for such humans. They seek to develop themselves to attain spiritual progress so that they could be in the presence of God some time.

They know that those who do not do the will of God are going to perish for ever, even when some of them may appear as very successful or powerful humans on earth. So they do not have any anger towards such people, but only sympathies. They understand the meaning of what Jesus taught some 2000 years ago: If one gains the whole world, what good it for him, when he is losing his life ?

Those who live according to the will of God would not like to live as lazy or foolish beings. They know pretty well that their God given abilities are to be used wisely for the benefit of their world in some way or the other.

Those who are doing the will of God realize what is the true will of God. They will not create situations where those who do not do the will of God become more and more successful in perpetuating their deeds.

They will not force their ideas on others, even while they are willing to give good advice and possible help to those who seek it. They realize pretty well that each and every human being has a God given free will intelligence to adopt right or wrong  or good or bad.

They would not encourage others to praise them and adore them for whatever good qualities or capabilities they posses, because they know that they are humble humans like all others and only God is to be adored and worshiped. But at the same time they understand the mature way of honoring , respecting and loving others.

They will never use their abilities and powers for the purpose of their own pleasure or satisfaction. Neither those who work for them are their slaves, nor for whom they work are their gods. They will never ever exploit the weak nor they would be sycophants for personal gains. 

They are not zealots to deny any material pleasures, but they know how to indulge in those wisely so that they seldom create any harm to either themselves or to others. 

They know how to use their God given intelligence and wisdom. They would never close their minds to any new idea or knowledge, because that they know is important for progress. In other words, they are broadminded. They are open to criticisms, but would not argue endlessly to push their ideas on others. 

They know religion is essentially a personal experience of knowing God and developing in spiritual growth. While recognizing all religions as some man made arrangements for realizing the love of God they appreciate all religions and faiths but would not allow the errors of those religions and faiths to disturb their personal spiritual convictions. They are perpetual seekers of God. 

My dear reader, do you think it very difficult to live according to the will of God ?

Doesn't  your inner mind accept the possibility of the benefits I mentioned ?

Is your intellect refusing to accept what I wrote or try to convince you as rubbish ?

It is wholly up to you decide.

Best wishes.  

READ THIS ONLY IF YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL CURIOSITY !

If you have chosen to read on you are a spiritually curious personality. Religious inquisitiveness comes from the flicker of spirituality that we all have in our minds.

So I wish all success in your endeavour to seek and find truths about true spirituality and true religious faith. May the Almighty God, the First Source and Centre of all Powers in the whole of the Universe who is Our Divine Father bless you abundantly in your efforts to truely seek and love Him thereby move to perfection from the bonds of imperfection in your first level of existence as a living being blessed with a unique personality gifted by the same Divine Father.

As we are all children of this same Divine Father God, we are all from the same ancestry. Since we all have unique personalities we are all different, but our roots are the same!

We all have a God consciousness which is a natural inbuilt mechanism. Just as we have natural instinct to seek our biological father, we do have this instinct to seek our spiritual (by the term spiritual I mean something that is beyond our present sensory levels) father too. Again the degree of the strength of these instincts vary from person to person.

In India, most of the people recognize the existence of a guiding force resident on each individual which guides a person to recognize good from evil.

We Indians frequently refer this as our Inner Voice or 'Anter Atman'( meaning Inner Soul) or Mana Sakshi (meaning witness of the mind). So a person tuned to the guidance of his inner soul knows what is right and what is wrong. This concept is deep rooted in the Indian people with their beliefs predominantly originating from Hinduism.

The Urantia Book has re-inforced the truthfulness of this in a much more assertive and detailed manner. The Urantia Book calls it the Mystery Monitor originating directly from the Universal Father God and tells us that it is a separate entity that is now resident in the minds of all of us on earth and it is also known as our Thought Adjuster.

The Urantia Book treatise on the origin, purpose and work of Thought Adjuster is a vast and highly inspiring source of knowledge. I recommend that you read the Paper dealing with this topic in the Urantia Book itself.

The purpose of this blog is different. For us humans, religion is some thing which takes us to an almost illogical level of consciousness.

We have a religion. We are either a Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Parsi, Jain, Buddhist, Jew or something of that kind. We follow that religion in our efforts to seek God and get blessings from our God. Culture, faith, creeds, customs, history, superstitions and philosophy are all mixed up in our religion and faiths.

If you listen to your inner voice, you can very well separate good and bad from your religion. Unfortunately we normally do not venture into that.

We are too obsessive about our religious faiths and suspicious of all other faiths. Normally we do not even bother to find the essence of our own faith and that of the other faiths is beyond our reach. At least that is the way we treat it.

Let me tell you this. I was born as an Indian Christian. Again, there are large numbers of christian denominations and I being a Christian do not have much idea about all these.

Our religious knowledge is limited and greatly constrained. It is mostly true with my brothers and sisters who are Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and the like.

We are ignorant about our religions. Our own as well as those others around us. And that leads to suspicion and suspicion leads to hatred and mutual distrust. Often this kind of a situation is exploited by vested interests for perpetuating their own agendas.

I have almost reproduced these words from a page of my Urantia India website where I have included brief details and concepts of all the major religions of our world.

In case you feel like reading those click here to visit that page.