Satya- truth

May Ganesh clear our path of all obstacles.

May the Satguru be always seated on our crown.

Welcome and Namaskaar.

We spiritual aspirants should be very particular about using words when describing spiritual terminology. Simple words which are used by people  like - God, truth should not be used vaguely.
As they say words are the thing.
Paramhamsa Yogananda said that Ever new joy is God.
God is the ultimate and absolute Truth, ever auspicious and beautiful.
Dr. Paul Brunton in his book `Hidden teachings beyond yoga' gives the following definition of Truth.
"Truth is that which is beyond all contradictions, Free from all doubt; which is beyond the very
possibility of both.
Beyond the changes and alterations of time and vicissitude, Forever one and the same,
Unalterable and unaltering, Universal and therefore independent of all human ideation."

A beautiful way of expressing the inexpressable.

Related to the abve defination are two stories that have affected me deeply.
The first one I read when I was a kid. The story was from Chandamama (a popular monthly story magazine for children in India). It tells the anecdote of a teacher of a Gurukul, who one day called his students and asked for Gurudakshina.Which was unique in that he asked each pupil to bring to him a stolen article which they have to steal when no one was watching
-Next day all students except one brought a stolen article and deposited it at their Guru's feet. When the only student who was unable to offer the Guru Dakshina was asked and ridiculed why he could not offer even this simple Guru Dakshina he answered, "My apologies for not fulfilling my dharma and offering my Guru Dakshina to you Gurudeva,but try as much as I could, there was no place that was not watched by anyone. When no one else was there watching ,`I' was there to watch.

The Second story is from Ramesh S.Balsekar's book,"Explorations into the eternal" forays into the teachings of Nisargdutt Maharaj Pg.17.
It is a Sufi story-
A Banquet is being given in honour of the king; all assembled Guests are seated according to rank, and only one chair remains vacant awaiting the arrival of the king. At this point a ragged Sufi fakir walks in and sits in the chair reserved for the king. The chief minister is very upset, angrily approaches the fakir and the following dialogue takes place.
C.M-How dare you sit in that chair? Are you an important minister even senior to me?
Fakir-No, I am more than that.
C.M- Are you the king?
Fakir- No,I am more than that.
C.M-Are you the prophet?
Fakir- No,I am more than that.
C.M- Then are you God?
Fakir- No, I am more than that.
C.M-(Horrified)-How can you say that? more than God, there is nothing.
Fakir-Yes, and I am that nothing.