The enlightened Yogis knew only partial truth, because there is nothing called whole truth. Krishna and Buddha had the partial truth, not the ultimate, because there is no ultimate
Truth has no limit and therefore it holds no meaning. Hindu Sanatan mystics say “Pragyanam Brahma” or knowledge is the truth. They have also said “Tattomasi” or you are that. In my little understanding of the Sanatan Hindu belief system, this whole universe is a tiny part of that truth—the Pragyanam Brahma. Pragya cannot be limited to this universe alone. It is ever-expanding and the universe is expanding with the knowledge gained through ages. Similarly, we the earthlings are the depository of the universal knowledge. For that matter, every object in this universe is the depository of knowledge. The only difference is that, being with the larger brain (frontal cortex) has a larger depository vault while beings with smaller brain size have smaller vault, but every being is a knowledge deposit.
One may question, what about water, stone, mud, trees and plants? How can they be the part of the “Pragya”? But for me they are also the part of universal knowledge and are knowledge bank. For example, if you sow a seed of a maple tree, it will bear only the maple tree not an apple tree. The seed has a memory of a tree within it. If you cut a branch of some plant and transplant it, it will again grow into a same tree, which is to say, they all have memory power. Similarly, water becomes vapor, ice and water again, because it retains the element of water whatever form it is in.
The bitter truth of life
In my understanding of reality, the enlightened Yogis knew only the partial truth, because there is nothing called whole truth. Krishna or Buddha, they also had the partial truth, not the ultimate, because there is no ultimate. The popular meaning of the word, absolute truth is that, “whatever you see I also see”. It is the same for everybody, while relative truth is that, “what you are seeing from your perspective may not be the same from where I am seeing it”. There is no space for contradiction in absolute truth while relative truth is relative to your knowledge and understanding. Relative truth is more toward objects and our sense organs, while absolute truth is the reflection of mind which keeps changing all the time.
In the literal meaning of the word, change is the only absolute, but by the very meaning of the word “change”, it is not absolute and changing every moment. And what brings change? The ever-expanding “knowledge” or “pragya”. This universe will not progress if we are stuck into one “absolute”. There will be no point for this universe to exist and no progress will be achieved if it is stuck to the one absolute. The universe exists because of the expanding knowledge, not only of human, but of all the beings in this universe. Therefore, every being and every object in this world needs to be respected for the respective knowledge that they carry and through which the universe is progressing.
For new things to happen, there should be something to ignite the old order. Here, I remember Shiv Puran, “for every new idea or an object to be born there should be a collision/friction between two objects”, like two stone being rubbed together for generating fire. The electric charges in the sky helps to generate friction in the sky and brings rain, similarly, the firing of electrodes in our brain helps to ignite the ever-present consciousness (the Shiv tattoo) within us which sets it into motion and ideas are thus generated. The ignition is the cause of the will power or desire or “Laxmi tattoo” that is within us and which actually is at the core of this creation “Ekohum Bahusyama”, or I am one, I want to be many.
That is why our Earth is so special, where every object is electrically charged. Other beings on Earth need to be stimulated by some force to ignite the electrodes in their brain, where as human has that power to fire electrodes whenever we want. By utilizing this power human can go further into the mystery of this universe.
