realization of Truth

REALIZATION OF TRUTH The only ones who can succeed in the search for truth are those who forsake everything else and give themselves up to it entirely when it comes before them. The human mind is a mirror of reality. Everyone knows the function of a mirror: it reproduces the image of anything that is in front of it. The image it produces corresponds precisely to the reflected object, leaving nothing out and adding nothing of itself. so, it is with the human mind. When reality is placed before this mirror, it is reproduced exactly. The image of truth reflected in the human mind is the same as that which stands before it. it recognizes the truth for what it is and accepts it as such. This being the case, why does truth come before many people, yet they fail to accept it? The answer to this question is that it is always personal attachments and commitments that prevent one from accepting the truth. There can be no reason to deny the truth; those who do so are motivated by their attachment to something else, preventing them from attaching themselves to the truth. The image will be obscured if a third object is placed between a mirror and the thing meant to be reflected. so, it is with truth and the human mind. if something else comes in between the two, then the image of truth that should be cast onto the mind becomes obscured. Therefore, nothing must be allowed to come in between oneself and truth: