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UNITY WAY

August 3, 2003

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Search for the Truth: Hunger and Fulfillment

By Andrei Yashurin

We started with a statement that seeking nature is built 
within each individual. Hunger among humans is universal. 
At first it looks like this hunger has to with the outside 
things - money, possessions, power and influence, 
achievements, relationships, and so on. But, as we grow 
and mature, it becomes clear that at the root of those 
superficial desires lies in one fundamental urge for 
the ultimate Truth and Meaning. We find that the statement 
of Jesus is profoundly true:

"Man shall not live by bread alone (or, what the manifested 
world may offer), but by every word that proceeds out of 
the mouth of God (living ideas what come from the only 
Source)" (Matthew 4:4).

There is "the bread which comes down from heaven", "the hidden 
manna" we all may partake to be fully alive and fulfilled - 
the Truth of God. As we search for it, we shall discover it, 
no matter what could be our obstacles, for in our quest we 
are guided by the Spirit which knows no limitations. In all 
nations, in all religious groups, among all social classes, 
in all ages, every sincere seeker of the Truth finds it. 
To think otherwise would mean to restrict the Creator 
to human boundaries and to call God a liar.

"Or what man is there of you, if his son asks a loaf, will 
he give him a stone?"
Matthew 7:9

This saying shows us another important aspect of the Truth: 
it is not static or dead. It is alive - that's why it is 
life-giving.   

Stones can be likened to religious and philosophical 
dogmas - crystallized thoughts of individuals who became 
authority figures for their followers. Because of great 
spiritual achievements of those people, now they are looked 
at with great reverence and admiration - up to the point where 
others are encouraged to accept their revelations as final 
and complete. Let us not fall into this trap. Stones are 
not bread. They may be a good weapon (remember the story 
of David killing Goliath), but they cannot give nourishment. 

Bread represents living substance - the one which feeds us, 
enabling us to grow. 

Have you ever thought that a request "give us this day our 
daily bread" from the Lord's Prayer could mean more than 
asking for natural provision? Do you see that unless people 
are fed by true spiritual understanding, they get hungry - 
in the deepest meaning of this word?

Bread represents new opportunities of learning which God 
constantly presents to each individual. Truth becomes real 
for us only when we apply it for solving of problems and 
dealing with challenges. Unless our understanding undergoes 
a throughout practical test, we cannot confidently say that 
it is authentic. In the realm of Truth, there is no place 
for idle dreamers and talkers. 

Truth is not a toy, it is a tool.
Truth is given not for amusement, but as an instrument for 
building of our lives.
Truth is not to be worshiped, it is to be put to work.

All those who hunger and thirst, shall be filled. Therefore, 
hunger proves to be among greatest blessings we may 
experience. Somebody said that completely satisfied person 
is a complete failure, and I tend to agree. None of us 
achieved all that is possible for us, no matter what our 
past and current successes could be. There should be no 
halts in our progressive development. We strive, we reach 
out upward and forward, and find the fulfillment. And then, 
we are ready to strive and reach out again - at a new level.

"In My Father's house are many mansions" (John 14:2), said 
Jesus. In other words, in the realm of God's Kingdom there 
are many levels on which we can experience Truth. Starting 
from where we are now, we may go higher. Our journey is 
eternal - just as God is eternal. 

"I believe that the ultimate truth about the world and about 
you and about me is so great and wonderful that whatever I may 
think it to be, it is yet more", writes James Dillet 
Freeman, expressing the same idea in a beautiful way.  

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