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of truth rather than the teaching of ideology or custom. A commitment to truth means first that the moral society (like ours) always takes the side of truth, in so far as its leaders can understand what is true. A society or individual dedicated to truth faces reality rather than obscures it. The members of such a society or Satsangh strive to escape from the childish beliefs of young children or the uneducated, beliefs that rely on little more than tradition supported by untested and untestable pseudo facts.
Honest people are those who act, speak, and live in terms of the truth as they understand it and diligently try to discover the truth when they are unsure. Therefore, the scientist, or the non ideological researcher in any field, is the most moral of people. Research and teaching according to the best available knowledge is consequently one of the most moral of professions. It is pertinent to point out that our beloved Master wanted his system to be recognized as a science and desired that our approach should be scientific and encouraged
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