The consciousness of externality and internality cannot be simultaneous, even as darkness and light do not exist in the same place. Therefore, the contention that it is possible to combine action with Absolute Knowledge is only the prattle of the ignorant. The Upanishads have constantly declared that true Knowledge is obtained through renunciation of all external functions and through meditation on the Absolute. The Brahma Varishtha, therefore, is one who has realised Brahman and whose action consists in Self-Knowledge preceded by renunciation of external consciousness. The Atman is beheld within in the form of light and purity by the austere ones who are freed from all kinds of sins.
Truth is adherence to fact whether absolute or relative.
It is proceeding along the way of the unity of existence. Relatively it takes the form of acting in conformity with facts that are experienced through the process of individual knowledge. Absolutely, it is living in the light of the fact that Existence is absolute and indivisible. Falsehood is the opposite of truth, and is the result of clinging to the falsehood of individuality. Truth is the way of disintegrating the individual personality through presentation of the good and not the pleasant.