Of Truth and Inspiration

Of Truth and Inspiration

O Almighty, fill me with the Kabir’s love

For him love and concern for truth was everything.

He did himself away from all prejudices

And also from all envies and avarices.

He was quite bold to speak mind loud

May be that not well appreciated by fools.

He become a light for vast humanity in those dark times,

Became a role model for many with his path less travelled.

He did his best to strengthen the commoners,

And imparted practical approach to life instead of mythological sums.

Life is very simple but is contrived into complexity

So many gods, rituals, worship methods & priests to explicate.

It can be lived straight without need of middlemen,

who just see their interests in all activities of client men.

Admittedly forefathers were sages and quite wise,

and pious in hearts & minds while devising some systems.

But rules were added later which seem quite knowingly

to keep some sections’ hold on vast majority of persons.  

Might be rituals were devised to utilize resources for them

Gifts to the priests and the feast for families.

Theirs is demand always on many occasions

and by their explanations, survival is sure.

But that facility of clientage was not available to all

And a section remained aloof from mainstream.

Neither temples nor scriptures were in its rescue

and it simply remained backward, credulous to be victim.

Ignorance of body & mind, and away from good knowledge

not much benefit to them from advancements going on.

Though there were some exceptions coming at all times

but most remained aloof from light of truth due to forces imposed.

Many superstitious and believing in several gods

Aloof of nature’s knowledge or inventions occurring near them.

Just busy in the affairs not so significant

though felt bad due to rigidities, but bore the brunt all.

The low professions were marked for them

And no escape possible even with no willingness.

Force was ready to act on refusals to tasks foretold

and quite mean to suppress souls due to housing sense of low karma. 

Life was hard to them with no religiosity in the rescue

Though all mainstream religions talk for general masses.

Some of them were trying hard to mortify men’s avenues

and unburden their souls by preaching noble thoughts.

Remotely possible such facilities, though some solace at times,  

And some compassion at occasions from kind hearted or sages.

But definitely this was not sufficient for those masses

they needed some rescuer from among them who talks like them.

So Kabir and Ravidas became symbols coming out of ignorance

Attained the knowledge required and had courage to dare.

Challenging the draconian customs and rigidities of inequalities,

they professed of no difference between the humanities.

Almighty’s compassion is available to all whosoever one may be

So cast away all inequalities and treat all as family beings.

There is no necessity to feel difference of any kind

and filled courage in people and spiritualized in real sense.

They searched God in selves with focus on supreme Truth

And tried to identify all faults, lies, deceits in selves.

It is wasteful to rebuke others for own's weaknesses

This is truer when we are no better than others.

Humbly took selves as low spiritual and required improvements,  

and tended education’s way for all mortifications.

Needing some teacher’s help to do away all the faults

and professing in noble way with correct character of selves.

Kabir judged correctly the mischievous character of charlatans,

and those pretending to show the utmost religious.

Those doing all atrocities and externally speaking noble things

But in fact spreading hatred and mysteries unlimited.

They don’t follow selves what they preached the most

Do such actions many, far from God’s nobles.

By their birth positions, respect came to them

and they claimed decisively as if knew every all.

Kabir suggested them to leave those corrupt ways

And try to become pure in hearts and conducts.

Respect each & every life as if it is yours

And shun the cunning ways otherwise will hurt in the end.

He was quite bold and saw straight in the world’s eyes,

And offended many being challenge to the authorities.

Was quite fierce, able to speak his mind well

and raised hopes in masses to live with some respect. 

This is really great if one can have faith in self,  

and correctly judge the affairs, optimizing when required.

All saint discourses find sayings theirs’ a lot

and dispel the ignorance wrapped to the human beings.

I had started with love, affection, concern for every one

He is mine, I am his with no difference amongst all.

His limitations are mine & mine become of his also

and together try to find solutions benefiting everyone.

Compete to compliment rather than rivalry

Focus on management whether personal or public.

Aim to improve the overall efficiency & effects

And do away the common drudgery and thus wastivity from.

Love means sharing and compassion to raise all,

To educate, train and help stand on their feet.

Merge with everyone as nobody is foreign

Make leadership available to raise levels to all.

Resources are for everyone, may be as per one’s capacity

And democratic rights are available to everybody.

They must have sanction of the authority

Thus they dreamt and later generations furthered it.

They emphasized role of teacher / mentor or guru you say 

But were quite enlightened to perceive in a better way.

They were truly the noble souls  

And took to be no less than kings due to virtues enormous.

When one becomes free from vices of greed, lust and deceits

When person loves the truth and leaves all false notions.

Then his heart will definitely improve encompassing all

And check all adversities happily without crying foul.

World is thankful to them as they became inspirers

And encouraged to be able leaving all weaknesses.

The means fear of the stronger and hurt the weaker ones

So bring changes in conditions and enjoy the fruits sweat.

Pawan Kumar,

1^st June’2014 Time 20:37 Evening

(From My Dairy dated 24.09.2013 Time 11.15 PM)