Where in lies the basis of your pride
Oh you foolish mind!
How is it that you flaunt the feathered hat of arrogance?
Look at yourself in the mirror of life!
Shed your cloak of insensitivity!
Look at your own vulnerability!
Do you still see your pride?
Your human life is so fragile!
Like dew drops in the morning sun
Life can ebb away in an instant
In this worldly existence
Ego, disease and sorrow
Are inevitable!
From them; you can never run away!
Can’t you see this blatant truth?
Wealth and wisdom, you may have today
But can they save you
When your coffin is being carried away
Pleasure and passions may lure you
But beware of their treachery
Snared by sinister pleasure
Craving becomes your master
And your mind its mindless slave
The inferno of desire will rage on
Even as the ashes of your life get blown away
Power may give you prowess
And an illusion of apparent control
But as the circle of life moves on
And the table of time turns
Insecurity and sorrow are sure to follow
As power will always plough you down some day
Oh you foolish mind!
Repent now! It’s not too late!
In this evanescent life
You are still lucky
As you still have few more breaths to breathe
Give up anger, infatuation, and greed
Ponder over your real nature
And you will see
That everything is essence-less
And this phenomenal world is but a fleeting dream
The ego is a mirage and duality an illusion
And you will see
yourself in everyone
And everyone in yourself
You in me; and me in you
One in all; all in one; and all in all
The Ultimate one!
