Tainted Vision

Conditioned since birth by customs, family, society and ego We go about with a clustered mind Complicating our simple life with our thoughts and self-imposed restrictions We don't see a human as human rather we attribute adjectives to them Innumerable adjectives to prove we are better In the process, sinning again and again We believe in all the false love of those around We are often fooled by many daily Despite our hurt emotions we believe others, serve them We don't think of a solution A permanent end to our suffering A state of absolute bliss We think we are the body, while we are soul within Thinking body as us, we lead a strange life Obeying the whims of senses Trying to satisfy our ego Seeking sensual pleasure day in and day out Trying to prove we are right, we are the greatest Trapped in the body, our real self seeks freedom from bondage Since we cannot see it, we refuse to acknowledge its presence We live a false life, a meaningless existence Serving no purpose The skin we are so much attached to dies one day, we get another one All our lifelong hard work and hardship becomes meaningless Until we remove the dust that covers our glasses we cannot live in peace How do we remove the delusion that binds our vision? By reading scriptures, pondering over life, trying to understand it By thinking deeply about the purpose of our existence as against merely existing, copying others By becoming detached from world and attached to God, When a person dies, what dies, What is it that leaves the body and we are declared dead When a organ failure occurs we can replace and remain alive This proves we are not any specific organ With artificial respiration life goes on Then who are we? What happens in death? A deeper introspection reveals that we are not the body, We are that which resides in body and when it leaves we die To see the unseen, unknown, we have to end our thoughts. When we live mindfully, without thoughts We experience opening of chakras within our body Kundalini raises up and we perceive our soul Scriptures state we are a part of God When we believe this with absolute faith We see God everywhere, in everything We experience respect and love surging from within While doing our tasks we feel we are serving God Mind only thinks of God, we experience bliss and are liberated In the end when every method fails Just surrender unto Him. Hand over this body along with soul to Him End your ego, doership, stop worrying Now it becomes the responsibility of God to liberate soul And he does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verses from Bhagvad Gita which have influenced this poem : BG 2.22: As a person sheds worn-out garments and wears new ones, likewise, at the time of death, the soul casts off its worn-out body and enters a new one BG 8.5: Those who relinquish the body while remembering Me at the moment of death will come to Me. There is certainly no doubt about this. BG 18.61: The Supreme Lord dwells in the hearts of all living beings, O Arjun. According to their karmas, he directs the wanderings of the souls, who are seated on a machine made of the material energy BG 9.27: Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer as oblation to the sacred fire, whatever you bestow as a gift, and whatever austerities you perform, O son of Kunti, do them as an offering to Me(God) BG 9.28: By dedicating all your works to Me(God), you will be freed from the bondage of good and bad results. With your mind attached to Me through renunciation, you will be liberated and will reach Me BG 18.66: Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto me alone. I shall liberate you from all sinful reactions; do not fear 24.06.2021