An Exploration On The Nature Of Human Life - Ii Poem by Ramesh T A

There is so much longing for living life
In this land of love and life called Earth!
With the sky above and the land below
Man lives life long in between the two.
Between dream and reality man swings
To and fro through out his life here.
What was a great dream yesterday
Has become a reality today by his ideas!

As a boat tossed about up and down
On the waves of the seas of the world
Man is tossed about by joys and sorrows
Of his desire in the several births of his life.
All the rivers finally have to run to the seas;
From there it is the water that rises above
As clouds and falls below again as rain;
And it is the same water that reaches
The seas as rivers to mingle with the ocean.

So also the soul of finite man after many a birth
Mingles with the Universal soul of infinite God.
There is no other go but to believe this faith!
Otherwise life will be a meaningless mystery.

For the naked eye Sun looks to rise and fall
But in reality Earth rotates round it to show so.
The reality of the world seen by ordinary eye
Is really the illusion for the in ward eye of man!
So, to see the Ultimate Reality man has to see
Beyond the illusion ever before him in the world.

The love to know kindles man to gain knowledge;
Knowledge of Ultimate Reality brings joy and peace.
Nothing but love and knowledge is permanent in life;
Living with knowledge of life is pleasure absolute.
Steady life goes on love and knowledge forever;
But wavy heart’s desire puts man in waves of woes;
So, fate and fortune fluctuates in life till the end!

Unruly desire of heart has to be checked by mind
Before it is too late to realise one’s Self one day;
It’s better to discover sooner Self, man and Nature
To synch heart and mind as to desire one deserves
And fluctuations of fate and fortune fructify to fruits!

Seed grows into tree with leaves, flowers and fruits;
What a sea change of growth between seed and tree!
So also Universe, world, Nature and man have evolved;
Indeed what an incredible eternal truth wonder it is!

Nothing is permanent in the process of natural change;
But only the indestructible spirit activates everything
And its formless energy that produces all is permanent;
That is truly the Ultimate Reality absolute and realisable!

Perpetuation of species is the principle of Nature so far;
Nature of human being also obeys to this Nature’s rule.
Attaining human form it’s easy to become formless unity;
But efforts in things of permanence only lead to perfection.
So, things of permanent value alone man has to think of
By beauty, truth, love and justice, the best things of life.

What is justice? We have Republic and Gita.
What is love? Literature is abundant of it.
What is beauty? It is still evasive in art.
What is truth? A noble pursuit still goes on.
Beauty is evasive but love is stable.
Justice is non-aligned but truth is forever.
Nature of human life is unique to thing about!