Y..... Knowing Ourselves Poem by Aufie Zophy

Y..... Knowing Ourselves

Rating: 4.5


Whenever I think I know myself
Something happens that makes me doubt
I do know a bit about myself
I set out my own principles
Principles I love, I want to live by
But then so often I fail

Why do I fail?
Which part of us fails?
Which part of us sets the principles?
I think I can experience my soul,
Am I my soul?
Is my soul owning my mind, my heart, my body?

Why does my soul not take charge all the time?
My heart and mind seem to have to search
To search so intensely for my soul
to put my big ego aside
Is my ego competing with my soul?
It seems to be never quiet
Why my soul does not compete harder?

And then my thoughts, flying coming in, going out
I have written them down.
If I read my thoughts from the past
I feel I get to know myself a bit better
'cause thoughts come from the mind
They come from the soul, from the heart
And yes, also from the ego.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired by a poem from Terence George Craddock about the beginning of true wisdom
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Neela Nath Das 26 July 2012

Superb quest, the quest for soul.nice work.

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Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi 26 July 2012

Yes, I agree with you that we have to understand ourselves first, because most of us may not know how to caliber our short falls! Nice poem!

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Captain Cur 06 August 2012

The ending is superb as is the entire poem. Writers read to enhance their knowledge and their craft. We tend to be more flexible and open to new ideas and beliefs, perhaps our failings are the way we correlate new beliefs to harmoniously blend with old. A great thought provoking piece of work.

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Shivani Yadav 03 August 2012

wow...so deep and amazing poem....just the way I want to express...! loved it! thanx foe writing such an soulfull and deep poem and sharing it!

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Unwritten Soul 26 July 2012

It's hard to really know ourselves...we thought we are but in depth we are not there yet...that's why we always learn about ourselves everyday and every single moment, good or bad....till the end of our days we still learning self, life and meaning. Soul is not to hold that easy, it's like semi state where when are in half conscious we may feel it, other wise we will maximize the feeling by physical senses and emotion, to please and protect physical state..while our souls are protecting the smallest art in our thinking, faith and emotions...We will keep learning we will gaining a lot of thing and complete puzzle of self_Unwritten Soul

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Heather Wilson 26 July 2012

The human body and soul is so complicated, I feel the longer I live, the less I know about it. a fantastic thought searching poem

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Valerie Dohren 26 July 2012

In terms of our spiritual evolution, we are not as yet fully integrated and therefore these aspects of the self operate independently. I think in this write you are questioning this. Good one.

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