Misunderstanding, just misunderstanding
All around, all around me
This complex vision of reality
This hard-to-understand reality
So I can blame none
When they question me, uncomprehendingly
And I try to simplify reality for them
Saying, “Look, O chum, O fellow traveller,
Freedom is in rejecting the mind and heart
And simply taking care of the body
Brushing it, bathing it, clothing it, combing it, feeding it
And then keeping quiet
All else is illusion
(Though some may say
Why not forget the body also,
And I would tell them
Do so, what is preventing you?)
What else should or will happen in life
Is really of no consequence
Though something or the other
Will indeed happen in life
Because other minds, other hearts
Will hardly keep quiet
And want their stories to be heard
That their philosophies, their outlooks
Be given a proper hearing
But I again say
Why one needs to keep the mind and heart alive
And is it not the case
Because one wants to keep the mind and heart alive
God has to create this whole universe
And having created he becomes helpless
To ensure we do not get lost in it
Get hurt by it
Because the mind and heart
Limited as they are in knowledge and love
Will keep coming up short
In all transactions based on such limited
Knowledge and love.”
Know Thyself 