Who Are You &Why Are You Here?

One day when life was full of peace

 

My mentor said something to tease

Who are you? Why are you here?

What is your life's purpose, my dear?

Are you going to just float and die?

Or find out who you are and why?

Are you the body? Are you the mind?

Go on a quest the truth to find

 

Questions made me start my search

 I went to the temple, mosque, and church

Who was God and where was He?

Where could heaven and hell be?

 How was I born? What caused this 'I'?

 What will happen after I die?

 I started my quest to Find the truth

I would not stop till I get to the root

 

Every religion said the truth is mine

 

Each scripture said its version was fine

Don't murder, don't steal, don't have wine

 

Rituals were plenty to live and dine

But nobody talked of the truth

Nobody had found out the real brute

The enemy was none else than our mind

Where it is - you cannot find

 

Although you know, you do not know

 

Whatever you see, you cannot be

The truth is staring at your face

But you are busy in the world's race

Who am I, you do not know

The ego seems to steal the show

We are slaves of desire and lust

What is the myth, we do not bust

 

We live, we die, don't find out why

 

We just cry when we see someone die

Who made this earth? Who made this sky?

Who made you? And who made 'I'?

We believe in the lie we don't ask why

Whatever we are told, we just buy

We fret and fume through life and sigh

The truth passes by, we let it fly

 

We come and go but we don't know

 

The world is nothing but a cosmic show

With empty hands do we all come

And nothing is ours when all is done

But still we live and cry and die

We don't ask questions of who and why

Ignorance fills our everyday sky

And we don't laugh, we fear, we cry

 

Those who realize the whole truth

 

Those who get to the bottom of the root

Those who put everything to test

Those who go on a search and quest

Those who ask questions - who and why

Those who know that they don't die

They are the ones who live in bliss

Joy and peace, they do not miss

 

What is the purpose of life on earth?

 

Why do we die and why this birth?

Who made this earth, who made this sky?

Who causes things to walk and fly?

Before you die, must find out why

Realize the truth you are not 'I’

Not the body and mind, you are the Soul

To unite with God, that is the goal

 

Who are you, why are you here?

 

If you don't know, it's sad, my dear

There is a purpose for you and me.

To realize the truth who are we

The truth to know on a quest we must go

To realize that life is a cosmic show

The reward will be joy and peace

Then problems none and miseries cease

 

Realize you are not the body and mind

 

You are energy of a different kind

 To unite with God that is the goal

 

To escape from the world and live as the Soul

To find out what is your purpose on earth

That's why this life, that's why this birth

The purpose of life is to find out my dear

Who are you, why are you here?