Life Realized

Realization of life is realization of truth.

If we don't realize who we are and why we are here

If we are not happy and just live with stress and fear

If we come to earth and don't realize why we are given this birth

Then, can we say we lived? No, at best, we did exist

Everybody wants happiness, who wants to be sad

Who wouldn't exchange a life of misery for one that is glad

But few are happy with unfulfilled desires and expectations

They never learn happiness is a journey, not a destination

Are we meant to zoom from our womb to our tomb

Or is life such that we must be locked in a room?

No, life is about living and realizing the Truth

Finding our life purpose, getting to the bottom of the root

The world is chasing success for everyone wants happiness

They cheat, they lie, they steal and cry, and end their life in a mess

They think achievement and money will give pleasure and smiles

Till they learn Success is not Happiness, Happiness is Success

It's crazy but it's true that we earn for others to burn

Silly, we are stingy, we don't spend on what we yearn

Till one day we realize, sadly, that we have money but no life to live

Money that we can't take with us, everything we must give

Achievement creates pleasure, it makes us laugh and smile

But with it come problems that are longer than a mile

With contentment and fulfillment, our life is full of peace

There is no stress, there is no worry, just tranquility, and ease

Have you ever wondered why we are anxious and miserable?

We worry about our cough and cold, and how we will pay the bill

The biggest cause of unhappiness is our desires that are not met

We seek something and are disappointed and this makes our eyes wet

What is our life purpose? Why do we come to this earth?

How do these trillion cells together take a magical birth?

If we live and do not find life's purpose and meaning...

Then we are no better than a tree that is tall but just leaning

Instead of just existing, there are questions that we must ask

Let's make our life interesting by doing this curious task

Where is God and who is He? Is it true that God made me?

Let us find out what came first - was it the seed or the tree?

Are we the body that is born starting as a zygote?

Or is the body something that keeps our life a float?

Fools are those who believe that we are made of bone and skin

The Truth is that we are the Life Energy that lives within

We think and worry and fear, that is our mind

Strange, isn't it, where is the mind, we cannot find!

It appears like a monkey jumping from trunk to trunk

Spilling thoughts left and right till we make it into a monk

If I am not the body, I am not the mind, then the question is, who am I?

The ego says, “Oh, it's me! This silly question - why?”

The ego tries to fool us with this mistaken identity

The Truth when we know, only then we will be free

We live in ignorance covered by a blanket that is dark

We achieve many things but what is life, we miss the mark

We foolishly live and do not achieve our own life goal

To find we are not the body or the mind, but the Soul

The body will die, and the mind will fly

The soul which is me will leave for the sky

The body will return to dust, that's no lie

That's the simple Truth, I will never die

There is a power that controls this earth and universe

A power that's kind, that's wise, and does not curse

How is it possible otherwise that the earth goes round and round?

Who is the one that causes all the magic on the ground?

We know God exists but who is, where is, what is God?

Why can't you tell us the secret from the skies, Oh Lord!

We know you exist that's for sure, we have no doubt

You are a power that we know, but we pray: please come out

Life on earth is a Cosmic Drama, we come and we go

Nothing is real, it's like a dream, it's just a Cosmic show

Because we think that life is real, we worry and we cry

We flight, we shout, we scream, we suffer right until we die

Karma is a universal Law, what you give is what you get

As you sow, so shall you reap - on this I can bet

Law of Action and Reaction, those who kill will be made to hang

And it all returns back to us, just like a boomerang

Man thinks he can achieve anything but little does he know

There is a mysterious 4th Factor that actually controls the show

Man believes results depend on him, his equipment and his act

Sad it is but the results lie with the 4th Factor, in fact

There is a way to suffer no more, not to worry, not to cry

If only we find out the Truth of 'who am I?'

Then though the body and mind suffers, that is not me

From regret, fear, worry, pain and misery, I am free

Of course, we all need a good Life Coach who will teach

Otherwise, it is not possible that success we will reach

If we want to find the Truth and our life to realize

We need a spiritual master, who will open our real eyes

Do you know anybody who has been to heaven or hell?

Are there devils in hell and does heaven have a bell?

The Truth is this, these are not places that anyone can go

Sins or good deeds are redeemed here on earth we must know

If we are not the body and the mind, then who are we?

We are the Soul, the Atman, we are the Life Energy

When the body is born, we enter and we are the cause of birth

We continue to give life to the body till it dies here on earth

We all say that time is flying, but this is not true

We are moving. Time is still. It's stuck like glue

No doubt the clock has a needle. Its ticking doesn't stop

Stop and see time is still. It's we who run and hop

We must realize this Truth that knowledge is not realization

It's the root, it's not the fruit, there must be evolution

From knowledge shall shoot wisdom that will finally make us know

Who we are and why we are here, in our Soul this will glow

What is our goal? All religions say it is liberation

We must realize we are the Soul, whatever be our occupation

Most of humanity thinks that happiness is the goal

No, this is not true. It is to find that we are the Soul

Where is the mind? We cannot find but who will make us know?

It is our intellect who is the master to make the mind slow

The intellect discriminates between what is right and what is wrong

We then choose what we must do and sing a happy song

There is a way to stop all our worries and anxiety

If we live with detachment then from misery we are free

It is passion and desire that makes us expect and crave

If we don't live with dispassion, we will take worries to our grave

What is the key to realization? The secret, do you know?

With discipline of mind and body, towards liberation you can go

If you have no control on your body and your mind

In a prison of Body and Mind, yourself you will find

People think yoga is a physical exercise.

This is believed by fools, not the ones who are wise

Yoga is union. It's a connection with the Divine

That is all that matters, and it is truly sublime

Who is it that kills and destroys our joy and peace?

It is we ourselves who do it. Let's not blame others, please!

When we start, there is happiness and peace all around

But we desire and we crave and anxiety is found

The one who can be happy in this moment, in the NOW

It is he who can be peaceful, grazing like a Happy cow

He doesn't live with regrets of the past that is gone

Nor does he live with the fear of the future not yet born

Why do we find that people easily believe in the myth?

Why don't they ask questions and Realize the Truth?

Because we believe in rituals and trust superstition

Our life is in turmoil and we live in stress and tension

Maya is a cosmic illusion. It has two amazing powers

With one it conceals the Truth, with the other, it projects the stars

Nothing is real in this cosmic world, everything is a dream

Because we believe in Maya, we fear, worry, and scream

The Law of Causation states that every effect has a cause

Don't just believe it's a gold ring. Ask questions and pause

If you remove gold from the gold ring, you will find nothing left

The Divine is the cause, the world and we are just effects

To achieve the goal of life, important steps there are three

It starts with the purification of body and mind, then we are free

In the second step, the darkness goes because of illumination

In the final step we become one with the Lord, that is unication

Every human being on earth has to act and is not free

When we wake up from bed, we wash our faces and be who we must be

While we cannot be free from action and this Truth we do know

We can be free in action and we can let the spirit grow

At death one of two things happen…this is the Divine Truth

If we believe we are body and mind, we will have to take rebirth

But those who realize we are the Soul, from rebirth they are free

At death, their Soul is liberated and one with the Lord, they'll be

Columbus discovered America, the land he could touch and feel

Self-realization can't be discovered. You’ll know it when you peel…

Layer by layer, when you strip apart the body and the mind

You will realize you are neither, you are the Soul that's inside

Even those who realize the ultimate Truth, they are still not free

They still have to fight the war within, then liberation they will see

The Truth you know, you are still prisoner of the mind

When you transcend ego, and mind, then you are free, you will find

Of course, there is a way to everlasting peace and joy

If we are free from body and mind, this bliss we can enjoy

But first, we must realize the Truth and know that we are the Soul

Then we can achieve everlasting joy and peace as our goal

Many things are beautiful, with these beautiful eyes we see

And then we can appreciate how beautiful the Creator can be

But when we realize that everything is a manifestation of the Lord

Then we will not just see beauty, but in beauty we will see God

All religions are good for they take us closer to God

But there is one problem, they say their God is the only Lord

Thus, religion is the kindergarten to spirituality we must know

We must go beyond our religion, in spirituality to grow

Realization of the Truth is nothing less than magic

It eliminates regrets, fears and takes away everything tragic

When we realize we are not the body that cries and the rascal mind

This is the realization of the truth, and peace and joy we will find

When something happens don't wonder, accept the Divine Will

We must trust in the Divine Master, His design and His skill

Rather than hope for something and break our little heart

It is better to surrender to the Divine, just doing our little part

We all have enemies, who doesn't? But the greatest enemy is 'ME'

ME is Mind and Ego, a bigger enemy there cannot be

It bombards us with thoughts and causes anxiety

It makes us suffer in regret and fear and doesn't let us be free

What is life all about, have you ever thought?

Who are we and why we are here, this we have forgot

The purpose of life is to find the Truth - we are not body and mind

Our goal is to unite with the Divine, and this Truth we must find

In a transformation, we make a change, though it is better, not worse

We changed our life from what it was, but this change we can reverse

But a metamorphosis is different, it's when a caterpillar starts to fly

It can never again crawl on earth as it becomes a butterfly

We are all Souls embodied in a body and a mind

Without this body-mind complex, the Soul we cannot find

Just like mud needs a pot to manifest itself

The Soul too needs a body and mind and can't be seen by itself

Why do we fear, why do we worry, why do we regret?

Because we live in ignorance, we fume and we fret

But once we realize the Truth that we are not body or mind

We dance with joy and peace, and misery we leave behind

It starts with self-realization, knowing who we truly are

Neither are we the body, nor the mind, but the Soul that shines like a

star

This leads to God-realization, we find God is a power

He is everywhere, on earth and in the sky. He is in every flower

The human mind can't understand all, it has a limit we must know

The nose can smell, but cannot see and show what eyes can show

And so is the human being created, he cannot think beyond

He can realize the self and realize God, but can't go beyond

I live as the happiest man on earth, what is my secret of life?

I live with peace and joy and bliss. I have no strife

I know I am not body or mind. I am a Divine Soul

To unite with my Lord, My God, is my Life's only Goal.