Jan 2010

Messiah Moment

The moment of truth,

The soul of life

Being an human

The part of mankind..

I realized I realized and I realized..

The life is not about running behind materialistic things,

I met a kid, having hole in heart,

Listening this I was aghast.

My own pain looked so small,

I prayed to God,

To give her strength to cope up,

Give her life, instead of fulfilling my dreams.

I was back, back to the reality(cruelity) of life,

I understood nothing is important than living..

Living a life with family and friends

I remembered the talisman given by Gandhiji,

Yeah the one which was always written on every NCERT school book

And how we used to just read it,

Without knowing the real meaning

Now I know,

Now I understood

Whenever I am in pain

I just follow it

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Background : --> In every CBSE, NCERT book this is written on the first page

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.

Source: Mahatma Gandhi [Last Phase, Vol. II (1958), P. 65].