“One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I’ll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.”
-Lord Byron
Kabir – The couplet
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transliterated:
Sukhiya dhoondhat main phiroon, sukhiya milai na koi |
Jaake aage dukh kahoon, pahile uthai roi ||
Translation:
I wandered searching a happy man, found not one did I |
Found one, but ‘ere I could start my tale, he broke into tears and started on his story ||
My understanding:
Too often, we are so wrapped up in our determination to find happiness, we forget all the happiness that surrounds and engulfs us. Happiness is not a thing, or a person – it is a state of being, a mood, a mentality, a whole new and different way of life and living. It is not something to be found – it is something to be felt, understood and enjoyed.
Then why look for it, when it is always there?
Warm regards,
Mani