“All good thoughts” in spite of righteousness
is the kind of thoughts in spite of greatness.
Often now the State is advocation.
If we form a power of recognition.
Forget loss and perfect advocation.
If it drops or stays in convocation.
All we praise is all we want in commerce
All we praise is parties, foreign commerce.
Entertain ideas of great communion,
Shelter not materials in union
(All we praise is not the kind of commerce.
Thats the right solution!)
“All good thoughts” is not the act of doing
What we want but what we should be proving
(Properties?), ideas, a woman’s pleasure
is empowered by love, a perfect measure!
– Sufjan Stevens (Lyrics of a popular song)
Kabir - The couplet
transliterated:
Aisi vani boliye, man ka aapa khoye
Auron ko sheetal karai, aapa sheetal hoye ||
Translation:
Let the voice voice such words, that the soul is calmed
Calm other souls that hear, and the self is enveloped in calm ||
My understanding:
Whether it is Sufjan Stevens today, or Kabir from ages ago, the power of the spoken word has always been recognized.
As social interaction degenerates into power play, we often say things that lead into complex structures, knotting our thinking and that of others into essentially meaningless one-up-man-ship.
The easiest way to overcome this (and hence the most difficult) is to state our thought in simple words, taking care only to ensure that the said words do not hurt anyone, intentionally or unintentionally.
But just as Rome as not built in a day, but still stands and grows today, so also, if we all begin today, we can promise our next generations a world that will be ‘Heaven on Earth’ as peace takes over. For true peace emanates from within, not without. Each one of us, without exception needs to contribute.
I have started – will you all join me, please?