The Eternal Quest
I don’t know where from I came on to this earth;
I don’t know where I go after my Death;
Yet I undergo all the trials and tribulations of life.
And some day death engulfs me.
I try to find out why I am here?
Who sent me? And What is the purpose?
Was there a past for me; I don’t know.
Is there a future; I don’t know.
I try to find answers but I find no answers.
Many sorrows and suffering I go through with little cheer now and then.
My quest increases to know what is behind this life.
I go to many sages and saints to know all about life;
But I come back more perplexed; quest is on…
I read all philosophical and religious texts the world offers;
I find them more confusing and conflicting.
Now I know, the truth is not there, then where is the truth? Quest is on…
Someone somewhere suggests “ stop searching, turn inward ” and I do; I meditate.
Though I get nothing in the beginning I persist;
My inner consciousness opened up slowly; many questions were answered.
Now I know that I am also part of THAT Universal Consciousness which is behind all this; and creation is its play and display; and my goal is to reach that great consciousness, for eternal rest.
But why all this painful display of life?
Maybe it is too big, a question for the quest to come to an end;
Maybe, the quest is answered if I enter into THAT great consciousness for eternity, but then, ‘I’ may not be there to understand IT.
– Mohan Sundar. B.Sc. LLB
The Eternal Quest
I don’t know where from I came on to this earth;
I don’t know where I go after my Death;
Yet I undergo all the trials and tribulations of life.
And some day death engulfs me.
I try to find out why I am here?
Who sent me? And What is the purpose?
Was there a past for me; I don’t know.
Is there a future; I don’t know.
I try to find answers but I find no answers.
Many sorrows and suffering I go through with little cheer now and then.
My quest increases to know what is behind this life.
I go to many sages and saints to know all about life;
But I come back more perplexed; quest is on…
I read all philosophical and religious texts the world offers;
I find them more confusing and conflicting.
Now I know, the truth is not there, then where is the truth? Quest is on…
Someone somewhere suggests “stop searching, turn inward” and I do; I meditate.
Though I get nothing in the beginning I persist;
My inner consciousness opened up slowly; many questions were answered.
Now I know that I am also a part of THAT Universal Consciousness which is behind all this; and creation is its play and display; and my goal is to reach that great consciousness, for eternal rest.
But why all this painful display of life?
May be it is too big, a question for the quest to come to an end;
May be, the quest is answered if I enter into THAT great consciousness for eternity, but then, ‘I’ may not be there to understand IT.
– Mohan Sundar. B.Sc. LLB