Hello…is it you who you are looking for?

Understand yourself. That’s more important than having others understand you. Believe in yourself. That’s more productive than insisting that others believe you.

But as humans we do just the opposite. We crave for being understood by others and lament the lack of faith others have in us. What use is anyone else’s understanding if you don’t know, don’t realize, don’t accept that you are special. That you are capable. That you have been created to enjoy this Lifetime and not suffer it? It is from awareness of your true Self that you will be introduced to the God within. Most of us just refuse to consider the argument that the energy that powers us, that keeps us alive, is the God who we so desperately seek.

Kabir, the 15^th Century weaver-poet, has explained this so remarkably:

Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande Mein To Tere Paas Mein

Na Teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein Na Ekant Niwas Mein Na Mandir Mein,

Na Masjid Mein Na Kabe Kailas Mein

Mein To Tere Paas Mein Bande Mein To Tere Paas Mein

Na Mein Jap Mein, Na Mein Tap Mein Na Mein Barat Upaas Mein

Na Mein Kiriya Karm Mein Rehta Nahin Jog Sanyas Mein

Nahin Pran Mein Nahin Pind Mein Na Brahmand Akas Mein Na Mein Prakuti Prawar Gufa Mein

Nahin Swasan Ki Swans Mein Khoji Hoye Turat Mil Jaoon Ik Pal Ki Talas Mein

Kahet Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho Mein To Hun Viswas Mein

Translated it means:

Where do you search me? I am with you

Not in pilgrimage, nor in icons, Neither in solitude

Not in temples, nor in mosques Neither in Kaba nor in Kailash

I am with you O man, I am with you

Not in prayers, nor in meditation, Neither in fasting Nor in yogic exercises,

Neither in renunciation Neither in the vital force nor in the body,

Not even in the ethereal space Neither in the womb of Nature,

Nor in the breath of the breath

Seek earnestly and discover, In but a moment of search

Says Kabir, Listen with care, Where your faith is, I am there.

When you awaken to the spirit of Kabir’s message, you will, with due respect to Lionel Richie, discover within you the one you are looking for!