The Curious (but Unfortunate) Case of Spirituality

No, not every pain,
Not every sprain,
Not every strain,
Needs your brain

Nor a heavy philosophy,
Like no pain, no gain,
Nor every thought
Needs its own train

The laws of checks and balances
Apply to all the same
Spirituality is no exception,
Beyond a point, all in vain

Karma, Soul, Journey —
Big words we entertain,
Beyond a point, it's just intellectual intoxication,
A dangerous intellectual terrain

Beware, and find that line,
Beyond which thought turns insane
What must be left alone
Needs no peeping in to explain

Life is a journey of phases,
So is the soul's, through multiple lives

At the end, integrity and purity
Are what truly remain
All else, however grand it sounds,
May ultimately go in vain

A child may be dearer to God
Than the aged or learned sage
For knowledge alone cannot contain
The purity that innocence can sustain

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शिकायत बड़ी है, शब्दों से मुझे… कि भावनाओं का वो अविरल वेग, क्या भला चंद लफ़्ज़ों में सिमटता है? अनगिनत लहरों का शोर, क्या भला एक किनारे में समाता है? कुछ तो बुद्धू बना दिया विज्ञान ने यूँ परिभाषाएँ देकर हमें, वरना... धरती का आकार, क्या भला एक पंक्ति में कहा जाता है? इधर तो जज़्बातों का सैलाब उमड़ता है, और उधर, व्याकरण का वाक्य ख़त्म हो जाता है! मन में आने और गुजर जाने वाले अनगिनत विचारों का कच्चा चिट्ठा, क्या भला कुछ सौ पन्नों में समाहित होता है? कहते हैं समझदार को इशारा काफी होता है, पर क्या सारा ज़माना एक समान सयाना होता है? बैचेन बड़ा है ये दिल हमारा, कि भावनाओं की लहरों की मचलन, अब व्यक्त कैसे करूँ मैं? योजन से भी कोटि कोटि ज़्यादा रिश्तों की उन गहराईयों, को चंद शब्दों में बयां कैसे करूं मैं? शब्दकोष ने भी एक शब्द बता कर पल्ला झाड़ लिया अपना, अब उस एक शब्द "अनंत" से भी क्या अपेक्षा, और क्या शिकायत करूं मैं?

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