699. It Hurts Me A Lot….240909 Poem by Raman Savithiri
699. It Hurts Me A Lot….240909
Jack and Jill went up to school
When teacher asks questions
Jack listens and answers well
Jill shrinks into inferiority cell
Lack of knowledge causes pain
As a plant withers without rain
Child too droops down within
If it can’t understand something
A sensitive teacher would find
The difficulty piercing kid’s mind
Extra troubles she would undergo
Ignorance the child would let go
I too know not many things
Ignorance ties down my wings
Who would help me in life?
How would I come out this strife?
The cause of universe I know not
The cause of my life I know not
The karma cycle I don’t understand
This unawareness I can’t withstand
Why am I in this monstrous society?
Looking at Brahmins get inferiority
Looking at Sutras get superiority
Why am I a tiny in cosmic variety?
Beyond five senses I know not
Limit of blue sky I know not
Is there any one who knows all?
Who can break my prison small?
Finding for me, it is utter waste
To explore the universe vast
If I turn my search inside
There stands ego blocking my ride!
Still I know not my mind’s depth
Time cuts down life’s length
It hurts me a lot to realize
I know not even ‘I’ very close!
I remember one story Very funny But lot of message In olden days when there was no match box people used to borrow the wood that is already burning in the stove of some neighbor’s house and lit their stove One boy was carrying such a glowing wood that looked like a torch in the darkness of night One old person asked him where is the glow coming from? The boy blew air on the glowing wood and put out the ember; Now he asked the old man where the glow has gone? ......ha ha ha …Well written You prove again you are a specialist in this subject; some time you can write a great commentary on “I” parallel to the bhasyams by Adi sankarar, Ragavendrar, Sri Ramanujam Heartfelt appreciation for this wonderful poem
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5/5/2024 7:15:33 AM # 1.0.0.1119
very true the 'i' seems to be in a prison within...which any amount of knowledge will not free just like our five 'learning' also is one as natural as our five...our education curbs it with comparisons...aversion and fear are the result