Inner Awakening Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

The Buddha left all the worldly things
For an inner awakening
He also knew that how he will
Spread it
And the story of inner awakening
In so many others
Who told the world their experience
Of the inner awakening
Some spoke of inner awakening
As a means of power
And then telling others
That the inner awakening is the eternal
Law of nature
On the way the humanity suffered
Because of the inner awakening
With definitions varied and absurd

Inner awakening
Is but that love of the self
Self idealized into a superior being
And the means of achieving that
The path is love
For entering into a collective consciousness
This then transforms itself into a social reality
And then brings justice
To the humanity

Inner awakening is the awakening of the community
To achieve some higher goals
From individual experiences
With the strength to defy
And challenge the existing relationships
In an ailing society

Inner awakening
Is but the collective intelligence
Of the society
Towards progress
Suppress and
Ultimately eliminate dogma
Before it transforms itself into another dogma

And then
A new awakening is required
To give fresh impetus
For the evolution of the society
And new relationships are formed