Search Of The Soul Poem by Somanathan Iyer

Impact of your deeds in earlier births whether good or bad
Impose its effects in this life whether liked or disliked
Pre written are events to come in life, seldom rewritten at our will
Efforts of ours living this life just a veil to cover up our ignorance

The soul knows never any barrier
destined to use this present form as its carrier
Loses the memoirs of its births earlier
Struggles to live this life easier

In the womb the soul repents the past
Ponders over the cause for its accrued rot
Decides to embark a new virtuous journey
Puzzles over a solution for attaining the salvation

The body is the dress and the relations are accessories
Countless of them the soul has adorned
Underwent illusions all through the births
Catered always the needs of only the Body and the Beloved

An endless hunt for a senseless living
A mindless chase for a meaningless life
A Vision less pace for needless vagaries
Eclipse the wisdom and annihilate the sanity

The God is immortal so is the Soul
One is the Creator and the other is Created
Supreme is the creator and secondary is the created
Veil of thick illusion separating the two
Heal for the soul by removing the veil
Solution for salvation only in realizing the God

An even approach in joy and distress
Values in life and belief in God
Helping the need and dumping the greed
Knowing the truth of taking nothing
A few of the many paths in reaching the goal.