Will, Desire, Altruism And Surrender Poem by Savita Tyagi

Life revolves upon axis of desire
A desire born in thought seeks a rainbow
A will potential carries it through
Key to success is strong will
Or is it that a desire unflinching
Creates an unfaltering will?
Once the desire weakens
Or the impulse subsides
The will to make an effort also dies.

Yet there is another higher principle
That comes to rescue us-
Call it love for others
Or call it a 'Sense Of Responsibility'
When the great moving principle takes over,
The strong will encircles the diminishing desire
Energies of mind and body charged in full force
The ' I ' transforms into ' we ' to elucidate altruism
There are no boundaries but your own
As to how far one can go on this path.

Society thinks highly of men
Going after their desires and dreams
Yet a person fulfilling a responsibility
Is not looked upon same way
Some how the work of responsibility
Portrayed as a forced upon work
Falls inferior to personal desire.

Ironically in course of time the desire
And responsibility both loose their magnetism
Either by frustration of failure or goal's diminutive appeal
A new foundation is sought to uplift the crumbling spirit
To replace our lost desires and lost sense of purpose
To act and move us through our confused state of mind.

In this crisis of soul Bhagvad Geeta graciously
Points Arjuna towards another higher principle
The principle of surrender;
It requires us to surrender all our efforts
Our desires and motivations
Our zealous altruism upon the alter
Of the highest Supreme Will.

It is by it's power that world is created and sustained
In the greater scheme of universal design
It's benedictions impart upon us the marvelous
Creative abilities to make a difference in life
Through faith our will simply mirrors the Supreme will.

Nature has its own way of guiding us towards
These principles at various stages of our life
While in child hood every thing is fun and play
In youth life spins upon our desires and passions
We will our self passionately
To go after what we seek in life.

As we move towards greater maturity
Our thoughts tune in to the welfare of world
Life is balanced with enjoyment, responsibility
And sharing of fortune in concern for others.

Later years often bring a sense disillusionment
And crises of understanding for life's purpose
We struggle to find the sense in our existence
And in workings of Universe
We wander around restless misguided in our thinking.

It is only after accepting the highest principle of surrender
We understands that life's workings designed by Nature
Are independent of our thoughts, passions and desires
Or the noblest of noble goals of humanity.

Sages and saints often point us towards that direction
But peace comes only through our own realization
This is the climax of life's secret teaching
When we understand to live life as it comes.