I didn’t search for You
when i was a child,
probably didn’t have
much understanding of any kind!
Sermons of parents and elders and all the do‟s and don’ts,
were never questioned,
though meanings not known; accepted all those as truth
to make me believe in You,
and as You were there,
so, didn’t search for You!
You were there….
in mother’s daily pujas,
sounds of bell and conch shell, in the family chorus
of devotional songs and prayers, in the mantras and hymns
of the priests in all the temples, in all the sweets and fruits
on the offering plates!
You were there….
in all my endless pranams
to invisible You –
before the exam,
after getting the Q paper,
before the results,
after coming back home,
before the matches
cricket, football or any bout!
When i grew up, understood a little, couldn’t accept anything as it is; questioned and tried to find the truth, are You there, where is the proof?
If You are really there….
in the colours and fragrance of flowers and songs of birds,
in the floating clouds
and dancing peacock before the rain, in love, kindness
and all the good human deeds, throughout the universe
in all the grains and seeds…
Then are You also there….
in the wailings and yelpings
of all the hungry men during famines, in the debris after ravaging
Tsunami, Amphan or earthquakes, in the devastating viruses
of plague, swine flu or covid19,
in all the destructions and killings
by men constantly driven by six evils…
Didn’t get any satisfying answer,
so kept searching tirelessly,
in all the scriptures
of Veda, Vedanta, Upanishad, Gita, Bible, Koran, Gurugranth
Dharmapada and Talmud,
in the various preachings of
Ramakrishna, Sadguru and Ravishankar, in the reasonings of science
and laws of nature.
I am not enlightened enough
even now in my twilight years,
so i continue to search, dwelling deep inside – are You only a belief,
a complete surrender without reasonings, i am You or You are me??
21st July, 2020
I Keep Searching for You
Author: Kamal Acharyya | Posted on: 7th, Nov, 2024
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Day's history
1st June
1819 William Carey, Ward, and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
1836 Charles Darwin returns to Cape Town in South Africa
1962 SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes
2nd June
1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri elected premier of India
3rd June
1915 Sir’ knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
1989 Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing
1989 Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), dies of a heart attack at 89
4th June
1896 Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
1951 Actress Janet Leigh (23) weds actor Tony Curtis (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut
5th June
1984 Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh’s holiest site, the Golden Temple
1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader died
6th June
1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza during the second day of the Six-Day War
1972 Explosion at world’s largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie, Rhodesia)
7th June
1631 Begum Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.
1893 Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience.
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Outstanding.
Comment by dchaudhuri — November 7, 2024 @ 9:35 pm
The eternal question!
Answer we are told, is within but hard to discover and remains hidden.
Comment by Baidya Roy — November 7, 2024 @ 10:36 pm
Beautiful
Comment by Pradipta Shome — November 7, 2024 @ 11:03 pm
Very well written.
Comment by Nanda Chakravartti — November 8, 2024 @ 1:19 pm
Beautiful!
Comment by Amitabha Chatterjee — November 8, 2024 @ 4:58 pm