Money and all it can buy. Power and all the control you get over others. Or peace and all the care, concern and love it showers upon you.
If you want money and power, then you should not be reading this. But if you want peace, please carry on. Following the path shown by a very simple poem, Desiderata, you can move towards peace and truth. Loved by millions round the world, this poem, normally written in beautiful calligraphy and framed, is usually displayed in homes, offices and studios so that you look at it again and again and remain inspired by it.
Read it. Slowly.
“HEAR THEN THE WISDOM OF THE WISE:
GO PLACIDLY AMID THE NOISE AND THE HASTE,
AND REMEMBER WHAT PEACE THERE MAY BE IN SILENCE.
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, WITHOUT SURRENDER,
BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH ALL PERSONS.
SPEAK YOUR TRUTH QUIETLY AND CLEARLY;
AND LISTEN TO OTHERS, EVEN TO THE DULL AND THE IGNORANT;
THEY TOO HAVE THEIR STORY.”
It is so simple that you may well miss it the first time you read it. It starts off by asking you to listen to the wise ones, meaning the enlightened ones, and not the scholars, the pundits. Next, in the noise, the loud, confusing and maddening din of life as you go on rushing, hurrying and scurrying faster and faster, to save time, you have no time to pause, to reflect and to think: Why am I rushing? Where am I going?
Without using the word ‘Stop’ this mad rush to nowhere, the poem reminds us to remember the peace that may be found in silence. Turn inwards with meditation. This is possible if you don’t surrender to the mass mind, the crazy society, without compromising your inner being, without surrendering at all. If you are searching for the truth, you not only listen to the wise but also to the unwise because everyone has a story and can teach you something. This could be useful for you. So never miss a chance to learn from everyone. If you stop learning, you stop living, literally. You do not have to agree with them but can learn something from them. Once you become very clear about what is essential and what is non-essential, things are never so confusing as they seem.
Says Osho, “The advice of the Desiderata is of great significance to all those who want to find truth, because the very finding needs great energy. If you become a reservoir of energy, only then is it possible to know, to be, to come to the ultimate realisation of life’s mystery.”
Editor, Author, Special Correspondent, Publisher, Media Consultant, Kul Bhushan has worked for major newspapers, news agencies, a UN agency in various key positions and travelled to over 50 countries. Currently, Executive Editor of Newstech Publishing Inc www.newstechglobal.com. He specialises in writing on NRI (Non Resident Indians) affairs. He has authored 26 books and a disciple of the enlightened master, Osho. www.kulbhushan.net.
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