It Is The Best In Us Uplifting The Worst In Us

        Spirituality Is About Individuality

Spirituality is the buzz word for the new era.

It is fashionable to be spiritual.

It brings the best out of an individual.

Being religious can put you in the lowest denomination 

But being spiritual suddenly elevates you

To unimaginable height, here and beyond the worldly sphere.

So very often I have thought 

What Spirituality really is?

Is it the zenith of humanity,

A beacon of light for the world full of suffering? 

So closely related to religion, still beyond the reach

It is from any religious dimension.

It’s a question long-standing in isles of history

Eons have passed, without an answer satisfactory.

Is it the label suited for the best of humankind?

For the one who fights the devil of a perfidious mind.

But what reveals to me like a flashing light

Makes me believe, it is meant to be in par

With the thought, that occurs to me.

Spirituality is about individuality.

It is the individualized center of our 

Very own essence, nexus of our reliance

On our innermost Self as our primary friend, 

Our guide and our cherished companion.

In the heart of all existences abides

The eternal portion of Supreme existence.

Complete in itself yet clandestine and 

Obscured in our outward personality.

When confused and delusional,

Reaches out to it our outward self.

In the silence of our heart and mind,

We wade through the chaos of duality,

To bring about the best of humanity.

In faith and devotion, we learn

To recognize its true guidance.

One who suppresses its call

Is the destroyer of its own well-being.

The best of our Self tailored to our needs

Living in harmony and conscious awareness

Of other’s individuality and spiritual being.

It is the best in us uplifting the worst in us.

Sunday, April 21st. 2019 

The poem was published in the anthology "About Abel And Cain"- “ The Best And Worst Of Human Society”. Publisher Fabrizio Frosini/ Poets Unite Worldwide.