The Greatest Tragedy Of Human Existence Poem by Arun Maji

It doesn't matter how many degrees you have, or how much money you have. Even with lots of degrees and money, you still can suffer poverty.

Here I talk of poverty of freedom, poverty of expression, poverty of imagination. If you are not free, or you can not express yourself, then how would you live a creative happy life?

To free yourself and to express yourself, you must think. Capacity of thinking is the only force that can liberate you. What you think, is not important. Important is, how you think, and how deep you think. To measure the velocity of light, Einstein thought himself, as if, he is walking with light. Just imagine, how outrageous was his thought!

You are result of your thought, with no exception. If your thought touches peak of Mount Everest, you are as big as Mount Everest. If your thought touches sky, you are as big as sky.

If you don't think by yourself, people will force their thoughts on you. And then you live, their life, not yours. Isn't that a slavery? Isn't that an insult to your human existence?

Imagine, you are working hard just to fulfill other people's wishes. Isn't that a tragedy of your human existence?

What is the greatest tragedy of human existence? Please think it over, and listen to it, and leave your own thought.

© Arun Maji
Painting: JWG