I was listening to an audio of P L Deshpande’s speech at the Kanadi Sahitya Mandal, and he quoted lines from Keshavsuta’s poem, which resonate deeply with all the beliefs of embracing life that I hold. Thought I’d share them here.

Jikade jato tikade majhi bhavande ahet,
Sarvatra khuna majhya gharchya majala distahet

Translation:

Wherever I go, my siblings (kindred souls) are there
All over I see signs of my home.

I’ve kind of wrecked the sheer poetry of the way in which the lines express the essence of boundarylessness.

Listening to them just brings forth a wave of such recognition of the common thread running through each person we encounter. We may be far from home, but when we are able to see this essence that is shared between all people, we are at home.

This is such an echo of how I see the world, and an intense insight at the same time! I vibrate with the essence of me in you.

The world today pursues the concept of boundaryless. We want boundaryless organizations, cultures, countries… and we go about focusing on how different we are. We put it in nice terms, individual, unique…. yet what binds us together is the sameness in us.

Cheers to this awareness remaining alive from now on, in me, in you!