It was Vidwans who wrote to me <br />When I was Joint Secretary Planning Department <br />Referring to Kahlil Gibran’s <br />Being nonplussed on somebody <br />In the marketplace <br />Asking him, “Who are you? ” <br />That was 26 years ago. <br /> <br />It took me a few more years <br />To wander along to Tiruvannamalai <br />With Babu my brother-in-law <br />And start reading Ramana Maharshi <br />And his japa, “Who am I? ” <br /> <br />An onion peeled to nothing, <br />Says the rationalist: <br />Reach Nothing which is Everything, <br />Says Osho. <br />Reading Cordelia’s Nothing <br />Overwhelmed by the play <br />I agree blossoming tragically <br />Into everything. <br /> <br />Man is not the final measure <br />Though physically his mind is - <br />Break through mind-atmosphere <br />Leads into infinite space <br />And peace. <br /> <br />D T Joseph <br />07.02.08<br /><br />Daniel Trevelyn Joseph<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kahlil-gibran/
