Like the night, one must change rooms and hold onto the sky.

You live companionless and alone—where are you, on which peak?

The mountain calls to you; standing tall,

scraping the sky—what will you see? There is so much to see—emptiness, the expanse, and deep within the distant depths when you look at yourself, In silent stillness, you swallow yourself whole.

What a blossoming life is yours! Do you embrace what you desire?

Look and see all that life longs for, and all that it leaves unwanted; In your ultimate existence,

you do not even recognize yourself, You only wish to imitate everything around you.

Yet what pain lies in your endless heart,

What joy— You do not even find the time to feel it. By watching, by speaking, by listening, You wish to mend yourself. This is who you are— A complete human being. All happiness and sorrow dwell within you. You need not borrow anything from there. Deepen the roots of your feelings,

Pause and reflect— What do you want? What does your heart desire? Head in that direction, Move toward it— Where the sky calls, The wind calls, The mountain calls,

The sun calls. Whose call will you answer? To whom will you go? To the call of your own soul, To your own reverence, To your own sanctuary— To the deepest core of your self.

Author: Sachin Bangali, Columnist and Political Analyst