One Soulful Rendition!

I was listening to a song - Tu Koi Aur Hai (Tamasha) - with a lot of thoughts swarming my head. And the reprise caught my attention, suddenly, breaking my chain of thoughts. It was at that moment, when the melody starting churning something inside that I paid attention. It was the beautiful chorus singing along which makes you feel like a distant voice is singing to you and you alone, often unnoticed. When I listened intently, I realized it is this sound that was actually connecting with me - in the entire composition. This was the soul of the music - with a lot of percussions playing along, though.

The soul!

That which often goes unnoticed amongst the crowd of thoughts, noise of voices and sound of life!

In all our days of living, with so much to do, so much to achieve, so much to attain, we keep running from places to places in a quest to feel accomplished, to have a feeling of having lived in all it's entirety, to look back and say "Yes, I did it!". But, something still feels left behind. Why?
Is it because of the enormity of the universe or the enormity of our desires? Or is it because we are doing what we aren't supposed to do - all for the sake of living in a materialistic world, to earn, to meet ends, to lead a "respectable" life?

How can so many of us have the same "purpose" in our lives - when we dwell deep into each one of our identical professions, which of course earns us big bucks and takes care of our livelihood. Something feels left behind, isn't? Otherwise, why aren't we happy doing what we are doing? Because, this isn't our true calling? Then what could be our true calling, the very reason we have taken form on Earth? Ask yourself.

I read somewhere, that the purpose of one's life is nothing. And, it took me a while to understand this whole concept of nothing. The simple meaning of nothing-ness is enormous. And, on practical terms, this nothing-ness cannot be put to use in the current world we live in. The prejudiced, opinionated, and divided world we live in. Each one will have to put our best foot forward to survive, survive better than each other - otherwise there is someone getting ahead of you and ready to push you down the gorge or better yet, convince you about the mediocrity of life. And, thus the rat race begins, even before we realise, right from childhood. But, in doing all this, there is something from inside not screaming but whispering from some corner, unheard, more often than not. The NOISE of the world is louder than your own inner voice. The soul which tries to engage us in small conversations, every now and then. We don't hear. It's talking. We don't hear - because we are so busy engaged with our vices of life! No matter how much you try to get ahead of anyone or anything, something still feels left behind.

Because we are not doing what we were meant to do. We are doing what others want us to do. In the momentary pleasure of satisfying one's ego, we are indeed satisfying somebody else's bigger ego. By walking on the path that was carved by our respectable elders - parents, mentors, bosses alike, not for the love of life but for the safety and comfort that this path provides in every way. Because this path adheres to certain norms we are supposed to walk in and will either make someone somewhere proud or beneficial. But, what about you? What about your path? Why are we called "individuals" if we are meant to do what everybody else does and conforms to.

What an irony, isn't? This life.

I do not have a certain answer, at this point, in my life. But, I sure know I will not fizzle out doing and abiding by the conventions and rules - if that requires being unconventional or making my own rules - so be it! Atleast, I will have walked my path listening to that tiny voice with no regrets to record and pass on. :)

While the soulful rendition was playing in repeat mode in my ears - my mind, for once, thought about only those voices in blood and flesh - who never gets acknowledged at all.
Like each of our souls and it's little voice!