The Cosmic Act

The Cosmic Act : Human Existence

1.The Cosmic Genesis
In vastness deep where galaxies spin,
Andromeda, Milky Way, their cosmic kin,
Through billion years of stellar light,
Our Earth emerged from primal night.
From molten core to cooling seas,
Life sparked in ancient mysteries.

From single cells to complex forms,
Through ice ages, fires, and countless storms,
Emerged our kind, first stumbling, slow,
From caves to cities' golden glow,
From stone tools crude to silicon dreams,
Progress flowing like endless streams.

2.The Lottery of Birth
Some draw first breath in marble halls,
While others 'neath cardboard walls,
In Lagos slums or Manhattan high,
The dice of fate still blindly fly.
One child to feast, another to fast,
By accident of birth they're cast.

Some bodies perfect, lithe and strong,
While others struggle all life long,
With minds that dance or minds that stall,
No choice in how the cards may fall.
In Mumbai's streets or London's care,
The start's not equal, never fair.

From birth some walk on paths of gold,
While others fight the bitter cold,
Some learn from books in hallowed halls,
While others learn from prison walls,
The needle or the silver spoon,
Each fate decided all too soon.

3.The Search for Purpose
If God exists and plans our way,
What message in this grand display?
Of suffering mixed with sweet delight,
Of darkness dancing with the light?
What lesson in this mortal coil,
As some rest easy, others toil?

Perhaps the purpose lies within,
Not where we end but where begin,
In choices made and kindness shown,
In seeds of compassion daily sown,
In lifting others as we rise,
In seeing through another's eyes.

The meaning written not in stars,
But in the healing of our scars,
In love we give without a price,
In daily acts of sacrifice,
Not destiny but what we choose,
In what we keep and what we lose.

 4.The Web of Relations
Blood ties bind us, heart to heart,
Yet paths diverge, worlds drift apart,
One sister crowned with fortune's grace,
Another bearing sorrow's face.
Same parents, home, yet different roads,
Each bearing unique karmic loads.

Children fly from common nest,
Some find peace, some endless quest,
Parents watch with joy and pain,
As patterns spiral once again,
The dance of genes and circumstance,
Some walk while others seem to dance.

5.The Career's Climb
Merit's ladder, crooked, steep,
Some may climb while others weep,
The brilliant fail, the mediocre soar,
Life fair? No, not anymore.
Hard work crowned or cast aside,
No rules in this corporate tide.

Honest toil may bear no fruit,
While cunning finds a shorter route,
Yet karma's wheels turn slow but sure,
What's earned by fraud may not endure.
Success defined by inner peace,
Not just in wealth's swift increase.

6.The Final Curtain
Death comes soft or striking hard,
No respect for human guard,
Some slip quiet in their sleep,
While others through long suffering creep.
In sterile wards or lonely rooms,
The rich and poor meet common dooms.

Modern medicine's mighty reign,
May stretch our years, may ease our pain,
Yet still we cannot choose our end,
Nor know which way our path may bend.
Some linger long in twilight shade,
While others' light more quickly fades.

7.Beyond the Veil
What lies beyond our final breath?
That ancient mystery we call death,
Do spirits soar to realms above?
Or simply fade like morning dove?
Perhaps we return to try once more,
To learn what we missed before.

8.The Faith Question
Religion's double-edged sword cuts deep,
Brings peace to some, makes others weep,
Unites and splits with equal force,
Of wisdom sweet and bitter source.
Is God one truth in many guises?
Or human fear that hope disguises?

9.The Path Forward
In wisdom gathered through the years,
Through joy and sorrow, hopes and fears,
The path lies not in creed or race,
But in each heart's own chosen grace.
In kindness shown to friend and foe,
In helping others as we go.

10.The Final Word
From cosmic dust to conscious mind,
Our journey leaves these truths behind:
Not wealth nor fame marks life's true worth,
But love we share upon this Earth.
In empathy our purpose lies,
In understanding others' cries.

Through all the chaos, pain, and strife,
One truth emerges: precious life,
Not measured by our earthly gains,
But by the goodness that remains,
When all our breathing days are done,
And next world's journey has begun.

11.The Dance of Time
Through centuries' relentless flow,
What wisdom can we claim to know?
When empires rise and empires fall,
And nature's laws command us all.
Yet still we dream, still we rise,
Hope eternal never dies.

Like grains of sand on cosmic shore,
Each life a story, each heart a door,
To mysteries deep and truths profound,
In silence found, in chaos found.
Each generation's sacred task:
To answer questions none dare ask.

12.The Technology's Promise
Silicon dreams and digital fire,
Lift us higher, take us higher,
Yet ancient truths still hold their sway,
As flesh and blood we live each day.
Can circuits solve what plagues the soul?
Can algorithms make us whole?

13.The Ecological Warning
Mother Earth, our only home,
Beneath our feet, the sacred loam,
Now trembles at our careless touch,
We who take and take too much.
Will wisdom dawn before the end?
Can broken systems learn to mend?

14.The Universal Song
In every culture, every tongue,
The same heart's longing has been sung:
For peace, for love, for understanding clear,
For grace to conquer pride and fear.
Though paths diverge and methods vary,
The same light shines, the same truths carry.

15.The Mirror of Consciousness
In quiet moments, when we dare
To face the mirror's honest stare,
What do we see beyond the mask?
What truth emerges when we ask:
"Have I lived up to my soul's call?
Have I given my heart's all?"

16.The Legacy Question
What traces will we leave behind?
What footprints in the sands of mind?
Not marble tombs or golden thrones,
But lives we've touched, the seeds we've sown.
In others' hearts our truth lives on,
Long after we ourselves are gone.

17.The Integration
Science, spirit, heart and mind,
No longer must they stand confined
In separate spheres of thought and deed,
For wholeness is our greatest need.
To heal the rifts that tear apart,
To join the wisdom of each part.

18.The Final Synthesis
Through all these verses flows one theme:
Life's more than what it first may seem.
Beyond the chaos and the strife,
Beyond the measured span of life,
Lies meaning in each choice we make,
In every step we choose to take.

Not fame nor gold defines our worth,
But how we walked upon this Earth:
The hands we held, the hearts we touched,
The truth we served, the peace we clutched.
In this great dance of space and time,
Each life a reason, each death sublime.

For in the end, what matters most
Is not the peaks of which we boast,
But depths of love we dared to share,
The weight of pain we helped to bear.
In this vast cosmic mystery,
We find our immortality.

19.The Eternal Now
And so we end where we began:
Stardust dreaming it's a man,
Dancing through the cosmic night,
Bearer of the conscious light.
Each moment pregnant with all time,
Each life a rhythm, each death a rhyme.

The greatest truth we can express:
In giving lies our happiness,
In loving lies our surest way,
Through darkness toward the breaking day.
Though questions still may cloud our sight,
Our hearts can guide us toward the light.

For all the wisdom ages hold,
For all the stories ever told,
Point toward this simple truth:
In love we find our lasting proof
That life, whatever else it brings,
Is worth the price of broken wings.

And so we close this cosmic song,
Knowing both that we belong
Within this vast unfolding plan,
Yet each must find, as best we can,
The path that leads through joy and pain
To where all mysteries are plain.

For in the end, we understand
That all the universe is grand,
Yet nothing grander can there be
Than one heart touching, setting free
Another heart to love and grow—
This is all we need to know.

Kishore Vastani.