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Be not baffled by the prevalence of many a smiling face

It is the perfect mask for the sorrow of human race

How can a pain that is of a spiritual nature

be erased by indulgence in a physical venture?

The tragedy of man is that he has mistaken

momentary pleasure with real satisfaction

How can a mind full of falsity be at ease?

How can a blemished heart be at peace?

So much has been said on the concept of consciousness

Yet modern thought is devoid of intellectual finesse

Microscopic exploration of matter is the obsession

As if the spirit is in a state of recession

Is the quest for quenching never-ending curiosity

possible without comprehending ultimate reality?

These so-called sages claim to be path-seekers

Yet time unveils them as truth's disbelievers

Laborious learning of facts yields just information

But mystics gain special knowledge through intuition

Genuine bliss is indeed a very rare phenomenon

It's the fruit of intense self-transformation

Contemporary standards of success are ego-boosters

Endless inner voids turn us into imposters

How can ignorance to the self's need

give birth to a truly amazing deed?

When the soul is disconnected from its origin

Contentment is merely a theoretical description

Only once, I have experienced that ecstasy

that Sufis manage to possess perpetually

I can never deny that divine force

that links us to our actual source

As long as pure religion is deemed as life's rival

Pursuit of happiness will remain a viscous cycle!