YOUNG SOUL

Breaking off all the worldly barriers,

I want to remain as youthful as ever

At least in my thoughts.

With the graceful passage of years

Which we call as AGE,

I want to adorn my youth

With a soul which is

Neither young nor old;

Intrinsically it is outside time,

And identically the same

At the end of a heavily burdened life

As on the morning of rising sun.

When I speak of a soul as young or old

I am not trying to import chronology

Into something that is outside time.

That is impossible.

What I am discussing is the soul

As a psychological reality.

This demands an explanation.

Our actions have their origin in ourselves

And yet they shape us;

They dispose us to act this way or that,

They create an inclination,

A personal way of forming a judgment.

And as the result of such judgments

And choices and basic preferences

Provided they are often enough repeated

And fit in with each other - a spirit,

A mentality becomes a reality within us.