Self of my Self!

My eye flits from form to form without respite
 but nowhere does it find true interest or satisfaction,
 but when it lights on You,
 it adheres and rests there, still forever.

My mind is distracted by a thousand thoughts.
 It suffers unceasing torment,
 but when it thinks of You,
 it is irresistibly drawn, like a magnet,
 to a vision of You,
 and rests on You in never-ending peace.

My heart is perpetually agitated with stormy passions.
 It is often torn with terrific conflicts of contrary emotions.
 But when it feels its way to You,
 its storm yields place to calm,
 it recovers its equilibrium and it floats on the ocean of eternal bliss.

My life has been like a troubled torrent,
 running zigzag on uneven ground,
 sometimes overflowing its banks and inundating all around, and sometimes drying up and sinking into the sands.
 It seemed to have no set direction or aim.
 Only when at last it merged and flowed in You,
 did it attain its ultimate destination and complete fulfillment.
 You are my sole refuge!

-Prof Subbaramaya, a foremost devotee of Bhagavan