I felt very close to God recently when I was recording a devotional song for AR
Rahman's private collection. I saw that while I was singing everybody around me
had tears in their eyes, it was as if He had descended to wash our souls.
Everyone was moist eyed, but no one knew why they were crying.
God in Gucci I feel very close to Him when I sing He bares his soul when he
sings and derives inspiration from his audience. Looking within and being aware
of the self are as good as praying, he believes Kailash Kher
The TImes of INdia
WHEN we are born, we are detached from the Almighty. We are forced to live in
different yonis (births) till we attain nirvana and be with Him again. This is
certain. But I don't understand why people live only for themselves and keep
boasting about their laurels. We don't even have control over the breath we
take, then why should we live under the illusion that we have control over
things or people?
I believe in God and I am spiritual. There is a supreme force that guides
us. He is the Panchtatva (five tatvas, namely, earth, fire, air, water and sky)
that we are made of. Its up to everyone to visualise Him as they want. And
spirituality for me is the purity of a human being. If we do what we believe in
and not let ourselves deviate from that, that, to me, is being spiritual. I am
a Sufi singer and believe in Sufism. In my opinion, most of the works in Sufism
are a female's perspective of her Beloved-Parmaatma (God), and this is beyond
love it is deewaanapan (obsession).
I bow to the supreme power, I don't do any idol worship or go to a place of
worship. My belief is that one should be aware of one's own self, if you do
your introspection, then that is nothing less than any prayer. My prayer to him
everyday is " Khuda mujhe itni khudai na de, ki mujhe apne siwa koi aur dikhai
naa de" (Lord, don't give me so much power that I can't see beyond my own
self).
But this is easier said than done. People, in order to achieve their dreams
and desires, adopt ways that aren't true and do things that aren't correct ,
somewhere the material lust takes the purity and serenity of their soul away.
It takes a lot of self-control not to be affected . As I have written about
Maaya (material wealth) in one of my songs titled Tauba Tauba, the lyrics of
which go as Ki tu khwaab hai ya dhoka, tujhe koi samajh na paaya (that
materialism is a dream or an illusion, no one has understood so far).
But I see no harm in acquiring material wealth, as long as your means and ways
to acquire are right and your conscience allows you to do your thing. Then you
are on the right track and can be spiritual even as you go all out to acquire
wealth.
This money can buy you luxuries but not happiness. Happiness is a feeling that
gives you a high and we can derive it from our acts and deeds and not by money.
It lies within you just like the Almighty who resides in each one of us and to
reach Him we need to dig deep within and not search outside.
I feel very close to Him when I sing. When I sing live, the energy that
emanates from the audience resonates with my energy and uplifts me. This is a
divine feeling. That huge force of energy that binds us is the proof of His
existence.
I felt very close to God recently when I was recording a devotional song for AR
Rahman's private collection. I saw that while I was singing everybody around me
had tears in their eyes, it was as if He had descended to wash our souls.
Everyone was moist eyed, but no one knew why they were crying.
My one line mantra is to ensure that I don't hurt anyone with my work..
(Kailash Kher is a well-known Sufi singer) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
