Kabir te Ching – Introduction part 1.

When Kabir talks about King in his ‘doha’ or verses it is same as Laozi talks about King in his book ‘Tao te Ching’. Both are referring to that natural state of every human being which was enjoyed in childhood but lost during adolescent a age. Very purpose of every human being is to regain that state.

Comparing that state of human being with Lion of a forest Kabir says:

सिंह अकेला वन फिरै, पलक पलक करे दौर।

Sinh akela van feere palak palak kare daur|

जैसा वन है आपना, तैसा वन है और।।

Jaisa van hai aapna, taisa van hai aur||

Natural state of human being, when regained, is like a Lion-the king of a forest- keeps moving in its territory keeping eyes on everything at every blink of eyes. An enlightened person too keeps eyes on everyone and everything. The difference is that he now understand that just like his body is being energised by the Tao all other people or things too are energised by the Tao. So his eyes are set to see Tao behind everything or everyone at each blink of eyes.

Kabir said:

चाह गई चिंता गई, मनवा बेपरवाह।

Chaah gayi chinta gayi, manva beparwah|

जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहीये, वो ही शहंशाह।।

Jisko kuchh nahin chahiye, vo hi shahanshan||

The state in which Kabir is living, is natural state of all human being too, is described here by Kabir. My desires and worries got evaporated on ‘seeing’ my ‘self’ or ‘Tao’ or ‘God/Truth’ etc, and i became careless.

As soon as Kabir realised that God/Truth/Emptiness or Tao is already taking care of everyone and everything in a perfectly harmonious way each moment. His worries and desires vanishes immediately. It happens! it is effortless effort Wu-Wei. Anyone trying to go beyond or overcome is going to fail!

Only the one who does not want anything is real King.

It means the one who has experienced Tao, get dissolved with it like sugar in water, and Tao is real King of Cosmos or Existence so the one who