There is a song called "Return to Innocence" by Enigma. It doesn't have much lyrics and the melody is good for meditation, and pondering upon meaning of this life. First time I heard it when I was 15 years old and I could not get it out of my head. Five years later, I finally bought the Enigma CD to hear this song again. On the inside cover was this poem:
I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there ;
I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but i could not find a trace of Him anywhere.
I searched on the mountains and in the valleys but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.
I went to the Cabba in Mecca, but He was not there either.
I questioned the scholars and philosophers but He was beyond their understanding.
I then looked into my heart and it was there where He dwelled that I saw Him ;
He was nowhere else to be found.
- Jelaluddin Rumi
I thought this was very deep. I never heard of Rumi before, so I looked him up on Yahoo. I found many Sufi web sites with his poems and lots of info on Sufi view of life. I thought it was interesting, and also very deep :) I printed some of their writings. They were going over the concept of Messenger/Prophet. That Messenger is always the same person, and some people choose to recognize him, but others stay with the previous message as their religion. Therefore we got Judaism, Christianity and Islam. So from there I went on to read about Islam. Then at some point the thought came to my mind, Oh my God, do I have the right religion?
Here is another good poem by Rumi, I believe it is about Fajr prayers:
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorstep where the two worlds touch.
The door is open.
Don't go back to sleep.
