If  one is  one,  two is two  and  three  is  three,
Can  you  tell,  what is  that  people  cannot  see?

If  one  is  you,  two is me  and  we  are three,
Can you find, what is that between you and me?

If one is none, two is unconcerned and three is free,
Can  you  say, what  is  that  which  we  shouldn’t  be?

If one says me, two says we and three doesn’t agree,
Can you tell, what separates one,  two and the three?

If one forgets, two regrets and three is on the knee,
Can you tell,  what  is not letting them  all  feel  free?

If  one  is  you,  two  is  yours  and  three  is  ‘He’,
Can  you  imagine,   where   would   ‘I’   really   be?

Almost all languages we have or the vast known majority at least ( expert linguists or lexicologists can provide input ) deal with the structure of first person, second person and third person. In my opinion, as a language is the expression for how we perceive the world, this structure really gives us the insight into human psychology.

Almost every religion agrees on the principle of getting rid of ego ( the sense of ‘I’ or the strong sense of first person ) in order to attain any spiritual progress. The Bible tells us about loving the neighbor and that is only possible when the person rises above the differences separating one from another. In order to rise above those differences, one first needs to understand it.

Geeta says it right,

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपधते
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः || (7.19)

After many many births, when someone knowledgeable realizes the truth, he comes to me. But the enlightened person who really understands that everything is Krishna – the same ‘Bhram’ – and nothing else, is very rare indeed.

So at the end, everything is an interesting interplay between one, two and three! Someone who knows oneself, automatically understands the rest. 

If one can answer all those questions laid out in this poem, one can definitely say that the one is really experiencing the oneness with the one and only existential truth! 😉

Enjoy 🙂