अपना तो कोई नहीं, देखा ठोकी बजाय I अपना अपना क्या करे, मोह भरम लिपटाय II
"Kabir says, you come alone in this world, alone you depart and amidst the so called worldly relations alone you truly are. If this is true then what is this "Me, Mine" all about? It is nothing but an illusion. No worldly relation is without any self interest. Many times we hear promises like, "I shall accompany you even after your death." However it is also true that no living accompanies the dead on the funeral pyre however loving and close the relationship may be. Under the spell of deceptive Maya (illusion), nobody does anything for anybody else's happiness. The reality of the matter is that whatever a person claims to do for the happiness of others is in fact for his own happiness. Behind every act, thought, and word there is his or her own selfishness disguised. Our false ego-sense may not admit this fact, but that does not change the truth. Whether they are mother, father, siblings, children, spouse, friends, all are concerned only with their own happiness. All say, "Mine, Mine", and attach their consciousness to you with love. But at the very last moment, none will go along with you. How strange are the ways of the world! Thus, the worldly love (Moha or emotional attachment) is none other than a naked show of selfishness. This is the unshakable truth. We generally love each other out of mere selfish desires and related fears. We have no true relations because our relatives also love us to fulfill their own needs."
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