He who wishes everyone to be happy, healthy and totally free from all sufferings, deserves to be called a human being

Chadar ho gayi bahut purani, ab to soch samajh abhimani;

Ajab julaha chadar beeni, sut karam ki tani,

surat niriti ka bharana dini, tab sabke man mani;

Mele dag pare papn ke, vishyan mey lap tani;

Ghyan ka sabun laye na dhoya, sat sangati ka pani;

Bhai kharab gai ab sari , lobha moh mey sani;

Sari umar audhtey biti, bhali buri nahin jani;

Shanka mani jan jiy apaney, hey yah vastu beerani;

kahe kabir yahi rakhu yatan se, yeh fir hath na aani.

He who wishes everyone to be happy, healthy and totally free from all sufferings, deserves to be called a human being.  As long as he is not saddened by the sufferings of others, till then he cannot be considered to be a man.  Second point is that, he who empathizes and identifies with the suffering of others, does not grieve from his own grief.  You all pay attention!  Only he, who does not have compassion for the joys and sorrows of others, has to suffer.  Only he who is a pleasure seeker, and hankers after riches, experiences the void of and lack of happiness.  But he, who is happy with the happiness of others, never has a shortage of happiness.  How? His desire for enjoyment and pleasures perishes.  

Na me dharma na hi adharmi , na me jati na kami ho;

Na me kheta na me suntan,ne mesewak swami ho;

Na me bandha na me mukhta, na me virat na rangi ho;

Na kahu se pyara hua, na kahu ke sangi ho;

Na hum narek lok ko jate, na hum savrag sidhare ho;

Sabhi karam hamari kiriya, hum karman te nayare ho;

Ya mat ko koi birla bhuje, so atal ho baitha ho;

Ma kabir kahu ki thape, mat kahu ko meta ho;

He who harms others for his own happiness and pleasure,  does not deserve to be called a man.  A man is he who having renounced his selfishness, does good to others or at least does not in the least cause any suffering to others.  Therefore the lesson that needs to be learned is that let no one experience any pain or suffering, in the least bit through our actions.  Besides trying to relieve the people of their sufferings, we should aim at their welfare, keeping in the forefront, how they can be benefited?  We are only responsible for the welfare of others to the extent of our ability, power and resources.  No one can make everyone happy.  Even all the men in the world pulling all their resources together, cannot make a single man happy.  The reason is that as a man’s desire for prosperity, pleasures, honor and praise etc., are fulfilled, the more they are strengthened. Even on acquiring an abundance of riches, the man can’t be satisfied.  When the entire world together cannot make a single man happy, how can then one man relieve all people of the world of their suffering?   

Chalna hai dur musafir kyon sove re;

Chet achet nar soch bavre, bahut neend mat sove re;

Kam krodh madh lobh me phas ke, umariya khahe khove re;

Sir par maya moh ki gathari, sang duth tere hove re;

So ghatri teri bech me chin gayi, murth kahe rove re;

Rasta to veh purvh vikat hai, chalab akela hobe re;

Sang sath tere koi nahi chalega, kaki dagariya jove re;

Nadiya gahri nav purani, kahi vidhi par tu huve re;

Keh kabir suno bhai sadhav, byaj dhoke mul mat khoye re;

However, all can adopt the feelings and sentiments,  of wishing well for other’s welfare, i.e whether he is a brother or a sister, young or old, rich or poor.  No one is deprived of this right.  To be happy in one’s own happiness and sad in one’s own sadness is beastliness, while to be happy in others’ happiness and sad in others’ sadness is humanity.   Therefore, as long as, a man does not develop the nature of becoming happy in others’ happiness, and sad with others’ sadness, he does not deserve to be called a man.  His appearance may be like a man, but in fact he is not a man.  So long as a man   is happy in his own happiness and sad with his own sorrows, it means that he has not developed humanity in him. 

Santo manush tan baurana;

Ek bakri ka baccha laye, tahii khelawat danna;

Shish kat dharti dhar deve, phir mange vardana;

Ghar hi me manusha  marigo, unnko dekha ghinna;

Jahr phuk koila kar dare, ought ghat nahana;

Bhar se ek murda laye, non tel ghee sana;

Ta murde ki bani rasoyi, ghar ghar karat bhakhana;

Kahu kabir sunnoo bhai sahdo, yeh padh hai nibarna;

Yeh padh ko jo soch vichare,soyi chatur sijana.

   He who does good to others according to his power, God does good to him according to His power.  If he applies all his power to do good to others, then God also applies all His power to do good to him.  When God applies His powers, then how can he remain unhappy?   No one can ever make him unhappy;  and such a person attains God.  The desire for pleasures and prosperity is the main obstacle to God Realization.  Sense pleasures and hoarding, will not permit man to realize God.  The reason is that when he hoards, he does this with his body, and when he enjoys pleasures, he does so with his body.  So if a man is attached to the body, an effigy of bone and flesh, if he is a slave to these, how can he attain spiritual enlightenment?  But he, who is happy in the happiness of others, ceases to have the desire for happiness or pleasure, while he who is moved and distressed in the sadness of others ceases to have the desire for hoarding.