When I decided to become a musician, I had to cope with one of the biggest difficulties of my life. I came from a poor family, and my father died when I was still in High School. While my mother really wanted me to go to university, only a few schools offer a diploma in music; and these few schools are private schools that charge higher tuition fees. It was difficult for my widowed mother to put me through one of these schools.When I was in high school, a few months after my father died, I was taken to a remote village where my grandmother lives. The place is without electricity, and the boat is the only means of transport. It was a very backward place for a city-rat teenager like me. With nothing to do, nothing to read, and so much craziness to think about, I trashed the old boxes in one of my grandmother's rooms and accidentally found a book. The book was The Four Gospels of Christ, the book that I read several times from cover to cover. This event aroused and sealed my faith in the Supreme Being.
At that time and even today, although I did not consider myself a member of any sect or religion, I knew that God exists. He is real and very powerful. That's why, when no one was there to help me realize my dream of becoming a musician, I turned to God and entered into an agreement with Him. Alone in my bedroom, I sincerely spoke to the Supreme Being, 'God, if you help me learn music, I promise to write songs that glorify you. ''More or less, that's what I said, and it wasn't even a prayer. In those days, I had no actual knowledge of the Supreme Being. I was young, arrogant, ignorant, and impulsive; nonetheless, it was a sincere and earnest request. God would probably have listened because He answered; and I came to a point where I am satisfied with what I know about music. It stayed and never left me. It became my ways and my means, my lullaby, my friend, my armor, my sanctuary; practically the source of everything I truly need. And it can make me happy and even fulfilled.
The Supersoul was the first song I composed for God, not really because of the deal and my promise (which being ungrateful as I am I had forgotten); but because it came naturally when I came into knowing Him. After all, how can I write anything about someone I know nothing about? –Kali
