Incidents folded in front of us one by one and things started to become clear. The wise man showed events that occurred in everyones life and from those events it became clear that all of us sitting at the table were here because of a wish. Everbody at the table even though of different color, caste, creed or from different world so to speak off had all made a wish, a wish to be 'Far Away'.
Wise Man continued 'All of you sitting here had once in your life wished to travel. A journey that will take you to far off places, a journey that will take you to stars, a journey that will free you from thoughts of who you are'. Everybody was now listening carefully to what the wise was saying.
He told everyone about the journey that we were going to make. It was something different from the one that I was used to making as a sales agent selling stocks and products from one place to another. 'Are you talking about moksha', asked a man at the table. (MOKSHA is a term used in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism as freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience). 'Moksha to some and eternity to others' said the wise man. There was a big hush in the room. Sense of peacefulness or freedom at the table made sense now.
'Many of people have wished for moksha then why us why not others' asked me. 'Many of them wish, not just you people but the wish that are granted are the once that are not made under any influence. Many of them wish that they become young, many that there should be peace in world, many wish to take the same journey as you all did but not all come here' said the wise. 'The wish made by these people is done under the inflence of circumstances which are created and ruled by them. So it comes down to them to handle it'. I realized then the calm that I felt before making the wish, the morning rays had freed me from all the influences.
'Wish and the reason brought you till here, now its up to you to continue the journey, a decision that you all have already made' said the wise. Doors appeared in front of us and each one took the door of their choice to what lied ahead.
Wise Man continued 'All of you sitting here had once in your life wished to travel. A journey that will take you to far off places, a journey that will take you to stars, a journey that will free you from thoughts of who you are'. Everybody was now listening carefully to what the wise was saying.
He told everyone about the journey that we were going to make. It was something different from the one that I was used to making as a sales agent selling stocks and products from one place to another. 'Are you talking about moksha', asked a man at the table. (MOKSHA is a term used in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism as freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience). 'Moksha to some and eternity to others' said the wise man. There was a big hush in the room. Sense of peacefulness or freedom at the table made sense now.
'Many of people have wished for moksha then why us why not others' asked me. 'Many of them wish, not just you people but the wish that are granted are the once that are not made under any influence. Many of them wish that they become young, many that there should be peace in world, many wish to take the same journey as you all did but not all come here' said the wise. 'The wish made by these people is done under the inflence of circumstances which are created and ruled by them. So it comes down to them to handle it'. I realized then the calm that I felt before making the wish, the morning rays had freed me from all the influences.
'Wish and the reason brought you till here, now its up to you to continue the journey, a decision that you all have already made' said the wise. Doors appeared in front of us and each one took the door of their choice to what lied ahead.
10 comments:
@all
this is my last but one chapter of the story. next is goin be my last.
so hows ur job as "sales agent selling stocks and products from one place to another" ... :))
i like ur way of writing...the way u linked this chapter with previous ones in the first few lines...really awesome rayan....
so wat did u choose?? which door did u open??
@sundar
wait and see. Moksha is not to be revealed so easily. :D
@sundar
hey tht was written specificaly to tell tht it was not me.
wooooooow....thats some mighty stuff about moksha..but interesting way of linking the story..that was creative...one complaint though - gonna end already?????????...i already felt sad about Harry Potter final series being released next year..now even ryan-tantra is gonna end??..no come on laxmi continue the storyline
@aj
haha its like release from curse. its not really about moksha. wht i really wanted to capture was that wish and reason had brought him till this point . and sure it just end of this story but next will come soon.
i didn't expect the story unfolding this way.. good twist! But on the concept abt MOKSHA!
every person in childhood is free from influence of environment.. but as we grow up the environment where we r brought up shapes us! I have heard of yogis free from influence of material world, but how come stock brokers???
i don't completely agree widh this..
@balaji
some deep things. well my thinking is that even in child hood we are attached to materialistic things though they are might not be as big as the wants the bigger one. and free from desires while wishing and nothing else. after that the character really enjoied dargeeling.
@naru
i noticed dat, "free from desires while wishing and nothing else", so he never had this wish @ any point in life after dat? may be he hasn't visited dargeleeing again :)
but as per ur hypothesis storyline fits exactly..
@balaji
yeah. basically the story is trying to convey that wishes made without any influences of circumstances are the ones
that are granted.
and its not hypothesis since the author is telling that. :)
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