Part: A
Monsoon was over. Winter came right after that. The world was preparing for Christmas and New Year. He was wondering how this New Year is going to be different from the past. He felt utter disappointment to be in office. During night, when the whole world is celebrating Christmas he was staring at monitor trouble shooting somebody’s computer . The same happened for New Year night also.
He decided to leave the current job as soon as possible, at any cost.
Someday when they met at coffee table, she asked about his religion.
To be precise she asked him whether he is an atheist or theist.
He was not someone who goes to church everyday. Not even on Sundays. He never wore anything which could give a hint on his religion.
He never bothered to think about God; just because he believed him completely. He did not bother to visit churches; just because he felt the presence of God in everything, everybody and everywhere.
He always preferred to follow his instincts. He believed Christ and Krishna are related since their childhood, and Christ grew up listening to Buddha’s fables. He tried to read Upanishads in Bible and Bible in Upanishads.
The similarity in Christian trinity and Hindu trinity did not amuse him.
For him it was how it is destined to be. Religion was a signboard, not the ultimate destination. Every religion directs to the same destination even though the board may have different looks with different fonts. The law of conservation of energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed. Energy in a system may take on various forms (e.g. kinetic, potential, heat, light). It sounds more like a biblical quote.
One God; Different forms.
Reading genesis reminds him about Big Bang theory [universe originated approximately 20 billion years ago from the violent explosion of a very small agglomeration of matter of extremely high density and temperature.] as it perfectly complimented the other.
For him all physical phenomenons start with physics and ends up with theology.
Brahma, Energy and God... They all fall in a straight line.
When his religion proclaimed that it is the only way under the earth to reach God, he felt funny.
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
- First one in the Ten Commandments.
It sounds as if somebody got an insecurity feeling.
“Yahweh thundered from heaven, The Most High uttered his voice.”
Thunder and lighting; Light and sound. He loved music. He loved dance. He loved music videos and live concerts. That was the nearest of experiencing cosmic energy. Something related to “Shiv Thandav”. He liked Michael Jackson because he embodied light, sound and energy.
He saw most of the Christian Bishops living in palaces. They had high end vehicles to travel. They had mansions with air conditioned rooms. He could not understand how they all are going to practice the virtue of Poverty, while immersed in such luxurious life style.
They were called ‘Fathers’.
They let people kiss their upper palm.
He wondered how they are different from medieval land lords?
They were supposed to live with common people, down to earth.
He thought about Jesus Christ’s birthplace.
He thought about his disciples who were fishermen.
He thought about Pharisees.
Obviously something is missing now and lot of things added.
And the absence is more evident than ever.
On that day he went to the church and confessed after almost a decade. He felt extremely happy about it. At least theoretically he is a saint for few seconds. If he dies at that point of time, he will definitely make it to the heaven.
He started reading Bible.
“There are three things that amaze me—
No, four things that I don’t understand:
How an eagle glides through the sky,
How a snake slithers on a rock,
How a ship navigates the ocean,
How a man loves a woman.”
It was Proverbs 30:18-19.
He thought:
“There are three things that amaze me—
No, four things that I don’t understand:
Who wears the cloths that they show in fashion TV?
Why most of the priests use the same funny tune in their Sunday speech?
What kind of subjects make the lovers talk for hours and hours,
How a woman loves a man.”
Any clues?
Part: B
Whenever little John went to any new place with his mom, they used to visit the nearby church.
Once his mother told him that if you are in a church for the first time he can ask three blessings which will be granted for sure. His world was full of mythical characters from MahaBharatha. MahaBharatha was being telecasted on every Sunday morning at ten A.M. There were many dramatic scenes in it. When the arrow is released, the trajectory is shown with a green back ground. But the war ground was a desert. One arrow from this side will hit exactly at the tip of opponents arrow, making few sparks all around before falling on ground together.
He used to make bow and arrows with his brothers and aim at flowers and plants. Later they improvised their weapon by fixing broken blades at the tip of thin sticks which they used to call as arrow.
In all those church visiting had a set of three blessings to ask.
They were:
My dear God,
(1) I want the power of thousand elephants like Prince Bheema.
(2) I want the power of ten thousand elephants like King Drutharashtra.
Drutharashtra was blind and he was the father of Kouravas, the villains.
He thought at least one of the above two will get granted which is almost more than what he needed.
(3) The third blessings depend on the ambiance and mood generally.
It can be either
(3.a) Give me the power to fly or (3.b) give me the ability to be invisible.
He thought about flying around the school during intervals especially to reach near the pipes to wash the hands before lunch so that he can be the first.
The idea of punching those baddies hard, and go invisible when they complaint to teachers made him so happy.
Monsoon was over. Winter came right after that. The world was preparing for Christmas and New Year. He was wondering how this New Year is going to be different from the past. He felt utter disappointment to be in office. During night, when the whole world is celebrating Christmas he was staring at monitor trouble shooting somebody’s computer . The same happened for New Year night also.
He decided to leave the current job as soon as possible, at any cost.
Someday when they met at coffee table, she asked about his religion.
To be precise she asked him whether he is an atheist or theist.
He was not someone who goes to church everyday. Not even on Sundays. He never wore anything which could give a hint on his religion.
He never bothered to think about God; just because he believed him completely. He did not bother to visit churches; just because he felt the presence of God in everything, everybody and everywhere.
He always preferred to follow his instincts. He believed Christ and Krishna are related since their childhood, and Christ grew up listening to Buddha’s fables. He tried to read Upanishads in Bible and Bible in Upanishads.
The similarity in Christian trinity and Hindu trinity did not amuse him.
For him it was how it is destined to be. Religion was a signboard, not the ultimate destination. Every religion directs to the same destination even though the board may have different looks with different fonts. The law of conservation of energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed. Energy in a system may take on various forms (e.g. kinetic, potential, heat, light). It sounds more like a biblical quote.
One God; Different forms.
Reading genesis reminds him about Big Bang theory [universe originated approximately 20 billion years ago from the violent explosion of a very small agglomeration of matter of extremely high density and temperature.] as it perfectly complimented the other.
For him all physical phenomenons start with physics and ends up with theology.
Brahma, Energy and God... They all fall in a straight line.
When his religion proclaimed that it is the only way under the earth to reach God, he felt funny.
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
- First one in the Ten Commandments.
It sounds as if somebody got an insecurity feeling.
“Yahweh thundered from heaven, The Most High uttered his voice.”
Thunder and lighting; Light and sound. He loved music. He loved dance. He loved music videos and live concerts. That was the nearest of experiencing cosmic energy. Something related to “Shiv Thandav”. He liked Michael Jackson because he embodied light, sound and energy.
He saw most of the Christian Bishops living in palaces. They had high end vehicles to travel. They had mansions with air conditioned rooms. He could not understand how they all are going to practice the virtue of Poverty, while immersed in such luxurious life style.
They were called ‘Fathers’.
They let people kiss their upper palm.
He wondered how they are different from medieval land lords?
They were supposed to live with common people, down to earth.
He thought about Jesus Christ’s birthplace.
He thought about his disciples who were fishermen.
He thought about Pharisees.
Obviously something is missing now and lot of things added.
And the absence is more evident than ever.
On that day he went to the church and confessed after almost a decade. He felt extremely happy about it. At least theoretically he is a saint for few seconds. If he dies at that point of time, he will definitely make it to the heaven.
He started reading Bible.
“There are three things that amaze me—
No, four things that I don’t understand:
How an eagle glides through the sky,
How a snake slithers on a rock,
How a ship navigates the ocean,
How a man loves a woman.”
It was Proverbs 30:18-19.
He thought:
“There are three things that amaze me—
No, four things that I don’t understand:
Who wears the cloths that they show in fashion TV?
Why most of the priests use the same funny tune in their Sunday speech?
What kind of subjects make the lovers talk for hours and hours,
How a woman loves a man.”
Any clues?
Part: B
Whenever little John went to any new place with his mom, they used to visit the nearby church.
Once his mother told him that if you are in a church for the first time he can ask three blessings which will be granted for sure. His world was full of mythical characters from MahaBharatha. MahaBharatha was being telecasted on every Sunday morning at ten A.M. There were many dramatic scenes in it. When the arrow is released, the trajectory is shown with a green back ground. But the war ground was a desert. One arrow from this side will hit exactly at the tip of opponents arrow, making few sparks all around before falling on ground together.
He used to make bow and arrows with his brothers and aim at flowers and plants. Later they improvised their weapon by fixing broken blades at the tip of thin sticks which they used to call as arrow.
In all those church visiting had a set of three blessings to ask.
They were:
My dear God,
(1) I want the power of thousand elephants like Prince Bheema.
(2) I want the power of ten thousand elephants like King Drutharashtra.
Drutharashtra was blind and he was the father of Kouravas, the villains.
He thought at least one of the above two will get granted which is almost more than what he needed.
(3) The third blessings depend on the ambiance and mood generally.
It can be either
(3.a) Give me the power to fly or (3.b) give me the ability to be invisible.
He thought about flying around the school during intervals especially to reach near the pipes to wash the hands before lunch so that he can be the first.
The idea of punching those baddies hard, and go invisible when they complaint to teachers made him so happy.
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