A day in a Heaven

[Guest guest]

One fine morning, when gazing at the skies of morning sunrise, Mr.X

was pleasantly surprised to see an Angel appearing next to him.

 

"Good Morning Sir." The Angel did not reciprocate the wish but simply

smiled, for there was no morning or evening in his city.

"I will show you my Heaven for one day, if you wish", said the Angel.

"That would be wonderful", said Mr.X. "Let us go now", said the Angel.

"Let us go". At that very thought, both of them started moving at the

speed of mind.

"Oh! This is wonderful", said Mr.X, "I read in the Gita that even if

the body is destroyed, Atman is not. Is this what I am now, Sir ?".

The Angel simply smiled neither confirming nor denying.

"Here we are in Heaven", said the Angel. Mr.X found it so wonderful.

 

"Your quote from the Gita is appreciated.What else did you learn,

Mr.X ?", asked the Angel.

Mr.X replied, "I learned that actions must be performed without

desire for results". The Angel appreciated and smiled again.

"But, Sir, what actions are to be performed in your Heaven ?",

inquired Mr.X. The Angel was silent.

Mr.X got confused and thought, "Earth was better, atleast I know what

to do.". Angel simply smiled again.

 

"Ah!" exclaimed Mr.X. surprised at the people who he knew on Earth

now inhabiting Heaven, but, who he did not ever think were deserving

to be in Heaven. Knowing this, Angel remarked gently, "My son, did

you not learn that many of you who are last will be first and first

will be last ?". Mr.X nodded astounded.

 

--- To be continued ----

 

With Love,

Raghava

[Guest guest]

Mr.X saw the magnificient city and is bewildered with amazement.

People were joyfully going about with their works in the streets. He

saw a big procession in the city and was curious. The Angel

replied, "a new king is being coronated; everyone here gets a turn to

be the king. The current king is handing over charge to his successor

who is a sweeper. After coronation, the previous king will switch

roles with his successor".

Mr.X : "You mean, the king will be a sweeper from tomorrow ?"

Angel: "Yes, Sir; and the sweeper will be king. When works are done

without motive, what does it matter if you a king or a sweeper ?"

X to himself: "Hmm. Sounds familiar"

 

Angel: "You need a new body that matches with others here, if you

want to see the local people from close quarters. Do you want to do

that ?"

X: "Yes, kind Sir"

Angel: "Okay, here we go. You now have the body of the local people"

X: "Sir, this is amazing"

Angel: "What is it ?"

X: "Sir, I thought, by having the new body I will be transformed.

But, I just have a new body. All my thoughts and tendencies did not

change a bit"

Angel: "Yes,my dear son. They are called Vasanas in your terminology"

 

.... To be continued ...

 

With Love,

Raghava

[Guest guest]

Mr.X and the Angel started strolling in the beautiful gardens with

new bodies. It was not possible to distinguish them for a third

person; both of them are now passing of as Sages.

 

In the beautiful gardens, they saw some people shouting with

excitement and heard laughter like thunder. They are playing a game,

said the Angel. They play such games just for the fun of it, just

like you go to amusement parks.

X: "Sir, what exactly are they playing?"

Angel:"They have a needle of 10-centimeters size in the middle of the

garden. From the other end of the garden, they are taking bodies of

huge camels, and run very fast. When they reach the needle in the

middle of the garden, they suddenly drop their camel-bodies and take

minute bodies and jump through the needle, passing through its eye.

The skill lies in becoming tiny at the right time"

X: " ?"

Angel"Do not judge, my son. You can give it a try too"

 

First the Angel tried and successfully passed through the needle.

Mr.X was however, not so successful. He did not even see the needle

and was running very fast as a camel, until someone called him back.

 

Angel "It is okay my son, you will learn."

 

X: "Sir, I remember now."

Angel "What is it, my son"

X: "It is easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of the needle

than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven"

X: "But, I am not even rich, Sir"

 

The Angel smiled again and Mr.X knew now that he referred to richness

of ego.

 

..... To be continued unless someone objects ....

 

With Love,

Raghava

[Guest guest]

Mr.X: "Sir, I see that everyone here is so joyous"

Mr.X: "Sir, I suspect this is a place of eternal happiness"

"Sir, I also suspect that this place has no misery at all"

The Angel was silent and smiled.

 

Mr.X: "Sir, does anyone here know of such a thing as duty ?"

The Angel was silent again.

 

After a long pause, the Angel replied, "My son, Love alone manifests

here".

 

Angel said again, "To your surpise, noone helps anyone else here"

Mr.X: "Sir, you must be kidding"

Angel: "No, my dear one, I am not kidding"

Mr.X: "This place then must be not worth at all a visit"

Angel:"You will find out. Everyone here sees the Brahman in all and

worship the Brahman in all. Where then is the notion of 'help' except

worship of Brahman? Isn't it true that when you think you are helping

someone, it creates yet again a layer of ego for you both ?".

Mr.X: :"Sir,I will not agree with you completely"

 

.... To be continued ...

 

With Love,

Raghava

[Guest guest]

Angel: "My dear one, the place that you saw is indeed an exalted one,

but, there are others more exalted than this"

Mr.X : "Sir, could you take me to the highest? Where is the highest?"

Angel: "I cannot take you there. You have to go there on your own."

Mr.X: "Sir, I realized that absolutely all the things that you said

are indeed present in our Scriptures. You also now say that you

cannot take me to the highest. Kind Sir, of what use are you to me ?"

 

Just as this conversation was going on, a beautiful person appeared

before them. The person was so beautiful that both Mr.X and the Angel

lost their identity in the beauty and for a moment were absorbed in

the most pleasant presence of the person, feeling their identity with

the universe.

 

Within a moment however, the person disappeared, and both stood

facing each other.

Mr.X: "Sir, what was that ? Was it Krishna ? Was it Shiva ? Was it

Brahma? Was it Brahman ? Was the universe non-existent ? Was it

within us ?"

 

Just then, Mr.X was being tapped on his shoulder vigorously and when

he woke up, was presented with a cup of coffee. Sir, did you fall

asleep ?

Mr. X: "How long was I gone ?"

X's Spouse: "Gone where ? You fell asleep as usual for a couple of

minutes while I was making coffee".

Mr.X: "Perhaps. Where is the Angel ?"

X's Spouse: "Sir, here am I"

 

 

... Concluded ... Comments and questions are welcome.

 

With Love,

Raghava