Tuesday, October 19, 2010

WHEN GOD WALKED THE EARTH CHAPTER 29
God turns a thief to fulfill the wishes of a dying woman

Dr Mohammed missed God sorely when He had gone to Jonti although God was living separately from him, even then he made it a point to atleast meet Him once a day without fail, the day he didn’t meet Him he felt very unhappy and he could not concentrate on any thing ,living without Him for a whole week was a great mental torture for him and when he came to know that God was back in the city ,he was besides himself with joy and immediately invited Him for dinner.
He welcomed God with a huge embrace and they started chatting before sitting down for dinner,just then the phone rang,on picking up the receiver,Philomina told the doctor,”Sir Rose is sinking fast”.
“she wont leave this world until she sees her son” ,Mohammed replied with conviction, ”but even then I am coming to check her up” .After keeping the receiver down ,he turned to God and said,”I have to visit a patient, I will be back soon and then we will have our dinner”.
“who is Rose?” ,God questioned him
“Rose is ninety plus, she can neither hear, see or speak ,but through her ailment her only wish is to meet her only child Mario who is in jail for stealing a hamburger from a wayside stall, he was jobless and he did odd jobs to procure money for the treatment of his sick mother ,the day he stole the burger ,his mother had not eaten for 2 days ,and since he could not see his mother suffering ,he stole the burger ,but to his bad luck he was caught stealing ,he never imagined in his wildest dreams thar he would be locked up without remand for such a petty crime ,but he had one consolation in the knowledge that his fiancĂ©e and his kind neighbors would look after her. Although everyone took great care of her ,the old woman pined away for her son, the neighbors who could not see her sufferings tried their best to get her son out, but all their efforts were in vain ,atlast seeing no other option ,they took one of the boys living in the neighborhood and told Rose that her son had come, they thought that she would not be able to know the difference since she was blind but as soon as she touched the boys face,she knew with her motherly intuition that the boy was not her son,unless she sees her son,she wont be able to leave her completely ravaged body and proceed to the other world”, said Mohammed
“can I come with you? ”,asked God”
“you are most welcome my friend to accompany me”

When God saw the old woman he was amazed, inspite of her ravaged body which was giving her untold sufferings she was continuously repeating the rosary .God decided to help her ,he could never allow His true devotee to suffer, at that very moment He granted her ,her last wish ,To fulfill her wish He had to think of some means to get around the corrupt jail officials ,He was well aware that if He bribed an officer he would be able to get the old womans son out on parole,but how could He encourage corruption,therefore He decided to find a good lawyer who could get the boy out on bail.He consulted many lawyers but everyone asked for a hefty sum of money,the most reasonable fees being fifty thousand rupees. God was at a loss to find out how He could get hold of so much money in a short time because the old lady did not have much life left in her.
“lord you are Laxshmipati,you are the bestower of wealth on hmanbeings and yet you are at a loss to get a paltry sum of fifty thousand rupees?”,said Narda suddenely making an appearance
“why do all of you forget that I am here as an ordinary human being and I am living here as one,so forget me being a Laxshmipati,I have lost my job as a model due to heavy recession and it is very difficult to find another job, now from where will I bring so much money to help the old woman”.God replied in a worried voice they were quiet for sometime thinking of a way to solve their problem,when Narada spoke up,”there is only one way by which you can help the old woman and that is to dip in your danpati,the coffers of your temples,churches and mosques are over flowing,you have to just put your hands in them and remove what you want”.
God thought for a while”I have reason to listen to your advise this time first because the woman has very little time left and secondly------“,God became silent
“secondly what my lord? ”,Narada was curious to know
God made no reply ,instead asked him to take Him to a temple .Narada took God to the most famous temple in the city .God was amazed to see His idol on the TV monitor at the entrance of the temple and a long serpentine queue ,God had to deposit His shoes at a shoe stand near the entrance in exchange for a token, then He had His bag checked and then only He was allowed to stand in the queue for His own darshan,”why is there so much security over here?”,God questioned Narada
“the terrorist have threatened to bomb this temple,therefore these security measures have been enforced to keep away potential saboturs”,said Narda
“and why am I being shown on the TV monitor?”.
“this is being done for people who are in a hurry,who have no time to wait in the queue,they can have your darshan from here and go on their way”
“life on this earth has become very fast,everyone is rushing,rushing and rushing,therefore to keep pace with them I too am rushing,have you marked how fast the time passes by and therefore before a man knows he has lost both his childhood and youth and is standing in the threshold of old age and death,in the age of Krishna people lived a long life some times running into hundreds of years”
“I have noticied my lord,the days are quickly followed by months and months by years it looks as though you are in a great hurry to end the mans sojourn on this earth”
“don’t blame me Narada I am only following their example”.
Narada started feeling uncomfortably hot in the queue,”lord let us jump the queue”,said Narada
“have patience Narda,my naked feet are burning as if I am standing on burning coals,but I am bearing this discomfort for the love of my children”.Suddenely the men in charge of the security started ordering people to hurry and go in for the glimpse of their lord,each person was allotted only two seconds to make an offering.When God came face to face with His idol,He was stunned to see the heavily bejeweled idol,people on this earth were dying of hunger,want and disease,the money instead of being spent on them ,was being wasted on these ornaments which made no difference to Him,He was more interested that this money should be used in feeding the hungry,covering the naked,giving shelter to the homeless and providing protection to the abused”,God was lost in these thoughts when Narada whispered in His ears”lord please hurry up,we have no time”
“but Narada-----“,God was about to give vent to his thoughts,when Narda whispered again in His ears”lord take out the money soon,there are many people waiting in the line behind us,they are getting agitated and whispering amongst themselves”
Narda created an illusion around themselves,and God removed a bundle of brand new thousand rupees notes from the box without anyone being wiser about it.God had done this because He loved His children,it was divine love which only He can give, therefore if one truly loved God ,He bestowed on him love which no human being can describe,this is the only love which is sweeter then any love you experience on this earth
From the temple God went straight to the lawyers office and paid him his fees,the case came up before the sessions judge who granted the boy a custodial bail,soon after his release God took him to meet his dying mother
When Rose touched her sons face,tears just flowed down from her eyes,though she could not hear and see,she knew through her motherly instinct that it was her son who had come to meet her,With her hands clasping his hands she died in peace,
At the moment of her death,her soul rose from her body and it was surrounded by a brilliant light,she smiled at God for she was nolonger enslaved by her old and ravaged body and she happily accompanied the little angels who had come to guide her outside earths astral planet,

The next day,the industrialist who had deposited brand new bundle of crisp fifty thousand rupees in the danpati of the temple demanded a receipt from the accountant ,but the accountant refused to give him the receipt since he said he had not come across such a bundle of notes,the industrialist went and reported the matter to the police ,the police made enquiries and found a lot of irregularities in the daily functioning of the temple. The inquiry was handed over to the central bureau of investigation and they found the trustees of the temple a corrupt lot, when they raided their premises they found crores of ill-gotten wealth all plundered from the temple, and one day when God switched on the television to hear the latest news,the news reader was giving news of the temple”these innocent looking men you are seeing on the TV screen,call themselves servants of God,these same people have milked the temple dry,they have removed all the money from the temple and collected huge assets for themselves and their families,the jewellary you see on the idol, is completely fake,nothing was spent on God,today when the central bureau of investigation raided their premises they came across ill-gtotten wealth worth crores and this has been found only because of the industrialist who has deposited fifty thousand rupees in the danpati which had disappeared without a trace’
“you have killed two birds with one single stone my lord,by taking the money you have helped the old woman and you have also made these scroundels who rob people in your name meet their just ends,you enacted this whole drama on purpose,didn’t you?”.questioned Narda,God made no reply,but Narada detected a serene smile on His beautific face

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