Saturday, October 16, 2010

WHEN GOD WALKED THE EARTH CHAPTER 7
God brings a change of heart in the don

The news soon spread like wild fire throughout the village.Forgeting the indignities and cruelities the don had inflicted upon them,the villagers rushed to save his son.The child was buried in a tomb like darkness,not a ray of light could penetrate the darkness of the pit.
The child cried till his mouth was parched and his tears dried up, then totally exhausted he lay down half conscious on the muddy floor which was crawling with insects. The villagers tried whole evening and night to rescue him ,but they couldn’t at last they requested the army to help them in the rescue operation .The army knew that he was the son of the dreaded don who had inflicted upon them a number of causalities, but they felt that a small innocent child should not be made to pay for his father’s crimes. They inserted a CC TV camera into the pit to monitor the child’s movements. The child was alive inspire of having nothing to eat or drink for the past so many hours ,they gave him a non ending supply of oxygen through a plastic pipe and supplied him with food which they put in a bucket and tied it to one end of the rope which they slid into the pit.
This sensational news was soon carried to various news channels and all converged on the village to tell the world the misfortune which had befallen the dreaded don. The footage was given in graphic detail to all the viewers. Soon the news reached the don in his hideout and he switched on the TV channel who was giving detail by detail account about his son, he went pale in his face on seeing his son fighting between life and death in the pit, he started trembling violently, he didn’t know how to save his only child whom he loved above everything else in the world. He could see his wife crying heart brokenly near the pit, he could see the army and the villagers on whom he had inflicted so much horror, pain and misery and who were frantically trying to rescue his son. He could see people belonging to all castes and creeds praying to God to rescue his son from the grip of death, although they all knew that the child was the son of the most dreaded don on this earth. He who had given so much misery, hatred and cruelty to people were praying for his sons life. He who had never done a good deed in his life, he who had taken so many lives in return everyone of them were trying to give him back his life-his son who was the light of his life with out whom life for him was not worth living
He was at war with himself, all hate, all malice melted away from his mind that very moment .He was cured of all the ill will he had ever harbored against his fellow human beings. His soul was penitent for all the bitterness he had spread around himself ,he had a change of heart and change of mind and his soul was baptized by the holy spirit .He fell at his feet and prayed to Allah to forgive him his sins and to give him back his son.He gave a promise to God that henceforth he would not harbor hate or malice against anyone,neither would he do any injustice to anyone.,he would never again fund any criminal activity.He pleaded with God sobbing heavily to accept his plea,if He accepted it,it meant he had been forgiven ,if he rejected his plea then he deserved it
A little apart from the pit,stood a well which had dried up and was unused for many years ,the army decided to dig a tunnel between the well and the pit. After many hours of hard work ,the army successfully dug the tunnel between the two .A soldier went down the well and through the tunnel he reached the boy. He put the boy in a basket and attached the basket to a rope lowered from above ,the basket was lifted up with the help of a crane,
The boy was weak but in good condition he was put in the arms of his mother who was besides herself with joy. She ran to a temple which was situated close by and fell at the feet of God for giving her back the apple of her eyes.
This incident united the whole valley it was heart warming to see the entire valley praying for the safe return of his son. It was amazing to note that the don who had all his life done a death dance in the valley ,his son had generated a unique unity amongst the people of different castes and creeds,
Overwhelmed by the power he had achieved ,the don had the illusion pf sovereignty he became blind and deaf to his fellow beings sufferings and never felt any remorse for committing the most dastardly crimes. The people too on whom he had heaped so many atrocities stopped feeling outraged at his crimes-they had got accustomed to his evil designs-people had a choice between life and death, but they preferred death to life and therefore they had never fought back, they only talked of the spirit of Kashmir which consisted of bouncing back to life every time some one was killed, this unending spirit of the people and indifference to death which had stalked them time and again, had emboldened him to go further in his acts of cruelty and this had made him more and more callous to their helplessness and despair ,only if all of them had joined together and fought him bravely and stopped him in his track ,then he would have not been drunk by his power and his achievements.
So many lives he had stilled and destroyed and when he saw how many men and how many hours it took to save a single life, he understood that each life was very valuable and it should be treated with respect, it was very easy to kill ,but very difficult to save a life. He decided then and there to turn a new leaf and henceforth his mission in life would be to help as many people as possible.
He called a meeting of all the members of his gang and announced that he was from now on giving up the life of sin and giving himself up to the law .”I am fed up of living a life of a fugitive .I want to live a happy life with my family. I did jihad in the name of Islam ,I thought I would kill all non believers in the valley and turn everyone into a muslim, but after I saw how my son was rescued by people of all castes and creeds I realized that there is only one religion and that religion is the religion of love, understanding and brotherhood.i tried hard to break the unity amongst the hindus and muslims in the valley but not once I was able to do it.in the eyes of God we are the most inhuman and merciless of all mankind,I will not hesitate to say that we are the real kafffir’s,because only non believers can commit the crimes against humanity as we have been doing all this time.I would also like to invite all of you to join me and reform yourselves,instead of killing mindlessly and instilling pain and fear in others,let us work together and bring harmony back in their lives, let us give them the healing touch .It is not easy to change from a bad person to a good person, it is a very up hill task because the society in which we live, the education which is imparted to us corrodes a man’s sensibilities and takes him back to his old ways, always beckoning him to a life of easy gain, but one should fight bravely against all odds and walk on his path of goodness .How many of you would like to join me in my new mission?’ ,the don asked his gang members
Since the don was always kind ,helpful and accessible he was well liked by his gang members therefore everyone was agreeable to his decision because almost all of them were tired of always being on the run, they all wanted to settle down and lead a peaceful existence. ,The don connected well with gangsters from all walks of life, he had a magnetism which made everybody listen to him and blindly follow him all the attributes necessary for a powerful personality ,the don knew very well that if he could recruit people to kill and destroy, he had also the power to convert the gangsters to lead a moralistic and virtuous life

“Devi did you see how the small boy brought a unity amongst all the religious faiths and how the most wanted criminal on earth had a change of heart,what no man could do.this small boy achieved”said God
“you can achieve the impossibly my lord after all the whole universe is at your beck and call and you can do anything,anything at all”,replied Goddess Laxshmi,”but my lord when you put the small toddler in the tomb like pit I was afraid for the boy”
“I never left the boy for a second,I did not let any harm come even within his touching distance,I was his strength,I was his undying spirit” ,said God
“Narain.Narain”.sang Narada on his tanpura which he always carried along with him every where making a sudden appearance.”what ever you do my lord you do to save mankind,you are very benevolent and kind,I was watching the TV contiuously ,the whole episode was full of drama and suspense.you can be a very good story writer my lords”,
“maybe later on I will turn a story writer because on this earth you need money to survive and to earn money you have to work”.replied God
“my lord when ever a tragedy befalls human’s their government has no specific plan to tackle the terrorists,they just speak a few words of consolation to the families of the dead, pay them compensation and then go about their business .To win confidence of the citizens they make a big show of booking the culprits and the trial goes on till eternity, some times the criminals are dead and gone and still the trial goes on, they make a mockery of the whole episode because they know with time everything will be forgotten”,said Narada
“this is a sick nation ”,replied God,” which only keeps on harping about the spirit of the people instead of tackling the terrorists with a firm hand. The entire people are corrupt and saleable excepting a few leaders which you can count on the fingers of your hand, they are all saleable ,corruption has seeped into their bones, for their own ulterior motives and monetary gains they damage the place which has given birth to them and looks after them. These vultures who thrive on human flesh have turned their nation into grave yard of destruction”.”
“you are right my lord” ,replied Goddess Laxshmi,”most of the leaders are themselves guilty of sheltering and nurturing terrorists therefore they do not take any action that places a premium of reassuring the population that feels threatened ,they take no steps to bring back the harmony to give the healing touch .life is cheap for these scroundels. At the rate the death rate is climbing,sooner or later the death rate will beat the birth rate”.
“I created all men equally”,said God,”and man created religion but some man misuse religion to further their own selfish motives and destroy my creation .Instead of living together peacefully and happily they are dividing each other on religious lines”
“I am sorry to say my lord ”,said Goddess Laxshmi ”the human race is bent on destroying each other”
At that moment Harry made an appearance and asked God wether He had seen how many man hours were lost in rescuing the don’s son ”the boy should have been left in the pit to die a slow and torturous death as the don is being doing to our children ,why show sympathy for such a cruel man’s child? ”,asked Harry in an angry voice
“the child can not be punished for his father’s sins and who knows this act of kindness has brought a change of heart in the don” ,replied God
“the rulers are as much at fault as the don ,they are allowing the enemies to bleed the country and turn it into a hot bed of terror and treason ,the result will be very bad indeed, when every thing is taken away from you and you have nothing to live for ,everyone will start retaliating against the system ,they will start taking law into their hands and then complete anarchy will prevail”, said Harry
“the real culprits are the politicians who play upon the religious feelings of the people .To keep their chair safe and sound they use the divide and rule policy they instigate different communities against each other and weaken them .Instead of apprehending the culprits and punishing them without trail ,they make a mockery of justice by holding trials for years on end and ultimately because of lack of sufficient proof and witnesses turning hostile and some times even dying during the lengthy proceedings, most of the goons go scot free” ,said Rahil who was had accompanied Harry
“it is pitiable to see so many intellectually exhausted human’s who have been overcome by emotional weariness.Instead of mastering the situation,they have become victims of it.They have lost the confidance and forgotten the adge that unitedly they can master any situation,no matter how worst it is.Because of their growing inner cowardiness,they feel helplessly persecuted. This unhealthy mental weakness drains off people’s heroism and they desperately try to put a paper crown upon their cowardiness calling it the great spirit of the peole.Generally the peopl’s mind has become unsteady ,agitated and chaotic, they have come down to the stupid level of taking every thing in their stride because they fear to face the terrorists ,like Arjuna who declared before the Mahabharata war that he had so much large heartedness that even if the Kaurava’s were to kill him,he would not fight injustice.The Kaurava’s were hundred in number which represented evil forces lurking on the earth,whilst Arjuna and his brothers were only five in number but they represented the divine forces .A constant war is being waged around every human being with negative forces hovering over every one of them which are mightier then divine forces .Although divine forces are weak much weaker then the negative forces, but if the divine forces are organized fully under the guidance of the creator ,one can win a permanent victory over the outnumbering forces of evil” ,said God
“but for this everyone should unite and fight the evil forces is it not? ,asked Rahil
“most of the people are now in a state of sleep, their individual temperament, character ,capabilities and decency are all in a condition of dormancy, in their cowardliness they have a fear of facing the situation, because of this, they bring upon themselves innumerable sorrows .Once they realize that bouncing back after each attack will not help them and when the reality illuminates their minds they will be bestowed with potential energy which after a time and under favorable conditions will emerge to express itself and will put down the dark forces of destruction .And when the dormant seed of anger and anguish will manifest itself in man and before long it will grow and grow into inconceivable heights and then every evil force will be destroyed by them, then God too will be of help to them because He helps those who helps themselves” ’said God
“I hope that day comes fast ”,said Harry
“The day has already arrived ,from now on there will be only peace and plenty in the valley ,once again the valley will glow in its pristine beauty” ,said God,
Just then Nazakat came and fell at God’s feet” you have performed a miracle my lord ,my husband who was a mine of crime and cruelty has reformed his ways ,he just now spoke to me on the phone and told me that from now on he and his gang have reformed themselves completely and hence forth they will spend their lives in helping less fortunate people and will restore peace and happiness to the valley ,said Nazakat
God patted her on the head and gave her His hands to stand up, ”This is a very good news I am hearing today ,spread this good news to others in the valley
”,God said addressing Rahil, ”I am happy my journey to this land of dreams has been fruitful”

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