Chapter Thirty Seven: GOD of a man

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GOD of a man

 

“What’s good in me is GOD, what’s bad is me.”

Chapter Thirty Seven: GOD of a man

Dated: 17th April, 2427

Life always exists in two concurrent planes, physical, and psychological. Both planes exist in unison and at no point do they ever contradict. Both planes have their own set of values that govern an organism’s behaviour, often defined as basic instincts. They are called basic as they are common to every organism and manifest naturally in his behaviour, without the need of them being taught. While sex, safety and hunger drive the physical existence of an organism, faith, love and hatred determine his social existence. All are powerful in their individual entirety and lethal in any combination. When a man is led astray by any one of these, the consequences are generally catastrophic. However, a person who manages to shed the controls exerted by these, he either becomes a Saint or the most fearsome criminal. A mind free of these binding incapacities is either free of all ill or the best place to hatch the most gruesome plots. These values are not necessarily the source of evil all the time. At times these exert the discipline needed to tame the wild horses of thoughts that can otherwise transpire into unwanted actions.

Humanity suffered a catastrophe of its’ own making and blamed GOD for their actions and their consequences. They lost their faith. A natural instinct, faith was lost in the sands of time. An Atheist may not necessarily believe in GOD, but even he must nurture faith in something or someone. Without faith no society can survive.

“If GOD is the one who did all the hard work, why did none of us saw HIM doing it? Ono’s query summed up the faith of all the non believers.

“Let me ask you a question,” Clara replied, “Today you know my son is my Nakata’s partying gift to everyone, but then why were you getting those nightmares when you were not ready to accept it? Did they come to you when you didn’t know Nakata had impregnated me with his love?”

“I agree, I didn’t get those dreams when I wasn’t aware of this,” Ono replied, “But what has GOD got to do with it?”

“Ok, before I explain, did you ever feel you might be doing something wrong at any point of time?” Clara asked, “Please be honest!”

“I never felt I was doing wrong,” Ono replied, “But the thought that you might be telling the truth did cross my mind a few times.”

“And so did in mine,” Aika added as she lovingly hugged Katsuo and swung around to rock him.

“So maybe your unconscious mind knew that if I was saying the truth, you were doing great injustice to me and my child,” Clara replied.

“Perhaps,” Ono replied, “But you still haven’t explained, what has GOD got to do with it?”

“Ono, every person has an inherent goodness in them, just like the evil they posses,” Clara replied, “What’s good in a person is GOD, and what’s bad in them is they themselves.”

“I don’t understand,” Taio Bayer commented, “What do you mean?”

“I’ll explain with an example,” Clara said, “When a person is sad or in pain, he or she remembers and prays to GOD and asks HIM to relieve them of their pain. But his sufferings don’t vanish by magic. His sufferings generally continue and he keeps on praying.”

“So, you mean GOD doesn’t respond to prayers or relieve one of their sufferings?” Jake asked.

“GOD never forgets those who don’t forget HIM,” Clara replied, “Their prayers are heard and sufferings relieved. When a person’s suffering is grave and his faith in GOD unflinching, generally another human being who has the power and resources to relieve that person’s sufferings comes forward to help him.”

“And you mean its’ GOD who makes this possible?” Ono asked.

“Its’ the goodness in that human being that makes it possible,” Clara replied, “The goodness that couldn’t let them see another fellow being suffer. That goodness answers the prayers that were addressed to GOD, that goodness is the representative of GOD. And every human being has it.”

“So you mean even Robin and Daniel have GOD in them, goodness in them?” Rosalyn asked.

“Yes,” Clara replied, “The only problem is their goodness is not strong enough to determine their actions. Every time they think of doing something wrong the voice that tells them not to commit that wrong, is the weak goodness in them. That weak goodness represents GOD in them.”

“So you mean GOD is in every human being?” Omar asked.

“Not just human beings, GOD is in every creature, everything living, everything non living. There is no place, where GOD is not present,” Clara stated.

“How can you make such an unsubstantiated statement?” Taio Bayer objected, “That’s exactly the reason why everybody stopped believing the Prophets of GOD, they made claims which they could never prove.”

“What makes you thing that I cannot explain each and every word that I am saying?” Clara replied with a smile, “Which ever place you go, there is GOD, if not in anything at that place, then still inside you. Whichever star or planet you gaze through a telescope, there is GOD as along with our sight, GOD reaches there. When we try to judge what is good about that place and what is bad, we are differentiating what is GOD from what is not.”

“I don’t understand,” Ono replied, “How can there be GOD in non living things and places we can’t even reach?”

“Let’s take the example of a mountain and a sea,” Clara replied, “Mountain represents hurdle and tough terrain, while sea brings storms and tsunamis. We identify them as evil, but what is good about them is, the mountain is instrumental in giving any place its’ rainfall, while sea’s provide food for the people and water for the clouds. That is the goodness in them which represents the GOD in them.”

“And I am sure there is some GOD in this desert too!” Jake commented.

“Yes there is,” Clara replied, “The minerals and stone you can dig out from under it are the gifts it has to offer for our development, and that is GODLY about it.”

“What about animals and plants?” Ono asked.

“They are all a part of our food chain,” Clara replied, “They provide many useful products for many a medicine, fibres and lots of other things. They are gifts of GOD and that is the goodness about them. Who can forget the old trustworthy friends of man, the dog! There is GOD in everything and everyone!”

“So you mean GOD is inside us and everything else, and not outside?” Rajon asked.

“GOD can be found inside self or in the world outside,” Clara exclaimed, “Some people and religions in olden times advocated the search of an external GOD while others propagated the idea of finding him within. But when you realize there is GOD within yourself, you can find HIM by improving the goodness in you and feel HIS blessing and touch in return. If you think GOD is outside, you need to identify the goodness in everything around you and you will realize the power of HIS creation and the gifts HE has bestowed upon everybody.”

“But why should we follow or believe in GOD?” Taio Bayer asked.

“Let me reply to this one Clara,” Alexia said, “We should believe in GOD because everyone who believes in GOD, he is never lonely or helpless or an orphan.”

“Could you please explain what you are saying?” Taio Bayer requested Alexia.

“You know Taio, when we were ditched in cold blood to perish,” Alexia replied, “The feeling of loneliness engulfed each one of us, even though we were a group of seven souls. The thoughts that no one in the world knows you are still alive, that no one cares for you anymore, or loves and misses you, you don’t know the loneliness these thoughts can bring with them. Even though we were supporting each other in those tough times but individually, we all felt like orphans. We felt like orphans until the time we realized, someone didn’t want us to perish, someone was helping us tide over the difficult times, someone was giving us the opportunity to bring value added goodness into the lives of others who don’t know what had happened to us. We realized that supreme power is what everybody used to call GOD in the olden days.”

“The moment we realized GOD is watching over us, HE is well aware of how much we are suffering and who has made us suffer, the moment we realized HE won’t let us perish, we didn’t feel like orphans anymore,” Rosalyn added, “It gave us comfort that HE is with us, the thought that HE is helping us gave us strength. HE made us feel special children of HIS. We were not lonely anymore, we were not helpless anymore.”

“If GOD helps those who believe in HIM through their tough times then why is it that those who follow GOD they still have to suffer a lot in their lives? Who doesn’t GOD just relieve them of their troubles when HE is so powerful? Why did Clara and Steve suffered what they had to?” Jake asked.

“We had to suffer because we had committed some mistakes in our life,” Clara replied, “And to attain HIS blessing completely, you need to suffer punishment for your sins before HE lets you enter HIS blissful folds.”

“I don’t understand,” Jake asked.

“Yes, please explain,” Ono added.

And then Clara explained them everything she had told Steve about sins, rebirth, punishment and reunion with GOD.

“So you mean, now that we believe in GOD, we all will have to suffer for our sins before HE will accept us as HIS beloved children, including what we did against you and Steve?” Taio asked.

“Yes you will,” Clara replied, “But when you won’t be expecting the punishment.”

“What does that mean?” Ono asked.

“I mean, you will never know when you will be punished for your sins but during every punishment you will be reminded of a similar sin you had committed in your life,” Clara explained, “So you will know exactly why you are suffering.”

“Clara you have enlightened us all today. We can’t even describe how grateful we are to you,” Omar exclaimed, “Would you please be kind enough and tell us what name should we use to call GOD and how should we pray to him?”

“GOD has no name,” Clara replied, “But HE will answer to any name as long as your prayers are pure and free of malice towards anyone.”

“Could you please explain it in a bit more detail?” Steve asked.

“Look, mother and father, every person has these relationships,” Clara replied, “But everyone calls them by different names depending upon their language, and sometimes the same person can use many different names for them. For example, the same person may call them Momma and Papa, mom and dad, Ammi and Abba, Maa and Pitaji, and many more names. But the mother and father always know that its’ them who are being referred to.”

“So you mean, we can call GOD by any name and HE will know that we are calling HIM?” Ono asked.

“GOD never had a name,” Clara replied, “GOD only created man and man created all the names. Its’ the same as someone calling another person names, the only difference being that unlike us humans GOD doesn’t mind, because HE is GOD and HIS heart can contain everything that exists in nature. Remember GOD resides in your heart and not your head. The names are a produce of brain while GOD is trusted, revered and called upon by our heart. So when your heart wants to connect with HIM, HE immediately knows, and what name you are calling HIM by becomes immaterial.”

“Oh!” Steve saw everything clearly know just like everybody else but one question was still left unanswered, so he asked again, “But how should we pray to HIM?”

“You can pray to HIM any way you like Steve,” Clara replied, “GOD will not get pleased by the way you are praying to HIM and bestow you with HIS blessings. The only thing that will please HIM and make HIM shower you with HIS love is how pure you are at your heart and how malice free your wants are.”

“If that is the case Clara, then why did they have so many ways of prayer in the olden days?” Rosalyn asked.

“Most of the religions prayed by bowing to HIM which used to be a way of giving respect to those superior to you. Some others prayed to him like they were asking for something from someone who owned everything. How anybody bowed or asked was dependent upon their cultural backgrounds which were always unique,” Clara replied, “And perhaps some people’s prayers were heard because they were pure and malice free, and when everybody asked them how they prayed to GOD, their style became popular.”

“So the prayer style doesn’t matter?” Steve asked.

“As I said Steve, the only thing that matters is your faith in HIM, your purity at heart, and your wishes to be malice free,” Clara replied.

“But what if those, whose prayers were answered, they just got answered because of natural probability, and there actually is no GOD?” Taio bayer was still sceptical.

“Taio, if you are a believer, you will see HIS will in everything that happens in your life,” Clara replied, “But if you are an atheist, it will always appear to be a chance happening.”

“So there is no proof that there is a GOD?” Taio Bayer asked.

“Taio, you see this sand around us, this water around us, those rocks lying over there? Do you think they are serving any useful purpose by existing? Would it have made any difference if none of these ever existed?” Clara asked.

“Perhaps not,” Taio replied, “The only purpose these non-living things serve is that they provide us some resource or the other.”

“Well Taio, if the non existence of these non-living things would have made no difference then what was any need for the same non-living matter to transform into living forms? Why is it that an organism made up of tissues and cells which are nothing but a mere grouping together of molecules in a set design, starts living and breathing when they are born, and why do they stop when they die? What makes them living and what is it that leaves them when they die? Who made these non-living things living? Who knew which artery needs to be put where so as to connect which organs, much like an electric circuits designed by human beings?” Clara asked a series of questions.

“So you thing GOD did all this?” Taio asked.

“Somebody did this,” Clara replied, “And whoever did it, HE or SHE is much bigger and stronger than anything we know or can envisage. And that somebody is our GOD!”

“Maybe you are right, maybe not, but there seems to be many good reasons to believe in GOD,” Taio finally yielded.

“Taio, even if the other reasons were not there, the only reason which is good enough to believe in GOD is, those who believe in HIM, they are honest and never hurt others. They are considerate to the needs of the others before they make any demands for themselves,” Clara replied, “And isn’t that well enough to help the society functioning as a cohesive unit, where everybody is happy and content?”

“What can I say?” Taio shrugged his shoulders, “But admit that I am a believer from this moment.”

“Yeah!” And everybody erupted in joy. They all started to chant, “We love GOD! We love GOD!” And the magic of faith enlightened their lives forever.

Lieutenant Christopher Hahn, one man who perished centuries ago, who could have ever imagined his faith in GOD will one day re-establish the virtue of true faith in GOD, without him having to lift a finger, let alone GOD having to leave HIS comfort zones. One man’s GOD became every man’s GOD.

 

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Last chapter “Future as in present” coming next week!!

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