Saturday, February 20, 2010

The divine comedy (cont)---Not Dante's

Scene 3 :
Location :Hiranyagarbha (Brahmas world)
Both shiva and vishnu enter the smoke/mist filled home of brahma.....
S: Less on the smoke dude......do you want us to choke?
B: Wassup guys........Long time no see.......some new demon on the block trying to usurp heaven....?? and by the way that's not smoke ....its heavenly mist.....
V: Sooooooo.........hows the creation thing coming along.......any new prototype in the offing ? or is it just the same old homosapien.....
B: Nah....cant create new ones.....not allowed to do that till the end of this eon.......you know I am really tired of creating the same set of people again and again.....and nowadays these guys don't even have wars .......they have become really peace seeking individuals.......kinda surprising.......I never thought these guys would settle for peace....
V: I think your prayers have been answered......apparently humanity is torn by strife and there is a great seeking among them for God.....so are you up to it......
B : (with all 3 faces opened in surprise) : Hey ....I am not the one in charge of housekeeping that's your job profile......I don't know how to incarnate.....am too old for that....and besides you have done it 9 times already....you know all the gimmicks......or else tell shiva to jump the gun......all he does is dance and demolish....why not help someone for a change .....it wouldn't hurt him.....!!
V: Chill Brahms.......we were just pulling your leg......None of us are going to go down.....we had a general body meting the other day...and we decided that's its too risky to go down.......even for me....people nowadays question faith and pretty much don't buy crappy philosophy.....
Nowadays people work for the fruits ......not for the work per se......
S:obviously dude.....nobody likes to work....its always the reward that matters.......I am really surprised it lasted this long....
V: Ya.....they had to know about it some time or the other....

Enter saraswathi......(Brahmas consort)
Sa: Hey guys.....my my .....the trinity at one place???....either its a demon or there has been an SOS from earth ??
S: Not exactly....people really need us....but none of us wants to go down......its really risky below...
You visit these earth guys a lot......how do they seem to you......
Sa: Hey ....I handle only the young crowd....My crowd is mostly students.........even with them its one hell of a job....The other day a software engineer was trying to invoke my grace for a computer exam....I mean how can I help??...has he not seen my profile...I myself have taken to a soft art like veena......what would I know about computer science........??
V:So what did you do???
Sa: What else..I told him to prepare or at least tell the guy in front of him to prepare......
S: Hehehe....nice.......so you are he goddess of all kinds of crafts....cheating too.......
Sa: Maybe....but I would definitely not put that on my resume.......

V :Hey ....talking of resumes....why not go below as unemployed youths and try to understand why these guys are pissed at us......Maybe we are missing something.....We can be incognito and actually nobody needs to know we are god........
B: Ya that sounds nice....Even I need a break........
S: OK so its decided....the coming week we descend on earth incognito to find out whats eating people......
Till then I am going to go over to kailash and finish the remaining marijuana....you guys coming???
V & B: U betcha
(To be cont)

Friday, February 5, 2010

THe divine comedy

Morning .....
Today my children...we will try to interpret why people are the way they are......confused....bewildered...searching for things which they themselves know are unattainable.......Maybe somebody rigged the system......Maybe just maybe we should take a closer look at our divine parents....
Scene : Kailash
Main characters:
Shiva : God of auspiciousness
Parvati :Spouse of shiva
Scene 1:
Parvati (P) : My lord.......whats up with you??....Its been 3 days since you opened your eyes......is it the hashish you smoked at Indra's party the other night......??
Shiva (S): Paro......how many times have i told you ..dont refer to me as "lord".....I feel like a pompous buffoon.......actually I was deeply contemplating whether I liked hashish or chillum....or are they the same ??....Its difficult to remember things once you are high.....
P : Forgive me Lord.....oops....darling......you know how concerned I am about you.....Its really awkward when the man of the house goes on rave parties and comes back clothed in tiger skin.....by the way where did you get them.....they feel so great....
S : Its a present...from one of my devotees......But have to be careful.....Apparently tiger is an endangered species...and you never know when we might get into trouble........Keep it in the closet will you alongwith the hashish....I think I need to take it slow......
P : Yup even I think so......By the way how is the preparation for the Great divine dance competition coming along.......I think you will go for your trademark "Tandav"....
S: Nope ..I think people dont appreciate classical dancing any more......I hate those Shiamak davars classes.....There is no competition with those guys......the way they gyrate I think I must have put in India rubber instead of a spinal cord......
P : Oh dont say so....peope really like it when you do your gig.......
S: Pshaw!!!.....dont patronize me Paro.....Earlier the devotees used to fawn over me....whatever I did was aped and people hung on my every word.....But now.......they have become smarter......
P : How can you say??
S: You just have to talk to them to know it......There is this new fad of questioning everything that I say.....Sometimes I am sober but most of the time it is the hashish that does the talking...I can't give reasons for that.......
P :Yup they are finally realising that they hold the key to their own destinies.....
S: Hmmmm.......They have defined pretty much everything.....just hope hey dont interpret us.......that would be the day....Imagine if they realise that we are just like them......No temples...No sycophantic worship....worst of all no recognition.....
P : You know what.... you should go to my Bro....Vishnu...He must have something up his yellow coloured sleeve...
S : Ya.....He is the most cunning of all of us.......Maybe he is waiting for one of us to goto him....so that once again his supremacy among us could be established......
P : Dont be jealous....just talk to him......maybe he has a plan....


Scene 2 :Ksheer sagar
Vishnu is in "Yog nidra"......Lakshmi is not at his side......Apparently Sensex dropped by a few points creating a furore in mumbai.....and she had to leave urgently to be at her devotees side......

S : Hey champ......whats new??......
V : Nothing much .....Iam bored man...nothing to do....and this serpent is becoming old......you dont know how annoying it is when somebody hisses in your ear when having a conversation
S :Tell me about it......even mine doesnt allow me a minute of peace.....so hows the time looking for a new incarnation ??
V: Not again.......I have gone down 9 times..and each time these guys made religions out of it......And that too contradictoy to each other.......I never did or said all those things that they claim to be my doing.......
S :Like.......?
V :Take the Gita....do you think any man in a proper frame of mind would sing a 1000 page long book in the middle of the battefield.......
S :Gosh....what was the conersation about then???
V : Oh that...Arjun was having some domestic problems....his wife was complaning about his habit of getting married in every kingdom he visits...As a friend I was just giving him some pointers......
S : Ya .....you would know...:P....you rogue.....How did you do it.....I mean manage 16000 wives....
V : Its easy you tell each one of them that they look divinely beautiful than the other and you actually admire her the most.......nothing much to it....
S : You are smart arent you??...I came here asking you when you were going to incarnate and you havent answered it yet.....so ...whats your answer.....?
V : I dont know man....Do they really need us to guide them.....I dont think we can monopolise peoples attention any longer........chuck it .......I think we should appoint a commitee to give us regular reports .....just to monitor them
S: you sure......No more chanting your name???...I know you like it...:
V: I will survive........But just for the heck of it....lets just go and scare the heaven out of brahma.......Its fun when all his three faces register fear at the same time....quite a sight...
S: Sure.......Iam game......

To be continued.....