Thursday, February 1, 2007

Audacious Guest

Death came to visit me yesterday, dressed in all her finery
She wanted to tarry a while and chat about bliss and misery
Intertwined as they are in this world, that is all about ego
With its obsessions and compulsions, a presence from long ago

She marvelled at our infinite capacity to believe in illusion
Even though we witness her work in removing life in profusion
We live as if we never have to leave, and thus fall in pain
When our time comes to an end and the work is all in vain

I laughed with her at the world's folly and engaged in debate
Attempting to gain at least a litte of her wisdom incarnate
I must be special I thought, that she had come to me as a guest
There were no secrets between us, as we talked without rest

The evening stretched into dusk and darkness set into night
Every home started to quieten, and windows glowed bright
I realized that I was remiss as host, and apologized to my friend
I hastened to rectify the error, as else it might be an affront

I asked her what she would like to have, from my humble home
Seeing that she had the choice of visiting others of renown
I rushed to get a cup of tea, and returned to find her gone
It was then that I realized she had quietly taken me along

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When I went through your composition, I was reminded of a very similar incident that forms part of our scriptures. It goes like this. Nachiketas, a very highly spiritually evolved boy, had, on one occasion, angered his father, because of some childish prank, and in a fit of petulance, the father told the boy that he was handing him over to Yama, the lord of death. In obedience to this dictat of his father, Nachiketas, went to the abode of Yama, who instantly, recognizing the boy’s exalted spiritual stature, received him with all the respect due to a Mahatma. Further, Yama said that he was ready to grant any boon that the boy would care to ask of him.The first boon that the boy asked for was that his Father should forget his anger against him, and this was immediately granted by Yama. The boy then proceeded to ask the next boon and this was, that he wanted to be enlightened by Yama, who was supposed to be the repository of all spiritual wisdom, as to what really happened to a person after his death. As this knowledge was sacred and secret, and was not to be imparted to anyone indiscriminately, much less to a boy of Nachiketa’s tender age,Yama was in a real quandary, and he tried to wriggle out of the situation by requesting Nachiketas to ask for any boon other than the one he had just asked for. Yama even promised him lordship over all the three worlds, if he would agree to withdraw his request. But the boy refused to take the bait and stuck to his demand to be enlightened and ultimately, Yama had to give in and teach the boy, the sacred doctrine of life and death and life after death. Do you now see the similarity that I referred to at the beginning of this comment?

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