The Journey of Reawakening

Welcome once again to Tea Break with life and this week its not a blog but a story ..... This is a retelling of my older story Discovering life in a broader sense .... and in a wider way .... All feedback are welcome.....

It is a satirical fantasy drama trying to connect with our world and its problems ...

                                                   The Journey of Reawakening

Its a bright sunny day at the garden here and its been a very long and hot summer! At the gates of the garden we see a young and tall guy with slicked back hair and a one shouldered bag hanging on his right shoulder . He is Dhruva Raghav, born in an upper middle class family and a person who believes he has nothing to do with rest of the world and is in his pursuit of self actualization or getting to his great ambitions! At this very moment he has no idea that his life was going to have a complete new direction in few hours..... I being the narrator will be along with you in witnessing this magical ride that changed Dhruva forever and from here we see the whole happening from the perspective of the protagonist himself ..........

(Dhruva slowly moving in through the gates of the garden towards the south end of the grass lawn where the lawn and the flower garden meets ) 

Ahhh...  last few months have been very hard on me!(pointing at the flower buds which look nearly dead dhruva continued)  look at these flower buds  even they are having a bad time due to this climate..... What is wrong in me thinking  I am superior to many people because the fact is economically and by family heritage I am ! And I feel pity towards the people who believe an equal world is possible , this world runs with money and power ! Ahh why am I even wasting my time thinking of all that .... ( He slowly sits on the lawn and starts reading the book titled "Money runs the world" ) 

Mmm.....What just happened ? (slowly opens his eyes) Where am I ? (A Celtic folk music starts playing in the background) Am I dreaming or what ? ..... There I see a few people , Are they ... Are they seriously dancing??  ( He slowly moves towards them and then he realizes that there are people all around him dancing in joy and they don't seem to be noticing him )  Wow I have never felt so much joy or peace in my life .... Where is this place actually ? Hello ? Sir? Seems like these people are not even seeing me and they are so much into their dance of joy !  ( He slowly turns around) WOW! that is a beautiful village , the trees...the small stoned houses .... and the little stone towers... its like a fantasy land.....  These people are living with so much joy and happiness... its just amazing ..... ( As he was observing around he noticed a couple of people were dancing holding a page with Love written on it and suddenly it tore with one side getting LO and the other getting VE) 

This seems to be a dream land man ... people are dancing, doing their works and living peacefully ..... ( BHAM) ( The two factions of dancers started to argue on whether LO was greater or VE was) 

What ! That is childish and they are going to fight with arms for that .....  ( The two factions start to to fight for supremacy as the helpless ones trapped started asking for help while another two factions started fighting on the issue whether the people with dark skin or white skin were greater ) 

I am trying to separate them ... God what is happening the most beautiful thing I had seen is breaking in front of my eyes and I am helplessly standing here ?  ( Suddenly a fat man looking like a tramp with a blanket around him with his shivering yet strong voice spoke DHRUVA) I turned around and saw a man with wrinkled skin and a sleepy yet powerful eyes , He came near me as I yelled Sir Please stop what is happening .... Its childish , They are all one and they are fighting for silly reasons ! (He gave Dhruva a direct look into his  eyes and smirked and walked towards a large stone and sat there comfortably , Dhruva being both taken aback and angry decided to confront him and moved towards him) Sir ! I have no idea what the hell is happening here and where I am at and in this place only person who seems to see me is you and I need your help to stop these people fighting and can't you hear them pleading for help ?  ( The wrinkled tramp looked at him and started to talk ) My dear boy you don't belong in this world yet you seem to be so concerned, if you had shown half this concern in your world you would have had a slightly better world ........    What ? What is this guy trying to tell me ? (Dhruva started to think inside himself ) (It was deep silence for few minutes) OMG he is right .... Every conflict in our world happens for such similar reasons(Dhruva continued to the tramp) Sir, but that is no reason that stops you from helping these people! He looked at me with a smile and said " We are outsiders here and they are asking for help to us while the solution is with them".... ( Dhruva was silent again , his mind was filled with questions but he was not getting the words to ask them )  He is right even in our world we do the same mistake ..... But sir why are't the other villagers stopping them or at least help the kids ?  ( The tramp stood up and started walking as he continued ) "Call me Ellen , and to your question when was the last time you thought it was necessary for you to sort out an issue in your world related to racism or religion or anything ?    " 

OMG each word this guy utters is hitting like an arrow on my heart and the worldview I ever had (Dhruva said to himself as he continued to Ellen) But is't it different here because in my world its more serious and complicated problems  !  ( Ellen started to laugh loudly as Dhruva looked at him with utmost interest ) ( Ellen started to reply ) " My child I see no difference between the dancers who fight for superiority of their colour and people in your world fighting on the basic of race 

or the two dancers fighting between LO / VE without knowing the meaning of it when said  together !"

But then Ellen what is the solution to all this ? ( Ellen points towards the village where the fight is going on ) I see a small baby aged around 4-5 come between the people fighting for no reason and she hold the fingers of one person each from both sides .... her finger is so small that it is fully wrapped around the 2 people's fingers..... They both kneel down in front of her as she gives a kiss on both their cheeks and says I don't like fight .... I am completly amazed to see all the others putting their arms down as the two people hug her together .... seeing this the other faction fighting over LO and VE stopped to see this beautiful sight as both the pages fell down and when they came together they spelled LOVE and at the same time a weak hand came upon my shoulder from back with the shivering voice which said " Dhruva Love.... Love is the solution .... not money, not power , not tactics but Love was the solution " (Dhruva had an eyes almost ready to burst with tears as he spoke holding back his emotions and the village and the people all had disappeared ) E.... Ele....Ellen Who are you actually ? Why was I shown all this ? What does all this mean ? Ellen came very near me holding me close he whispered in my ears " Love is the secret weapon, The understanding of all is one is the ultimate strategy and you are the change " ...........

( Silence prevailed for few seconds ) 

Ellen what do you mean ? Even if I change my views how can It change the world ? what I a small ignorant individual do for the world ? ( Ellen with his smile spoke ) " Dhruva change begins with you, the realization that at the end of the day we all are one and the same begins from within and you are the beginning "    ( Dhruva further questioned ) Ellen .... Who are you ? God ? ( Ellen spoke with no change in emotion ) " Its not important who I am , What is important is what you are and what you want to become ? You were born in a wealthy settled family, from birth you have only got love from the world and how do you wish to pay back the world ? and for your question  I am Ellen which means Light and I am here to take away the darkness of ignorance from you and never think of yourself as someone who can't bring change , I can tell you any soldier of Love shall get all the power in the world in his goal and every single human being is a soldier of love its just you have to realize it !"     

Ellen I feel so guilty , My whole life I got love from birth till date and all I have done is curse the world for everything I did't get and let alone pay back , did not even thank it !   ( Ellen as he walked towards bright light continued ) " Dhruva in life circumstances that may happen around you may be destiny but in those circumstances you always have choices ! The world can be as beautiful as the village you just saw but you just need to get back the secret ingredient and that is Love ......  You may not change the world alone but every Dhruvas who gets inspired by you will bring about the revolution of love in this world which will throw away all the seeds of hatred which comes from ignorance and material longings... and never ever forget the greatest thing that is happening to you is your life itself   "  

( A bright light flashes ) Ahh the sun ..... where am I ??? Oh ( He wakes up in the lawn ) Whatever just happened... that could have been the best thing to happen to me  .... I feel so much relief and feel like the whole world is heaven ...... ( As Dhruva walks out of the garden as a different man the nearly dead flower buds blossom in the garden ) 

This is the beginning .... The beginning of change ... The beginning of the era of love .... The beginning of the end of hatred ...... A day will come when 1000s of Dhruvas will be reawakened by the light spread by 100s of Ellens and indeed " Love Will Triumph " 

The END !

Life is a magic scroll unfolding in front of our eyes don't use it for hatred or violence instead use it for spreading happiness and joy ..... and Let Love spread !!

Be happy and to everyone who has read till now ....................

Be Confident about yourself .... You are a very beautiful and talented soldier of love , lets begin the change !

Om shanthi 

Cheers !

©SN