The Matchstick

  The Theory of Nothingness ( Originally written for India Film Project IFP s-11's 7 Days Writing Challenge ) It was a cold winter evening. A woman, in her late thirties, walks down a street in New Delhi. She took a mobile device from her bag and opened an e-hailing app on it searching for a ride. After fiddling with the mobile screen for a few moments she dialed a number, the cab driver picked the call on the other end and told her that he would be reaching within 10 minutes.  After a few minutes the cab arrived. She opened the door and entered the cab. The driver, a young man, who must be in his mid forties, greeted her while lowering the volume of his cab radio and requested her to enter her destination in the app. She did as she was told and then she asked him about the estimated time to reach the destination.  The driver glanced at his mobile screen and after a moment of calculation he gently replied, “25 to 30 minutes utmost, ma’am.”  “Okay!” She uttered. ...

PART-III The book of Ekim was a great help, not only to citizens of Zolo but to the entire human race. Ekim thought he has achieved a milestone to immanentize the eschaton. However undeads were constantly tracking him down, waiting for the right moment. Next year, there was a drought in the village and Ekim was unable to have any foreknowledge of that, this was a tough year for the village, the following year village was flooded with rains.  Ekim was frightened for once, he was worried for the village. People and cattle were dying, crops were failing and Ekim thought he was failing too, but he was not the one to lose hope or to give up. He was determined to solve this problem of the Zolo.   One night, Ekim dreamed about an alien creature, who told that he can help Ekim to save his village and people, for once and all, but in order for that to happen, Ekim has to sacrifice himself.  The Demon defined a ritual to Ekim about how to offer this sacrifice in a ceremony in ...

PART- II Zol has known Ekim since he was a child and has seen him grow into an adult before his eyes. Ekim has a curiosity within him that Zol found both intriguing and repelling at the same time. Once Ekim has asked him, "How do you make Rains, Zol?" Zol has no definite answer to this question. It was a question that hit the existence of a Rainmaker and shook it to the core. Afterall, it was the purpose of Rainmaker's life to know how to make Rains. Zol answered, "Well that's the most difficult question for a Rainmaker to answer, but I can tell you that Fire and Water both are closely related and follow the eternal cycles of nature. You have to study both elements carefully. When heat of Sun and Water of the lands engage with each other, they form clouds. Clouds bring the sign of Rains." Ekim didn't get the point of Zol's explanation at the moment, but at a later stage he has to contemplate his master's words when he was himself the Zol. Zol sai...

PART-I It was a critical phase in the rise of human consciousness when ancient men learned to exploit the secrets of nature. They started seeing patterns in the world; from days and nights to seasons, the movement of stars, weather, and human life itself. They observed that nature works in cycles. Every beginning is followed by an end, and every end leads to a new beginning. They started symbolizing nature and its repeating cycles. However, this consciousness was not risen in every human being. In fact, most of the early people were unaware of these truths and were almost unable to comprehend the reason behind things. Only a small fraction was receptive to these new ideas and they were considered being crazy by others for having these very kind of strange ideas. For the common folks, there was no pattern, it was just as it was. The concept of an almighty creator God was not yet fully developed in that primitive human culture but mankind has started to believe, that there was a super...

“Hey folks! Did you hear? Li’l prince is coming here tomorrow”, Clapping Monkey was excited to announce.   “How do you know for sure?”, the Electronic Boxy Girl Doll asked.  “Well, I heard the shop owner talking to the manager, he said Li’l prince wants to buy some toys”, Monkey replied.  “God! I'm so excited to meet Li’l prince, last time he visited, he bought so many of us and took them with him”, Baby birdie fingerling was dancing in excitement.   “What the hell are you excited for?”, Super villain action figurine came out of the toys, holding a gun in his hands, “Li’l Prince like Action heroes, I am sure he will buy me this time.”   “Okay, but you are not a hero, you are a villain”, Baby birdie cried in anger.   “Hey Hey Hey, calm down guys. We don’t know who Li'l prince will take with him, Li’l prince is the Li’l prince and it will be his decision only”, Clapping Monkey tried to conciliate everyone.   “Monkey is right, th...

It was strange, like a war. All terror and chaos. Gunmen were everywhere, firing bullets, landing rockets and throwing fire on the ground. Dark black smoke rising up to the skies. The city was burning. It felt like the apocalypse, the end of the world.  I was standing on a tower, I don't know why or what I was doing there. As I looked down everyone was trying to escape in order to survive. People were chasing and killing each other. There was blood on the streets. Dark black smoke had covered the sky, like a storm was approaching. Then some strange creatures began roaming in the sky and soon they started to descend down on the land. They were making awkward sounds, which were incomprehensible to me. They looked like demons. It was like a dream, just more real.  I was scared and didn't see any way to escape. I was trying very hard to figure out the situation when I noticed a kid was standing next to me, he was holding my hands, and then he looked into my eyes and smiled. He was...

The duality of one is, in the unity of two. In Astro Physics, the centre of a black hole is called as point of Singularity. It is the point at which all the known laws of physics cease to exist, time too did not exist.  In philosophy, it is the point where, me, you, the world, love, hate, all become irrelevant. Anything that happens beyond that point is meaningless. What is the Being?  The one we choose. The one that we can control, or atleast we think that we can control. The one we actually are. With the birth of time it is the basis of our existence, and we can never get more of it. Like solving a puzzle leads us to another puzzle and we want more and more until we are lost in some strange world of Nothingness. In essence, we become lost in a maze of our own creation, unable to see our way forward. Non-duality is in our being and not bound by any other physical, natural or mental laws. So far, the mind has learned about fire, farming, money and science. It has learned about...

Some people vibrate at your frequency and when we meet such people our energies are supposed to attract at the quantum level.  People with some sort of mental dysfunction can relate to my writings here. I believe in two things, first is science and second is art. On a closer look I found that these were not two different things but two different variations of the same thing.  Lo Singularity.. If you could feel the unreal, only then you can know what's real and what's unreal. Actually unreal is more Real than the real. Whatever.. Your body is not real, it's just atomic and subatomic particles vibrating in nothingness. Your thoughts and feelings are just a string of encoded light. Quantum Mechanics has already proven that..  Some things never change, it doesn't matter how hard you try. Maybe because they are not meant to change, maybe because they are fixed to a pattern and are afraid of losing their self, their fragile ego if they change. Some things will not change beca...

Pure life, before you see this simulating world, let me handle the sin and send you back to heaven. With failure after failure, I learned to hide my emotions and intentions, so that no one sensed any danger when I approached. It was like playing dirty, but it was the only way to survive at that point. An individual who is being different in some fundamental way is considered as the stranger. The others who are very much alike and don't bother to think much, they judge him.  He is almost always seen as a lesser or inferior being and is treated accordingly. He may be considered as less intelligent or as immoral and sub-human. I observed this fact and later it gradually become the part of my instinct. I was forced to believe that God has created me to fight for this life, dignity and freedom. I held an invisible psychological barrier made up of false sense of self-esteem behind which I hide my true emotions and persona. Actually I was emotionally weak and felt repressed hate and conte...

I could see my life and self, through that being's love. There was no negative in myself or from that being, for anything I had done, including killing myself. My deed was changed by the power of the truth of love, with which it was seen. That loving grace, total acceptance, complete love and truth created a joy in me. I saw that love was in me too, not just shining down on me; it was a part of myself. I was at peace with myself. I could feel my spirit actually leaving my body. I saw and heard the conversations taking place outside my room, down the hallway. I reached a point where I felt I had to make the choice whether to move back to life or onward to death. My best friend, my love, was there, who had died two days before, who was telling me to go back and and live my life fully. "You have come to the edge. This is as far as you can go," He said, "You must go back now, you must live." "Why can't I come with you, just let me. We are destined to be tog...

There is a law of Reason, that exists in this universe and if we don't abide by it, we suffer. Reason is associated with thinking, calculation and purpose. Karma is an inexorable, rational, causal, mathematical law.  It is a law that holds enormous power over the human mind. It is a law of mind, life and consciousness. Karma is not a function of morality, it is a function of consciousness. Actually, karma has nothing to do with morality, ethics and intentions. These are purely subjective concepts as they differ for every individual based on their level of consciousness. It all depends on the level of your consciousness, on how you interpret your karma.  The mind is stronger than muscle, mind has enormous power. It can create matter and allow us to travel at the speed of thought. Reasoning is the inherent property of the mind. All things are connected, this we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Every action has its consequences. Every cause h...

Every once in a while you run across something that really hits you. I was returning back to my room from my office. It was 6:16 pm already and cold, as it was raining all day. When I was about 15 min distance from my room, there on an empty street I saw three figures sitting at the corner, on going near I found it was a woman and her two children. They were eating something from a packet. Their clothes were shaggy, old, unshorn.  " You know who they were? " We all must, have faced these scenarios where small kids are roaming around the streets begging for some money, and how many times do we observe such feelings inside us, when we really feel bad for them. I can't describe what it felt like. It was excruciating and yet, I felt numb. My heart screamed in pain and yet, there was complete silence. I died and yet, I live. I can't quite put it into words but I know, I felt pity.  I looked for some change in my pocket and drew a 10 rupees note from my pocket and extended ...

I was aware of the situation, not that I have faced the situation before, it was indeed new. But I knew a basic and larger segment of it.  It reminded me of something, but I didn't know for sure what it is? And for once I thought that I can control it, but then it spiralled out exponentially; leaving behind a blackout. I forgot everything that I have learnt about the reality and the illusion, the waking and the dreaming. "Hard belief!" I must say. If life gives you a lollipop every time you lose a penny and you made this a belief, then there would be times when you will be throwing away pennies, just because you wanted the lollipop. Just like a pet! Finding a pattern in the randomness. For example A, a, A and A are all recognised as the same letter, even though they appear different. It's a pattern that is related less to the eyes and more to the mind. People are accustomed to certain myths and fiction; to think in a certain way, to behave with certain standards, to w...

 'Who are you?' A voice rang up in my head, just like you would hear a thought, out a little loud. 'I am A man' I answered reluctantly. 'Why are you here?' Another thought in the form of a question. 'I don't know. I remember I had an accident and I was in a hospital ICU, but I don't know how I came here. I really just don't remember.' I thought of the thought again.  Spontaneously. 'So you think you are dead?' came the voice. 'I don't know, but have you seen what happened right back there.' I thought of an answer. 'But you don't know for sure?' It asked again. 'Huh.' 'I can help you. I know things.' It said. I concentrated. 'How?' 'Death is only a doorway into a new dimension. It triggers a process of transformations in the astral plane, a plane of our reality of existence.' 'Now you know your reality more closely. And if you can withstand the darker recesses of your subconsc...