He was all of 16 when he decided to leave home and enroll at the Royal British Navy. A Camp was on at the the 'Parade Grounds' in the neighbourhood, and he stood in line.
What do you want to be, thundered the British Officer. The candidate before him said "Seaman". He knew no English.Yet he too screamed "Seaman" when asked.Before all knew, he was on board the Royal British Navy. As he left home, his mother wept and asked what future this career held for him. He replied "Mum, Let's see when tomorrow comes".
1942 the country was in turmoil.A call for the British to 'Quit India'. Mutiny Time. All Indians on board dived into the cold dark waters at Karachi.He was there swimming with the rest as they parted on touching shore.
In hiding until 1947, when the country got Freedom. The past 5 years he would constantly be asked by friends "What if he gets arrested?". He would smile and say, " Let's see when tomorrow comes".
Time passed by. Came 16th March 2003. More than a decade since he he had survived a coma. He now thought his time had come.The night before he insisted that no one should bathe him should he pass into the other world. He wanted his daughter to pray for a peaceful death, while she insisted she would pray for a healthy life. He had told his Daughter-in-Law, that when she would turn around, he would be no more. To lighten the mood, his son got him a refreshing drink, which he refused saying "Will have twice should tomorrow come".
On the day at the 11th hour, he went for his ablutions, helped by his young daughter. As he got back to his bed, he was gasping. His daughter wept and asked a candle be lit in prayer. He was in his son's arms, while his daughter in law was busy lighting the candle as he breathed his last.
His son still has a glass waiting..... "What if Tomorrow Comes".
A brand new
Desktop this birthday with the latest configuration. Got it connected and
realized the screens opening were all blank as the mind of a new born.
This got me thinking of equivalents in us. There was the Hard Disk (Brain), the
Software (Mind), RAM (Memory). The Desktop got started when Energy (Soul) was
available. The software had Macros pre-written and answers got when queried.
This was a wonderful experience. Almost like Magic. I began entering Data
[(Good deeds) (“Come,
you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty
and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you
clothed Me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.”
... “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of
these My Brethren, you did it to me.”)
(and Bad deeds) (“Then He will also say to those on the
left hand, “Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for
the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was
thirsty and you gave Me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not take Me in,
naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.”
... “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least
of these, you did not do it to me.” And these will go away into everlasting
punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."(Matthew 25:31-36, 40-43,
45-46 )]
on my
worksheet every day and noticed the changes reflected in the final response.
This set me thinking of the Day of Judgment we all believe in. (Belief in the last judgment is held
firmly by all faiths. Immediately upon death each soul undergoes the particular
judgment, and depending upon the state of the person's soul, goes to heaven,
purgatory, or hell.)
If at any time
the desktop crashed and no further data could be entered, then
the last entry would reflect the final outcome. If the entries were a Profit
& Loss account, and after the last entry if the answer showed Profit it
meant I could buy a new Desktop maybe with better configuration. If a loss, then
I would have to do with whatever I could get by disposing what I had, which
possibly meant downgrading. It is this code written in our mind, which we carry
to the creator, who has the power to see the outcome in a flash. The final
answer helps decide if we are upgraded, downgraded or equivalent. Should there
have been any secret desire, the creator grants them to us for the grade we
qualify in. This causes us to be reborn as per the results achieved in the last
calculation. The soul and mind is the same in all births. Onlythe physical form changes. As we improve our scores, we qualify for
upgradation. This upgradation continues until we reach the stage when we are
with the creator and enjoy existence in his presence. This is Heaven. The exact
opposite of this is being away from this source of all energy(GOD), which is
Light (Heaven) into Darkness (Hell).
