Meditation and Enlightenment

Author(s): Chandraprabh
Publisher: Jityasha Foundation

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Knocking at the Door of the Vacuum/41
SECOND SCENE
The 'sadbaka' sees such a person who is walking on while coughing all the time. A cigarette is held between two fingers. Suffocating smoke is coming out of his mouth. His chest is burning; cough is not stopping. But the infatuation for the cigarette and its smoke is persisting. He stumbles down there. In the hospital, the doctor's words come to his ears-“Cigarettes not for each-other but for cancer."
THIRD SCENE
An old man is walking. A stick in hand, neck down, waist bent, gasping breath. This time a peel of banana came under the stick as he kept it forward to proceed on. The stick slipped and the old man fell down. Somehow or other he gathered himself, stood up and began to walk again. But this time he collided against somebody. The man screamed, “O ye old man, are you blind ? Can't you see what is before you ?" The old man replied, “I am old. My eye-sight is feeble. But you are a youth. A real blind man is he who collides against another person even though he has eyes." FOURTH SCENE
That traveller to eternity has had no expectation. Amid the painful eyes of the people the journey was silent. The traveller was alone on the shoulder of his companions. The eyes were closed in the open eyes of the crowd. Himself was decorated from tip to toe, the companions and fellow-travellers were uncovered. The life-partner (wife) has bade farewell on the threshold of his house.
The ticket had been obtained. Encampment was made at the cremation ground. All were burning him, he was getting burnt down. None got burnt-down with him, for whom he burnt down his life.
A saint passing near the cremation ground said, the world is an inn. Why tears for the travellers staying in it ? Not for him, cry for your own self. It is to you the intimation of your death. Be the seeker of your well being ere the light gets extinguished. That is your path.