Set of 5 stories - 55 Fiction, Season - 2

 1. Move on with memories.

His eyes were wet signing the sale agreement of his home that was no longer needed, as he had moved to the town. As he closed the door to lock, he saw image of his parents in the empty house & recalled his dad used to tell to move on in life, no matter what happens.

P.S: Life moves on no matter what. Time heals things.

2. A new chapter 

Finally I spoke to her on the last day of college in library. I had seen her everywhere in class, canteen, gym etc. I asked: Do you get this strange feeling of missing these books, even though you were never excited to read them in the first place? Hey, Can we be friends? She replied: Glad that you asked, Sure!

P.S: Some good things have to end to give way for the better things in life.

3. The speaking tree

“You don't belong here, how come you are here?”, asked the saint to the tree, seeing it was a very unusual. The tree said “probably I am not from here. A comet or meteorite may have brought me down here when I was a seed. I have learnt the language listening to passing by people over the years.”

P.S: Based on the theory or concept that life was seeded on earth, probably brought down by comet or meteorite from another planet, where life was plentiful, probably mars or some other habitable planet outside solar system as well. Recently there has been enough data to confirm the existence of earth like planets. These are called Exoplanets.

4. The Umbrella

Two friends met for coffee, at a hotel close to their place. It reminded them of their student life. It started to pour while they were about to leave. "Take this umbrella, I know you dislike carrying it, but you are not as young as you used to be. I'll reach home in no time on my Bajaj” said one to another

P.S: This reflects the love, care & concern to minor interests of an old friend. I have a close friend who lets me win the computer games, against him. How nice of him!!

5. The Strangers

They were just strangers who exchanged a smile in lift while going office almost everyday. He had switched job & on last day he told her “I won't be working here anymore, just wanted to tell you, that you have really pretty eyes”. She said “thanks & wish you the best”.

P.S: Two people may not know each other but share a connection, like when commuting in a bus, train etc. They care for each other as their lives intersect for a while or so regularly.

A simple revelation

This is not spirituality, not astronomy, not philosophy, but just my interpretation of a phrase asked by my friend Guruprasad A M.

Airivide..
Arivina olavide.
Arivina Cheluvina Chellannu chelluvudakkintha modalu hididuko..!!

Arivu = knowledge
Olavu = passion
Cheluvu = beauty

I am having an awareness, a knowledge, sense of things of within me, a sense of divinity within me, god resides in me, I am aware of the good residing in me. I have an extreme passion for the knowledge which is my strength, my identity, my source of power, the thing which keeps me moving in life,
          Don't throw it - meaning don't flaunt it in front of others with ego behind that, don't show off. I know astronomy a bit more than layman, but this should not lead to show off, don't go & flaunt to other people, you can spread the knowledge but don't make to appear that I know astronomy a lot, you really really don't because learning is never complete. There are levels of knowledge..I am aware & appreciate  the fact that there are higher levels of knowledge I have to achieve or gain...there are many unknown levels & paths I need to transcend. 

        Don't showoff, with ego behind that you are the only one who possess it, spread it to the group who are not aware of this, preach it, practice it. Make the people appreciate the subject. Knowledge is meant to be shared, by sharing you learn more and gain more, just like love. What is important is by this thought process, you let go off your ego, & develop a humble, polite character, nature, & importantly a desire to keep learning continuously in life, & change ourselves for the better. You keep an open mind to learn new things & influence others with its implications, change our lives to make it better. By this character & attitude you learn to respect the value of learning from people around you, & from the literature archived since ages. You will get the knowledge to live life righteously, you will win the respect in your society.& be able to change it for the better.

    Thus this nice phrase or stanza sums up how to live life entirely for an individual & hence society. Is this a great message from god ? Well if isn't, Can you disprove it logically ?  Well lets enjoy the essence, & try to interpret it in our own way. The ultimate truth is designed in a way that its discovery cannot be ascertained, may be it can be, you never know.

God works in mysterious ways !

Knowledge can mean anything, the lessons learnt in your life, either technical, spiritual, metaphysical or just any valuables learning. Einstein took 10 yrs to come up with general theory of relativity, the best scientific minds have acknowledged that if Einstein had not come up with that idea, no one ever would, this just changed the physics from the one we knew for ever. This has profound implications. Anything is possible in universe right ?   We thought our galaxy was the entire universe, now its so obvious that every point we see which is not a star is actually a galaxy comprising of hundred million stars or so. Does truth have to be such complicated always ? Why can't the truth be simple just able to explain the entire meaning of the universe in a sentence. Are we capable of grasping the source code behind the nature of universe. Does these thoughts keep revealing more things like these or have a closure ?  Well, you never know !

       You know those Chinese boxes, one inside the other, one inside the other etc, We are like in the innermost box, there are multi levels of truth, your consciousness can take what it can ! At some point of time you have to stop following your tail chasing round the maple tree..you have to assume that your realization is truth. God has always spoken through  men to make his word clearer. This is what Bhagavad Geeta, Quaran , Bible is all about I suppose . They teach the same things, but differently.