Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Allah-O-Akbar

My colleague was shocked to find a ten day old baby boy wailing at her doorstep this Sunday evening. Clearly, its mother had left it there to rot fearing social stigma that would otherwise have been her fate.

The fact is that God blinked when the unfortunate baby was born to this world, with no one to call its own. Oh! why do You perpetrate such misery to your people Lord? Why do You still punish us for the original sin to this day? Why do You condemn us to live in apalling conditions all our wretched lives? Why do You keep us wanting and hurtful? Why do You terrorize us in order to make us tread your path? Why do You rather not shower compassion on your beings? Why do You not realize the role that love can play vis-a-vie hurt? Why do You not realize that spreading hurt can only do just that - spread more hurt and inturn sully your own heavenly cause?

Almost as an answer, God spoke through Sadhu Vaswani in today's edition of 'The Times of India'. He says: "On the pathways of life, we face different types of weather including stormy and smooth, wild and mild. We come face-to-face with difficulty and danger, disease and death. We feel frightened. If only we cultivate the faith that such experiences come to us not without a purpose, we need not be afraid. Seek refuge in the Supreme and trust Him entirely. Though storms howl and darkness grows deeper, His light will continue to shine on us. When fear knocks on the door of your heart, send faith to open it and you will be free from distress. God loves each one of us and has a plan for each one. He will provide for all our needs."

7 Comments:

Blogger Dave Jackson said...

I'm sitting here with my cup of decaf taking in your post. Interesting way you write! Am glad to see how so many blogs remembered 9/11.

I write mainly about direct marketing. I try to help people in network marketing.

Carry on! Am glad you took the time to create this site.

Dave Jackson - Naples, FL

2:16 PM  
Blogger Kunal Gulati said...

Err...thanks, but this post is not about 9/11

9:36 AM  
Blogger Sindhuja Parthasarathy said...

lol Kunal........direct marketing that is ;)

7th sense,this dave seems to have ;)

10:37 AM  
Blogger Kunal Gulati said...

Dave's remark seems to have been an auto generated message....a SPAM :)

10:52 AM  
Blogger stellar said...

You write really good..

5:35 AM  
Blogger Neo Wavez said...

Hey Kunal, This article is quite eloquent in expressing your inner anguish. It is great to see that you are exploring your emotions and fighting to find a meaning to life. May I suggest to you a good book which I too have read recently called "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Parmahansa Yogananda. You would like reading the book.

9:45 PM  
Blogger Kunal Gulati said...

Thanks Anurag. Yes, I have heard of this book and will pick it up this year.

3:49 PM  

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