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Dev tv serial baghitalyasarakhe aapale aayushya pahat asatat...unless something goes too wrong( not in persons life but if it is harmful to universe) they don't interfere...and unless you are true devotee, you don't get the recognition...

mhanaje majha asa nishkarsh jhalay ki dev hi jamat :) (ho jamatach) asu shakel kadachit....asalich tar ti vegalya timezone madhe aahe...mhanaje tyanche aani aapale ghadyal vegale aahe...tyamule ti chirkaal aahe....khup powerful aahe, tyamule maybe aapale nisargchakra pan chalavat asel kadachit.....pan tyanche aayushya aapalyasarakhech aahe....tyache behaviour, man charchaughansarakhech aahe fakt ti jat amar asalyane experience jast aahe kadachit....powerful asalyane they are capable to handover the powers and punish the bad if required......pan aapalya dainandin aayushyat te dhavaladhaval karat nahit...peksha te adhikar tyanna nahit...unless you do too bad, they can't punish...unless you do too good they don't help....whether to behave good or bad depends on the genes you were born with, the people you live with, the atmosphere you are brought up within...

Tumhala tumachya layakipeksha jast kahi milat nahi...tumhi changale asa ka vait jaganyachi paddhat kalalyashivay tumache bhale honaar nahi...vait kele ki vait honaar yat shanka nahi karan tase society che niyam aahet....tyamule shiksha honaarach pan buddhicha vapar tyatahi jhala ki ushira honaar....shevati changale kinva vait parishram, tapashcharya na kelyas kahich milat nahi...vait karun lavkar kalyan karun ghyave ka uttam vagun aayushyabharache kalyan vhave ha vaiyaktik prashna...after life asalech tar ya aayushyacha tya aayushyala fayada kinva tota kahi asel tari kalat nahi....aatma asel ekach kadacit pan aatmyala purva janmache aakalan naselach tar tya tya vatavaranatil sangatich tyacha fayada kinva nukasaan karel...agadi uttam vagun maximum kaay hoil tar dev ya jamatit tumachi entry...karan mukti milane mhanaje kaay aani milatach asati tar ti devanna ka milat nahi mag :)...tar mukti mhanaje dev jatit pravesh aani toch janma jaganyache vardaan...
aani mag tithe power game suru...Dev ekmekat tari kami bhandatat kaay...bar Bramha, Vishnu, Mahadev tar tumhi houch shakat nahi...mhanaje pruthvi var aani devlokat samya mhanaje...fight for powergame...difference evadhach ki spardha kami and you don't die..

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Why do the religious among us hate scientific findings so much...unless it really support their own beliefs...and on the other hand why do the scientific minded among us...hate religion and God...i sometimes think...it is through the science that God shows us his most beautiful creations....

Believe in God...

Most of the time believers of God feel that God is looking at me…..every good or bad thing in my life is because of him….but basically it’s me in myself which is interested in imagining that importance…..Is it practically possible for God to consider each and every individual (may it be human/animal) on Earth and think about their destiny…..definitely not alone….and if he has a team of people, they might not be delivering as per his expectations or plans….anyways but every believer thinks God is with me as he feels he is important…and this feeling of self-importance is the first thing which we should achieve in our life….that might be the whole crux of believing in God… 

A story...

Once upon a time there was a village....there lived a poor woman with her husband...
they had no children....the couple had appealed to every God on the earth.. and were thoroughly disappointed with themselves and their life in general....

One day the woman, depressed as usual, decided to end her life for good...and without telling her husband where she is going set out from the home....crying and cursing the God on her way....

she met an old man on the road...who was sitting outside the temple...after completing his daily rituals of 'worship' in the temple.....he was keenly watching her...he asked her

''why are you so upset with God....you know...cursing him for all the things gone wrong is not the right way''

The woman, already in a state of depression started crying even more....

''Don't talk to me about goodness of God...I don't believe him now...I am one poor woman...
and all we wanted was a child to complete us...but even after our sincere prayers all these years...he has never looked after our requests...Whats the use of prayers and things...I have been doing that for years now....I have enough of it now...I have decided to end my life....''

The old man became sad...and tried to comfort the woman...

''No my child...that certainly can not be true....Surely God always listens to wishes of those who are his regular servants...please don't be disheartened....I will pray for you now...I am a devoted servant of God...and I have been worshiping him daily for years now...I am sure if I asked something from him...he will not say no......I will pray for you...''.

The woman was skeptical at first...but still decided to give it a try..

''ok...if you say so.....whats the harm If I wait for some days more..''.

Feeling somewhat hopeful...the woman waited outside the temple..

The old man entered the temple again and went straight back to God....and sure God appeared in front of him after a while...

''...my son, what is it that you want this time?''

''My lord...I met a woman outside the temple just now...she is very poor and she has no children...why didn't you answer her wish even after all these years? Please do a favor to her...''

''No my son....that is not possible..please tell her that I can not grant her this wish''

''But why my lord...surely you can do it...I have been your faithful devotee for long....please
don't disappoint me...I have given her my word''....

''No son...some things are destined and those can not be changed....to remain 'child-less' is her destiny...and destiny once written is not changed...please go back and tell her I am sorry''

The old man was disappointed and felt cheated.....dejected, he went outside...and conveyed the message of God to that woman....

''I am sorry...I asked God but God said you are not destined to have child...stop thinking and worrying about it...''.

The woman, with last ray of hope gone, crestfallen....is even more exasperated...and dejected...

''See...even God had declined me...now there is no other way...I will end my life....If God has said that you will not have children...there's no point even hoping for the miracle...''.

She again started walking .....on her way she met a beggar just next to the temple...he stopped her and asked for money...already disappointed...without thinking...she handed over all the money she had with her....

The beggar is surprised to say the least...and asked her...

''Who are you? and why are you crying?''

Listening to her story....the beggar said...

''I will also pray for you...please do not get discouraged..''....

The beggar with his repeated assurances managed to convince her for the time being...
and she went back home again...shelving her plans to end her life''....

After a few days....the woman indeed found out that she who was supposedly 'not destined to have a child' was expecting her first child...she was dumbfounded and exhilarated....thanking her stars...she set out immediately to find the beggar and express her gratitude....but even after searching at every possible location...the beggar was not to be seen anywhere....

On her way back...she met the same old man again.....he was dumbstruck to see the 'dejected suicidal' lady smiling all over again....and after hearing the news...he was even more astonished and could not believe his ears...

Once the woman disappeared from his sight...he started thinking about miracle....and ran towards God... feeling somewhat angry and anxious.....

"My lord...you had said...that woman was not destined to have a child...then how come she is expecting one now?'...

God smiles...and says...oh yes...i wasn't planning to grant her wish either....but yesterday a beggar came to me and asked for a favor....so I granted his wish...and changed the destiny of that woman...''

The old man is annoyed...

''My lord...this is so unfair....I have worshiped you for years together....I have visited your temple every day..and I have been your faithful and devoted servant all these years....but when I asked for the same favor...you declined it...and now this beggar...who I have never seen enter the temple....who has never worshiped you and who just sits outside and asks money from others...you chose to grant his wish...you chose him over me?...Is there no reward for my service to you all these years''

'God smiles ....

''ok..son...forget about it now....I might have erred there...but there's something I want you do for me...a favor? Can you do it for me? As you are my faithful and devoted servant...I am sure you will not disappoint me...''

Old man is somewhat excited now....

''yes..my lord...anything...anything for you...just tell me''

''...I wish to eat human flesh...even a chunk of it will do...can you arrange it for me if it is not too difficult?''...

''What? Human flesh''...

''Yes...son...why is it not possible?''

''No...no my lord...of course I can arrange...give me some time...I will not disappoint you....''

Out comes the old man wondering about the ways of God and his strange and unusual request.....and off he goes in search of human flesh...

He wandered here and there for many days...searching for human flesh......asking people all around....some drove him away...some labelled him crazy...some beat him...some outcast him from the community....but even after months he could not arrange for human flesh for God....

Dejected, disappointed and disgusted with himself...he comes back to temple....and meets the beggar outside the temple....

The beggar asks him...''why are you so sad?''.......

The old man was very much annoyed to see that beggar...but told him about God's strange request.....and his inability to fulfill it....

The beggar w/o thinking much cuts off some flesh from his hand and handed over the same to the old man...

''Take this to God...'m sure God will be very happy''....

Old man was in the high spirits again...and went back to God....
He was delighted with himself...that he, the faithful servant of God had indeed
fulfilled God's demand albeit a strange one...

''My lord...here is human flesh for you my lord....It took me some days...
but I have managed to arrange it....now do you consider me your best servant?''

God smiles yet again....knowingly....

''Where were you all these days...why did you take so many days...?''

''My lord...you had requested for something very difficult....I have tried my best
and finally managed to find a chunk of meat for you....after all to convince a human being
to give his flesh is not a mean task....''....

''Why my son...don't you consider yourself 'human'?''

The old man, realizing the futility of his efforts was ashamed....and was at loss of words....

Thank god...'GOD' had other plans....

Heaven and Hell...

Ok...so the that day finally....'m in front of God....in a queue waiting....oh...that never changes...a queue it is...just like the good old earth days....and 'm a person who firmly believes in following the rules...no i mean i was a person...hard to believe there is no 'i am' now...anyway...forget the 'tense' part...'m no more alive....so all these earthly things...why should i worry...so not 'i am' but 'i was'....ok...

...so the God is sitting on the throne and deciding the fates of people one by one...heaven or hell....a place of pure bliss (or eternal boredom maybe...) or a place where u wil be sent for infinite punishment for the finite number of sins u hv commited in whole life...now thats  a tad unfair..isnt it...

anyway....my turn....God looks at me..and consults with his advisor....complicated? yes...very complicated....decision is difficult...my merits and demerits are being carefully evaluated....he deliberates..deliberates...and decides...'take her to paradise'....
my fate is sealed....everybody moves in anticipation...but i stay put...confident, assured.....not again...i mean 'after my life'....:)

and say...''oh..wait...i dont want that...i thought death will finally clear me of my existence....i dont want to live in either heaven or hell....if u want to reward me...clear my existence...if u want to punish me...clear my existence...give me total freedom....delete me completely...give me just that 'death'....and nothing else....

And i thought 'death' is the end in itself...the end of 'choices'...

Oh my GOD....

I am using a new method to tackle my daughter…these days…in any case she is beyond the ‘tangible’ powers in the house…and doesn’t listen to anybody…certainly has a mind of her own…there’s no other way…its always and always ‘only her way’ all along…so inevitably I hv used a story…just like my mother must hv used the same for me ..(tu lahan astana mi pan tula hech sangat hote type)..…there’s a certain ‘devbappa’ sitting in the sky and his main job is to watch over the kids…how do they behave…do they listen to elders? Do they brush their teeth in the morning and before going to sleep….do they eat properly…and all sorts of stuff…and when he sees a child behaving like a good boy/girl…he writes it in a book…(a red book for good work, a black book for bad behaviour..thats my daughters invention…she is somehow fascinated with colours...everything has to be associated with colours...so even ‘bappa’ has to have a color…)…and that has worked temporarily J….you can see her sitting on a window pane and staring at the sky curiously..and wondering what her ‘favourite bappa’ is doing right now…she has eaten well today…she has finished her tiffin…is bappa observing..? is he writing in the red book…(she wanted the pink color for the book and the bappa…but bappa is a boy so no pink color…red color instead…black is out of question….’Bappa’ is certainly in her good books J)…

That has set me thinking….kids understand all the stuff so easily and correctly…they know once the things r explained to them….if you behave well…u r in God’s good books and if u don’t behave well…u r invariably in bad books….its all about getting a zero at the end of calculation….thats how it works…

So what do I believe? Does the God exist? Yes...definitely it does…otherwise how will u explain inexplicable phenomena going around you…ok so if it does, whats its purpose? …and why there’s so much evil around in the world…why there r crimes in the world…why there is so much pain in the world…if God is supposed to be watching all the time…only plausible explanation acc. to me…is… God is not meant for all these things in the first place…the basic assumption seems to be wrong….we r working in wrong premises…God is not there to make your life perfect all the time…he can not and will not take responsibility for each and every person in the world…he has given you powers, talent, virtues, capacity and other things…and how you work on it..how u use it...its entirely upon you..its your decision and responsibility…don’t blame him if things go wrong…and don’t ask for free favours.. …no blackmailing please....’Bhagvad Gita’ has the right message…’nothing is in your hand…everything is decided…but that doesn’t mean you will sit idle…you must work hard without blaming your luck….and without expecting the results…and if u fail…work harder next time…’

and then another question…whats diff between a religious person and an atheist? I do not (willingly) indulge nor I believe in ‘Puja’…I (willingly) don’t go to temples most of the times…when passing a temple, I don’t pray…I never go to a temple before an interview or an exam or anything imp in my life...and I haven’t ask him any favours in my life….but sometimes…when I need a bit of courage to do things…when I stumble for a moment before taking a step forward…my hand accidentally touches the Ganpati pendant I wear all the time…quietly asking for blessings….quietly gaining that inner strength back in me…quietly checking that ‘the invisible power’ is somewhere with me…even if I cant see it…as if I am touching an elder’s feet….does that make me an atheist? Or a believer?  Why can’t I label myself…one way or the other? Do I fear God? What does the concept ‘mukti’ means?

…Questions never seem to end….