I was walking in a busy street of Fency bazzar, it is the
busiest and oldest place of Guwahati Market. Most of the buildings are old and I
can see lots of red colour stain everywhere and in every corner of the street. While
I was crossing a narrow street in between two buildings I found a little strange place, it caught my eyes. An
old man was sitting there next to him there was an elevator lift. It is quite strange
to find such nice lift in this old place. Nobody notice that place, everybody
was crossing that narrow street hurriedly because that place stinks. I approached that place;
it was hardly 10 meters away from the narrow street where I was standing.
I saw the old man was staring at me and inviting me for a
friendly chat. When I was near to the elevator, he smiles at me as he knew me. He
didn’t ask me why I came there. Instead he asked me, ‘do you know where this elevator leads to?’
‘I don’t know. It is quite
strange to me that in this old building how come such a nice elevator functions.’ I replied.
The old man with a matured smile on his face replied me ‘Because it is not an ordinary elevator and
you will get the answer of your curiosity when you know where this lift will
take you.’
This old man wore very simple dress; he looks Aam Admi, not
the AAP one. He also seems a man with wisdom, considerate and kindness. There
is a saying in Manipur that there are two kinds of old man, one kind is known
as “Me ahan lai” which means “Old man who is God” and another kind is “Me Ahan
yong”, which means “Old man who is Monkey”. The basic explanation of this saying
is the old man who guides the young people to the right direction with wisdom
he had accumulated in his long life experience is comparable to God, where as
the other kind of old man who misguides the younger ones, hate them and envy
them is comparable to Monkey. This Old man looks like the first kind.
As continuance of our chat I asked him “in which floor this
lift will take me?”
He laughed and said “this
is not an ordinary lift that will lift you to second floor or third
floor.” He whispers,“It is a magic lift,
which will take you to a new world.”
Where, in what kind of
world? I inquired.
I didn’t believe him at all, I thought this old man becomes
lunatic because of old age. Speaking all strange things, but I was enjoying talking
with him because he talk so nicely.
“The world where you
want to live, the world that’s model is inside in your mind.” He replied.
I am not getting you.
This is magic lift, this
lift chooses the people, and people cannot choose this lift. Today it chooses
you and giving you a chance to live in the world where you want to live.
“There is only one
world, the world where we are living now. Are you talking me this lift will
take me to another planet like Hollywood movie?” I laughed.
He smiled and said “while
you are dreaming don’t you think that you are in real world? In your dreams you
created a world made up by your mind and that world is completely yours. In dreams
your mind travels there, same way through this lift you can travel to your own
world, not only your mind but also your body.”
Wow! That is
interesting. But what is the use when I know that all the living beings and
things there are actually me and created by me, I will get bored after some
time. By the way is it possible to return back into this real world? I
asked.
He smiled and said “what
is real? How much confident you are in saying this is the real world?” He
saw my confused face and didn’t give me time for answering his question. He continued
saying “in your dreams you do not have
control over your friends, enemy and things around you, you don’t even remember
that you are inside your dream. In the same way once you entered to this world
of yours you will start thinking you are living in real world in the same way now
you are living in this so called real world by you. And it is a one way trip.”
It is very confusing,
I responded.
Yes it is. He was smiling and looking at my eyes.
I was silent for few second then I asked him, “my mind is in my control and if I think of a
beautiful and peaceful world with full of magic creatures, where all the people
are humble and kind and give respect to each other and to the entire creature,
will this lift take me to that world?”
It will lead to the
world that your mind is seeking, he replied.
How many have already traveled
to their world through this lift? I inquired.
He said, “many, I
cannot count now. But in last ten years ten people were traveled to their
desired world.”
Are they all happy in
their respective world?
“They got what their minds
were seeking”. He replied
Are they happy? Please
answer my question. I insisted him to answer my question directly.
He laughed and said, “What should I say, they got what they
were looking, that should make them feel happy, but if they are not happy that
is not my fault. They got what they asked.”
All the ten people were unhappy with their own world? I was
amazed.
One boy, an orphaned and he was only 10 year old when he
came here, is living very happily in his world. He replied.
Why other guys are not happy, everybody wants to live happy
life and why should they create a world that will give them suffering? I asked.
Because they live in fear, the reasons why insurance
companies are doing so well. He laughed.
Why that boy was happy? I asked.
Because he is a boy, didn’t see this world much. He was not
infected yet with fear. And he believes in magic.
If I go there, will I be happy? I asked.
“Up to you and your mind. Even though you say of good things,
you have the desire of good life, if your mind always reminds you of miseries
of life, badness of people, mistrust shown by your friends, misfortunes of your
life, failure etc. your mind will create a world with all those elements. It is
up to you whether will you be happy or not into that world.” He smiled.
"It seems, that world is not going to be much different from
this world." I replied.
"Which one is the real world?" He asked me with same usual
smiling face.
I replied ‘well let
me believe the world where I am living now is the real world’.
He laughed.
