A debate in Heaven – Q & A session 2

 

“A mirror shows what it wants to and not what you want it to. Neither is true”

From: The world of maya

Why, the cosmic code endows Immortality to some and dictates the opposite to all other beings? What happens to us, the Immortals, when we reach the top of the scale?

Unaware of Brahma surreptitiously checking the validity of his beyond-all-dimensions-access card, and his “Am I an illusion” dilemma, Chitragupta replied, “Cosmic philosophy has an elegant answer to this question. Mortals exist in a phenomenal world, where they undergo a time bound decay. On the other hand, Immortals are placed on a higher plane, in the non-phenomenal realm.  A while back, we had a discussion about celestial bodies becoming dust and then be born again, as newer ones. Really, the celestial bodies are a reflection of us, the Immortals. Brahma did a double take on Chitragupta’s subtle attempt to elevate his usual monologues, as a discussion!

We also disappear and reappear, as scheduled in the Cosmic calendar. It should not be confused with reincarnation as our disappearing building blocks get dispersed throughout the cosmos, to spawn myriads of celestial bodies. Kindly recall the face to face, you had with your predecessor, in the deepest point of an ocean. He is to become part of the water world and get into the marine life and water cycle routine. At the end of the scale, the motto for Immortals is to continue to serve in the Cosmos. This could be the reason for the very long tenure for Immortals. 

Mortals (humans and all other living beings) are driven by self - survival, seeking wealth, getting at each other for mutual destruction and so on. Imagine the gravity of chaos, if mortals are gifted with unlimited life-span. Many humans gifted with 6^th and 7^th sense, have no time to remember the Creator or perform duties to please such an entity. They remember to knock at our doors, as a last resort, and that too only for a help line. There is a saying, on earth and it is an apt answer for your question - ‘a goat only has a measured length of tail’.

Brahma asked, “Then, what about those potentially Immortal species, almost defying death? Did I not tell you about the glass sponge and turriptopsis dohrnii, living up to 10,000 human years, in the deepest point of Ocean?”

Chitragupta replied, “These oceanic creatures. live in a different environment, where light and time are almost non-existent, than the crowded space and hurried pace of the human beings. Yet, there is this similarity; the sea creatures hunt for food and are also hunted for food and whereas, wars, famines and diseases take the toll on human population. The only difference being the need, avarice and act of recklessness of humans which catalyses and shortens their life-span.”

Brahma could not refrain from asking, “Then, what drives the mortals?”

Chitragupta was ready with an answer. He said, “The Cosmic Force, donning the robes of a teacher, devised a portal to impart and update knowledge and wisdom, from time to time, among the mortals. In this portal, situated in higher dimensions, some of chosen mortals are enriched, as they are enabled to travel back and forth. In rare cases, the "Wheels of Miracle' is used to transport the soul, after demise, to a higher dimension and is given a glimpse of afterlife. On completion of this journey, the soul returns to its shell, comes back to life and shares that experience back on earth.

This we can consider as the Cosmic Human Responsibility, for the wellbeing of the mortal population. The chosen few passes on their gained knowledge and seed thoughts in many others, to create and embed the Cosmic culture. Now, the humans have reached the stage, to send probes in to deep space, gather light and capture waves permeating and distorting space. Their quest is to reach the very beginning of their universe and at the same time trying to test the theories, again and again, of the scientist who simply bent the fabric of space, with some symbols and numbers! All because of the Cosmic Human Responsibility doctrine.”

Brahma: Will the humans, soon reach the origin of their universe?

Chitragupta: Not in the foreseeable future. Reasons are many. They have to grapple with Uncertainty principle, Quantum theory, theories of Relativity, String theory, parallel and multiverse postulates, teleportation, warp drive and wormhole theories. Each year, another one is being added to this list. They may seriously embark on that journey, only when the supply of theories gets dried up! Sometimes, I wonder whether this is a backdoor entry, provided in the CHR, to control any over speeding, in this human endeavour!

Becoming worried and tense, Brahma asked, “Will they stop there?”

Chitragupta simply said, “311 trillion years”

What is this number about?

The earthlings given a short span of life - and living in a dimension where time itself is an illusion, have attempted this monumental calculation to arrive at this number!

Ok. What is its relevance, here to our discussions?

Relevance? It is your calculated age! 

Taken aback, Brahma asked in a hesitant tone, “Is there any chance for a miscalculation?”

My answer to both of your questions, “Will they stop there? “and “Is there any chance for a miscalculation?” - is only your time can tell or it is up to the next generation of humans, to attempt the calculation afresh.

Brahma, strongly favouring  a status quo, asked, “Why don’t they leave it alone at this number?”

Replying, Chitragupta said, “Given their nature, I would not bet on a status quo, as their pet philosophy is - not even change is permanent! That is their way, of disagreeing with the past, and to try prove the present is better than the past. Poor earthlings! They describe, exhort, strive and still do not comprehend it. How would they know, living in Maya, their act of preaching about it, is itself a Maya. How can they gauge the age of a subtle form, like yours? Don’t worry, Maya will work in our favour.

 At this stage, Brahma having second and third thoughts, started to blame his own curiosity to pose question after question and supplementaries. Chitragupta had dealt with all of them, as if it was of no sweat to flex his memory cells. Unable to hold on to the puzzle any longer, he asked, " Where and how did you gather all this information?"

His protégé answered, " Souls of great thinkers pass through our gate. Some of these souls, after gaining enough experience, knowledge and energy essence, disperse into the Cosmos and are considered as having an afterlife, in an upgraded form. Out of their habit of expounding thoughts, they continue to share philosophical and metaphysical insights, with a touch of quantum consciousness. Tuning my ears to listen and focusing sharp eyes, to spot such souls, I managed to pick up all these information. At times, I wonder what more I could have learnt, if I had more heads! Besides, there is a rich mine of information, languishing in our own darkened repositories"

Brahma was upset by this brazen attempt to allude that he was not doing any of it! Furthermore, he had slipped in an expression of interest to have more than one head, to rival him. Attributing both the attempts to Chitragupta’s impish behaviour, Brahma queried," Why the mumbo-jumbo and what is its purpose?" Chitragupt came up with a curt reply, " Oh! That was me, iterating those ideas to extract the essence. The mumbo-jumbo is my own special language, no one would understand, if they eavesdropped."

Brahma wanted to ask some more questions but after a quick mental review, he concluded that his wily protégé would effortlessly answer, about anything and everything, without a pause! He decided, it was safe not to open any more cans of wiggling-worms, when Chitragupta was around.