Dreamscapes
Chong was surrounded by a lot of people. And, it was a common site now. This made me so uneasy. It wasn’t envy or any personal grudge, except, in the deepest corners of my soul, I just could not believe in what everyone else seemed to do – his stories.
Everyone in the town had started to regard him a lot. After all he was the ‘chosen’ one by Tara herself, to help ‘revive Tibetian Buddhism.’ He had started ‘preaching’ the core concepts passed down by our Buddha. And, not just that, he had also told everyone to unite against the Chinese oppressive force.
I believed in both, however, no one seemed to use their own minds against his words anymore, as if he were Amitabha Buddha!
In the beginning, his words, being the true preaching of our religion, felt like cool dew drops to my heat-stricken leaf-like mind. But, I could not come to terms with Goddess Tara coming in his dreams every night and with the concepts ‘spoken secretly by Buddha’ which I had never heard of.
(Goddess Tara)
I stood at a comfortable distance from him but could still overhear his words. “Tara came in my dream last night and showed me a dreamscape of The Liberated Tibet, free from the Chinese. I have decided to set forth my journey to the Government of China to ask them to leave us alone, and I want you all to provide me with some money for the same.”And, just as he said that, people started offering him all their money.
This was the height of it.
“Wait!” I spoke up seething with rage at everyone’s gullibility “There are elaborate meetings, Leagues and organizations trying to do the same and you think you could fool people into getting you their money because you alone wanted to ‘walk’ to the Chinese Government. How unrealistic! We all know you won’t be entertained!”
And, what I was scared of, happened. The whole mob turned against me, condemned me and then, started stoning me.
I was smacked to the ground, as my eyes began to shut. Yet, I felt a wave of satisfaction running through my veins as I tasted the blood. God had given me a chance to help me experiment with my amazing existence. And I tasted the dirt of Tibet, where I had always been given a chance to grow.
My skin bled like my heart did because of not just their behavior but about how I was losing my breath and so won’t be able to expose this man flourishing his evilness in the name of my God. I was holding on to the little chunk of strength left in my heart. I couldn’t die as yet.
Suddenly, someone shouted, “Divert your attention, you all! Chong has taken all our money and has run away without another word. The ones who chased him said he has gone not towards China but in the opposite direction. He tried to hurt the ones chasing him and has escaped! He is a cheater!”
I felt relieved for the truth was finally out! They were all mourning for their wealth when a gentleman reminded them of me. However, when they came to my rescue, it had been too late. With a smile on my face, I had taken my last deep breath of the air of my nation, and had let go of my soul, peacefully.
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