'Reaction and Astrology' (1)

     Let me connect you to an elderly person who lived in my neighbourhood… He got up one fine morning and as usual, sat down in his reclining chair. His wife came along with a cup of strong coffee and gave it to him.

      ‘Kamala…’, he said in a rather gentle voice. She didn’t turn back but just stopped there on her way back to the kitchen. 

     Kamala…’, he said, ’… did you experience any bad dream or frightening scene during your sleep last night?’ There was no response. He shook off the newspaper from his face and continued, ‘…you were screaming and blasting away someone loud.’

      She turned back in the mode of a queen and faced him. 

     ‘It was not a bad dream…’, she said, ’…I was not asleep either.  I was screaming at you. You see, you never learn.’ She walked away just as this person returned to his newspaper.

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      It was lunch time. Lunch was served and business was as usual. 

     ‘So?...’, she said. He just nodded.

      ‘So?’, the word was repeated. 

     ‘Yes. The curry you made sounds really good.’ 

     She was serious now and took the chair by his side.

      ‘ So you don’t take me seriously.’

     ‘I take nobody seriously-that includes me.’

      ‘You heard me shouting at you in disgust last night.’

      ‘Yes. I heard you and also acknowledged the act early in the morning at the first opportunity.’ 

     ‘But you thought that I was talking while asleep’ 

     ‘No. I did not think that way. All such actions shall always be treated by me as pouring out from an inactive, reasonless state of the mind.’

      ‘So you don’t care. Isn’t it?’

      ‘No. I care so much more than anybody else. This is precisely why I classify them this way.’ 

     She stood up and walked away, stopped for a while and turned back. 

     ‘So I can shout at you any  number of times and see any number of dreams.’

      ‘Yes. One should get back at reality through a dream state of mind. It helps handle reality better. But the real dream should be to vote for peace of mind as an option rather than scoring points’ 

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     This is food for thought! I would be relating a couple of such incidents more before getting back to planets in the ensuing pages…

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(Sripati can be contacted at 9849337539)

                                                                 (To be continued)