Radha Krishna, the epic love story. The flute that became silent. Radha was five years elder to krishna. That's why she could not marry him, they say. Another reason was that he was a prince and she felt that she was just a cowherd, though Krishna never felt like that. One more reason was that she witnessed some of his miracles right before her eyes and she considered him as a God. She worshipped him in her mind, so she could not develop mundane love. Nevertheless, their love was beyond these limitations, they were soul mates in many of their previous life times like Sita Rama or Lakshmi Narayana. Krishna left Vrindavan to Kill Kamsa at Mathura, when he was just ten, never to return again. Radha married Ayan alias Abhimanyu, gave birth to a son called Shon, lived with them till her husband died, her son got married and left Vrindavan to meet Krishna at Dwarka. She met Krishna in his palace. Though Krishna welcomed her and treated her with the same love, affection and respect that he had before, and asked her to stay with him in the palace, she was not happy there since he was busy with his duties and he could not attend to her personally. She left the palace without informing him and walked back to her city. When she was walking in a forest on her way to Vrindavan, she heard the footsteps of someone following her. She turned back to look at who it was. It was none other than Krishna himself!. Krishna asked her why she left him without even informing him. She replied to him that she felt lonely there since he was busy with his royal duties and decided to go back to her city. He asked her what she wanted from him. She asked him to play his flute. Krishna started playing on his flute and she was hearing the divine music with her eyes closed. She never opened her eyes again. Krishna could not bear Radha's death and broke his flute as a symbolic ending of love and threw it into the bush.
Abdul Rahman, a cockroach living in the water canal of a kitchen, dreams of escaping from the dungeon of darkness and moving into a world full of light, love and freedom.Having been inspired by his father, he wants to pass on this dream to his son Mohammed. But his wife Mumtaj, afraid of going outside the kitchen sink to get killed by the family living in the house, is against his attempts to go outside the sink, more particularly against taking their only son along.This whole novella is the description of the conflict between the husband and wife trying to teach their son two opposite systems of values, one inspired by love and the other inspired by fear.The house they live is inhabited by Mr. Isaac, his wife Sarah and their four year old son Abraham (‘Monster’, ‘Lady Monster’ and ‘Little Monster’ in the language of the cockroaches).Mohammed is threatened by a centipede, some German cockroaches, a spider, a rat who visit his cockroach colony and by a sparrow when he visits the garden. Every time, his Dad comes and saves him.He falls in love with Angel, a butterfly in the garden. Ibrahim, a male butterfly feels envious of the love between Mohammed and Angel. He kidnaps Angel with the help of his friends.Once again Abdul Rahman helps his son by rescuing her, with the help of some cockroaches.When Mr. Isaac sprays chemicals to kill cockroaches, the poison falls in the cereal bowl, which his son Abraham is about to eat. Abdul Rahman stops him and saves him, but he himself gets killed in the process.While dying, Abdul Rahman teaches the ultimate lesson his son can ever learn, about death. He narrates his dying process and says that he is just shifting from one state of consciousness to another. Death is the ultimate freedom, he adds:“Death is a beautiful experience, my son! It’s painful only when you die halfheartedly. When you die whole heartedly, accepting it, loving it and embracing it, it’s a joyful, blissful experience, indeed!”Finally, Mohammed lives in the garden with Angel, in a world full of light and beauty, as per the dreams of his Dad.Now, Mohammed is able to fly as high as Angel. Angel asks him, “How did you learn to fly higher like me?”Mohammed says, “Death has taught me the lesson. Fear of death has prevented me from flying higher like you. That fear has left me now. Without fear, I am able to fly higher like you.”“This fear of death was the difference between you and me. This fear of death keeps the cockroaches in darkness, away from light. This fear of death catches a human, when he sees a cockroach. To avoid his own fear of death, he kills it. Without fear, a cockroach can become free like a butterfly.” Read the full novel here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TF3W62K
Patanjali, the father of yoga, has talked about five stages of Enlightenment:1. Enlightenment With Logic: When you are still using your logical mind. This happens when your energy stabilizes in your navel chakra.2. Enlightenment Without Logic: When you lose your logical mind. This happens when your energy stabilizes in your heart chakra.3. Enlightenment With Mortification: When your ego dies. This happens when your energy stabilizes in your throat chakra.4. Enlightenment Without Mortification: When your ego awakens. This happens when your energy stabilizes in your eyebrow chakra.5. Enlightenment Without Seeds: When your Karmic cycle has ended. This happens when your energy stabilizes in your crown chakra.People in every stage thinks that they are THE enlightened ones and there is no higher stage possible.What they think is true too because enlightenment is the death of duality, the words 'higher' or 'lower' lose meaning here.But, this is a guide to improve you and this scale is created for your benefit only to compare with and improve yourself, not to degrade you or judge you.Though, a peak is a peak, where ever you are on it, there is an altitude that no one has ever touched before, and where you can host your flag high. Read the full book here" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091C25DNQ