Monday, August 15, 2011

Arvy, Arvind and X

Arvy: I'm not well.
Arvind: okay.
Arvy: Is that all you can say?
Arvind: I don't know what to say.
Arvy: I'm bleeding inside. Like an internal hemorrhage.
Arvind: Hemorrhage can be only internal.
Arvy: Very funny.
Arvind: I'm sorry.
Arvy: I feel as if the weight of the universe is pressing on me.
Arvind: Do you think the universe is heavy?
Arvy: That's a poor attempt at joke. You are sick.
Arvind: I'm.
Arvy: What? You also? I thought I was the only crazy one here.
Arvind: Now you know.
Arvy: That doesn't really help. Does it?
Arvind: It doesn't. But still we are not the only ones here.
Arvy: What? Is there someone else too? I would like to meet him/her/it.
Arvind: Do you want me to call him?
Arvy: Yes! sure do. I need all the help I can muster.
Arvind: Okay, I will call him. But let's call him X, okay?
Arvy: I have no objections.
Arvind: Okay then. Wait a second. I will call him...Hello X...would you like to join in?
X: Sure. Who are you both?
Arvind: We don't know. Who are you?
X: I don't know. But it doesn't matter.
Arvy: Hello X.
X:Hello Arvy.
Arvy: Can you help me?
X; I will, if I can.
Arvy: I feel like crying. But I can't.
X: Why can't you?
Arvy: Adults are not supposed to cry. I'm also supposed to be tough. And people are watching. There are 2 followers and I don't know how many are hidden.
X: That's sad.
Arvy: It is. And I cannot drop dead. I have got to stand. If I fall down, thoe around me will fall down too.
X: I see. Are you sure?
Arvy: I'm sure but I wish I didn't have to be sure too.
X: You can rest on me for a while.
Arvy: But how? I don't even know you.
X: Yes. That's a problem. But we will manage somehow. Don't worry.
Arvy: You are being vague.
X: I'm sorry.
Arvy; Don't be. You seem to be a nice chap.Atleast, you are listening to me.
X: Why can't you tell me directly your problem?
Arvy: It's because I don't know what my problem is. Or to put it in another way, I have too many problems to single out any.
X: That's bad.
Arvy: But I'm brave.
X: You are.
Arvy: Now...how can you know that?
X: Well...you sounded brave.
Arvy: Okay. I'm also nice.
X: Okay.
Arvy: My head is feeling heavy now.
X: Okay.
Arvy: I wish life was simpler.
X: I don't know.
Arvy: Sometimes I'm very scared. But I just shut down those thoughts.
X: i know.
Arvy: Tell me...I'm living by a few things told in the Gita. Do you think it will work out?
X: I think so.
Arvy: How can you help me?
X: I don't know. I'm here for as long as you need me.
Arvy: Are you God?
X: I don't know. It doesn't matter.
Arvy: Then tell me what matters.
X: I don't know. You have got to try out certain things. See if it matters.
Arvy: Sometimes I wish I could die in an accident or an earthquake or something like that.Gone in a second.
X: I have nothing to say.
Arvy: I don't think I will regret if I die now.
X: Okay.
Arvy; I'm feeling wretched that I cannot even easily speak from my heart.
X: Hmmm.
Arvy: I think I have hurt some people. But I believe that I have compensated.
X: Okay.
Arvy: Or maybe I haven't. Maybe I'm still alive to settle some more debts.
X: Hmmm.
Arvy: I cannot make anything of life.
X: Hmmm.
Arvy: I cannot even express in words. I'm trying so hard to find a right word or sentence to tell how I feel but it just doesn't come.
X: Hmmm.
Arvy: I don't know how long this is going to take.I wish I'm taken care of. But I don't want to be a burden.
X: Granted.
Arvy: I don't know what you mean by 'granted'. I have to go now. But I would like to come back again tomorrow to talk with you.
X: I will see you tomorrow. Have dinner and go to sleep. You will be all right.
Arvy: Thanks. I don't want us to talk with Arvind for some time. Is it okay?
X: I don't have any objection. But out of decency, you should request him.
Arvy: Okay, I will. Hello, Arvind...
Arvind: I heard what you said to X. It's all right by me. Anything which makes you happy makes me happy too.
Arvy: Thanks. Maybe I will talk with you tomorrow. Maybe...
Arvind: You don't need to explain.
Arvy: Thanks. Life is beautiful...am I the son or the father?
X: Crazy nut!
Arvy: Will I be all right?
X: Yes.
Arvy: Soon?
X:Yes.
Arvy: How soon?
X: Help is coming to you at the speed of light.
Arvy: But from where and how big is the universe? I need to know distance to calculate the time.
X: The universe is big indeed. But it is enough to fit inside your heart.
Arvy: That means...it can be any moment?
X: Yes.
Arvy: Good night.

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