Stronger deities continue to dominate the weaker and submissive ones through remote controls
“IS it possible for anyone working under a general to have moved about unhindered between the countries with nuclear bomb formulas tucked under his belt?”
“Who pocketed millions and billions of dollars when such persons returned home loaded with wealth from the frequent trips abroad?”
“Who received the head money of $2million for letting American commandos whisk away Aimal Kasi to the United States?”
“Who benefited monetarily from the arrest, and then handing over of Yousuf Ramzi to the US?”
I occasionally sit in the company of ones who, for no reason, indulge in the exchange of thought on the subjects not directly related to them. They are not politicians, but they try to find out the reasons and causes for the utter failure of the rule of democracy in our country. In their last gathering, they shared views on the ignominy of the scientists, and the dimensions of an atom bomb. Sitting with them provides you with an experience that you nurture for years.
Last week, it was a gathering of assorted persons, each moulded into a different bent of mind. Their comprehension of events taking place around them was varied. What was common among them was their unwavering faith in sharing views that helps them in deciphering complex puzzles. None among the small gathering was a professor or an intellectual, a scholar or a writer. They were a bunch of very ordinary persons who make a collective effort to understand events and occurrences in a realistic perspective that they do not understand individually.
A hunchback among them said, “If someone believes the ritual of human sacrifice to appease angry gods, deities and demons belongs to a long-forgotten prehistoric era, he is sadly mistaken.”
A lanky participant asked, “Are you suggesting the ritual is practised in our era?”
“Yes, of course,” the hunchback said. “The ritual of human sacrifice is in vogue even today. It is practised in different forms in every part of the world. What has undergone gradual change is the symbolic identity and entity of the gods, deities and demons for whose appeasement men, women and children are sacrifised. They have assumed a modified image and a more authoritative stature in society.”
“Are they animated or unanimated entities?”
“The ancient gods and the deities were imaginary,” the hunchback replied, adding, “but the shrewd gods of today are real.”
“Why does man create gods and deities?” someone asked.
“Early man was afraid of the vastness of the oceans, fury of storms, volcanoes, earthquakes, avalanches and the huge animals and the reptiles now extinct,” the hunchback replied. “He created a god of oceans, a god of hurricanes, a god of earthquakes, a god of volcanoes and for that matter, he invented a god each for a natural phenomenon beyond his control. Today’s man in authority ruthlessly exploits, and is exploited. He continues to die in place of more cunning culprits than him. It is a vicious cycle of human sacrifice.”
A stout participant commented, “Fear of the unknown drives man to the brink of insanity and dementia.”
The abrupt remark from an elderly participant suddenly sparked a volley of statements when he said, “Man has always been baffled by the phenomenon of life and death.”
“Diverse beliefs on life before birth and life after death flourish among different communities in different parts of the world.”
“Man strives to overcome the fear of the unknown with rituals.”
“The major religions of the world do not approve of human sacrifice.”
“But man continues to strive for the appeasement of the angry gods of today with human sacrifice.”
The hunchback asked, “In which god’s name have the nuclear scientists been sacrifised?”
They all thought for a while, and then one of them said, “I think they have been sacrifised in the name of the distant god who operates with a remote control in his hand.”
“I do not contradict you,” another participant said. “To me it seems they have been sacrifised in the name of the puppet gods.”
“Puppet gods?”
“The ones who are controlled by the distant god with a remote control.”
“There is an hierarchy among the gods,” the elderly participant said. “Stronger gods dominate the weaker and submissive gods, directly or indirectly, through remote controls.”
“By the way brothers, what could be the size of an atom bomb?” a bald participant asked. “Would it be bigger than an elephant?”
“Well, the elephant is not a weapon.”
“Then, would it be bigger than a tank?”
“Can’t say.”
“A gunship helicopter?”
“I haven’t seen an atom bomb.”
“They say it releases hell from the heavens.”
The participants thought for a while, and then one of them asked, “Is it possible to carry an atom bomb in a suitcase?”
“Well, you can carry in your suitcase a formula for making an atom bomb.”
The hunchback puzzled the participants with his remark when he said, “Who have shared the lion’s share from the bomb deals?”
