The Spiritual Melody

By Arshad Ali

Collection of divine tales that never left Untouched.
A collective creation to feel every emotions of life. Crafted with tales of life, freedom, spirituality, love and everything that can be felt.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arshad Ali
• Release date: Apr 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463644881

Arshad Ali

Arshad Ali is a film maker, author and entrepreneur from Assam, India. He have penned down four Novels titled- The Essence of love- The Spiritual Melody- The 7 Steps- The Game to RuleAs a film maker he have made two Short Film Titled- The Breathing Pot- ReCurse

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And suddenly I woke up. I checked my phone and it was 5.30 am. But last night it was the worst nightmare. And I had no idea, I mean seriously I had no idea how would be the day after that terrible night mare. But dreams are dreams ….So it doesn't matter much.

Shoes on, timer set

And then..

It’s time to run.

Destiny was near in front of me as I could see the rest house on top of the hill. And to reach my destiny I need to run against the gravity or I would just say I need to run against the law of nature, without stopping.

And thus the race began.

The sun was rising high but not faster than me. I crossed everything, from the distractions to freedom, from the fake to truth and from the poor to rich. And finally I reached the spot where I was on the top and the world seemed smaller in front.

Every morning I go to that place to start my day. It was just like a race of my life which I needed to complete all alone. And every morning I used to win the race as there was no one to compete. And winning that race every morning I realize that the race of life is never about winning or losing but it is about reaching the destiny at the end of the race.

So I stood inside the rest house and saw the city from the top. It was my birthday and that was the reason why I had something else in my mind that day. I tried to recall the days I spent from the day I was born up to that part of my life. And recalling those days the only thing that came first in my mind was… Oh! What a life it was!. I fell, I stood again; I wished, I fulfilled; I cried, I smiled; I wanted, I achieved. The only thing I had in my mind during this journey was… Everything in this world are equal. There is nothing called superior and inferior. And thus I never dominated anyone and never let anyone to dominate me too. And that’s how I lived all these years. And that day on my birthday I was standing on the top fully confident, with no guilt, with no complain and with no regrets.

But… somewhere inside me I was lacking satisfaction. Because there were a few questions I had in my mind from my childhood days; a few questions which were very much important to me but remained unanswered till then. And I didn't know if I would find those answers before I die.

When I was in 7th standard, my science teacher taught me that energy cannot be created and cannot be destroyed. It was very much easy to understand for all. But for me it was not.

The next day I asked my teacher, Sir, if energy cannot be created and cannot be destroyed then how come energy exists if it was never created?

And the answer I got that day was, Do you believe in God?

Well, that was not my answer. And thus the question remained unanswered from that day.

When I was in 9th standard my history teacher said in her first class, I am your history teacher and I will tell you stories that happened long time back. We are about to go back in time; the time where many kings were born; the time where the Humans first opened their eyes on earth and the time which bought us here today.

Once again I questioned, But Mam, when did time begin?

She smiled and said, Time has no beginning and no end. It existed long back before our existence and It will exist after we all will die.

I asked, "But Mam, how can time exist if it never began?

And the answer I got was, There are a few questions which have no answers. Or maybe we have not found it till now.

Although my questions were immature but my curiosity was not. Day by day I got so curious that the answers to those questions became my only hunger. They say we must work hard to get something which we need. And with that thought I tried every possible step to find my answers but I couldn't. I couldn't find those answers because may be no one has a proper explaination to those questions.But the curiosity I had inside me grew every single day. And today it has grown to that extent that the answer itself came to me.

But.... In a very different way.

And then it was time to leave the place and start my day. So after sometime I started walking down. And walking down the road I was just thinking that I lived all these years from the day I was born without any regrets. Whenever I did any mistake I was punished and I didn’t make that mistake again. I never hurt anyone. I never ran away from my responsibilities. Then why was I still not satisfied? What was lacking inside me? Why did I never find those answers I was looking for? And what should I do to find my answers?

And then suddenly something hit me hard from behind. It hit me so hard that I fell a few meters away and hit a rock. I didn’t know which part of my body was broken but I just knew that I was unable to move any part of my body except my eyes.

And suddenly…..

I woke up on my bed. And after few seconds I realized that it was just a dream. The day never began. The whole thing was just a dream. I tried to move my hands and legs and found that I was fine. Nothing happened. It was just a nightmare.

Owwwwhhhh… that was a big relief.

I didn’t know what time it was then. And I was not at all interested to know after that nightmare. One of my roommates was still sleeping and the other one was out for work. At least that idiot could have wished me birthday before he left. Well anyways, girls remember dates better than guys.

It was my birthday so I was not at all in a mood to work that day. I decided to remain in my bed for sometime being a lazy rat. But then the cell phone of my roommate started ringing and he was so deep asleep that he didn’t receive it. After a while it started ringing again. And this time I shouted, Pick up the phone or you will not see your phone anymore. And then without opening his eyes he started searching his phone with his hand.

"Hello!

Yes,

Yes he is my roommate.

What?????

Where?

Ok ok .. I will just be there."

Within no time he stood up, took his t- shirt on his hand and disappeared from the flat. He didn’t say anything to me and I got no time to even ask him what happened. But from his words I came to know that something serious happened to the other roommate who left for work that morning.

I just stoop up and rushed out behind my friend. Coming out of the apartment I saw him running hard. So I too started running behind him. After that I saw him entering in a nearby hospital. I too entered the hospital but this time I lost him. Out of hurry I didn’t even bring my phone to call him. So I started loitering here and there in search of him but I didn’t find him. And then I saw him standing in front of an ICU cabin and beside him there was a girl who was crying out loud. I moved towards him immediately and suddenly the doctor came out and said, We are not sure if he will be alive but please get these medicines immediately.

And after that the doctor went inside and my friend rushed out to the pharmacy.

The day before we three of us were watching IPL together and suddenly everything changed. I didn’t know what I should do. I just wanted to see him once.

And then a police officer came and went inside the cabin. After a while the doctor and the officer came out.

The officer said, I have done the verification. This girl was driving the car and she is just a learner. Fortunately she has a learner license. So you can proceed with the treatment. And by the way, what is the condition of the patient?

The doctor replied, The patient is alive but…… He is in Coma. We are trying our best.

With those words the doctor went inside the cabin, the officer left and the girl was still crying. And after hearing that, I was in no position to utter a single word.

I was there standing helpless without any words, trying to remember something, trying to go back in time and see him again, trying to talk to him and trying to feel his presence.

But then…

I saw my roommate with another guy, coming towards us with the medicines. And seeing them in front….. Everything changed… suddenly. I was just…. Numb.

And thus in that particular moment……. I got all the answers I was looking for from my childhood days.

Time