Bhagwan Shree,
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Dust In The Wind
I close my eyes only for a moment, then the moment's gone.
All my dreams, pass before my eyes in curiosity.
Dust in the wind; all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song; just a drop of water in an endless sea.
All we do, tumbles to the ground though we refuse to see.
Dust in the wind; all we are is dust in the wind.
Don't hang on. Nothing lasts forever, not even the Earth and sky.
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind; all we are is dust in the wind.
Dust in the wind.
Everything is dust in the wind.
Background Photograph: American Nuclear Test "Castle Romeo" April 15, 1954, Bikini Atoll, Yield: 11 Megatons
Before you go through this I would like you to ponder on some tender thoughts.
(01) An attack wherein at most 5,000 people die is Terrorism. Then what about equally innocent one lakh people who were living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not by their choice but by their birth, died a more horrid death. But that is made Heroic under the pretext of more deaths if ...... or limited egos, desires and interests. Isn't that equally Vandalistic and Terrorist act. Just because a state does it, does it become Heroism?
(02) Why do we regard Military who kills due to order of state as Heroic? Whatever be the reasons do we regard Military as necessary evil as Tao has said which has to repent for the killings it has made? If we give license to kill Humans under any circumstances or rules why do we condemn people who kill? They will have their own reasons and rules. Aren't we dictating I am better when we define rules of when to and when not to. Who are we to decide and how can we claim ours as truth? Does a bomb know who it is killing. When a military bomb kills people, do we even think were the people ready to fight or kill us? Or just because they are living there which we think as enemy they suffer? What right then we have to draw lines or condemn? These are some truths I have and further I would advise you to go through War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and Tao the King by Lau Tze.
Have we formed a society which can exist without weapons? or initiated and done something concrete in that direction.
(03) Aren't we terrifying others by proving I am better than you. What are we doing by accumulating money, power and the likes? What is our motto in getting to superiority in all its forms. Our greed? Our wants to prove superiority by giving and altruism (As current Biological research shows that we are striving to be more fit by altruism). Isn't that Terrorism?
(04) And have we formed a society wherein we take everybody as equal: a Guru, a Disciple, a beggar, a Tycoon etc. Are we able to accept Truth. Don't we carry Jesus and like to tusk for truth? In fact to society Truth itself looks like Terrorism?
You may find some of the statements above objectionable. But the truth is we all are Terrorists and no better. Terrifying each other by one method or other, by one form or the other. Nations by wealth, weapons and like and we by our behavior, our egos, our attachments, our greed and the like. The difference between us and the so-called Terrorists is not of Quality but Quantity. And the same has been there in History only the names differ. Because we ourselves are creating it. With this I will put below some portions of my meetings with Terrorist and by this would highlight the points of Terrorism and I hope to break the myths and lies associated with it. And I hope we learn something from it. Alas we have not from History as the famous saying goes the only thing a man learns from History is that he doesn't learn anything. The fact is USA is the pioneering Terrorist country who has set path for others to follow. And I have proofs to support this claim by way of my association with NASA and DARPA of USA which I left just because I didn't want to work on so called Defense or sinister plans or rather something that destroys humanity. The fact is politicians (World wide) have been treating even their own people like commodities and guinea pigs. It is time we go inwards into true roots of Terrorism.
" Every Saint has a past and every Criminal has a future"
---- Oscar Wilde
It was evening and I was told that somebody will come to pick you up from station. And as I was sitting on a bench, waiting, a young lad approached me seeing the typical Indian white dress. After the exchange of code word he sat near me. He said hey you are very young. Don't you think you should keep away from this. I replied you too are young why are you into such matters. And as time passed by, I came to know that he is a science graduate. And so I exchanged ideas on Science, Philosophy, Spirituality etc.. And he was too surprised and sometimes I had to simplify things. A lot of time passed by. Suddenly he became silent thinking and then he said:
" Listen man, I was supposed to see that nobody is with you or following you. But Let me tell you, you seem to be quite intelligent and good guy. And to tell you truth these guys won't allow you to come back. They will kill you! So please go away. I would just say that nobody turned up."
"What do you think I don't know that? I know, but I am here."
"See guy, I guess world will loose a good guy if you die like this. Don't you know the fate of Denial Pearl? I tell you please go back. Get lost while you can!"
"I guess I have come to meet the terrorists and I have no plans to go back before meeting them."
"From your talks I can say one thing you can contribute a lot to the world then why are you so much enthusiastic about a suicide? I am an activist and not terrorist that is why I am warning you. Nobody would"
"Can you guarantee life? This body has to die and who knows death might be waiting in the course I take back. And I have already killed this body. Now only formality awaits. So why worry about which formality? As for suicide. Suicide is when I kill myself. But who can kill other or himself? And I am going for meeting. If something happens to this body let it happen. If they want to kill this body it will be their killing and not suicide. And see if you want to protect this body then protect.
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"But why ? Because of your ego or because you want some publicity or you want to prove something? Why?"
"Every person thinks in his terms. There is no meaning to any denial you can think whatever you want to. But the fact is I am here because I know I am responsible for everything that happens in this world. So ......."
"Still guy, Think about it. I can still give you half an hour to change your mind."
"(Laugh) It is decided. If you want to waste half an hour you can."
"Okay I did my duty. Now I am not responsible if ....."
"(Cutting it short). No dear you are, you are responsible whether you know or no, whether you think that or no. We are one bio-mass."
And then he had no choice but to take me with him to the ............
Lesson 1 : They are humans! Like us, Like you and me. Having all the feelings we have. Having sense, judgment, heart and sensibility. What went astray?
So soon enough we landed in a house cum office. I and my baggage searched for. Well we had many a sessions and meetings in diverse languages, but I can't write them all. Here are some excerpts (They are not continuous talks too) :
Soon enough their leader came with eight other guys.
"Oh! So you are here. Never expected you. You know I am not going to let you go. You are our prisoner now and forever."
"Why do you think I came with a baggage for a two hour meeting? I know it. But Life is a journey into unknown. You don't know it and I also don't know it. Let Godliness take me. If it needs this body I will be out and if not I will be back in some other form as the need be."
"Oh yea, I know the end and you will be sorry that you came here. Tie him up!"
I was tied and handcuffed.
"See guy, I have had enough of your bastard spirituality stuff!! You think you can fool me with words. Oh yea, you are a science guy or engineer. Okay suppose we start with Conc. H2So4 or HNO3. Would you still sing your Na Hanyate or what? Yea?"
"Whatever: you may be firing a bullet and I may be singing that. That is truth. But if you don't like it I don't want to trouble you. I never came with my stuff to you. You listened because you talked with me. And if I know Truth why should I not say it. I never say or invited you to listen. Don't listen."
"Oh I am sick of you. If your Truth is Truth that means I am wrong. No I am not! Let us start this acid on your thighs and see how easily you start singing some mercy tunes and like."
"This body may suffer, but I am not this body. And even if mercy claims are there they will be body claims. Not mine. Because I know I am untouched, disaffected by you because I am you."
They dropped 3-4 drops of acid. Seeing I was just laughing and closing my eyes.
"Oh well, leave more acid for some other time! How about cutting your head with a knife?"
"Not my head this body's"
"Oh yea, Cut his finger"
There was a small cut made on the finger and then two to three on the stomach. Silence prevailed for some time. As they observed me and I went to meditation. I don't know what happened but I was out in Samadhi and didn't reply to their queries, taunts and questions.
Then when I opened my eyes the leader was waiting there.
"Oh man you think you had some military training?"
"No! Never"
"How come you tolerate these things than? How can you be happy in this situation?"
"Because I know you can kill this body and not me. And I am not tolerating. When I know this body isn't mine and neither I am this body this connection is lost. To you it may appear that I am tolerating. Who am I? This body may even cry or trample. Not I? "
"Oh you again singing this stuff. Do you really think what you are telling as truth?"
"Well, if you think you know Islam, You must know that this is truth."
"Hey you! Let Islam go to hell. I am least concerned with that."
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"Then why are you doing this?"
"Money man money. What do you think. I am an illiterate guy. I am Post Graduate in Economics. I am getting car, bungalow. My family is getting all that. And all these are getting their share as per their capability."
"Economics. Great and what a way to use it. You could be ......."
"Hey stop that lecture. You know USA is sucking your and everybody's blood making us more and more.........."
"And you are making wealth and transferring it? What a way........?"
"No, but ................"
"Stop Buts. Tell me truth .........."
"But I would be doing some cheap job and here I am ........"
"Yea! I can see that living in a small house. Changing places......."
"So what? I have more riches than you can even think of me possessing."
"So what? Are you happy?"
"Oh yea? Very much. You think you are?"
"You just said How can I be happy. That means I am happy! In fact ecstatic, exalting."
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"Okay guy yesterday I told you I am happy. But to be frank I am not. I am seeing you singing and happy even when you are tied up. Tell me can you make me happy?" The Leader admitted
"Only you can make yourself happy. I can guide you. Forget Bungalows, cars, name and the like. Just sit near me close your eyes and behold the exaltation, the ecstasy is here and now only."
"Oh yea!"
"I will do it in the evening. Tell me exactly............."
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"Okay now tell me one thing the first day you said Let Islam go to Hell. Then why you use Islam and Jihad?" I asked
"It is very simple. The way any country uses so called Patriotism ego for the military and the people around a country. Same way we need a force to unite our band. And similarity of any kind is the only way to unite."
"You see, USA argued that if they hadn't used the nuclear bomb there could have been more killing. In the same way ......"
"Oh yea! You see say for an example if both India and Pakistan were to fight a nuclear war, Pakistan would have to loose much. But not now, it has very less to loose. It is a strategy. Everything is a strategy."
"Why other countries? Simply because you are poor! There is no better industry "
"Chiefly yea.! Everybody wants opportunity and right now there are more opportunities and money in Terrorism then anything else for a normal person in poor countries and more so for an illiterate person. Besides the satisfaction of a cause and security of well-being of its dependents. Besides it is easy to cash on the frustrations of people in poor country who were misguided by clergies that Islamic rule will bring riches and the likes."
Lesson 2: Religion has got nothing to do with Terrorism. It is being used to unite and use people as commodities much in the same way as Gurus and Clergies are and have been using people for money, name, cause etc. Terrorism is more of an economy.
They have ambitions, undaunted desires that we apart by our modern way of living and so called Education. This is the short cut for many of them. The short cut that many companies and people take as shown by many a events. Many who rob people of their money. Only thing is they are shrewd enough to do it in a way acceptable of society.
One of the Terrorist approached me on the third day.
"I can't believe it, but I saw a dream yesterday in which an old Khwaja like figure told me to to cause no harm to you and leave you."
"That must be your concise and not Khwaja."
"See dear in the noon none will be here. All are going I would set you free and see to it that you reach the destination."
"No, I wouldn't run away. If I wanted to run away I might not have come only."
"Please"
"No I would go giving all of you adieu. Tell me don't you feel anything when you shoot or the like."
"No not even when I drop bomb. It is just an order, a mission. We are trained like military. No feelings, No thoughts."
"Is it? Then what are you doing right now?"
"With you the case is different. You seem to be such a nice guy! Meeting, understanding and talking like friend. Somehow I feel something else."
"Why did you took up to this. Everybody is same."
"No! No! My Dad was killed by those bastards Hindu soldiers. And we were left orphans. How could we manage? I hadn't had much education. And the only way I could make money was this. Besides taking revenge.........."
"Then all the more you shouldn't do this. Because you are creating more Orphans. A vicious circle you understand..... And how many lives you will take for one life? And you will also leave Orphans, if in this process something happens to you"
"No if something happens to me my family will be looked after in the most good manner."
"But I am Hindu by birth. Why don't you kill this body and put an end to your revenge and leave this."
"You?!!! But you seem to be talking on all aspects of Koran like a Fakir. I can't take the sin of killing you. No I can't......."
"What difference does it make?"
"Besides now I can't leave now. If I do I will be killed. It is my life or the others'."
"Is it so? "
"Majeeb was shot down. Hussein was ......... I can tell you they wouldn't leave me alive."
"Who can kill you? This body anybody can. It will go one day. Why worry about the imminent? See here sit here, go inside. Nobody can kill you."
Just as this was going on other eight entered.
"The only life is the life which can withstand death. If even after death you know you exist, then and only then you know life. Otherwise you just know an illusion called life."
"Yea, that is why we are told that you will get janat if you die........"
"Hello, what I said is you don't die. If you don't die in death also with consciousness then and only then you know life. I didn't mean Janat. If Janat is what you will get why doesn't Laden or your top leaders die first. The fact is this is an illusion. See in Koran too......................"
"Oh you may be right, but then what do we have to loose" said one.
"Why?"
"We were already starving. Now we can get anything we want. Girls, wine ............ Here we have hell so what more can happen to us?"
"You can experience heaven here and now only. The problem is you think the outer will give you heaven."
"Oh Yea, I guess you may be right. But we can't, at least I can't leave now."
"Then allow those who want to."
"What difference this makes? Till today we get money from USA also. As long as nations want to use people what can happen? It is selective use of us. And nothing would go until this stops."
"At least it can make difference to this person!"
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Lesson 3: Hatred can't kill Hatred. Bullets isn't the solution. All the people who talk of Israel forget one thing. Whatever it appears to be Israel is in no better position. The Terrorism is still there.
There are various reasons. Primarily the selfish wants of nations and politicians which is sucking world resources. It is our responsibility to see that every world citizen of this world, every human gets a rightful position in this world, gets opportunities and primarily enough space to grow and spread in the freedom. You can't hope of a person to be, not be a Terrorist when his belly is empty, his family starving, his near and dear ones being killed and the only big industry being state sponsored guerrilla military that is Terrorism. How long will Nations and Religions use people as commodities?
And there was long discussion at the end of which on the 4th day the leader said
"Okay, I will allow them to leave. And see to it that no harm is done to them. But I will kill you. It is after you die those who want to abandon can leave. Boys thrash him up. Yes, you have any last wish."
"I have everything I can. Just allow me to do Puja of you people the Shivas for me."
"Is it? Okay. Tell me what you require."
And as I performed the Puja, the leader burst into tears.
"Okay enough you win. I can't kill you. I want you to teach all of us about Samadhi and explain to us the meaning of Koran"
Lesson 4: Terrorism can only stay until you are in outer. Until Terror is there.
It was the 5th day noon and everybody said
"We want to see your Satsang."
"Then you must hurry up as one is arranged for today and if at all we want to reach there we must start now."
5 persons said Good - Bye to all of them in the hope of a future like you and me. And 3 of them accompanied me to Satsang. As we bided farewell we had tears in eyes. Hugging each other and holding hands. The leader remarked:
"I hope we reach a stage like you. I will also leave this. Let me see these people. And If it is possible please conduct a Shivir for all of us. See you and sorry for the treatment. Though I don't consider them or me as Terrorists. We are soldiers. I have meet ......"
And as I reached the Satsang directly with 3 young guys with me. Everybody was thinking they might be some spiritual people or my friends. And at the moment I introduced them as Terrorists who have come to meet you. And they wanted you to know they were Terrorists. A silence crippled. There was no more introduction that I could have given, well knowing killings and bombs etc. deeds of their past.
"Let us call Newspapers guys. They can see that these people change." was the first remark that broke silence.
"And get them arrested? No way, why do we always have to be mad at publicity? It is our ego. They are normal human beings like us."
And as they intently narrated their experiences and the like. Everybody was getting the true picture! And above all a lesson to regard them as humans and not devils. Satan is also part of God.
The people collected money and told me that we will give this to them so that they can start their life. I said wonderful. Some wanted to get the addresses so that they can support them later. To which I refused saying why you want to make them recall that they were Terrorists or ....... Fill it! Shut it and Forget it!
As the session on Krishna and Muhammad went on there were tears in the eyes of all. And as the Dance begin just out of nothing everybody started Dancing. I could see the desire in the eyes of our three young friends to join, but they hesitated. And as I explained to them how Sufis used to perform Dervish Dance. They joined. And tears of joy could be seen in my eyes as I saw the Gun being replaced by Dance. Hatred being replaced by Love, the powerful weapon.
Everybody started hugging the three guys and even though they refused to take money they gave it with love. And as they came to touch my feet I hugged them and bid them farewell.
Don't know where they are going. One thing is for sure they have tasted the inner, their true nature. They were there giving me an opportunity to see that what I say isn't mere words, but my experience. The Gods who helped me to really realize that which I had realized. May be we will never meet, but now they are on their way to live the life of Vishnu after playing the effective role of Shiva. Somewhere out there, they are playing the part, the part like you and me. A Future holds for them. A Family smiling. And inner Love and ecstasy that they have realized. May God Bless them! May be they ought to be punished. But would that bring transformation?????? Here they are and they will make sure that nobody follows their path. My Date with Gods coming to an end.
But that is not the end: recently we have finished a Shivir for 83 Terrorists. Setting the true self , the realization of which has made them happy devoid of these things. Changing their roles from Shiva to Vishnu. And I am glad though media approached us we have been able to keep them out of this for good.
Lesson 5: They are being used. They are humans with a huge energy and potential! They need opportunity and space to grow. Can we make it available? Yes they can be part of the constructive society.
The solution lies in realizing the world as one Bio-mass and not dividing boundaries whether mental, physical or emotional or the like. And letting people discover the true inner! The inner! As long as we give importance to outer. As long as we value humans (on whatever terms money or power), Terrorism of one form or the other will continue.
At the end I would request you to realize the truth. And at least read the Lessons as marked in the email if not the whole. A mission lies ahead of all of you. A mission not for India, or the world or humans, but for the whole consciousness that exists everywhere in nature, so precious, ecstatic, exalting and wondrous that till today we only know one planet having that and that is our earth!!!!
My Pranam
Devang H.Dattani