Life was going on smoothly, and Shiv usually acted on the right and reasonable – especially the points which he noted down from BK Shivani’s wisdom to be shared by others. He is doubly sure that if people act on these dogmas there will not remain even trace of complications. People usually pretend to follow her but in fact they always like things to happen in their own way, interpreting them as they wish. On this day Shiv is feeling distressed and his mind is uneasy, but he is not going to cry and will keep courage to remove lot of anguish enveloping his mind. His soul is playing drastically to make him feel uneasy but he will definitely block its overhead thrust not to let it direct his senses to play havoc on him.
Mother means an entity of love and respect, but Rahul whom she brought up with love putting lot of efforts under unbalanced conditions of her life, is not ready to see her with humility as his armour and her utmost love as his protection. Now she is an old lady nearing 76, retired as vice-principal from a Government-run senior secondary school, having good physique and presently not requiring any help from his loved ones. Mr. Rahul requires a spiritual heart-bypass who thinks her as subaltern, feeding the ego of super-rich. Some of the hidden problems thinking of too much self-worth have made him literally dwarf.
There is a maid working in their house who behaves with his mother in a most obstinate manner. She has been given a long rope thinking she might not runaway making them defunct for the facilities they were getting on daily basis. Rahul has categorically told his parents that they can’t live without a maid as their life is busy and they can’t do without her. Their version is that she is an illiterate and uncultured lady and it is difficult to tame her. Rahul’s mother though well-educated is traditional and she doesn’t understand the meaning of self-control which is necessary to permeate to bring a truce in the family and to get going in a most sophisticated way as before. Presently the duo, his mother and father have shut their mouth to stop problems staring them in the face. They are living in the same house and have become completely entranced, thinking time of grief to rush back soon and to make them completely humiliated and embarrassed. The bell of danger is sounding and the doors of rooms are beginning to close not to see even the face of each other.
Rahul’s father is presently suffering from sciatica pain and is not in good spirits, but he is always observant in spite of his age - remains humble as his background was also similar. He is devoid of ego and is simple in his habits; tries to avoid unavoidable circumstances but he has no control over them. Feeling his son’s anger rise he tries to settle for a feeble excuse, telling him to do as he feels appropriate. He doesn’t want his son to feel agitated, to get his B.P rise due to stress at work and tense relations with the parents. The parents helped them as far as possible in looking after the kitchen, helping kids and their daughter-in-law, but Rahul is not happy and thus the affectionate relations and good atmosphere in the house is being taken to heels. Evergreen mirage of the family is going to be a humiliating farce. A racing mind of both husband and wife has become a huge obstacle to let them sleep easy.
One of the grand children is living in the same house has also stopped talking to grand-parents, and when all of them are out it seems a complete lull and the place once resounding with laughter smells of death in the house. Two days back Rahul’s father ascended the stairs after attending yoga class for sciatica pain and was still holding the mattress, when Rahul confronted him saying with folded hands, wearing a mask of fury, that he is unable to help them anymore and feels apologetic. He wants to shift to another house like his friends who are putting up independently. He told that he fears his heart may not sink due to the things going on in the house. The father told him to sit inside and discuss to find a solution of the problem. He sat with him inside his bed room and he tried to cool him but being stressed he was adamant to shift leaving the parents to struggle on their own. Both the elderly parents are pensioners and they own the house where they are putting up presently. They don’t want the family members to suffer when they have got all the facilities in the house which ultimately belongs to them. The father told his son to do as he wishes but he insisted on shifting, so got up and retreated.
The daughter-in-law whom Rahul’s father supported very much, never expected her untoward behavior, got prompting from Rahul which is not unusual being his wife. The prelude is that let the things go on in their own way, and if something worst is likely to happen there is no escape for it and the moment should be faced boldly. Rahul’s mother who is well read but traditional is unlikely to change herself and might not be completely willing to submit to his son’s views because she has her own self-respect and is quite independent. She will lose nothing except the company of her near and dear ones which is most important at this age, and which is likely to cut her age to send her to Paramdham earlier. They are advantageous financially being pensioners and holding a house. Rahul is well set in life and has three sisters, two out of them are putting up in USA and one is holding a very high post in an institution in Delhi. Parents generally feel that their offspring’s might not feel the damaging heat but if the family members want to remain happy without their parents, they should not become a stumbling block in their way to let them feel happy as the prevailing conditions have become the norm of the moment in the confluence period, the ending of this iron yuga, where there is degeneration all around and people have become tense, close to anger and disquiet and feel completely helpless to rise to the occasion.
Please God help us to remain calm, and carry the seeds of peace, tranquility and greatness with us.