Mechanism of Life

Its a beautiful day. There is scent of recent rain in the air, the smell of the earth. It is a scene out of a scenery with a rainbow drawn on the canvas. Sitting in a park, watching a beautiful butterfly fluttering its dynamic wings, you want to catch it. You reach out. Twenty five minutes later, there is a huge crash just outside of the park, on the road. An accident involving an oil tanker and a car, resulting in the death of the car driver and seriously injuring the girl on the back of the car. The girl was rushed to the hospital by a man who saw the whole incident. Looks nothing but a terrible accident, does it? Such incidents happen normally, each day, don't they? Well they do but this incident wasn't normal at all and no other incident is normal. This particular incident saved the world from a terrible disaster. It affected each one of us. Just because you caught that butterfly.

Let us look closely at the events that happened relating to this accident. Your sudden epiphany resulted in you catching the beautiful butterfly. The process was not smooth. You in the process of catching the butterfly strangulated it. You broke its antenna. Poor little thing was going to its home to tend to its cocoons. The navigation system of the butterflies is controlled by its antenna. When you broke it, the butterfly lost its sense of direction. Now that butterfly wont be able to get to its home. You just robbed the children of their mother. Sadness doesn't end here. The butterfly ventured in the direction of the road due to the warmth of it.

The driver of the sporty BMW was going to drop the owner's daughter to college. The day being nice and he was obviously inclined to open the windows and feel the gush of cool wind on his face. He wanted some relaxed atmosphere, the weather provided him that. He was tensed over the ever increasing loans and repayment wasn't easy in today's highly expensive world. He had already sought 6 extensions for home loans for the newly purchased house for his family of 2 children, a wife and a sick old mother, another extension won't be approved. He had to do something. The breeze was cool, closing his eyes for a second or two wouldn't be a bother on an empty morning road. It was a relaxing moment. There was panic and pain upon opening his eyes. An insect with big wings had suddenly crashed into his right eye. High speed of the car resulted in his eye bleeding. The driver lost control of the vehicle upon being getting flabbergasted by the butterfly. The car veered onto the wrong side of the road. Upon seeing this, the driver of the huge oil tanker applied the brakes with full force. The momentum of the tanker was such that upon crashing with the car, it flipped. The truck lay across the road, oil leaking out of the tanker was flowing into the nearby lake. The truck driver escaped unhurt. The girl at the back of the car was rushed to the hospital by a lanky and swift bystander. The driver was badly crushed and died on the spot. His family grieved the death of only breadwinner in the family. A compensation received by them led to repayment of the home loans.

The most important aspect of the incident came from the oil flowing in the river. The oil flowing into the river made it polluted completely. The water was contaminated beyond recovery. This lake was also a dumping ground for a chemical factory which dumped huge amounts of hydrochloric acid into it. The HCl reacted with the oil to create a certain kind of disinfectant which resulted in elimination of some water borne epidemic causing disease. Some more good news, the girl who was injured, survived. Plus she fell in love with the boy who saved her. There union led to a new life being sent to earth by god. Childish, but can be true!

Technically speaking, you killed a man and saved the whole world by catching a simple butterfly. The purpose of this hypothetical analysis is the purpose itself. Everything has a purpose. We dive into the realms of the ever uncertain debate of coincidence vs destiny. I say both are rubbish. What has to happen, has to happen and no factor can stop that from happening.

There is a certain mechanism devoted to this process of things happening out "somewhere". A background process, a daemon as a computer guy like me would say. The mystic mechanism is an unlimited chain reaction started before the big bang. This leads to the probability that this mechanism also presents a purpose. A certain definite end to the chain reaction. The end of the world? Maybe no. This purpose might be a certain universal goal. An accomplishment of such goal might well initiate another chain reaction. We might well speculate in our wildest of fantasies what this goal might be but, it won't be possible to imagine what it would be. This chain of events represent the fabric of life. At the end everything good happens as shown in the accident described. Even the loans were repaid. As said in a famous book, even though a single wolf dies, the pack survives.

Note: This was my come back and get lost again blog. I hope you liked it. The series, Fall from the Zenith is discontinued from now on because it didn't serve the purpose (catch the pun in it). I'll be back with something new the next time I write. Apologies to the followers, however less they were. An overwhelming feedback against the cancellation can change my mind though. Cheers.

The Higher Realm

Life presents us with a stupendous amount of moments which seem supernatural or nonsensical. The moments, those are transcendental and make you experience things which are otherworldly. These experiences might be neglected by you, but they contain some of the quintessential secrets of your unconscious. You might debate the necessity to know about these secrets but, the fact is that one should be in control of his or her senses and should be able to at least decipher his or her own thoughts. This property is unnatural agreed, but if you are a master of your thoughts, you can very well understand the semantics of thought process of others.


This time, I would say to you, that forget about what others think. My stress on this point is because, if you know the reality, the feelings I am going to divulge won't be relevant at all. The reality is dirty and boring. It is often necessary to break away from reality. The notion of being "real" is a cliche. The world is witness to numerous great doyens, none having the sense of being real. They did things out of the reality, reality that has bound this world into a suffocating glass cube. Take a sledgehammer and break that cube. Break away and experience the beauty of this world.


I recently had a dream in which I was on some other planet in some other world. The beauty of the scene was astounding. The trees were green and tall, there were great mountains in the far range. There were two moons, one was so huge that it would be of the size of the planet itself. The other one was shining like a light ball in the space. The luminance was radium like, just a slither of it. I was standing on the shore of a lake. The vast conjecture of the lake covered the whole scene. There was an island, not very far from the shore. So, I had to go there. I dived in, the feeling of cool water, though unnatural, was magical. I was flowing in the water as if I needed no force to swim, maybe the water gods were carrying me on their own. Several fishes flowed by my side, a dolphin jumped up to show its antics. I reached the shore, sit on the beach and witness a beautiful sunrise. The world turned from cool blue to marvelous red to shimmering yellow.


Such dreams are rare for a single lifetime. Dreams certainly reflect what you want. That is why they say, "Follow your dreams...". I will ask you, how many times have you dreamt of holding that graduation degree in your hand? I don't think you would have had such dream. You might have dreamt of killing your teachers or running away or even working hard. These experiences reflect what you really want to do. Your mind and body really want to break away from reality or your mind and body wants you to come back to reality. I had that dream because I am having exams the next week and I have my feet in many dirty bogs.


Damn those who tell you that you have to "be practical". You don't have to be practical. Once you re-realize that, you will break away and commit great deeds. Remember the people who changed this world were far away from reality. They redefined reality in there terms and left other to follow it, or rather to change it. This is the secret.

Fall from the Zenith: Episode 5 - The Unthinkable

It is recommended to read all previous episodes. 

Human God

Galav was on the way to Paris, France aboard an Air India flight. Past few days had been tough for him, with all the pressure of the work and some other very personal reasons. He loved his job. It was the only thing that gave him joy, it was not the reason for his distress. It was the feeling in him, of confusion and desolation that was ripping him apart. A few days ago, he had thought about his childhood, he remembered everything but, wasn't sure he had done any of it. Gathering up his thoughts, he probably felt that work pressure was getting to him. He should relax.

Galav's past was not so good. He had a nasty divorce a year back, that had completely broken him. His kids chose to stay with their mother. He had anger and drinking problems since last year. When he returned to his work after 3 months break, he felt good. His mind was somehow more efficient now. He had solved some great cases and that had earned him this job in the G-150 task force. The problems had persisted but, were well hidden from the world. It was his work that had kept him alive.

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"What? How is that even possible?", exclaimed Cox from his satellite phone on his way to Paris. "What do mean they just vanished? The facility has the best security systems available on the darn planet for god's sake! Where did they go? What are the leads?"

"What do you mean you don't know?", said Larry, furious now. The agent told his that only lead is a person entering the facility with a suitcase. "I want everything on that man within the hour. Is that clear to you agent?...Good. We can not afford to have mad criminals roaming around and wrecking havoc." He slammed the phone shut. Just about when he was going to keep the phone on the desk in front of him, it rang again. "What is it now?" said Larry irritated.

"This is FBI headquarters Special Agent Cox. There is an update on the jailbreaks.", said a sturdy female voice.

"Did you say jailbreaks?", said Cox.

"Yes sir, there have been multiple jailbreaks of similar kind as that of Kapchov Facility. The number is 38 and the number of convicts missing is 430,000 instead of 2,000." Larry felt as if someone had punched him in his stomach.

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You are free. You are free. You are free. Fear him. Fear him. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry...

Jakati's head was ringing. He had no idea where he was. The buildings were tall and it was night. He was so hungry. He hadn't eaten in ages. The headache was killing him.

Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Food. Food. Food. Smell. Smell. So many people. So many people. So many people. Food Food Food. Smell. Where are you? Where are you? You are free. You are free...

He was free, he realized. He could eat anything. He could eat anyone, like in the old days. There was a woman in front of him. She was holding onto something. Something that smelled good.

Hungry. Hungry. Hungry...

It was a child. He had been taught at the prison not to do that. He wouldn't do it.

HUNGRY. HUNGRY. HUNGRY!

He cried and lunged forward.

There was a scream. A scream that could be heard two blocks down the road.

To be continued...

Fall from the Zenith: Episode 4 - The Coming and The Going

It is recommended that you read all the previous episodes. The links are given below.
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-from-zenith-breakdown.html
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-from-zenith-episode-2-mystery.html
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/07/fall-from-zenith-episode-3-in-gods-own.html

Previously on Fall from the Zenith

21st December 2012, Leaders of over 150 countries had died. Each bullet that killed all the leaders had a symbol OM. Rellac Enterprises owned by Jonas Victor and Pombos Chemicals owned by Robert Chiavo are the main suspects. FBI had launched an undercover operation to get the truth. The Washington leg of Ishi Dior's concert saw the unthinkable happening. Over 25,000 people died under mysterious circumstances. Earlier, Jonas Victor met with Ishi Dior to discuss security. Glauentraun, lord of the gods, was asked by his chief councilor to return to the dead universe that is Earth.

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In the space between different worlds.

Crossing through different layers of time was a very intricate job. It required skill, a skill very few had. But the job was an easy one for the most skilled, god of gods, Glauentraun. He didn't want to return to Earth but, the time he feared had come. He didn't know that this time will come so soon that the most beautiful things he had created will end the very kind themselves. How could man be so cruel? He knew many things, and he knew that if he didn't go to Earth now, the planet he loved, would be destroyed forever. This was the one future he knew of.


Definite future is a vague term, Glauentraun thought. There are infinite futures. All of them are the manifestation of decisions we take. Every small decision, every small action, every small thought changes the future completely. He knew all of these futures. He had thought of a future of balance, yes, the wars and killings were necessary to maintain the balance. Terrorism, he had not planned for but, for few years it was just like wars. But this is not what is happening now. Mankind had crossed its limits.

This will be the ninth time that he would go to Earth to set things right. A lot of time had been wasted so, this time he would not be able to live full human life. He would appear on Earth, a man grown. Galav would be his name.

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Back in Washington

Panic was the word. Panic that world had never seen before. FBI Special Agent Larry Cox was in the midst of the things. Emergency protocols were now issued for the whole country. Meeting of more 3 persons were disallowed. All the events and social gathering were cancelled forcefully. All the citizens were advised to stay indoors. Nobody knew where the next attack would happen. All the rail, road and air services were indefinitely suspended. All 3 divisions of the armed forces were now on full alert and were stationed all over the countries. There was a nuclear threat to think of. Nuclear threat level was raised to 'critical'.

"I said to them, that the concert was a bad idea. I warned them.", thought Larry. More than 25,000 people had died, including Ishi Dior. The cause of death of all of them was found to be an EMP signal that stopped the brain functioning. A technology, like the one which killed the President. The source of the signal were the guns of the private security guards. Rellac Enterprises and Pombos Chemicals were sealed. Undercover operation was cancelled and going public was the only option viable. They had to show the people that they where getting somewhere, but in real, they were getting nowhere.

Robert and Jonas had both undergone plastic surgeries and were nowhere to be found. The people pretending to be them had no clue what had happened and what technology had been stolen. They were just employees, working sincerely. The theory was made about the elite group that was behind all the incidents that had occurred. This elite group has members in all the countries of the world. This is why a G-150 meeting was to be held in 2 days. Larry had been appointed the chief of operations for the G-150 force. The force included head of securities from all the countries involved. The deputy chief of operations was from India. The decision for this was made because of the symbol found on the bullet. Indian hand was needed. Larry had done some research on this Indian guy. The records of his brilliance were only few but they all were superb. He had solved some of the most difficult cases in India. His name was Galav.

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Samara, Russia

Robert was on the gates of The Kapchov facility in the cold city of Samara which played host to the most dangerous criminals of the world. The fact that these criminals were all mentally ill , psychotics and complete maniacs made them all the more dangerous. These 2,000 mad criminals had a vital role in the Robert's script.

Getting into the facility was very easy since, Robert was Russian by birth. So, he had contacts, contacts that would let him install his equipment. Technology had advanced so much, that transporting a man from one place to another was just a press of a button. But, transporting 2000 men to different locations in the world was a tough task. It had taken 10 years of hard work to make it happen.

To be continued...

Me and My Experiments with Human Understanding Part 3

Part 3 - Fear

Before starting the topic, I would like to make sincere apologies to those who like this blog and didn't get to see some action for a long long time. The reason for my absence was purely unavailability of time. Past six months have been busiest months of my life. It is not that I was working very hard, actually I was enjoying alot too. The CWG experience was riveting, one of the most memorable ever. Meeting some extraordinary people and volunteering for the country. But still I should have taken some time out. Nevertheless, let's move on to our topic of discussion.

Fear, the thing that is felt by everyone. Those who say they don't fear anything, obviously lie. We all know what fear is and how it is incited, so lets not waste time discussing that. What I am interested in, are the consequences of fear.

Fear can drive a perfectly healthy person to complete insanity. It can make people kill each other. Some fear studies, some their work, some just fear fear. I know all the crap said about fearing the fear itself and I perfectly know that it isn't possible at all. Fear is just one of the those emotions that you cannot evade from. It sucks you in like a vacuum cleaner and before you realize, you are trapped in the cage that sometimes is made of steel or rather diamond.

This cage either breaks on its own, when the thing or task you fear is won over or you have to go an extra mile. Talking more about breaking this cage is irrelevant here.

While talking to my friend I came to realize a theory of mine. I think that it might be the closest to what can happen in 2012 ( I know I am addicted to this ). I think that 2012 end of the world, can be a reality just out of fear. There is a need of only one country with nuclear capabilities to fear that end of the world is a possibility. As we know, fear can drive people to go insane, the leadership of the country can start a nuclear war. The reason for the war could just be to eliminate the threat of mass destruction and the people creating it. For example, US can bomb Iran just out of fear that they will bomb them and start a nuclear war. This will incite Iranian allies to attack US. Looking at any instability in the US, Pakistan will fall. That means attack on India. Indian allies like Russia will attack Pakistan and so on with other countries. Pretty astonishing right?

I can understand that you feel that above theory is far-fetched and I know that but, which 2012 theory isn't. Leaving aside 2012, lets to the human understanding part. Fear can break people as well as relations. I have seen people losing trust in there best friends just out of fear of some or the other thing. Sometimes, it is really heart breaking. Relationships are broken because one or the other suspects cheating. Such small decisions can change the course of the world if we think of the chaos theory. But, isn't that's how its supposed to be?

World is ever changing and by every passing moment it is becoming more and more fearful. As we grow up, we are more susceptible to fear because of the shear pressure of responsibilities. A child is always more fearless unless someone teaches him how to fear. This concludes that fear is actually learnt.

It is absolutely amazing that we learn things that can go one to even kill ourselves or somebody else. So, to control fear, it is necessary to control what we actually learn. The solution always lie at the root of things.

With this thought I leave you. Up there in those words is a solution to another mindly mystery. Keep looking this space guys. Its going to be very active in the coming days.

Dreamscape

Taking a break from Fall from the Zenith series, this topic cannot wait to get out of my mind. Dreams. Last weekend I saw a superb movie called Inception directed by Christopher Nolan and who doesn't know him. To be honest, if had to make a film, it would be on dreams. Dreams are most powerful creations of human mind. They redefine your thinking in so many ways, take you to another world of your own. The power of dreams is so much that they can decide your destiny or make you invincible.

Although, I am not in the mood to discuss serious things now.

Here are few dreams that I have had and never forgotten. Most of them are nightmares but, the thing is, only bad dreams are interesting.

Ghosts of the Caribbean

Now, this dream was the first that I remember and that too because it won me an award in the school for writing competition. The theme was nightmares. I will tell you exactly what I wrote in that competition.

This day, my grandmother was in a mischievous mood. She was trying to scare us, the kids. She told us a story in which a man died in his dream and never woke up. She compelled everyone of us that it was true. That if you die in a dream, you really die. So, never die in a dream.

The following night, well it was bound to happen, I had a dream. I was on a ship. This ship could be ancient, very old indeed. I was on the main deck. There was fog everywhere. Not even a single thing was visible. I started to walk, in search of an exit. The mist was so thick that I could have bumped into many things but, I didn't. After walking some distance, I saw something moving beyond the thick veil of mist. Actually, there were a lot of things. White wispy creatures, swaying all over, from ground to sky. The very presence of them seemed to take out the very warmth of my breath. The chill was unnerving. Then my foot hit something, it made a loud noise.

It was like a commotion. The white ghosts saw me. There was fire in their eyes. All of them headed for me. I was so scared that I ran away from them. It was like an invisible brick on the ground and I tripped. All the ghosts were surrounding me. The chill was driving me mad. I got up and ran through them. The feeling of running through them was like being trapped in sheets. I toppled and before I knew, I was flying. The flight was very short and it ended in a splash. There were sharks in the water. Maybe around hundred or maybe a thousand. All surrounded me. They faced up, all hungry, as if they were smiling.

I woke up, all sweaty, as if I was really in the water. But I was still alive. I did die in my dream. Most often grandmothers are right but, not this time.

My Worst Nightmare

The above dream was a fantasy. Considering, the age I had that dream, it was bound to be. Now, the dream I am going to describe you now is very real. It may or may not sound scary to you but, when I had it, it was.

I am at home. My mental condition is unfit. Truthfully saying, I am totally mad. I need a mental asylum but, I don't know why they have kept me at home. I am lying on my bed, mouth open. Everything is dark. Its still not night but still everything is gloomy, even the lights are switched off. Suddenly, the door bell rings. I get up and run towards the door. The thing is, I don't run normally. I run like an animal, on both my hands and legs, much like Gollum from Lord of the Rings movies. I open the wooded door. What I see through the metal door with metal net, scares the shiver out of me.

At first glance, it seemed like a monster. It was a big dog, almost the size of a tiger. It had big teeth. Although, the dog was standing still. It did nothing but stared at me. I got mad. I started beating the metal door with my big hands in order to shoo it away but, it wont move, not even twitch. The feeling I was experiencing at that time is unexplainable. I was so scared that I would have died. I started barking like a dog. Somehow, the door opened and the animal jumped at me.

After that I don't know what happened but, I must have died. My sister told me that I was making a barking noise in my sleep which was not like a normal bark. It was more of a crass. I was really scared that day.

Mars Attacks

This dream falls in the category of weird and funny dreams. Apparently, I was playing cricket with my friends in the field. There is an attack there. Big machines come out of nowhere, much like the ones in War of the Worlds movie, or maybe Crysis. They start throwing huge red balls of lava at us. We run.

We are in the mountains, so the backdrop is drop dead beautiful. I am a savior in this dream so, I am pretty much indestructible. On the run, I save my friends from the big red lava balls. They land just in front of me, at my back, some of them even hit me. Finally, we reach a safe house. This is an abandoned hotel. The windows provide us the view of the war scene. The humans are getting wiped out by these big machines. There is trauma everywhere. Everyone in the room is scared.

After few long minutes, there is boredom in the room. So, my friends plan to continue the game. We start playing cricket in the hotel room with big windows. After few hours, we get tired and go to sleep as though nothing has happened.

Next morning we see that the machines are lying vacant in the ground and people are dancing. We go to the ground, climb up the machines, and examine their structure. I listen a few jokes from a sardarji too. The dream ends here.

See, the dreams can be as weird as that.

Fall from the Zenith : Episode 3 - In God's own Backyard

At a place unknown to any human being, where the lord of the world resides, there was a commotion. The messenger had arrived from the dead universe, he had brought some grave news from planet earth of the events that had happened and were going to happen. Council of Gods were called upon.

"I had abandoned that planet because of a grave mistake I had done, that is, the creation of the creature called Human. Now if they want to destroy themselves, why should I care?" said Glauentraun, the lord of gods.

"But there are still many who believe in you. The fact that your name is being dragged into this conspiracy will destroy that belief. And we all know here that in your heart you still care for mankind. End of this belief will lead to end of the mankind. Well, I think it is time, my lord, to go back to your home and save it from utter destruction. Save the one thing we all cherish, life." said Damachronus, the chief councilor to Glauentraun.

There was a consensus in council to the words of Damachronus.

"What you don't understand is that it is not easy to manage billions of lives. I would need help." said Lord Glauentraun.

"Then appoint a guardian." said Damachronus with straight face.

The look on the face of Glauentraun was so chilling that a million suns could have frozen from it. He had decided what he had to do.

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The FBI's investigation clearance was extended to the maximum. The investigation was now an international one. G20 was the core group of primary investigations. The fact was established that there was an global terrorist group involved.

"The gun was fitted in the White House just a month ago during the renovation work, however the builder is clueless and I suppose he should be. This must be done by an impostor. This is pretty high tech technology here. So you shouldn't rule out the inside help case." said Agent Reese Walker to Larry Cox.

"I am not ruling out anything just yet. Our investigation is going too slow." said Cox.. Apparently his interrogation with the Mayan leader was a dampener. He could not hold him further since, he had delegate's privileges. Nothing got out of that meet but scrutiny from White House. "Have you contacted all Hindu groups in the city?"

"The interrogation is going on as we speak but, sir to tell you the truth, we are not much hopeful of them. What do you think? Priests and uneducated followers can create something this massive and sophisticated. Considering the bullet diagnostics from India, its military grade nanotechnology only available with some experimental facilities." said Walker.

"You checked with these facilities then?" said Cox

"There is a problem with this. These are private facilities and with no access at all to govt. Namely two facilities stand out. These are Rellac Enterprises owned by Jonas Victor and Pombos Chemicals owned by Robert Chiavo" said Walker.

"We need an undercover operation. We will strike them like the way they did!" threw Cox.

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The Ishi Dior concert was not canceled inspite of the incidents of the morning. This was done to prevent panic from spreading in. The security was air tight. Additional forces were deployed at the outer ring. All other layers were handled by private security.

The concert was attended by at least 20,000 strong crowd. The blockbuster song from the album "Craters in My Heart" was playing. There was a wave of shouting fans all over. In midst of all the noise there was another wave, a silent one. The one that brought 25,000 people down to death within 5 seconds.