The touch of fire....In hinduism, after death, the body is burnt and the soul is made to abode the heavenly chariot whose path is traced out by the rising fire. In one of the short stories by one of Bengali literature's emminent author, Shri Saratchandra Chattopadhyay's creation named "Abhagir Swarga", the heaven for the ill lucked woman. The description of the heavenly path, carved by the rising flares and the fumes from the wooden funeral stack made the woman's son stare towards the heaven with the wish that had he been able to fulfil his poor mother's last wish.
The touch of fire completes one life cycle, and its ready to take up the next challenge, which the ancient Egyptians termed as Afterlife while the Buddhist claim as Complete Freedom of the life cycle and attain Moksha. Life is just about half the way round the circle. Its still another half to move along. May be by the time the breath holds up its rythm, I would have seen a lot of drama in this world. May be then life would be complete. But what about the desire to make it complete now! What would be lost if it is achieved now? One thing one can achieve or gain is a completion of the cycle. Can that be possible?
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