Part 7
Most important things in
all those, are our habits. A smoker gets a strong desire to smoke, a
drunkard like you, will want to drink, a womanizer will feel like
having the sex and this is how that desire pops up frequently. Since,
the habit is a thing that continues with the person, these desires to
have them, even after life is over, grip the person so powerfully
that the person becomes slave of those desires. They continue with
him or her. At the time of death the person is mostly very much
freighted with the realization that the body is lost and only the
soul in the grip of Lingdeha will continue. How can I have my habits?
This question disturbs that person so much that he or she is terribly
confused. There are many stories of painful after death experiences
recorded in our ancient books”
Naroo listening to all
this asks his father Duttprasad, “What you want to suggest through
all this?”
Duttprasad looks to Naroo
with half opened eyes without saying anything. Naroo repeats his
query.
“It is very simple,
Naroo I advice that you can enjoy your drinking but do take care to
see that you are free from it before your death.” Dattprasad.
“How am I to know when
my death will come”? blurted out Naroo in a low voice.
“Exactly that is why I
suggest that you better think of getting out of this habit”.
Whispered Duttprasad. There was silence for some reasonable time and
then Naroo broke it by saying, “I do not know how to get out of
this habit. If I do not drink I feel feverish my body starts shaking
and sometimes I loose my control on my temper. I become restless and
to avoid further disturbance I am compelled to drink”. Naroo
complained. Duttprasad remembered that some days back a friend of his
grandson Vedprakash had come home and was telling about how he saw
Naroo on the street, almost about to fall on the pavement and there
people on the street supported him and made him sit on the pavement.
This boy was watching it and he recognized Naroo as his friend’s
father. When he came to Naroo’s house told the incidence to
everybody. At that time discussion on how to get Naroo out of this
terrible habit was also discussed and there that boy told about an
institute called, ‘alcoholic anonymous’ and suggested that it may
be good if Naroo join that organization and there the members help
each other in getting out of it. Having remembered this incidence
Duttprasad told about it and asked Naroo, how will he feels about
joining this group to get out of the habit of drinking?
Naroo liked the idea and
decided to join it. Some days passed and Naroo approached one place
situated in a catholic church where this alcoholic anonymous group
was functioning. He wondered why no temple hold such good
organization in their precincts. He entered the room and saw a few
men and equal number of women were sitting and chatting. Naroo
wondered what women are doing there? Soon he realized that these
women were also addicts of some habit or the other. That was the day
for meeting of drug addicts. On enquiring Naroo came to know that of
the week some days are marked for smokers some days for drunkards and
some days for drug addicts. That was the day for smokers. Conductor
of the meeting welcomed Naroo and introduced him to other members of
the alcoholic anonymous. Naroo asked if the group is called alcoholic
anonymous why smokers have come here. The conductor explained to
Naroo that even though originally the organization was started to
help alcoholics later on it was found that other habits are also
equally troublesome and so smokers anonymous and drug addicts
anonymous were created to help those people. Some fellows are having
two habits and they are also joining it.
Story continues in
this next post
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