HEAVEN AND HELL

The other day my client manager asked me if I believed in the concept of man going to Heaven or Hell after death. I could never convince myself that God would be that foolish to think that people will be inspired to do good things because of the gifts they will get or because of the fear that they would be punished after death. I told him I believe in the concept but I feel the place of these mythical places have been ordered inappropriately in the lifecycle or rather after-life cycle of Men.

I believe we come across Heaven and Hell in our own life time rather than after our life. We, sometimes face it as an effect for a cause, the Karma effect, and more often just to distinguish between the two diametrically opposite states of heightened human emotions, namely Happiness and Sadness. Now, as the definition of happiness and sadness can be different for different people, the meaning of Heaven and Hell can be different too. In fact I believe we have our own personal Heaven and personal Hell and one person's concept of Heaven could be another person's concept of Hell.

The following are some of the instances or periods in my lifetime where I felt or feel like being in my personal Heaven or personal Hell

• Listening to music with an uninterested and noisy crowd...HELL....listening to my favorite music alone..HEAVEN.
• Not being able to answer nature's call..HELL..answering it in the proper place and at the nick of time...HEAVEN
• Indian cricket team loses by a heavy margin..HELL...India beats Australia...HEAVEN...Sachin hits a century in the win...7th HEAVEN
• Traffic in Bangalore..HELL...solitude in Chandrabhaga(Konark) beach..HEAVEN
• The period of 4th semester in college..HELL, 3rd semester..HEAVEN...Vibranz 03..7th HEAVEN
• Times Square on 23rd May..HELL..Niagara Falls on 26th May..HEAVEN
• Shopping with women...HELL..the warmth in my beloved's arms...HEAVEN
• Frustration of failure or rejection..HELL...Succeeding after repeated failures..HEAVEN.
• Not being able to express what I feel..HELL..being able to speak my heart out and making the audience really feel what I say..HEAVEN