Chapter 24: chapter 24

Sanya - What? Aman - The woman had got married. Not only married but now, she had three kids also! Hehe!All had a belly laugh. Azeez said, laughing, “Oh God! He delayed so much.”Neha - Hehe! And I think Aman’s situation is like that!Aman - Yeah, I guess! Vicky clapped and said, “Very interesting story, I enjoyed it!”Gagan - Aman, after listening to your story, I am really worried now. What will become of you in future? How will you be able to lead a life in such a way, I mean without your life partner? Aman - I am not saying that I am not going to marry for my entire life. But it may happen that I would remain a bachelor till the end of my life.Gagan - Tell me clearly. Do you want to marry or not? Aman - At present, I don’t want to marry. Gagan - If you don’t marry, then what will you do in your life? Aman - Arre, marriage is not the only thing that a boy does in his life. I will read books, read novels, write novels, write stories and poems, do painting, I will do meditation, try to search for God, I will try to read and understand the occult more and more. There are crores of things to do. In fact, I am worried about the short span of our life. Our life is very short and there are millions of things to experience. Gagan - I thought you would say that you want to earn money and get a big house at some point of time. But your answer is as weird as usual. Sanya - Okay, Aman, I got your point. Let’s suppose you have read occult, read about spirituality, read thousands of books, obviously, you will be happy after doing that. Aman - Of course I will be happier. Sanya - Then whom will  you share your happiness with? Aman, in life, we want someone with whom we can share our happiness. If there is no such person in our life, then our life is like hell. Aman - Haha!Sanya - Why did you laugh? I said it seriously. Guys, am I right or not? All said unanimously, “You are right, Sanya. At the end of the day, one needs a life partner with whom he can share his happiness and sorrows.”Aman - But I don’t need any partner for this purpose. Azeez - Aman, now, you are saying that. But when you cross forty years then you will realize the importance of this statement. Aman - I don’t think so. I can share my heart with only one person in this world. And I am very happy to share everything with him. And he is very very loyal to me. Neha - Is he Gagan? Aman - No. It’s me. Gagan hit his head lightly with the palm of his hand and said, “Clear insult on my face!”Aman - Haha! No, I didn’t insult you. I just told a fact. Gagan said depressively, “Well, your facts are very insulting.”The monstrous laughter made its way through the mouths of all of us, “Haha! Haha!”I said excitedly, “From your monstrous laughter, I remembered one more story!”Neha - That’s great, tell us soon. Hehe! I sought permission from all, “May I tell?”All said, “Yeah, sure.”Aman - It’s a story of zen masters. In simple language, say it’s a story of three spiritual gurus. Sanya - Hmm…Aman - Once there were three Chinese zen masters. They would not talk or give discourses. They used to do only one thing and that is laugh. They would laugh wholeheartedly and very loudly. Azeez - What? Hehe! Sounds very funny!Aman - This story is kind of funny but it has a very deep meaning also. Azeez - Okay. Go ahead. Aman - They would go on walking until they reached an open area where they could be seen easily like at a four way. And there, they would start laughing very loudly from the bottom of their heart. Obviously, they would grab the attention of all the passers-by. People would specially stop to see them laughing!Vicky - Haha! Very interesting. Aman - And their laughter was very contagious. To see them laughing, people would also start laughing. Soon the three zen masters gained a lot of popularity. People would respect them a lot. But they never uttered even a single word. They used to only laugh loudly for some time and then they leave the place to reach another place. Then one day…Gagan - What happened? Why did you stop?  I took a deep breath and said with a heavy heart, “Then one day, one of the three zen masters died. The news spread like wildfire. Crowds of people started searching for them because they wanted to see if now the remaining two zen masters would laugh or not. It was a great suspense.”Azeez - Hmm…. Then what happened? Were they found crying? Aman - People found them and they saw that the remaining two zen masters were laughing louder than ever! Vicky - What? But why? Aman - One of the followers of the zen masters asked the same question from them, “Why are you laughing louder than ever?” Then for the first time, one of them spoke up. He said, “We had made a bet, let's see who completes his task first and leaves the earth. And this crazy man won the bet!”Neha - Wow! Don’t know what kind of mental set up they had. It’s almost impossible for a common man to be like them. Aman - Hehe! And yeah, I should tell  you one thing. I don’t know about the word “Crazy” that was written in the book or not. I added this word on my own to make this story interesting. Hehe!Neha - But still, the story was very interesting. Aman - For them death is not a big thing. They take death as a common incident. They take it non-seriously. Neha - Hmm… Right. Azeez - But what can be the meaning behind their crazy laughter? (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)