Chapter 25: chapter 25

Aman - I guess they wanted to tell the world that we should not take life very seriously. The whole life is kind of a joke. Live happily. Happiness is free. One can stay happy for free. One doesn’t need to earn a lot of money. The whole universe is a kind of cosmic joke. Don’t become serious in worldly affairs. I feel these are the deep meanings behind their laughter. Neha - It’s going very deep. It will take some time to sink in. Vicky - I am wondering where are you reading this crazy stuff from? I can’t find any such things anywhere on the internet. Aman - Because the internet shows us only the things we are interested in. I hope you know about cache memory and cookies. You never searched about these things on the internet. That’s why these things are not coming to you as suggestions. Vicky - Do these things come on your mobile as suggestions? Aman - Yeah. Of course. Search for good things, the internet will show you more good things. Search for bad things, the internet will show you more bad things. The algorithm is as such.Out of nowhere, one muscular man of about six feet came there. His face was covered with a Joker mask. In his hand, he held a pistol which was aimed directly at us. He said, “Where there is darkness, there I reach. My algorithm is as such. Now, give me all the money you have!”A chill ran down our spines. All of us started trembling in fear. We didn’t have any pistol to protect us. We didn’t want to give our hard earned money to him. He said furiously, “You idiots! Give me your money! Fast! Don’t provoke me to shoot you!”Sanya pleaded, “Hey, don’t kill me! Take all the money I have! But please don’t kill me!” She gave her purse to him. He quickly took off his backpack and said, “Put your purse in it! Fast!” She put her purse in his bag. He shouted again, “All of you take your money out and throw it in the bag. And put your golden rings and chains also!”Vicky looked at Gagan. Gagan thought, “Oh God! Where are we stuck?” Gagan nodded his head indicating that we should give money to him and save our lives. Vicky put his wallet, golden ring and chain in the bag of the goon. Gagan followed himNeha and Azeez also took all their money from their purses, along with the golden ornaments and put them in the bag of the goon. Now, it was only me who was left. The goon looked at me and shouted, “What the hell are you waiting for? Put your wallet in my bag.”I put my hands in the pants of my pocket and pulled out empty pockets from my pants and said, “I don’t have any money. I didn’t bring even a single rupee today!”The goon shouted, “You rascal! Don’t you do any job?”I said, calmly, “No, I am jobless.”The goon - Bastard! Then give me your golden ring or chain that you are wearing. Aman - I don’t have any golden chain or ring. You can check with the flashlight of your mobile.The goon - What the hell! At least, you must be having a mobile. Give me your mobile phone. Aman - I am very sorry to say. Today, I don’t even have a mobile phone. I thought, “All my friends are with me, what will I do with my mobile? If need be, I will use their mobile for an emergency call.The goon - Go to hell! He quickly put on his bag and ran into the dark and soon disappeared from our vision. Vicky hit his head hard with his hand and said, “In my wallet, there were seventy thousand rupees! And I lost my gold also!”Azeez, Neha and Sanya started crying, “Now, what will we say to our parents? It’s a huge loss. I wish we had never come here.”Gagan - Whatever had to happen, has happened. Let’s go back home and try to forget this dark incident in our lives as soon as possible. Vicky - Let’s go from here right now. All of us sat quickly into the car. Vicky started driving the car back home. All of them were very sad and scared. I was neither very scared nor sad. Sadness was nowhere on my face. Neha asked me, “Aman, you don’t seem to be sad.”Aman - Because I am not sad. I didn’t lose even a single rupee. Neha - Aman, today, I am surprised to know that you don’t wear gold. You neither wear a gold ring or chain. And today, you didn’t even bring your wallet. Is it your daily routine not to take anything with you? Aman - Yes. I will tell you clearly. I never wear any gold ring or chain. I stay away from gold. Secondly, I take very little money with me wherever I go and that also when it’s necessary. If I am sure that I don’t need money, then I don’t take it. Neha - But why? Aman - It’s my tension free lifestyle. From today’s example, you can understand why my lifestyle is tension free. I know that sometimes I go to the extremes in following this tension free lifestyle. But you don’t need to go to the extremes. You can take a little money with you and one simple mobile phone. If something bad happens, then you will lose only little money, not like today. All heard very clearly what I said but nobody reacted to what I said since all of them were scared and were in tension. The Next SundayWe all gathered in my house again. Every one of us would be free on Sunday and none of them how to pass their time. Perhaps, that’s why they made friendship with me so that they might pass their time easily. I prepared tea for all of them and served them with biscuits. After taking a sip from the cup of tea, Neha said, “Aman, I don’t know why but I feel very good being in your home.”(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.)