The Soul comes under threat

It was an unexpected and meek surrender by the Life. The Soul did not believe the Life. The Soul had noticed the deception in every action of the Life all through, while it was forced to make compromises. Only difference this time was the fear that reflected on the face of the Life. It knew that sooner or later the Life is going to get after it.

As expected by the Soul, the Life started throwing volleys at the Soul. The Soul had decided not to get entangled into anything. It knew that the first weapon of the Life is going to be Souls’ greed for pleasure. At first, the volleys were extremely enticing to the Soul. The Soul ignored them. When volleys became irresistible, the Soul decided to take on the Life again.

It confronted the Life squarely. The Life was hesitant to meet the Soul. The Soul told the Life in clear unambiguous tone “I am no more willing to be hooked by your weapons. Stop throwing your volleys. They are not at all interesting anymore.”

Life acted as if it got outraged at the audacity displayed by the Soul. The Soul ignored the anger of the Life. The Soul noticed that beyond the facade of the anger, the Life looked scared. The Life shouted back. “How dare you break the agreement?”

The Soul did not lose its cool. The Soul had the agreement details at the tip of its tongue. It decided to feign ignorance.  It just snapped back at the Life. “What agreement are you talking about?”. As far as the Soul was concerned, it was time to pay back with deception to the Life.

The Life reminded the Soul. It said “The one you signed when you decided to use my services”.

The Soul said “I do not remember any agreement with you. If you are offering services, you should offer them in right spirit”.

The Life was used to its dictatorial ways. It never liked some ordinary Soul to confront it the way this one did. It had successfully confronted billions of Souls without any issues. Nobody had dared to question it.It had many weapons at its disposal. Its best weapon was fear.The Life had never failed with that weapon. So it decided to use that weapon straight away.

The Life said “Dear ordinary Soul, you signed the agreement just before starting your life and I am enforcing it meticulously. Do not dare to question me. Till now only three fellows have questioned me. One did it two and half thousand years ago.He became proud about questioning me and called it as Enlightenment. I made him cry with pain. I made him to moan with pain until he cried out loud  “I did not gain anything out of being enlightened”.  Second one came five hundred years later. I made sure that he was crucified. Third and last one is of more recent origin around thousand years ago. He has become a naked statue carved out of a single stone.Mind it. a monolithic naked statue!”