532. An Atheist Graduate Son and Peasant Father in Conversation…!

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Alok, a fresh graduate who had left the village came back after his college. He was a very few from the village who had obtained a degree. Obviously father was very proud of his son’s achievement. In order to pay obeisance to his Kula Devata (deity of his family) the father wished to visit the temple on the hillock on the outskirts of the village. The young graduate was reluctant to join them.

Father asked his son “Is this what you have learned in your college? Don’t you wish to thank the one who has provided education to you?”

Son replied, “Dad, you are ignorant there is no God, it is a false belief that are being followed from centuries. If you come out of your conditioned mind you will know that everything here is because of Science and Technology.”

“Alok, I agree that I am ignorant, please tell me who created this universe?”

“Dad, many scientists like Darwin have proved time and again that millions and millions of years ago a piece of burning matter separated from Sun and cooled down, water was formed and due to the heat from the Sun moisture developed and there was the formation of a living cell. Gradually organisms and other forms of life came into existence. It was man who created road, rail, building and bridges. Not your God”

“Oh Oh,,, hmmm… that is interesting,” replied the father. Within himself he thought education has not induced humbleness in his son instead developed ego.

Next day morning father look his son to their sugarcane field and on the way they had to cross a garden. Seeing the garden the young man asked his father, “Dad, when I left for the city there was no garden in the village, how come a beautiful garden has shaped up?

“Alok, it just came on its own. You know all of a sudden the flowering plants started growing and the ornamental foundation plants germinated and when they reached certain height and it stopped growing. Perfect humidity, favorable temperature and circumstances got created so that this beautiful garden came into existence.”

The young man understood the sarcastic remarks from his father. “Dad, stop kidding if there is a garden there must be a gardener to prepare and maintain it?”

“Alok, if you feel a small garden cannot come into existence without a gardener, then how is it you believe that this huge universe came into existence on its own, without a creator?”

Alok could realize his mistake and kept quite. His father continued, “Alok, we villagers may not be as knowledgeable like you but we believe that there is someone above us who is taking care of all of us. For you to believe so or not is all at your judgment. These are all ideologies which should not be force on others. No one else should enforce beliefs upon you, not even me or your mother. However, I only want you to keep your mind open, so that you don’t become a victim of narrow mindedness. You can never ever deny the existence of Absolute Consciousness that is operating this universe as well as your body in a perfect harmony with precision. Tell me do you have control over your heart beat, breath, on converting the food you consume to chyle and chyle to energy and distributing that energy to all parts of your body.”

“But those things take place due to the anatomy of the body.”  

“No Alok, there is a Supreme Power that resides in your heart and gives strength to the anatomy of the body, in the same way it is that Supreme Power which is the cause for you to get inspired to do something good or reprimand you when you try to do something stupid. It is the same Supreme Power that energizes your mind and gives rise to the thoughts which makes you experience happiness and sorrow. That Supreme Power is omnipresent, eternal, and blissful energy that many of us refer to as God, the Absolute Consciousness.” 

With all his ego of edification blown off, the son accepted the wisdom of his father and replied, “Dad, I know that there is some Supreme Power that science cannot prove and if that is what you are referring to as God. I do believe in it. Let us go to the temple on the hillock tomorrow morning. ”