Vishwaprit and Setupati were sitting in the room after the ritual, discussing about the blessed ones, who were sitting on the floor silently, looking at Vishwaprit with immense faith into his eyes.
The one from them, who had approached to Vishwaprit before reached them again and said,
"Lord, we want to fight for you. We want you to accept us as your faithful soldiers. It looks like you don't want us to be with you."
Vishwaprit looked at him wordlessly, and looked at Setupati. He then gathered his thoughts and replied,
"No. It's not like that. And I don't want you to fight for me right now either. I want you to go back to your families. You've a responsibility towards them. Keep your vows towards them and make yourself ready to fight when it's needed. I don't want you all to die only because you were not ready."
"I'm ready to fight my lord. I have worked as a bodyguard for last five years. I can fight whenever you need." He pleaded.
"Then you can train all of them. Train them properly, so that they will not die because of lack of fighting skills against the enemy." Vishwaprit said.
"As your wish my lord." The blessed one said.
"I will ask them return to their families and will train them for the upcoming fights. We'll fight hard when the time comes & will conquer the enemy, we assure you my lord." His words were with determination.
Vishwaprit looked at him with satisfaction and nodded saying yes. The blessed one moved back towards the group. They all had already heard what they discussed and knew what they need to do.
Vishwaprit looked Setupati, Setupati nodded with agreement towards the situation and He then walked out of the rooms.
Shastriji, then walked towards Vishwaprit to discuss about the blessed ones.
Meanwhile, Raghav and Ganesh walked towards Vishwaprit and bowed him to say goodbye and left. Shastriji looked at Raghav and felt something unusual about him, but he hadn't figured out what! He dropped his thoughts and resumed his discussion with Vishwaprit.
Raghav didn't miss to say goodbye to Meera with his eyes and left.
********
Few hours later, Shastriji was walking towards his residence after finishing all the after rituals tasks and tedious discussion with Vishwaprit.
He saw Setupati sitting silently, leaning against the wall. He looked messed up to Shastriji's elder eyes. He got worried towards the mind lord and walked towards him to ask him the reason of his uneasiness.
Setupati realised Shastriji's presence before Shastriji reached him. He opened his eyes and looked at Shastriji with emotionless eyes.
Shastriji asked,
"What's making you worry so much, son? Your face looks pale which suggests that you're suffering too much. Your glow is diminished and your aura is getting weaker. What's it?"
Setupati's emotionless eyes filled with respect towards Shastriji. He looked disappointed towards himself. He straightened his back and asked Shastriji to sit beside him with his hand.
Shastriji walked towards him saying,
"I maybe old but I can guess you're suffering."
"It's not like that, Shastriji. It's just...., there is a lot of information, popping into my head, every second. I makes me feel sick. I'm not able to handle so much input at the same time.
I can hear the screams of every second human being on the Earth. It's like I'm living thousand lives at the same time. It's impossible to concentrate on the present when other's past and future makes me confused. Do you think, you can help me into this?"
Setupati expressed his messed up thoughts.
"Son, you're a mind lord. You have power over minds of entire universe. The voices you hear are simply because you're not able to block your frequency. It is open for everyone. That's why it's getting out of your hands to manage. I maybe able to help you to manage your thoughts and can minimise the impact of all the information hitting your mind simultaneously. It will need deep meditation techniques to overcome this problem. Come with me. I will show you how."
Shastriji offered him help.
Setupati nodded his head and agreed to accept Shastriji's help.
They both stood up and went inside Shastriji's residence. Meera was sitting on the swing, outside the house, looking at the sky. Shastriji had seen his daughter doing surprising things, but this was different.
'What magic did that rich heir of KNS group, Raghav use on his daughter?'
Shastriji thought to himself.
They went inside the meeting room and sat in a position of meditation as Shastriji guided Setupati. He followed him like a genuinely sincere student unlike his naughty nature.
"Close your eyes!"
Shastriji's calm words dropped into his ears. Setupati closed his eyes.
"Take deep breath and focus on your inner self."
Setupati did as Shastriji asked.
"Your mind is full of voices, unsorted voices with different frequencies. But you have to find yourself existence from all this. The most powerful presence existing is yours. You just need to focus to find it"
Setupati focused into his mind realm and tried to find himself. He traveled through thousands of voices but he couldn't find himself.
"It's just voices. Countless voices."
Setupati said with disappointment.
"Focus harder my son. If you cannot find yourself, then try to find me. Focus on me. I can see you, you can see me too. I have already set the connection."
Setupati tried to find Shastriji in his mind. He traveled towards the voice. His thoughts moved here and there, and stopped at someone's glorious existence. And there he was, Shastriji, emitting light rays of power. So, the glorious one was Setupati himself, he realised. He focused on Shastriji first and then moved towards himself. He had found himself. The lord of mind realm, was shining through the darkness!
"I found myself!" Setupati told Shastriji.
"Good! Now focus on yourself and try to control your inputs. You don't need to here every voice from this world. You need to here only those, which are important. Set the rules, make them obey. You're a lord with immense power over the realm, you can make them follow."
"Yes, I'm trying!" Setupati replied.
"Keep doing it!"
"Hmm"
After fifteen minutes of meditation and rituals, Setupati was finally able to control the voices into his head. He was feeling a lot lighter. Now he was able to choose the message he wanted to hear and ignore. But he had given direct access to Vishwaprit and Shastriji to reach him in need.
He opened his eyes after satisfaction and they both ended the ritual with some chanting. Setupati felt grounded after praying his gods, Lord Shiva, lord Ganesha, Lord Vishnu and Krishna.
They both came outside to get some fresh air. It was already an evening. The orange sky was shining in the west. The mist was nowhere to be seen. The enemy was not making any movement after the mind attack on Vishwaprit.
Meera was still looking at the sky, sitting on the swing.
Shastriji felt worried towards his daughter. He looked at Setupati and asked,
"Do you mind if I ask you to spy on someone's mind?"
Setupati looked at Shastriji with surprise.
"Why do you need to spy on anybody? You're powerful enough to get any information from any normal person yourself." He said.
"No. The one I want information about, is beyond my capabilities. He is protected by gods. But I'm curious to know about him. I think he is influencing my daughter in a bad way."
Shastriji expressed the father's worries.
"Who is it?" Setupati asked.
Shastriji hesitated for a moment. And then said,
"Raghav. The police officer who was attending today. I want to know about him. His past, his present and his intentions towards my daughter."
Shastriji was serious. Father inside him was getting furious for his daughter's safety.
"Raghav? The one who was fighting bravely yesterday. What did he do?"
Setupati asked surprisingly.
"I just want to know about him. Please!" Shastriji requested.
"It's not morally appropriate to spy on someone, even for a mind lord. But I'll try if it is important for you "
Setupati agreed. He closed his eyes and used his power to find Raghav's presence. He found him easily. He looked ordinary to him. He tried to find his past. He traveled through his life. He went back and back, far back to his birth. But his past wasn't finished to his birth. It was yet to finish. Setupati was surprised. He traveled even back and witnessed a shocking truth. The bloody battle, filled with death and betrayals. It was overwhelming for him. He saw enough of his past and opened his eyes.
He looked at Shastriji with very amazed expression in his eyes.
"Shastriji, Raghav is meant to be your daughter's lover and husband. She is bethroned to him, even before her birth. He is the one whom Meera will love, and it is some of her destiny."
Setupati's words pierced Shastriji's entire body. His eyes widened and he asked with surprise,
"How? Who is he?"
"He is Raghavendra. He is your daughter's love from his past life and a worrior who was betrayed by his own people and who failed to save his beloved. His love ones sacrificed themselves for him. It is his destiny to fulfill his incomplete wishes in his this lifetime. Your daughter has born five times to meet him in last five hundred years. At last, they've met."
Setupati explained with watery eyes.
Shastriji didn't reply. He just kept looking at his daughter. And he kept mumbling,
"Raghavendra!!! Raghavendra!!! Raghavendra!!"
He didn't know what to feel. Poor father inside him still wasn't convinced.
Setupati touched Shastriji's shoulder, and left to meet Vishwaprit, wondering about the coincidence of Raghavendra's presence!
Please rate, comment and vote!
*******