Forest hides a secret.
On a fine friday evening
Gautam was seperated from his group of friends whom he didn't like anyway but had to endure their company in order to have some social life.
They were on a safari trip in a forest and he had taken a path which lead him to detour from the path that he was meant to be on.
He was not panicking but just a tad bit nervous about how he was meant to go back.
"The only way out is forward" he whispered to himself.
As he walked through the thick bushes he saw a man rather strange with a beard and with clothes that almost cover entirety of his face.
"Tu hablos ingles?"Gautam asked As he was in spain.
" You seem lost" the man replied
"Ah thank god, yeah can you help me get to the tents?" Gautam asked
"Thats not what i meant" the man replied.
"Um okay look man just guide me to the path the tourists often take and I'll be on my way then" he said.
"The path everyone takes you say?"
"Come, We'll be there in no time then."
The man replied almost sarcastically but as gautam had no choice he had to follow him.
"What do you do?" The man asked as they were walking.
"Um I am a taxi driver" he said
"So much for remembering paths then"
"Haha sure" gautam nervously laughed.
They walked for some time in a straight path
The sun was almost to set and the forest was too dangerous to walk through at night.
"We cannot walk further ahead you should stay at my place for today and tommorow you will be at your path" the man said.
Gautam was scared and knew nothing good could come of this and he ran from the old man as he was sure of it that the man was upto no good.
"Can't run can ya, you old fuck" he said
Now all he had to do was to make his way with no sight at all and things around him which he had no idea about.
He walked endlessly for some time and then he saw a light at a distance and ran towards the place.
He knocked hastily and shouted for water as his supplies had ran out.
"You finally decided to return,haven't ya?"
The man said as he opened the door.
"Wait how did you, what how can you be here when i" gautam stuttered
"You ask too many questions just come on in,i dont bite" the man said
Gautam was shivering as it was very cold the man gave him tea and a blanket and requested gautam to not run away again as that could be dangerous.
"What do you do here anyway?" Gautam asked
"Ah what anyone does anywhere anyway" the man replied.
"I won't stay here if you won't tell me" he insisted
"Alright, I am the keeper of the forest, I keep the harmony between the trees and the animals basically all the living things in this forest and kind of beyond" the man said
"Very funn-, oh you're being serious, have taken some mushrooms have ya now" gautam said.
"You hope this journey makes you forget about your mother dying, You think by choosing to not face the reality you will be able to forget about the dread that has happend that's what you've been doing haven't you for a while now?" The man said
Their was a moment of silence between the two
"What friend of mine has given you all this information" gautam asked
"Ah yes your 'friends' whom you so dearly love, or atleast pretend to do so in such a good way that you've convinced yourself that you do love them indeed"
"You have not even told them that your mother is no more because you think they won't be able to handle all this as they are not mature enough but in reality you protect yourself from all this because in all honesty you are not mature in the first place". The man said calmly yet making his point clear
"This can't be" gautam said
"Yet it is" the man replied.
"You don't know me, you are a hopeless man who obviously just took a shot in the dark and got lucky that I was the one who you met, you show yourself to be all wise yet you are all alone with no one to love and misery all over you" gautam said in denial
"Hence wise" the man replied.
"Don't worry i won't tell anyone but you have to promise me the same, you are safe for the night here I will cook us some food from my land, you will love it I promise"
"Wait but how do you know all this, why do you help me and what is your purpose here"
Gautama asked
"What you seek i seek the same, predictable beings aren't we now?
You have sorrow all up in your face and the locket with the picture of you and your mother around your neck kind of gives it away"
"Look as I said you ask too many questions, i know this all is too much to take in but just relax as i said i wont bite i promise." The man said.
"Um alright can i use the bathroom then?"
Gautam said
"Ah yes a bathroom right go through that door and take a left"
As gautam freshened up he smelt somthing which he never had before a smell so heavenly that it made him even more hungry than he was which he didnt think was possible he rushed out to see what the smell was
"What is that smell" he asked
"That's a dish from my land we used to eat it whenever a star would die"
"Hah! What land is that now?" He asked
"How about this, you get to eat if you don't ask anymore questions for the day" the man said
"Apologies" he replied
"What is that soup tho" gautam asked
"A question isnt it now? Um its ayahuasca a drink your land seems to enjoy a little bit too much once you drink this you will see everything you want to but not now we'll drink it later" the man said.
As they started dinner it rained and gautam was having a good time after a long period of misery in his life
"Ah this is all i can ever ask for" gautam said as he had never tasted somthing so good ever in his life
"Not true, is it now. You seek every want their is on this planet the money the power the feeling of being loved, the race amongst your people,you want to show them all how you're much better than them knowing fully how that won't give you the happiness you want. You don't even know why you're in this race but you just are because they are."
"Be you gautam, it doesn't take much to be that. Do not think that you're better than anyone and even if you are why the hell does it matter anyway, misery is and will always be atleast as long as their is your 'want', do not let fate bind you, do what is necessary and not because it is written remember that always."
"I will i promise" gautam said and was taken by surprise and was enlightened with the wise man and suddenly all the misery seemed to end
"For a day it has ended but you must ensure it does for every day" the man said
"You can hear my thoughts too" gautam said
"Yes, im sorry but i cannot help it don't worry i will keep my promise as should you now come lets have that drink shall we?"
"It will tingle a tad bit" the man said
"Wait before we drink could i see your face it has been bugging me for a while now"he asked
"After the drink i promise" the man replied
As they sipped the drink together, gautam now suddenly could see everything that ever was and everything that is and everything that ever could be he saw every evil and every good there ever was and the universe was speaking to him reveling every secret there ever was he flew across every univerese there ever was and lived every life their was to live in the other universes.
He had passed out and the old man put a blanket on him
The next day as he woke up he saw his group of friends around him as he was lying in the forest.
Scared to ask a question as the man had enough of the questions gautam had so he waited for someone to speak up
"Are you okay, we have been looking for you from the past 2 days" a friend asked
"It has been 2 days?!, where did the old man go did he guide you all here to take me home?"
"What old man?" Another friend asked.
"Ofcourse" gautam said.
Gautam was seperated from his group of friends whom he didn't like anyway but had to endure their company in order to have some social life.
They were on a safari trip in a forest and he had taken a path which lead him to detour from the path that he was meant to be on.
He was not panicking but just a tad bit nervous about how he was meant to go back.
"The only way out is forward" he whispered to himself.
As he walked through the thick bushes he saw a man rather strange with a beard and with clothes that almost cover entirety of his face.
"Tu hablos ingles?"Gautam asked As he was in spain.
" You seem lost" the man replied
"Ah thank god, yeah can you help me get to the tents?" Gautam asked
"Thats not what i meant" the man replied.
"Um okay look man just guide me to the path the tourists often take and I'll be on my way then" he said.
"The path everyone takes you say?"
"Come, We'll be there in no time then."
The man replied almost sarcastically but as gautam had no choice he had to follow him.
"What do you do?" The man asked as they were walking.
"Um I am a taxi driver" he said
"So much for remembering paths then"
"Haha sure" gautam nervously laughed.
They walked for some time in a straight path
The sun was almost to set and the forest was too dangerous to walk through at night.
"We cannot walk further ahead you should stay at my place for today and tommorow you will be at your path" the man said.
Gautam was scared and knew nothing good could come of this and he ran from the old man as he was sure of it that the man was upto no good.
"Can't run can ya, you old fuck" he said
Now all he had to do was to make his way with no sight at all and things around him which he had no idea about.
He walked endlessly for some time and then he saw a light at a distance and ran towards the place.
He knocked hastily and shouted for water as his supplies had ran out.
"You finally decided to return,haven't ya?"
The man said as he opened the door.
"Wait how did you, what how can you be here when i" gautam stuttered
"You ask too many questions just come on in,i dont bite" the man said
Gautam was shivering as it was very cold the man gave him tea and a blanket and requested gautam to not run away again as that could be dangerous.
"What do you do here anyway?" Gautam asked
"Ah what anyone does anywhere anyway" the man replied.
"I won't stay here if you won't tell me" he insisted
"Alright, I am the keeper of the forest, I keep the harmony between the trees and the animals basically all the living things in this forest and kind of beyond" the man said
"Very funn-, oh you're being serious, have taken some mushrooms have ya now" gautam said.
"You hope this journey makes you forget about your mother dying, You think by choosing to not face the reality you will be able to forget about the dread that has happend that's what you've been doing haven't you for a while now?" The man said
Their was a moment of silence between the two
"What friend of mine has given you all this information" gautam asked
"Ah yes your 'friends' whom you so dearly love, or atleast pretend to do so in such a good way that you've convinced yourself that you do love them indeed"
"You have not even told them that your mother is no more because you think they won't be able to handle all this as they are not mature enough but in reality you protect yourself from all this because in all honesty you are not mature in the first place". The man said calmly yet making his point clear
"This can't be" gautam said
"Yet it is" the man replied.
"You don't know me, you are a hopeless man who obviously just took a shot in the dark and got lucky that I was the one who you met, you show yourself to be all wise yet you are all alone with no one to love and misery all over you" gautam said in denial
"Hence wise" the man replied.
"Don't worry i won't tell anyone but you have to promise me the same, you are safe for the night here I will cook us some food from my land, you will love it I promise"
"Wait but how do you know all this, why do you help me and what is your purpose here"
Gautama asked
"What you seek i seek the same, predictable beings aren't we now?
You have sorrow all up in your face and the locket with the picture of you and your mother around your neck kind of gives it away"
"Look as I said you ask too many questions, i know this all is too much to take in but just relax as i said i wont bite i promise." The man said.
"Um alright can i use the bathroom then?"
Gautam said
"Ah yes a bathroom right go through that door and take a left"
As gautam freshened up he smelt somthing which he never had before a smell so heavenly that it made him even more hungry than he was which he didnt think was possible he rushed out to see what the smell was
"What is that smell" he asked
"That's a dish from my land we used to eat it whenever a star would die"
"Hah! What land is that now?" He asked
"How about this, you get to eat if you don't ask anymore questions for the day" the man said
"Apologies" he replied
"What is that soup tho" gautam asked
"A question isnt it now? Um its ayahuasca a drink your land seems to enjoy a little bit too much once you drink this you will see everything you want to but not now we'll drink it later" the man said.
As they started dinner it rained and gautam was having a good time after a long period of misery in his life
"Ah this is all i can ever ask for" gautam said as he had never tasted somthing so good ever in his life
"Not true, is it now. You seek every want their is on this planet the money the power the feeling of being loved, the race amongst your people,you want to show them all how you're much better than them knowing fully how that won't give you the happiness you want. You don't even know why you're in this race but you just are because they are."
"Be you gautam, it doesn't take much to be that. Do not think that you're better than anyone and even if you are why the hell does it matter anyway, misery is and will always be atleast as long as their is your 'want', do not let fate bind you, do what is necessary and not because it is written remember that always."
"I will i promise" gautam said and was taken by surprise and was enlightened with the wise man and suddenly all the misery seemed to end
"For a day it has ended but you must ensure it does for every day" the man said
"You can hear my thoughts too" gautam said
"Yes, im sorry but i cannot help it don't worry i will keep my promise as should you now come lets have that drink shall we?"
"It will tingle a tad bit" the man said
"Wait before we drink could i see your face it has been bugging me for a while now"he asked
"After the drink i promise" the man replied
As they sipped the drink together, gautam now suddenly could see everything that ever was and everything that is and everything that ever could be he saw every evil and every good there ever was and the universe was speaking to him reveling every secret there ever was he flew across every univerese there ever was and lived every life their was to live in the other universes.
He had passed out and the old man put a blanket on him
The next day as he woke up he saw his group of friends around him as he was lying in the forest.
Scared to ask a question as the man had enough of the questions gautam had so he waited for someone to speak up
"Are you okay, we have been looking for you from the past 2 days" a friend asked
"It has been 2 days?!, where did the old man go did he guide you all here to take me home?"
"What old man?" Another friend asked.
"Ofcourse" gautam said.
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