Once
upon a time Dolphins ruled the world. This was long before the evolution of
humans. Dolphins were the most intelligent animal. They had their own
territories and knew many languages. They traveled across the water countries,
went to Space for picnics, invented high tech automobiles, and studied the
whole Universe. They were technologically so advanced that every manual work
was replaced by gadgets. Moreover they got so ahead in Medical Science that
when earlier they could cure all known and unknown diseases, later they found
the formula of Immortality and stopped dying natural deaths. Overall, Dolphins
were just so awesome at that time. But then the unexpected problems started,
maybe because there has to be a way to cause deaths of Dolphins. So the Wars, Terrorism,
Space accidents, and suicides because of love and breakups started.
Just
in the middle of all this some Buddha Dolphins evolved. They had vision and
they knew that the world is moving in the wrong direction. This technical advancement,
Nuclear Weaponry, totally mind-blowing Space cars are all just a facade. The
whole population has been disillusioned and has got their priorities in the
wrong order. They are too busy with their gadgets when instead they should be
moving towards enlightenment of the soul. When the highly advanced Dolphin
population heard the word “Soul” for the first time they searched it on the
internet and tried to order it online. When eventually they got the hang of it,
they were completely swept by the idea. The ‘Soul and Peace’ concept sounded so
new and original to them, that they left everything and started following the
Buddha Dolphins. It became a huge sensation in the Dolphin World.
Buddha
Dolphins asked “What do you get by travelling in Space?”
General
fish public replied “ummm…just like that”
“What
is so important in your mobile gadgets? Games? GPS location? Appointment
reminders? Is all this really necessary?”
“Maybe.
Maybe not.”
“By
taking the immortality syrup what are you actually doing? Only extending your ‘just-like-that’
Space travels and more appointment reminders. Isn’t it?”
“Actually…you
are right.”
“Who
should be immortal? Soul or Body?”
“Soul.
Soul. Soul.”
“So
should we die?”
“Yes,
of course!”
“Should
we cause Wars or should we just swim peacefully?”
“Swim.
Swim. Swim.”
“Let
us today decide how we choose to live now.”
“Yes,
please.”
The
Buddha Dolphins set out a Constitution of reformed life for all. Most of the
fishes pledged to abide by the Constitution. Those who didn’t also eventually
did because the Constitution was so convincing and a total brain-washer. It
appeared so simple and easy that no one could resist it. It read:
“The
Dolphin population, from this day, knows no Science. It frees itself from all
the gadgets, rockets, love triangles, ‘just-like-that’ Space travels, Immortality
Syrup and all the discoveries and inventions. Anything that is not natural is
not acceptable. The Dolphin population exists just to swim, smile, eat, be
eaten, play cute games with the future human population, die and let the soul
live.”
They
have followed their constitution to this day. Humans are hopefully headed for
the same.
PS: It's not a story. This actually happened.
PS: It's not a story. This actually happened.