The Stalker

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                                                                                                          The Stalker
Last night on my way home, I sensed a presence behind me, a sinister presence! I was walking along a dark lonely stretch and at that late hour there was no one around! I hurried my steps, looking furtively around but could not see anyone, could only sense the presence. I knew it was Him!

Then just as I was about to start running, he lunged at me. I had started carrying a small hammer with me and had it in my hand and when he lunged at me, I hit him hard many times and, and I think I killed him! I fled the scene and ran like mad all the way home.

Next morning, the doorbell rang and I opened the door, he was there standing in front of me, eyes wildly staring at me. I killed you last night I whispered, I killed you!

He kept on walking towards me and I had to keep on backing into the house. ‘Who are you here, what do you want, I asked?’ The sofa was behind me and I tumbled down on it and sat absolutely still, shell shocked. He sat opposite me just staring and I kept on whispering, but I killed you, I killed you!

Background…..I am a working girl living in another town, I had an awesome job. My only issue was that our office meetings used to go on till late, my good luck I had cool boss who let me come in late to work. This was practically my schedule 4-5 days a week, but I was ok with it as I loved my job, salary was good and I had the weekends off!

All was going well and then I started to get the feeling that that someone was following me. When I stepped out for lunch, went shopping, on way to office, etc, it was just a niggling thought and feeling. I had not spotted anyone, but it was just, you know how it is, a sixth sense. And I was very sure he had been stalking me earlier too when I was studying! But that was a long time ago!

I told my office colleague and the colleague accompanied me for a few days, but there was no one and for a couple of days after that even when I was on my own, there was no one and no feeling of being watched. I felt that maybe it was just a figment of my imagination and left it at that.

Present… And then last night happened, and now in the morning he was here, sitting in my house in front of me, but he had no injuries! I was sitting shell shocked looking at him, waiting for him to speak.
After a long time he spoke and said, ’He was my brother, my twin brother. When he went out last night, he left his phone behind.’ He showed me a lot of my pics which had been clicked from college days and in the recent past. I was looking at him suspiciously and asked, ’Why are you here, what do you want?’ He was just looking down at the phone and fiddling with it. After a while I again asked, ‘Why are you here? Answer me dammit, why are you here?’ By now I was getting hysterical and more scared than ever.

Then he suddenly got up, I got up in fright too. He kept on advancing with his hands stretched out, I was looking around to grab something to hit him with and to protect myself. He suddenly came very fast ahead and just caught my hand and shook my hand vigorously and said. ‘I can’t thank you enough for the big favor you have done, he had made not only my life miserable but of countless girls too. Here, I have erased his phone, so the cops will not know about you.’ Live in peace he said, gave me the phone and walked out.


I just sat down with the phone in hand and clicked it as it was glowing, on the screen was written, ‘And now I have met you and know where you live, The Stalker’ 

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Knock on the same door

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 Knock on the same door

This post originally I had written for my spiritual blog, but it contains insights for entrepreneurs and all others as well. Where I am mentioning Guru, one can replace with mentor. Do share your thoughts and queries in the comments.


Have you noticed that when in life difficulties come, we knock on the same set of doors? Now these doors have been earlier knocked on and some have helped, most have not.

I remember my own difficult time I did the same thing and got the same answers from the same people, when I knew the outcome why did I do so? What made me think that this time they would help? Why did I open myself up to more slap downs and an earful of hurtful words? I used to wonder on it and never found answers.

Soon I got my answer and that too quite unexpectedly! One day at Guruji’s Ashram I was standing with Him near a window. In the morning hours, all the mosquitoes and insects fly out, there were these couple of them who were continuously literally knocking on the netlon mesh and trying to go out. I said to Him, ‘There is this big door on this side lying fully open, why don’t they just fly out from there, instead of repeatedly trying from a closed space?’

Guruji looked at me and said, ’Are you not doing the same thing in your life? You are knocking on the same closed doors with blinkers on and are repeatedly trying to open them to get answers to your issues!’ I sheepishly looked at Him and asked then what to do Guruji?

Guruji said, ‘Open up your mind, do lateral thinking, think out of the box.’ I was still looking down with a crestfallen expression on my face, when he said, ‘ Listen to this story from Shri Ramakrishna Parmahansa’s book.

The story…. One day a woodcutter was chopping wood in the jungles, after a while he sat down tired and was worried. A passing saint saw him and asked what the problem was? When the woodcutter explained, the saint responded with, ‘Go ahead!’ Initially the woodcutter just wondered what instructions he had been given. The next time when he was in the forest, he remembered the saint’s advice and decided to go further into the woods. As he went further he found a silver mine, he took a sufficient amount with him and went home to his family. They started enjoying a good and a comfortable life. Then he recalled the saint’s advice again, ‘Go ahead!’ He again went to the forest, further than the silver mine and found a gold mine! He was happier than before and led an even more comfortable life. He again went to the forest and went still further and found a diamond mine! He was thrilled to bits.

I asked Guruji what the story meant, Guruji replied,’ It means that just because you are facing problems does not mean you stop trying, when from some doors you do not get answers, go knock some more and more and more. Sometimes for the right door to open for you it is destined that you knock on all the others which did not reply.’ ‘Remember that student who got married to the 13th alliance he was introduced to. To reach 13, he had to go from 1-12.’ Always keep in mind that there is no stopping, you have to ahead and ahead and ahead and this you have to do with full Faith and you will find your answers!

I followed his advice and did find my answers and it was exactly as he said, I had to keep knocking and knocking and knocking! By the way I had not shared with him that I had been unsuccessful in my efforts, then how did he know what was going on with me at that time? That’s how the Guru’s are, there is nothing hidden from them. I am truly Laki(lucky) to have Him guide me!

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