Vijay Poolakkal

A Dialogue With Almighty God Vijay Poolakkal

A young man decides to commit suicide when life turns intolerably tough. As he is checking the knots, he gets life's biggest shock when he realizes that he is not alone in the room and someone is sitting in front of him, smiling at his imbecility. To his frightened query, the stranger introduces himself as Almighty God and questions in most nonchalant tone why the young man desires to end his life. Thus begins a series of dialogues. The young man confesses that his life has been a surfeit of failures with no support or love from anyone. He further complains that frequent squabble with his wife has made life cheerless and future very bleak. God counsels him to tell his life from the childhood days. As the young man narrates his life story, God points out where the young man has erred without any accusation and where he has done good. To his amazement the young man finds that all the incidents, which had earlier seemed grim and agonizing, now appear irrelevant and ludicrous and God explains that in retrospect most happenings would look hilarious. God expounds many complexities of life and advises him to believe that God is always with him and would guide him to find solutions for problems and ways to overcome adversities. God, however, reminds him that if he tries to end this life midway, he would certainly be reborn in an arduous environment in his next life. Does the young man desire that? When the young man says No, and promises to live as advised, God smiles, bids him farewell and vanishes into thin air. The young man suddenly finds himself much relieved and lighter. Excited, he goes to tell his wife about meeting God, but she poo-poos it saying that God does not manifest Himself before a mere mortal like him who doesn't even know how to pray. The young man does not argue or try to convince his wife because by now he knows women.