A Scene from Heaven.....

It's 2 AM in the night and I am tired, frustrated and lost.My journey started at 10 PM in the night when I was declared DEAD by my Doctor.Since I lived a Hindu life, I won't be burned until next morning.
I wish Humans knew that my soul has already departed for the heavenly abode.
On my way to heaven,I met lot of traffic and a cut throat competition since every other soul is seeking the path to HEAVEN.

(A fellow traveller soul tells me) I heard there is lot of waiting over there but once you are able to cope up with that you will never ever have to take birth again.
On my way I met an old friend who died a week before me and I asked him, How come you still here? You died a week before me and you should have been far ahead of me.My Friend smiles at me and says "Well that's how my death has been just like my life, I started earlier than you in lot of things but you kept catching up with me".
There are souls flocking together, some related ,some not but each soul is on the path to heaven.

HEAVEN 3 AM
We reached the main entrance and there is a coupon being given to each one of us based on our time of death, name, place, address and date of birth.Looks like they had their own SSN/UID system to pull up our details.
After I cross the main door, I see there  are some old relatives, friends who died before me waiting with Garlands in their hands to welcome me.

"I want to cry, but I can't cry
 I want to laugh, but I can't laugh
 I want to touch, but I can't touch
 I want to console, but I can't console
 Since I am no more a body, but a soul"

I'm tired.... (I tell them)
They say that is because you are still in transitioning mode once they perform your last rites, the tiredness would go away..
Do you guys live here? (I ask them)
Spirits Live everywhere.... (They respond)

Suddenly an announcement happens

BATCH OF SOUL WHICH ENTERED AT 3 AM WILL BE INTERVIEWED TOMMOROW
What are the next steps? (I ask my fellow seniors)
None of them reacts.

7 AM (My Hometown on Earth)
My body is being dressed for my final rites.My wife is crying.Everyone looks Sad.
(What a bunch of losers,I tell myself)

8 AM(Back to Heaven)
We got divided into 3 groups and each group would be called by an evaluator who would evaluate our lives and based on that we will be denied or granted the path to heaven.

9:15 AM(My Turn)
Room is full of light, but I don't see anyone.Suddenly I hear a voice welcoming me to the room.
I can only hear a heavy voice, and looks like the guy knows everything about my life and asks me this million dollar question

"Why do you think you deserve to serve heaven"?

My Response: 
O dear heavenly voice, I led a very balanced life on earth.During my childhood, I was naughty yet an obedient child .As I grew up I made lot of friends, fell in love, had my heart broken did lot of bad things as well.
I was lusty during my adolescent years , stole money for my own greed, lied sometimes, ate animals ,wore clothes made of animal skin, demolished trees to build my house.
But these acts of mine helped many fellow humans to earn their livelihood, feed their children, help them pay for the tuition of their kids.Apart from helping myself, I helped many others in achieving the same.So In a way I contributed my 2 cents towards the Human Civilization and hence I think I  should be rewarded for this and given a chance to serve heaven.

Heavenly Voice:
O Dear son, I see a sense of guilt in your voice.You know in your heart that you are trying to justify things which you are scared of, things that you know might be the reason for not deserving heaven.
But I don't blame you for this since you are my creation.
But I want to tell you this, there is no such thing called HEAVEN here but there surely is a HELL.

The only HEAVEN that I created is the "EARTH" on which I sent you to live and serve to the best of your capacity.

BEING ALIVE IS CLOSEST TO BEING IN HEAVEN

Signing off,
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