Short Story: Negativeness, or fact stating. A Mullah Nasruddin tale

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The Mullah's wife wanted to visit the Nezahat Gokyigit Botanic Garden, which was situated not far from Istanbul, in Turkey, but the Mullah told her that they were currently closed, due to a bat colony, that had moved in there, and so it was dangerous for people to be walking around in there, as they could catch a disease off of them. He had checked his information on the Internet, and he even rang them up on his mobile to verify the closed state of these gardens, but his wife, Fatima, would not believe him. She so wanted to go, that she told him that he was just a killjoy, that he was always so negative, and destroying her planned outings for them, and for her father-in-law. "Of course it's open," she said. "My sister, Hiriniura, just went there a couple of days ago, and she had a great time there too." She insisted on going, even though the Mullah told her it would be a wasted journey. So, they drove there in the Mullah's latest Jaguar car, which he had won by his guessing the number of jaguars still alive on the planet, as part of a conservationist competition. He had said that the number was 15016, which was pretty close to the official estimate, much closer than anyone else's guess. He was nearest to the mark. The Mullah had an uncanny skill at guessing these types of numbers. Here he had said that it was because he is in contact with the inner souls of these animals, and they give him the facts about their existence here on the planet. It was his Shamanic guide, the power animal jaguar, that had actually given him the exact number of jaguars, still alive in the World. The Mullah's power animal was in fact the Jaguar. This animal symbolises that the person, with this animal as their power animal, has great inner power, and can readily access the inner planes of unknowing too. They embrace the totality of it all. They see connections between events. Their understanding and depths of awareness are beyond the ken of most other people. Power Animals are said to be the spiritual energy of the animal, that can come to someone with an affinity for that particular animal, and it will act as an inner guide for him then. As well, as being the village healer, the Mullah had also studied Shamanism, and was well versed in this area of knowledge too. He used to see jaguars in his meditations, frequently. The Mullah loved them because of their spots that resemble roses, in their shape, (these spots are called rosettes), a flower which he also loves. The Mullah's prize-winning roses, in his rose garden, are a feature of his village, the best by far, in his village. So, they drove there, and the Mullah thought that even if they were closed, as he knew that they were, there was still a nice walking track nearby, through another bushy surrounding area anyway. Sure enough, the gates were closed, and a large temporarily closed sign was hanging off of them. Disappointed, the Mullah's wife said to the Mullah, "You should have known that they would be closed." "Don't you keep an active ear to the ground in your council meetings, or do you still fall asleep in those meetings? You have spoilt another planned outing of ours, you spoilsport, you." The wife was so disappointed and annoyed with her husband, that she would give no consideration to the Mullah's alternative suggestion, to walk along a bushy track, near a nearby river either. She just wanted to go home. She just wanted to feel good by being right about the Mullah, being an idiot again, and she got great pleasure from him being wrong, in her eyes, and in her being able to get angry with him for that. Getting angry always satisfied her, and made her feel powerful, and good. Otherwise, she had no real power compared to the considerable inner powers, and spiritual knowledge of her esteemed husband. She was in fact jealous of him. Was the Mullah being negative, or was he just stating the facts? Some people will not believe the facts, even if you tell them so. They accuse you of being negative minded instead, and then they blame you for any negative results that result from their over-the-top display of wanton positivity, which is really more just a delusional stance of their own. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Mullah's new jaguar car was a real doozy.