The Story of Zarathustra

(My own story of Zarathustra)

 

When Zarathushtra was around thirty years he left his home and walk up on the mountain-top called Ushidarena. And he walked not down from the mountain tills he had find the truth. He saw beyond the mountain and asked; Who made the sun and the stars in their paths? Who makes the moon wax and wane? (9-3) I’m deep impressed of him/her who had created this world. Zarathustra was still at the mountain when a wise man
comes against him, this little man asked Zarathustra about the truth. My dear seeker the wise man asked Zarathustra, what will happen to him who not follower the truth in life, the wise man asked Zarathustra. Zarathustra said those words to the wise man; you shall do what you heart and good mind tells you to do and when you do as your heart and mind tells you, you live in the house of truth.  The wise man asked Zarathustra once again; how do I know what is right or wrong actions? Your heart and mind will tell you that, you shall only make any actions if it fells right for you, Zarathustra answer the wise man.

The wise man asked Zarathustra once again, and if those actions not are right what
will happen with me? Zarathustra said follows words to the wise man, two state of being have the Wise God created, one is right and one is wrong, and you must choose one of those state, it is the rights of man to do that, But first you must get the knowledge and help of the Wise One, than you shall choose one of the two state, the Wise God can’t choose for you. Now, the two foremost mentalities "choices/state", known to be imaginary twins, are the better and the bad in thoughts, words, and deeds
(3-3). Those words Zarathustra tell the wise man. And the wise man said thank you and walked away from Zarathustra when he sat under a big tree in deeply meditation.

Zarathustra looked up on the sky and sung follows song; Who made the sun and the stars in their paths? Who makes the moon wax and wane? (9-3). He saw how the children of all animals follow their parents and asked this question; Who made the child lovingly attentive to the parent? (9-7). How it become that all children follower their parents? Who have given them the knowledge? Why the
parents defend their children even if they can lose their own life by defending their children. It is by these questions, Wise One, that I am able to recognize You as the Creator of all by Your progressive mind. (9-7) sang Zarathustra to The Wise One  

After some day alone at the mountain Zarathustra met a woman. The woman walks in a deep thinking, Zarathustra asked the woman what she doing here at the mountain. The woman answers Zarathustra, same reason like you; to find the truth she told Zarathustra. Zarathustra and the women sat under the big tree and talked about the truth and how they should find it. Some birds sang for Zarathustra and the woman, how the birds get the knowledge of singing those lovely songs asked Zarathustra the woman if none God has given the birds the knowledge of singing those lovely songs? The woman sat a long second then she said; maybe the birds parents had gives them the knowledge of singing these lovely sound, the woman told Zarathustra. The Woman asked Zarathustra, what is a good society? Good question Zarathustra told the woman. I think a good society is when there are justices between men and women,when the people of the society choosing their leaders, that are a good society. When you can tell what you think is right or wrong and the leaders can not punching you for your words. Zarathustra tell the woman more about the good society by said follows words; You are free by birth and none can telling you what to do, your actions is your actions good or bad. You are free to make any actions; you shall do what your heart and mind tells you to do and not what other tells you to do. Those words you shall tell your children so they can tell their children to do what their heart and mind tells them what is right or wrong.
Every human being is free to make any deeds but their deeds will tell them later if it was right or wrong to choose these deeds. So you shall always do what you heart and mind tells you, if you do what your good mind tells you, you live in the house of good mind. The woman left Zarathustra. Zarathustra walk to a village and there he met a young boy who sat under a bridge and looked at the river. Zarathustra sat down beside the young boy, what do you looking on; Zarathustra asked the young boy.I want to see God the young boy answer Zarathustra. How can you see God in the water, asked Zarathustra? I don’t know the young boy told Zarathustra. Zarathustra told the young boy if you want to see God you can do it if you close you eyes or looked at the nature and you will find the power of God. God have created this entire thing around you even the water you looking on, but the
face of God you will never find. In your heart and mind you are felling God. Close your eyes and see with your mind, said Zarathustra to the young boy. The young boy did like Zarathustra tell him to do and he closed his eyes. And the young boy and Zarathustra sat many minutes with closing eyes. Than the young boy said, no I not see God, maybe God do not exist, the young boy said. You must do it many time, you must also have the knowledge of truth, before, you will not see God. You shall worship the Wise One with closing your eyes. God do not choose you, you choose God. My teaching can help you to find the knowledge of God, but you must practice it every day. Read my songs day after day and fell the fresh guidance of my songs to Ahura Mazda (the Wise One). The young boy said good buy to Zarathustra and walked a way from the river.

Zarathustra sat still there he met the young boy and think how shall I spread my teaching world wide? He walks out of the village and walked five day tills he came to a second villages. This was a big village around 2000 people lived in this village. In front of a picture sat three wise men. Them saw Zarathustra and said to Zarathustra to join their discussion. Zarathustra said thank you and sat down between the three wise men. The smallest of the three men asked Zarathustra what he had to say about God. Zarathustra told the three wise men about Ahura Mazda by saying follows words; My God is good, he his a friend and a teacher and want to guide me to the part of truth. His wisdom guides me to
make right actions/ choices. When I get the knowledge of Ahura Mazda he told me about the good mind "Vohuman" that give me true happiness. True happiness are best for the humanity, happiness make us to make right choices who give us radiant happiness. Radiant happiness makes us to good people by following righteousness and that will place us in the house of song which the wise one came first by being righteous, Zarathustra told them. The three men were deep impressive of Zarathustra´s wisdom and asked if they could join him to the right part of life. The three men and Zarathustra walks out the village, Zarathustra had now three followers. After five hour walking they sat down under a tree for have a discussion and drink some water. The longest of the wise men asked Zarathustra; what said your teaching about the truth? In the word truth many words exist; one truth is to be good in words, deeds and thoughts. When you are good in words, deeds and thoughts you felling great and your entire choice are being good for you and your friends. To be righteous are
the biggest truth. When you follower righteousness you live in the house of radiant happiness. You shall also work to make the society better. Every life in this world has a meaning, one of the meanings you already had when you birth, the second meaning you create when you grow up. But I think every human being had difference ideas what the meaning means for them, the best questions are to ask these questions to your self. The three wise men and Zarathustra come to a big mountain and they walk up on the top of the mountain. They start a fire to cook food and when they sat there Zarathustra said follows words;
Mazda, Wise God, with a bow and uplifted arms, I pray. First, I ask for support through progressive mentality. Then I pray that I may perform all my actions, based as they are on the wisdom of good mind. (1-1). Fire is the son of Ahura Mazda you fell his warm energy by seeing this fire, said Zarathustra. The three men did like Zarathustra did and begun to worship Ahura Mazda (the wise one).

When Zarathustra and the three wise men left the mountain they began to walk to a small village. When they come to the small village them met a young girl, she was crying, and Zarathustra asked why she crying. She told Zarathustra my mother and father must working from morning to night so we can buy food and water to eat when they end the work. Zarathustra and the three men are sadly of
this story so they give her some money so she could buy food. She run to hers parents work and told them to end the day work and come home and eat all food she had buy by the money she gotten from Zarathustra and the three men. One of the three men asked Zarathustra; why give you the young girl those money, now we must find more money so we can buy food. Zarathustra told the three men by
saying followers’ words; May the Wise, Ruling-at-will God grant radiant happiness to the person who radiates happiness to any other person at large (8-1). Just when they should walkout from the village the young girl come and told them to join them at the dinner, Zarathustra said no thanks we must walk to next village, you and your parents shall eat of this food many days, so you shall not giving it away to a stranger. Zarathustra turns his face from the young girl and began to the next village. Zarathustra and the three men come to a river, a deep river, here shall we got some food, we shall eat fish, told Zarathustra and sat down and begun fishing. The three men asked Zarathustra, isn’t you vegetarian. No I eat meat and fish, because meat and fish is good. I can eat vegetarian food, but now I haven’t eaten meat and fish on many days and I need fish or meat.

Meat I must hunt some animals and I can’t hunt so I choose fish instead for meat. You shall eat too, we have many days to walk tomorrow, eat, and then we must sleep.  Zarathustra got five fish and them eat and drink the fresh water from the river, then they fell in sleep. They not waked up in tills next morning.

Zarathustra and the three men began walking to the next stop, it was the village there Zarathustra was born by his parents Pourushaspa and Dughdav.

The people of this village are happy when they saw Zarathustra, he had left his home village for ten years ago, but now he had coming home again. Zarathustra´s parents had passed a way for five years ago. A young boy asked Zarathustra if he should stay here now. I don’t know told Zarathustra the young boy. I shall visit my parents house, I heard they had passed a way for five years ago; yes
they did the young boy said. Then I must sleep I’m where tired I had wandering many mils now, you shall give the three men some food and mush of water. Yes, of course the young boy said to Zarathustra and ran a way to get some food to the three men. After five day sleeping Zarathustra told the three men that he should begin wandering again to the mountain- top Ushidarena to find himself
and teach other to do the same. After ten days wandering he were on the top of Ushidarena it was a lovely day, the birds´ songs and the sound from the Birds singing were the most love sound  Zarathustra had heard this day at the mountain. He full in deep meditation on this early morning when the sun skinned on his naked face. He lift his arms up at the sky and said; Mazda, Wise God, with a bow and uplifted arms, I pray. First, I ask for support through progressive mentality. Then I pray that I may perform all my actions, based as they are on the wisdom of good mind, precisely according to the laws of righteousness so that I please You and the soul of the Living World (1-1) When Zarathustra did this the sky opened for him and a voice spoke to him; You shall wandering beyond the mountain and tell all human beings about me, The Wise One. I and the soul of the living world have chosen you to the prophet of the Good Religion so please go down the mountain and teach all human beings you meet on your wandering to the house of truth. I follower you on every steep you take, just follow your good mind Vohuman and I will always be with you.

Through Vohuman Zarathustra got help from Ahura Mazda, Zarathustra said that is only through vohuman you can hear the voice of Ahura Mazda, so use your good mind to hear the voice of the wise one, the only. She will help you with your all Qs you have in mind. Ahura Mazda is the mother for everything on earth and she will never turn hers wisdom form you if you believe in her existence so worship her through your sophisticate mind, the gift of Ahura Mazda to the humanity. I shall listen to Your Inspiring Voice, the greatest of all voices, to reach my final goal: a long life in the dominion of good mind, and a straight walk along the paths of righteousness
to the serene abode of the Wise God (6-5).  Zarathustra was wandering in a lovely sunrise on this early morning, he listen to the voices from the birds that sitting at a tree and sing for him; you Zarathustra has be chosen for your strong belief on righteousness and truth by the Wise One. Zarathustra goes over the bridge to a small town and there he meets an old woman, she asked Zarathustra about God, if Zarathustra thought God was a woman or a man. Zarathustra asked the woman, what she think who God was? The old woman said, for me God is a woman, a lovely woman and a mother of everything that being in the world, when the old woman had told Zarathustra that, he said if you says so God is a woman. Zarathustra left the woman; she was happy and wishing Zarathustra all best in his seeking whatever he seeks after. Zarathustra goes out of the small town and wandering out in nature for see what happen. He meet a bird who sat on a tree and sung followers words; You have giving those wings to me to fly up and touch the shy and the clouds, like a angel I see your eyes in sun that giving the planet this energy, I hope you never turn your wisdom form all being in this lovely world. When Zarathustra had heard followers word from the bird, he asked, who she singing to, the birds said, I sing for the wise one who has chosen you to the prophet who shall spread the good religion over the seven sea and beyond. All animals have heard about you, The Wise One told us to watch you. Zarathustra said thank you for that, and then he sat down under the tree, there the bird sing for him once again; The Wise One we need for guidance and understanding of the two principles of life. Hear and listen to the Wise Voice she speaks to you through your mind.  Zarathustra said to the bird, you have a lovely voice, I hope I could sing like you, the bird answer, you can I have heard your voices in my heart and soul. Close you eyes and sing with me, the bird told Zarathustra. And both sang loudly followers words; Hear the best with your ears and ponder with a bright mind. Then each man and woman, for his or her self, select either of the [following] two (3-2). Both sat the whole night and sung together to the Wise One. In the sunrise in the follower morning Zarathustra said god bye and wishing all the best to the bird and walked a way from the tree there the bird still sat and sing for the Wise One. Zarathustra come to a river he was where hungry and want some fish to eat, in a boat a young boy sat and hunting fish and when the young buy saw Zarathustra he says do you want some fish? Zarathustra said thank you I’m hungry so fish would be great to eat if you have some fish for me to eat this early morning, Zarathustra said to the young boy. Then both sat and eat fish and drink the clean water from the river. We shall be happy for all clean and good water which God had giving us. We must defend the water and everything under the water so none destroy it for us, Zarathustra told the young boy. The young boy said, I agree with you, but we must also defend all fruit that grow on threes, the young boy told Zarathustra.  The young boy and Zarathustra sat long time and watch’s the nature, when the young boy said followers words, it must existed a meaning with all this, you don’t think that, my dear new friend Zarathustra. Zarathustra answers, of course it existed a meaning with everything in the nature, and the Wise One have creating the whole world and everything that are inside it by his progressive mentality. And our meaning is to defend it so none will destroy it for us and those who came after us, Zarathustra told the young boy. After a few hour both the young boy and Zarathustra were tired so they co to sleep, they sleep the whole night and waked up next morning, when the bird sung for them, that was same bird Zarathustra had meeting two days later. The birds sang; O Mazda, the all watching One, Our God and teacher you are loved by all of us. And Zarathustra goes up and sung followers words to The Wise One; Mazda, Wise God, with a bow and uplifted arms, I pray. First, I ask for support through progressive mentality “for this morning and follower’s days and nights so I always walk the right way to the house of song” (1-1). Zarathustra and his new friends the young boy and the bird sat and had a discussion about the truth and what the truth really is and if that exist more than one truth. The bird said, for me who am a bird it exist only one truth but I think for you as a human being it exist many difference truths. God has giving human beings her vohumanic wisdom so they can chose and creates a righteous world, it is one of many difference between us who is animals and for you as a human being. Don’t you think? Maybe you are right Zarathustra said to the bird, it exist a big difference between animals and human being, but for me as a human being I think all animals have the right to live their life free from pain from the human world, the animals does not only exist for the human world, you existence is for you and not to satisfy us. O I see the bird said, but why the humans eat us? Does I existence only to be food for the human world? Of course not Zarathustra answers on the birds Qs. But God have creating many difference animals, you eat other animals and we who belong to the human world eat animals, we are also animals, you shall not forget that. Couldn’t we only eat vegetarian food; the young boy asked both Zarathustra and the birds. But I like to eat small animals the bird said, I must do it, yes you must Zarathustra said, like us who belong to the human world must sometimes eat meat. Meat build up our body like it do with you body, so you see, we all eat meat, but we who belong to the human world can make it good for all animals.

Yes I know that, the bird said, but some human being use us the animals without any respect, what you teaching said about that? The bird asked Zarathustra. Zarathustra give his answers, in the good religion, you will not find anything that said you shall not eat meat, which is every human beings choices to decide what eat or not eat, but if you will hear my option of it, I eat meat because I need also some meat, but I eat more vegetarian food. So I see nothing wrong to eat meat, we shall be kind to the entire living world and everything that lives on it, both for them self and for us. That sounds good in my ear the bird said to Zarathustra. They sat in front of the fire and sung for each other and the sun shine the whole night, it was a beautiful night in October, both Zarathustra and his new friends, the young boy and the bird who now had the name Cilia. They were now where good friends. They sat to the sunrise follower morning, and when the morning comes they goes to sleep, they were tired and must sleep. They should go to another city, when the bird was born, a small city not long from the town there Zarathustra was born. They wandering many mils this morning, tills they come to the bird’s city. The people of this city had heard about the good prophet, and they yelling loud when they saw him and the bird and the young boy. The head chef of this city welcomes Zarathustra and his followers, a young boy and a bird. Never had they see something like that, two human beings and a bird on same way. Were they friends? Could Zarathustra speak to animals? Or could the animals hear his song for righteousness. Many have in mind; we must go and hear what Zarathustra have to say about the truth. We had many differences God, but for a month ago we heard about you and your God, Ahura Mazda, that give us the will to hear you’re teaching about the Good religion, so we are more than happy if you want to preaching for us, the chef of this town said to Zarathustra. Of course I shall teach you about the Good religion hear and listen to my voices about. In this religion we have tree tenets which are Good Thoughts Good Deeds and Good Words begin Zarathustra with. We only worship one God who is Ahura Mazda the Wise One, who has creating this lovely world by hers progressive mentality. She (the wise one) speaks to me at the mountain Ushidarena, she told me that I must wandering to every village and teach all human beings about Ahura Mazda (the wise one.) Many peoples come from near and far to hear the voices of Zarathustra, they have heard about Zarathustra by the bird that now is a friend of Zarathustra and sat beside Zarathustra when he spoke to the people of this town. Both men and woman old and young had come to hear his voice. They said we are really happy for your visit in this town, we really need your and Ahura Mazda guidance to that you call The House of Song, they told Zarathustra. I’m glade to be hear Zarathustra answer. I think all of your need my Gatha songs to a rightful and positive life. First I said followers’ words to all of you; first you shall hear and than you shall think for you self before you make any choice. It is a religion by choices and every person had the right to make their own choices to join it or not. Woman or men, we who belief in Ahura Mazda and followers hers words do not make any different between a woman and a man. It is justices between them. Right beside Zarathustra a young woman stand, she was pregnant, she was beautiful but she had a sad face and was not happy. After Zarathustra speaks he asked the young woman what was wrong. She told Zarathustra about hers baby she craying but hers husband will not have a child now, he thought them both were too young to get any child now. So hers Qs was about abortion and what Zarathustra has to say about it. Pregnant is a gift, but you shall decide what to do, and none shall decide it for you. You shall follower you heart and mind; you can ask the wise one for help, but in the lost that is your choices not the wise one or your husband. Abortion isn’t something to play with, ask your parents I’m sure they will help you, and I think they will help whatever you choose. Children shall be born by love. So if you not want have this child I think you shall choose an abortion instead for births this child. With this words from Zarathustra make this young girl to skinning up and she face become happy again. Before Zarathustra left the young woman he said to all in this town; each man and woman, for his or her self, select either of the [following] two.
Awaken to this Doctrine of ours before the Great Event of Choice ushers in (3-2.) Then Zarathustra left this town for a life in liberty, free from human being just him and the living world under the sky. Zarathustra wandering in to the wood the birds fly beside him the whole way to the wood then they said good bye to each other. Zarathustra was now alone in the wood just him and his thoughts. He said to the wise one follower’s word; What holds in future as compensation for the righteous and Wise One, what for the wrongful? (4-14). The wise one answer; we have chosen your because of your songs for righteousness and will to guide the humanity to a righteous life and let is be so. After those words from the Wise One, Zarathustra still wandering through the whole wood tills he come to a mountain. It was a big mountain, Zarathustra wandering up to the mountain-top and rise his hand up and once again he asked the Wise One. This I ask You, tell me truly, Lord. How shall I deliver wrong into the hands of righteousness so that it is cleansed by Your thought-provoking teaching, and thus introduce a strong movement among the wrongful, which would, Wise One, remove their afflictions and evils? (9-14) Zarathustra was at the mountains-top in tree days. Zarathustra was now alone once again with his thoughts, most of the time he were friends with his thoughts and mind. Zarathustra love to think, he use his good mind to asking questions to the Wise One who have chosen him to spread knowledge about The Wise One world wide and over the seven seas. He have now a few followers, Zarathustra were now around fourth two years old, he had just written down his teaching which he called Gatha- songs. This was poetry and deeply sophisticates writings by Zarathustra Spitama and now had he gotten a few followers in his area, they called The Magi. Here, (man’s of sophisticate mind), I teach you my message in a poetic and not in a non-poetic language, so that it shall always stay with you
as prayers of glorification with the divine inspiration (11-17).

Zarathustra wandering still in the wood there he meet a wise woman who sat under a tree in a deeply meditation. He sat down beside the wise woman, after a few minutes she waked up and saw Zarathustra sitting beside her. Hi there, I have waiting for you, she told Zarathustra. Have you waiting for me, asked Zarathustra. Yes, I belong to the fellowship, I have studying your song for righteousness and really enjoin them, and they were delightful for the both heart and mind. We are around ten women who practicing your teaching. We live in a town not long time from here, do you want follower me? All of us will hear you speak about The Good Religion and Ahura Mazda (The Wise One). Of course Zarathustra said. Then Zarathustra and the woman wandering side by side to hers hometown and all women in this town yelled when they saw Zarathustra, he has coming to teach us about the truth, let us honour him for his greatness, all women sang out, when Zarathustra come in to the town. The leader of this women group which them called “ the beautiful women with a great heart” come in front of Zarathustra and told him to follower her to her home, Zarathustra said thank you, but I must speak to all women in this town, before I turn back to my hometown, Zarathustra told the women with the big heart.  Zarathustra stand on big rock and spoke to all women of the town, first I said followers word; My God (Ahura Mazda) is all good and want show human beings (both women and men) to the state of perfection in harmony with Asha, let us rise our hands up to the air and honour Ahura Mazda by saying followers word, We are followers of Asha, through good mind we worship you the wise one who is in heaven and watch and help us to the state of perfection, may we always do what you telling us to do, so we always can call us Ashavans, the fellowship of Asha. When Zarathustra said those words, all women rise their hands and touch the sky and yield; May we all do what the good prophet Zarathustra teach us to do, let us open our heart and mind for his teaching about the good religion of choice. After a few hours preaching Zarathustra told all women that his must go home to his hometown, they waiting for him there. They wish Zarathustra all best on his wandering to his hometown. Well back to his hometown, all were happy to see Zarathustra once again, they honour him, it was his birthday, they celebrate Zarathustra´s birthday in three days and three nights.

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                      The Gathas, Our Guide by Dr Ali Jafarey

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