By Kesava Krsna Dasa
We never cease to be amazed or shocked. Thinking that nothing really surprises us anymore, the shock-value of what could happen to us, intrudes impolitely into our sense of peace and harmony, when fellow devotees are struck by sudden death, accidents, illness and coma. Krishna’s ability to astonish in us ways not easily understood could add to the grief, but also bring out the best in us. Inventive scriptwriters often use medical emergencies for entertainment purposes, trying to replicate such trauma as bedevils the inhabitants of fallen soldiers we call the body. To feed a market in horror, and to appease the excitement of being scared, themes of monsters, the supernatural, aliens and slasher movies all cause bouts of sudden creepy peek-a-boo jumps in startled audiences, followed by relieved laughter and chuckling. There is some pleasure in being frightened this way.
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