The Truman Show | Ali Reza Panahian

The Truman Show

It’s a very interesting world, a person’s own world. The most beautiful serial is the one about a human being himself. There is a movie that I applaud. It is a very good movie. “The Truman show,” yes. I applaud it very much. What was it about? I will tell you the story.
They have made a studio and everyone is acting in it. It is a small city. There is a young man but he is not acting. They have put cameras everywhere. His life is a serial which everyone is watching every day. The only person, who is not acting and is himself, is Truman.
Then he becomes fond of someone. They want to marry. The director feels that if Truman marries, the appeal of the movie will diminish. He says, “We will break up this marriage.” He is a human being too. He says cleverly, “Oh, who is breaking it up?”
There is an old man, who is his father. Then he finds out that he is not his father. The suspense of the story starts here. He gets on a boat. He realizes that his environment is not normal. Everyone is acting. He goes until he runs into the wall of the studio. He looks around and says, “So all of this was a movie, this city where I have been living since my childhood?!” Yes, you were the Truman of this city.
You dear gentlemen are the Trumans of this city. Everyone around you is acting so that you may be tested. God’s video cameras are everywhere. It takes 50,000 years to show you your own serial in the Hereafter!
Now, who has this meeting been held for? Please answer me. Us? Me! We will repeat for our friends to answer correctly. Who has this meeting been held for? Who is Truman? On whom has the camera of this meeting zoomed? For whom is the speaker talking? After this meeting, God will go home with which one of us? You say, “We went to the meeting, and God saw us…” There is no ‘Us’. Me! Everything was because of ‘me’! When a believer passes away, he asks God, “Why did you bring me here without telling me beforehand?” God says, “I told you three times.” “When?”
“The first time was two years ago when your neighbour passed away.” “Aha! Was that for me?” “Yes, haven’t you heard the story of Truman?” “And the next time?” “When one of your relatives passed away last year.” “Aha! Was that the second notice for me?” “Yes. Another of your relatives passed away last year… You had recently seen him.” “Aha! Yes! Yes!” “Do we have to tell you more than three times?” “I didn’t pay attention!” O God, this person is so off! He is not paying attention! He is… (But, God says,) “No, we had informed him.”
Let’s read the tradition, “Whenever there is a funeral procession, imagine yourself to be in that coffin.” When everyone is saying ‘There is no god except for Allah,’ say goodbye to everyone. When they are putting him in the grave, beg God, ‘O God, return me! Please! I am not ready!’ When they have put him in the grave say, ‘God has told me to go and given me life again.’” This is a tradition. They have emphasized to participate in memorial processions. At least walk seven steps. “What is the secret behind these seven steps?” Nothing. Just think while taking these steps. There is no secret. It is obvious. (People say,) “But I was talking with my friends while I was taking these seven steps.”
You dear gentlemen are the Trumans of this city. Everyone around you is acting so that you may be tested. God’s video cameras are everywhere. It takes 50,000 years to show you your own serial in the Hereafter!

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