The Fall from Grace

John Milton's Paradise Lost is an epic tale of the journey of an angel Lucifer and his fall from Heaven resulting in his assumed identity of Satan, with his army of rebelling divine crowd, creating a kingdom for himself in Hell. Satan's fall from grace has been attributed to his pride and ambition and a notion of superiority that bows not even before the supremacy of God himself. In literature there exists a concept named hamartia, or the fatal flaw, pride being Satan's and pride being our dear Ridhima's. So am I attempting to equate Ridhima with the proverbial evil Satan? No, certainly not. And in any case, Satan was just a resentful angel. He chose to destroy and sully God's greatest creation as revenge for his fall from Heaven. This is solely to bring to light how pride always precedes a fall.

Mounted on her high horse, Ridhima rides with self-assurance and an arrogance that her steed would not ever stumble. After all, her steed has been fed on a lifelong diet of reassurance and appreciation, a constant re-affirmation of its power and strength and sure-footed-ness. From the throne atop her stallion of moral supremacy, Ridhima condescends upon those that walk the cobbled path of life, stumbling oh so often, but yet picking themselves up, brushing off the dirt and trudging on. What she cannot see from her perch, considering how lofty it is, is that the roads of life are strewn with rocks, sludge and slime. Confident that her mount requires no direction from her, she chooses to let the reins hang and allows it to take her along treacherous roads of self realization.

Beware Ridhima, when those that walk fall, they escape with minor injuries. From your high seat your fall could crush you. The fall from grace almost always results in damnation and Hades. Hold on to the reins, lest the horse gallop away without you realizing it, into a murky land where you will find yourself alone and incapable, sheltered and unaware as you are!! after all, not all Lucifers come armed with a colony of supporters....

Neat DD!

Am just wondering when and what will ring the satanic verses clear in her head.She still thinks its the harps of the heaven and still trying to hold on to the throne with all her might!

Originally posted by: vaarti

^^^thought it was time to do something a little different....don't you agree? and not bad for something that came up in 15 minutes, with only the basic idea in place uh??? i liked it!!

Originally posted by: Robin_M

wow! that was amazing! 👏
beautifully written and described, i agree with you on this topic! thank you sooo much for sharing this with us, really helped me view all this in a new light!

*taking a bow* Thank you so much!!!

Originally posted by: mehak_kapoor

👏 I LOVE U MASSI JI.............tooooooooo gud...........TEMME ONE THING HOW DO U N SAREETA DI THINKS SO INNOVATIVELY?????? i don't think that innovatively, sareeta does...but thanks anyway!!!

Anyways coming to ur post........u said it right if ridz's will fall from that height of grace on which she is right now.........she will be completely ruined........destroyed n will be empty handed....... 😕 .
Initially ridz's character was very graceful, with self-respect, she was caring n loving ..........but now she is contradicting her own nature........she is totally losing her charm....... 😕 achchha slight education is about to happen. you are not incorrect in the use of the term grace as you have, because that too applies...but the Grace i am talking about is literally the blessings of the divine. the refuge of the superpower...and in ridhima's case, the appreciation she receives from all and sundry!!
She is really being very arrogant........after committing sucha blunder she is still having no guilt n no water on her feet 😕 ...........she is totally assured of herself n doesn't even thought of armaan once.............. she never realized that she hurt armaan's feeling........she never realized that she used a cheap way to take revenge n she never realized armaan;s love n his care for her..........
When armaan hugged her........n almost cried........on seeing her condition.....she shud have realized then n there only how much armaan cares for her n how worried he was.........but she is not giving her head to sucha sensitive issue n continues to be in proud.............. exactly mehak...i would've forgiven her a bit had she, on seeing armaan's state, atleast given up on the gussa line and proceeded in fact to reassure him that she was alright. but no, his anguish made no difference to her. only that he disapproved, cos that's one thing she is not used to, has never experienced! after all, she is saint ridhima...
But as u said once she falls, she will be totally destroyed..........she won't eb having anything at her hand.........no armaan, no love n no life..........SO RIDHIMA TAKE CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Originally posted by: nottygarfield

Neat DD!

Am just wondering when and what will ring the satanic verses clear in her head.She still thinks its the harps of the heaven and still trying to hold on to the throne with all her might! hah satanic verses and harps of heaven....brilliant!!! we have to wait for the blare now, don't we? look for deception...just for u!!