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Hi.

What's up?

I have to go to work in a few minutes.

I thought maybe you might want to walk with me.

You work in the afternoon now?

Yeah, well, you know, working in the graveyard shift gets old, so I asked for days.

Ended up with evenings, which is better than nights.

I mean, you'll get the hardcore weirdos.

Maya, the man who attacked you won't be coming back. You know that, right?

Anyway, yeah, I'll go with you.

I'd like to get out.

OK, just got to get my coat. I'll meet you up front.

Oh, man, we got trouble. Can I get through? Sure, sure.

This place is way under code.

Could go up in flames any minute.

Your fire jokes got old in the 16th century.

Do you have a name for me?

As a matter of fact, I do.

And watch that tab, reporter. She's all over this client, too.

It's the damnedest thing.

Have a nice day. Oh, and in case you can't pronounce that, it's Anit Subramani.

Ah, hell.

Isn't it lovely?

These are all my little souls.

I used to gather them myself, but by the 14th century, I needed some help.

That's how I found Morgan. He was a monk back then, so he played hard to get,

but I found that with the right bait, you can catch any fish you want.

In the end, he came to work for me. He became a collector.

Then recently he made me the most interesting proposal

he wants to seek salvation for his clients.

I decided to let him try.

For now.

I chose to build the Institute on the east side of Vancouver

because that's where it's needed the most.

Like the world, it suffers from poverty and violence. We will heal the east side,

and then we will heal the world.

And watch that tab, reporter. She's all over this client, too.

Hi, Jerry Slate, reporter with the Vancouver Star.

I'm here to do an interview with Mr. Subramani about your institute.

I'm sorry, Satya Nila is meditating. He can't be disturbed.

Oh, that's the same story I got yesterday. Is Mr. Subramani always meditating?

Sometimes for days. He sits there like a stone.

Suchia Anil became a yogi, a Hindu holy man at age

18. He doesn't move, no eating, no sleeping.

He doesn't have to pee.

He's awesome.

Can I help you?

You're getting some dangerous hobbies, kid.

Naughty little boys need to realize that actions have consequences.

Mr. Pym, what brings you here?

My interest in spiritual matters.

I'll watch your wallet.

Super Money may get a lot of press for handing out basketballs

to street kids and feeding the homeless,

but anyone who says they're going to open up a chain of worldwide

institutes to promote world peace sets off my snake oil detector.

Yes, Sam.

Okay, I'll be right there.

Thanks for all your help.

I like her.

She's honest.

You're not afraid of bad press?

I'm not afraid of anything.

That's the chorus at Janiel's teachings.

How to lose your fear. Are you interested in signing up?

No. I need to speak to Mr. Subramani privately.

Oh, I'm sorry.

As we were explaining to Miss Slade... It's all right, Taryn.

I was expecting this visitor.

Mr. Subramani, is there somewhere we can talk?

Actually, I'm starved.

I don't think I've eaten in three days.

Shall we eat?

Mr. Subramani, I'm here about your deal.

Yes, I thought as much.

But I must say, you do look different from the last time I saw you.

I'm not the devil. I work for him. Ah.

So you know the devil takes different forms?

Yes.

Now, can you suggest a place to eat?

For some reason, I have a craving for fries and a shake.

Yeah, come on.

So you're saying the devil has given you permission

to seek redemption for your clients.

But if he's evil, why would he do that?

Mr. Subramani, I... Call me Anil, please.

Anil, I don't mean to spoil your good mood,

but you're facing an eternity in the fires of hell if

we don't find your redemption in the next 48 hours.

I know.

48 hours. Was that one of his, too? What do you mean?

You know, 48 hours for redemption, 10 years of success,

all these nice round numbers.

Doesn't it seem a bit artificial to you?

It's real.

I've seen it.

You have?

You've been to hell? I've been close enough to know that it's there.

And why exactly would I go there? Because you sold your soul.

But I thought... I thought hell was a punishment for doing what you call evil.

I've sought only to bring people to enlightenment.

I've done only what you call good. Hey, Maya.

Hey, uh, two for dinner?

Fries and a shake. Chocolate, to go, please.

I'm sure you don't want to say there's a booth open.

Thank you, but I'm fairly new to the neighborhood.

I like to take every chance to walk around and get to know it.

If you did know it, you wouldn't want to walk around it.

You're frightened.

Hey, suit yourself.

Did you know that Maya is an Indian name?

My mom picked it from a book, I think.

Maya is a power that maintains the universe's infinite variety.

Which makes the one appear as many.

This diner, Mr. Pym here, myself, you.

But of all of us, you are by far the prettiest.

Who's your friend? He's got a good line.

My name is Anil.

I'm starting an institute nearby for those who

want to be part of creating a peaceful world.

Our grand opening is tomorrow. I would be flattered if you'd join us.

I'll think about it.

Good.

Excuse me.

Anil, you've got to forget about the institute.

We've got to work on your redemption. I'm afraid we're busy at the moment.

We're on the verge of completing years of work,

where students will finish their training and then set out across

the world opening new institutes and teaching others.

Emil, the timing is not a coincidence.

If you got your institute open and your teaching started to spread,

it might make things better for humanity.

Thank you.

Which is why the devil will never allow it. And by the time you figure that out,

it'll be too late to find your redemption, and he'll get your soul.

Ever since I was quite young, I wanted to be a yogi.

And I worked very hard for enlightenment.

But my fear of physical death always held me back. Then when I was 18,

I had a vision. A visitation, actually.

From a being who looked exactly like myself.

The devil.

As you call him. As he called himself.

But you have to understand something. I'm a Hindu, not a Christian,

so I did not take his rules very seriously.

His ruse? Of course.

The one you call the devil in my religion is called

Bhairava. You see, we too have a trinity.

Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva. Precisely.

And Bhairava is one face of our god Shiva.

Sometimes called a destroyer. But in the end, Shiva is only a destroyer of illusion.

That illusion of one versus many, which Maya holds in place.

The devil is the devil, whether you believe in him or not.

But why would the devil give me such peace and allow me to pass it on to others?

He allowed me to see through all the planes of existence in an instant,

and there was no heaven or hell.

Only our souls.

With death, just another illusion.

The vision wasn't real.

He showed you what you wanted to see. No.

In that moment, I had lost my fear.

I had achieved the enlightenment for which I had prayed. Let me show you something.

Good evening.

Nothing.

Let's go.

You see?

Your whole body is tensing because what you believe about the world.

Because of your fear.

My body is tense because that guy's about to

come over here and kick the crap out of you. Let's get out of here.

Look, unless you guys are gonna buy something, get lost, okay?

You're gonna ruin my business here.

This doesn't concern you. Back off.

Hey!

This is my spot, freak! Do not tell me to back off!

Can we go now?

You missed the point.

He attacked you because you believed he would attack.

Everywhere people react out of fear, and our world is filled with strife.

Fear creates its own reality. If I hadn't been here, that guy would have gutted you.

That's reality.

Well.

We can both believe as we choose.

Oh, I really must get back.

I hope we'll have a chance to talk again, Mr. Pym.

So, what do you think? You're buying into this

whole Hindu thing? I just watched that.

You have to admit, Satya Anil, very, very persuasive. And who knows?

Maybe he's right.

Maybe when people die, they just move on to an alternate plane of existence.

I'll get through to him.

It would be nice to believe it, wouldn't it?

That Katrina just moved on into a different body.

Who knows?

Maybe she's really Maya.

Katrina's dead.

You can't make me hope for that.

Well, you never know.

After all, our beliefs do create our reality.

Or so says Berva.

Come on, Tiger. You gotta get some sleep.

Naughty little boys need to realize that actions have consequences.

Here's yours.

If you try and contact Morgan again, I'll kill your mother.

Anil.

Ah, Mr. Pim.

You work long hours.

There's a question I can't seem to find the answer to.

When did your mother die?

You've done some research.

I was 17.

The deal before you made your deal.

As you call it, yes. Is that why you couldn't

convince yourself death was an illusion?

That may have been a factor.

How did she die?

Part of my training is to be free of vasna.

That's a mental habit of defining ourselves with likes and dislikes,

strengths and weaknesses, and memories.

In the end, it just separates us from the one, from peace.

Meaning you aren't gonna tell me.

Meaning I don't choose to dwell on it.

You can't turn your eyes away from this.

All the good you've done has come at a cost.

To whom?

That's what we have to find out.

I've been asking around about where I can find the raghead who talks a lot.

I don't wear a turban, but you got the second part right. Would you like to talk?

Not really.

I was just looking for your buddy.

Morgan! Don't move. Stay still.

I'll call an ambulance. Wait.

You're not human.

I was six centuries ago.

A Jivan Mukta.

A soul that's been liberated from rebirth while still in a human body.

I've read about people like you in the Vedas. I haven't been freed from anything.

In fact, I'm trapped.

No, not trapped.

Deceived. Anil. Don't you see?

You believe yourself to be a slave to a symbol of the Christian religion,

yet you have extraordinary powers.

You've lived for centuries. You survived bullets

without a wound. It's not a blessing.

The only way for me to die is to go to hell. No.

You must free your mind from these ideas.

The one you call the devil has enslaved you to such a

degree that you've convinced others they are doomed,

just as you believe yourself to be. It's not an illusion.

I've seen the portal to hell.

I've seen tens of thousands of souls ripped from their bodies.

That is the power of the deception.

They believe in hell so intensely that they've created it.

Who knows how many are wandering the afterlife

bound by this delusion? It is not real.

I think someone I loved is there because of me.

Her torment is real.

I'm sorry.

I had a hope.

That you would use your powers to help me in my mission.

But it is not my place to change your destiny.

I don't have that power.

You can let yourself out.

You have extraordinary powers.

You survive bullets without a wound.

Jeevan Mukta.

I don't know.

I know.

Hey.

What's up?

I didn't sleep all night. I kept having nightmares about what happened.

I could stay with you if that would help.

Sleep on the couch.

I was thinking about your friend, Anil.

Are you going to that opening thing today?

You wanna come?

Why not?

Who knows, maybe he's right about a few things.

Welcome, everyone.

Thank you for coming.

As you all know, we are here to celebrate the completion of the Institute.

But the building is only a symbol.

The worldwide peace we hope to achieve will be constructed from faith, not bricks.

Faith that frees us from fear, first as individuals, then as nations,

so we may finally live in peace.

But let me build your faith with more than words.

What's he doing, anointing himself? Somebody help him!

Do not fear, my friends.

The fire cannot hurt me.

That's gotta be a trick.

I apologize if I frightened anyone.

I was testing my own faith.

I want to give this final gift to my students as they complete their training.

Let this be a message you carry to the world.

What we do not fear cannot harm us.

Without fear, we are free.

You're such an average person.

I am so stoked to spread the word. He's for real.

Martin, am I going to die?

Is this the example you want us to follow?

To punish love?

And truisms, borrowed stories masquerading as a new religion. I'll teach you faith.

I'll teach you to look beyond logic to the truth.

This is harder than it looks.

Like life, it takes practice.

Please, continue.

I don't know what else to tell you. I mean,

we've covered running away from home and life on the street.

I'd like to hear what's going on now.

It sounds like you're making progress with the drugs and the job,

yet you seem discouraged.

Did something happen? I, uh...

I got kidnapped by this creep. This killer.

I would have died if Morgan hadn't found me.

Ever since then, I've been so afraid.

It's not like I haven't been around. I knew there were bad people out there.

This guy was evil. There was nothing human inside

of him. No love, no pity, no feeling.

I think you are very brave.

Brave?

I'm sleeping with the lights on. I haven't done that since I was three.

I'm afraid to walk down the street during the day.

I've thought a lot about this in the past day or so.

I myself have been reluctant sometimes to acknowledge the extent of the darkness,

the evil that's a part of our world.

But to deny it would be a kind of madness, wouldn't it?

To pretend everything is just nice.

You have the courage to see that part of reality exactly as it is.

Even more so than I did, I think.

That makes you brave.

All I'd ask of you is to be willing to see all of reality with the same clarity.

I'm not sure what you mean.

Letting the evil blind you to all the good that's out there.

That would be a form of madness too, wouldn't it?

Excuse me, are you Harita Sihota?

Yes, why?

I've been asking around. I'm told that you took

in Anil Subramani after his mother died.

People in the neighborhood say that the reason Satya Anil

is such a holy man is because of his second mother.

Satya, Anil doesn't like me to discuss his personal life.

He doesn't want people to be distracted from his teachings.

Look, I'm not a follower.

I'm a friend.

Anil is in trouble, and I'm trying to help him.

Trouble?

What kind of trouble could he be in?

I'd tell you if I could, but I can't.

If he's in trouble, of course I'll help. I would do anything for him.

Could you tell me what happened when he was 17?

That was the year his mother died.

It was just mother and child, you know? Anil's father died when he was just a baby.

Such a tragedy.

How did she die?

She was hit by a bus right in front of Anil.

He ran into the street to help her, but she was so badly injured,

she died before she even reached the hospital.

He must have been devastated.

I was worried he would never recover.

But then he had his vision from Shiva, and he was transformed.

He began to comfort us with his teachings.

Help him in any way you can. You will be truly blessed.

Ba-da-ba-da-bam, ba-da-ba-da-bam-bam.

See?

I'm the good little face of Sheba.

I transformed such an eel.

I've talked to everyone who knows Subramani. He's done nothing but good.

He's a saint.

I can do one.

If he hasn't done any harm, there's no need for redemption.

How can you take him?

Maybe I won't.

Maybe there isn't a hell.

It would be just like me to make that up, wouldn't it? Phone.

Morgan.

Jerry Slate, you hear the news?

What news?

One of Super Money's followers, you know Nick, the hunky guy?

He bit the big burrito last night.

He died?

How?

He got hit by a bus.

Do you know anything I don't know?

No, I'm sorry.

Neil.

No.

I refuse to believe this has anything to do with my so-called deal.

You think it's a coincidence that Nick died the same way your mother did?

All right.

Yes, it must be.

Anil, if you don't do something, this is probably just the beginning.

Are you willing to take that chance?

I don't.

I cannot accept your version of this event.

But I will look into it with you.

Perhaps there is something here I need to learn.

Look, I already gave my statement to the cops.

I was heading down Burrard, picking up speed,

and the kid jumped right in front of me.

I don't understand. Was he jaywalking?

Crossing against the light?

He meant to do it.

He ran out in front of me and waited to get hit, grinning like a crazy fool,

which I guess he was. You're saying that Nick committed suicide?

Call it what you want, he did it on purpose.

I got out and stayed with him until the ambulance came.

And he just said over and over how he wasn't afraid to die.

How death is just a doorway to another plane of existence.

He told me he was setting an example so that other people wouldn't be afraid.

Mister, he was smiling when he died.

This is not the result of my teachings.

Nick must have been unbalanced. He misunderstood. Don't you see?

This is why I couldn't find any harm from your deal.

This is why the Devil allowed you to complete their training.

Because the evil was contained in the good.

You took away Nick's fear of death,

and he killed himself to pass that message along. So good begets evil?

And trying to help others harms them? What sort of insane religion do you belong to?

Oh, my God! Up on the roof!

Somebody call 911! No!

Taryn, what are you doing?

I'm waiting for more people to come.

I want as many as possible to see me free my spirit.

You aren't going to jump.

At the opening, you showed us that death is not to be feared.

And Nick was inspired. We were all so inspired. After I got over the initial shock,

I realized that Nick was right.

What a wonderful example we can set.

I don't want you to die. I want you to live a long and happy life.

But it's more important to share the truth.

I've sent letters to all of the media explaining what Nick and I have done.

I thought you'd be pleased.

No.

This is not enlightenment.

This is madness.

I taught you to lose your fear so that you could

create a better reality, a better world.

You have doubts too?

Don't worry, Satya. You are right.

You'll see.

Anil, you need to go back inside. The police will be here soon.

Damn, it is chilly up here.

Yeah, it's a good thing Taryn jumped.

She might have caught a cold. Hi. Hello.

We've met before.

Actually, the last time, well, I looked a lot like you.

I like the new me. What do you think?

You... You're the one he calls the devil?

Yeah.

Could you please stop with the you call it this and the I call it that?

I think we've established that I call the shots and

your Hindu mumbo-jumbo is just a load of crap.

No.

You will not deceive me.

I have seen the truth. You have seen what I've wanted you to see.

Every vision you've had, I gave you.

You cannot deny the good that's come through my enlightenment. Your enlightenment?

And just how enlightened do you think she feels right now?

Not enough to defy gravity.

Face it, pal.

You have been living in a dream world.

There's more than just what you've shown me.

The Vedas, the scriptures, the yogis that came before me.

Fine.

If you've got that much faith, you step off that ledge.

Yeah.

See, that's what I thought.

Anil, he still hasn't won.

You must go. The police are going to want to question me,

and I need you to find my other students.

There's a list downstairs in my desk.

Please, stop them.

Mmm, a-na-na-na.

What?

Unstruck sound.

That's what they call this humming thing.

Supposed to be the soundtrack to Enlightenment.

Of course, when I gave these students their visions, I changed it just a little.

It was you.

You put the ideas into their hands.

I merely built on what they already believed, courtesy of such a Anina.

He laid the foundation.

You wanted to believe too, didn't you?

Just a little bit.

Hello?

Someone here? My students.

Were you able to find them?

They've all dropped out of school.

Then it's only a matter of time.

I would do anything to save them.

Even give in to your devil if it would help.

Maybe there is something you can do.

What?

Rip out the Foundation.

You sure you want to do this?

I've got to be the worst possible person to tell your story to.

No, I believe you are the best.

We'll provide you with video in case the TV networks are interested.

All right, Mr. Super Money.

Let's start with money.

How much of what you raised goes into your own pocket?

All of it.

I left enough in the accounts to pay for the Institute. The rest I took for myself.

So the people that donated money... Fools.

I swindled them.

Mr. Supermoney, I have to admit, I'm not sure what's going on here.

You've always made every effort to present yourself as a holy man.

It's the oldest game in the book.

Snake oil, I believe you called it.

So you're saying you don't believe in the Hindu religion?

It's a bunch of nonsense.

Silly stories for the gullible.

Can you tell me why you finally decided to come clean?

My lies were too effective.

Two of my followers kill themselves based on parlor

tricks and a mistaken belief in my sincerity.

I want to stop others from committing such acts of self-destruction.

Oh, so you're doing this out of concern for your victims?

Not at all.

I simply don't wish to be prosecuted for their pointless deaths.

That's it?

You're doing it because you're afraid of a lawsuit?

And the sooner you run this, the better for everyone.

I believe this concludes the interview.

Why'd he do it?

What do you mean?

He's lying.

He's a really good liar, but he's lying.

That's not your call. You've got to report the news.

Do I?

Even if I'm being manipulated?

People's lives depend on that interview being published.

So you know what's really going on.

Jerry, I know you're trying to do good with your work.

This is your chance.

You've got to promise me right now that you'll publish what Anil said to you.

OK.

Anil, it wasn't until I said those words, when I renounced my faith,

that I knew I still believed.

Anil, I'm sorry.

Morgan.

Have faith.

Oh, well, devil one, Morgan zero.

He disappeared.

Of course he disappeared.

I took him, body and soul.

I didn't see the portal.

Oh, come on. Who are you gonna believe, me or a guy who walked off a ledge?

He was totally deluded.

But the important thing is, he was at peace.

Hey, Tiger, I came a little earlier today.

Figured maybe we could go for some ice cream.

Yeah, no problem. You want to come in?

Come on. It says in here we can create our own reality.

Maybe we can create a pizza?