The mountains gleamed a diamond blue in the distance and the entourage made steady
progress towards the peak they saw before them. There was distant light swirling about
the
peaks. Princess Numen rode swiftly on her steed and spoke to it
asking if they had long
to go. She picked information from the horse, Praise, that they will have to make
a detour to
help someone before heading
for the mountains. She also felt the swirls of the outflowing thoughts of the dwellers close
to where they were.
Princess Numen sighed, and said to
her vizier, “I sense we are close to where Kleona is,
do
you think we will still find him here?”
“I think so, Your Highness.
I can pick up his thoughts and he is close, and he seems to be in
real
need of your help.”
“Yes, I heard him cry and then the summons from Mother was very clear, as was her instructions, Vizier. This is
Kleona’s first assignment, he finds it all very confusing, particularly the level of
ignorance
of
people like us.”
Thoughts of courage and strength left the vizier in
swirls of red and drifted in a northward direction.
Princess Numen saw the swirls and sent her thoughts of comfort to rest
gently on the wings of her vizier. The tips of his wings were now a glowing red.
A Misty
One floated close by and
handed over a single red rose wrapped in
violet rays to the princess.
She was still staring straight ahead as they got close
to the gates of a settlement. It looked stark and forbidding. There were canals but it had
waste of all types floating in it.
Some
of the waste had even slipped onto the uneven
parts of the road creating awful
smells. There was a sense of dark things and
thoughts and flickering lights struggled against the overpowering stench. This was a different part of the kingdom she
was working in
and she wondered the meaning of the smells, then she looked
down
and understood.
The water that ran through the kingdom was dying, the elemental workers who were expected to maintain the water
had left and in
their place floated shadows. The earth guests had not utilized the water well which was why the worker beings left. The whole place gave off bad fumes and foul smells. Princess Numen noticed that even the houses
had a
uniform color of gray with deep swathes of black. A sense
of lethargy pervaded the whole place.
She had to summon light thoughts as a form of
shield around herself and her entourage. Compassion also flowed from her thoughts for any being still struggling
against the heavy weight she felt.
There was dismay in
her eyes and an urgent prayer for strength was uttered as she wrapped her wings protectively round her. Her thoughts
searched for Kleona as a picture of his merry green eyes and flowing mane of hair
came into
focus and she was able to connect with him,
and also got directions from him.
“Thank you, my Princess, but you
may
have to cross the bridge to come to me as I
am not empowered to come to you. This place
stinks, my Lady,” Kleona
added.
The princess replied in
a very gentle tone, “Help is on its way
and I am empowerment to strengthen
you so you can cross over.”
Seconds later he emerged, cloaked in a flower stalk. He had been bruised and looked ready
to wilt. A Misty One
helped him gently out of the flower cloak into
the band of light. There was pain in the
heart of the Misty as well. The
princess spread her wings and gently
used one tip to stroke the face of Kleona—she remembered their time together
when she was his mother some incarnations back.
He was a German
then, they had worked together to help a scientist discover medicine for young children who were born with a peculiar skin disease.
She was a young baby guardian and it
was her first assignment as a field officer. Kleona
still had a few more incarnations as a child so the
princess was not surprised
when a baby guardian rode up and stood beside Kleona, who she would
escort back to the palace.
There was peace on the face of Kleona as well as pleasure at seeing the
princess.
“I did not know it
was you who would come for me, Princess,” he said with a weak smile.
“Well I only knew a few heartbeats ago that it
was you when I picked your connections. I
see you have had an interesting
time.”
Kleona smiled, “Yes, sacrifices, rituals,
witches and burnings. Anything
and everything goes
it seems. Their concept
of the Father has nothing to do with it.”
“What were you doing there?”
“Helping as a priest, only they wanted
me to see visions according to what they dictated and I did not oblige. In their form of religion the priest sees visions, asks for sacrifices, and
well, it was always better it
seemed to say all evil came from a witch or wizard. Some of the children were labeled as witches if the parents have a bad time with the
crops. I drew a line
there, so I became unpopular
with one particular titled chief, it
seems.”
Princess laughed. ”Who is the
one floating around you?”
“Most likely my wife,” Kleona sighed.
Princess really laughed. “You have a wife?”
“A nice one too, she sensed the truth, was open to it,
and I wished to help her.”
“I can see that you have requested she should
be guided some more, this shock at losing
you so suddenly will make her wonder,
and her love might open her
eyes. Leave thoughts behind for her to pick when she is
ready, but don’t pay too many visits until she can
stand the shock of seeing you as you truly are. Don’t let me keep you waiting.”
Princess Numen smiled at the baby Guardian “My regards to the queen.”
“We wish you
strength,
Princess, Kleona will understand more on his subsequent trip.”
“Don’t talk as if
I am not here, Pii,”
Kleona admonished.
Princess Numen asked if
the guardian had an idea where they were; the guardian shook
her golden tresses in
a silent negative no. Vizier rode up and explained that
they were in
the extreme border of humans.
“I see, you mean they have received no light at all?”
“They moved away from the light,
Princess. They could not understand what the Misty Ones said and were going to make them into
gods. Naturally the Misty
Ones left and so strange
ones came and took over. These ones copy the Misty
Ones a great deal, Your Highness,
they gave these humans rules and regulations and everything is ice
cold.”
“I see.” The princess
asked the guardian, “Has there been any requests from them
for
any help? Are they all
in the same direction?”
“Your Highness,
I understand Mayrose said there was one, hence Kleona said he would come.
He carried the highest points for love
that can help them but they did not even feel anything. They thought
he was strange and feared him instead.”
Princess turned her horse heading back the way they had
come. Kleona was going to be fine. She wondered if he had received the same instructions as
her when she first came out. She had walked on a long
stretch of road with her guardian. He had said she would
walk firmly between
the two seas. She remembered asking if
the mountains in the
distance was home and the
guardian had said yes, but she was to fix her gaze firmly on that mountain and no matter how the seas raged
and swelled, never to step off the firm rocks that separated the
two seas. That picture was
imprinted
in her soul. So each trip, she had held that picture as a talisman. She sensed the seas meant the two worlds and she had been given permission to be conscious in
both worlds. She thus
could travel at will and Princess Numen felt deeply grateful for this singular grace from Mother. There
were times when out of love the bandage was placed firmly over her eyes if it
was felt she needed the experience.
However there were times when she found herself in
class receiving lectures. That was how she had met Ma, one of her instructors.
Now, as she neared the mountain
on her own isle, she hurried up the palace steps to her section of the
palace. The wide,
light and airy halls were divided from each other by sheer curtains
of lights
that flashed giving her a sense of being home. She walked
through them to a room of sheer soft brilliance. She
changed from her riding colors
into a very light green flowing gown trimmed with cream flowers. She folded
her wings lightly about her person.
Almost floating, she entered her room and settled down
on a bed of soft materials that looked like
flowers. She could still see through the brilliance of the light
air the gleaming tops of
the blue mountains with their permanent cloud of luminescence
always hovering over it. She longed
one
day to hear the summons and receive the knowledge that she had earned a room in
the white building at the mountain
side. She had been permitted to go up there once
in a while, particularly if
the queen was visiting.
It was nice to be home even
if only for a brief moment. The
princess had been relieved when the summons she got enabled
her to help Kleona cross over as he was in
some awful pain. She had also learned a few things from that trip. The ways of human beings always
puzzled her and she longed to be helpful. However she remembered that Mae had said she
was only to help if she
had gained the knowledge and could be
strengthened
on how to helpful. She remembered Mae said impulse
had its drawbacks.
Every creature of Light had a responsibility, which was to find how to make their way back
home.
The princess
was puzzled that people wanted to get to heaven
but did not really want
to investigate what
they would do if
they got there. The place they wished to call home was dark and usually cold. They even had it in
their
sayings but she just could
not understand why they felt so attached to the place and would do everything to stay connected. Princess Numen felt she needed to review Jasmine’s case.
She knew Jasmine had pulled away from Lije again and still had not closed the circle. She really had no idea
what to do next.
The princess, while in
her Earth consciousness, had observed that Jasmine had too much pain
and fear, but had been unable to strengthen her in anyway.
Jasmine was her Earth mother and regarded her with
pain and suspicion, staying
closed off to help in
her jealousy over Lije’s continued interest in
other women. In her other world the princess could review whatever went on in her Earth consciousness, which she tended to forget
each time her earth self-took over.
Mother’s songs suddenly
floated into her and the
princess closed her eyes in
silent worship using the tips of her wings to envelope the rest of her glowing body. Like all workers on the isle
she listened for the bells and joined in the
evening worship as her heart gave songs of happiness at the grace.
The bells of home chimed the close of day and also a signal to return to earth “I descend
through bands of light back
into matter and to earth where they fear me as abiku.”