People can become cogs in a wheel of a machine they did not build. The machine is fear and the fuel is each citizen’s blood, sweat and tears.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 48
Gumpelthwomp and Giggazzibar stood back to back, determined to hold on as long as they could for each other. I was in Gumpel’s hand, and while I was above the crowd of monsters, I felt no sense of safety. Any moment the beasts would be upon us. Their gnashing teeth made me shudder, and the real worry that they might chew upon my live body made me want to vomit.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 46
And then beside me, as unreal as any of it, was the bird. It looked familiar, like that which I’d once met in the labyrinthine hedge maze so long ago. Like the Hermit’s cockatrice, only now it was not yellow but red, and had a lizard tail instead of tail feathers, and it wore two goat-like horns on its head.
The beast ran up beside me with its long taloned legs. It kept pace for some time, seeming to run from a shared enemy. Then it turned its big, beady eyes towards me, opened its beak and “caw-cawed!”
The Light in the Darkness, Part 2
Be as you are. Free yourself from the ties to the past, to the illusions and lies of fear. Claim your true nature as the Light, as Love. Join with us and with all who rise to the calling. Shine your example. Be the teacher. By your being alone you shall teach. By the Light that you are you shall shine. And by the Love that you hold, you shall change the world.
The Light in the Darkness, Part 1
“Are you willing to leave the light to have experience?” “I am,” replied the little light…. the big light said. “…to go out of the light, you must go into the darkness….“
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 43
EA#40: Read From the Beginning or the start of Trial Two or Three or Four or Five or Six The Mountain in the Clouds, Part […]
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 40
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The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 38
When we reached the front of the army, where the elite held camp, Jall showed us into the center of a circle of the largest tents. Gumpel had to tiptoe through so as not to crush anything or anyone, and a number of soldiers leapt out of the way at the sight of his approach.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 37
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The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 36
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