The Duck & The Crow - Part 6

Part Six - The Lion

38.

When Ernie and Al woke, they were back in the desert looking at the setting sun - but there was no Duck or Crow.  That didn’t seem to bother them much since they were back in the Void anyhow.  So, they followed the Turtle’s advice and walked towards the setting of the sun.

The Void opened up in front of them every step of the way.  It showed them odd animals, strange land formations, and exotic creatures they knew only existed in other worlds.  The sights were a ballet dance for the eyes.  Everything existed for the sole reason of existing.  Nothing else mattered.  No motivation other than existence.  Al and Ernie cried while they walked as they realized this simple concept deep into their hearts and their souls.

39.

Ernie and Al walked through the evening heat wishing they would come across a water hole, stream or river.  Something in which to provide for their thirst. The sun was setting even farther over the horizon, and they knew their thirst would not be quenched.  As the moon began to rise on the opposite horizon, the temperature began to drop.  And drop rapidly it did.  Al and Ernie became more tired the colder it got, so they decided to call it a night and go to sleep.

40.

Al woke up to pecking on his right foot while Ernie woke to pecking on his left foot. The two of them looked down and saw the Duck and the Crow.

Duck - Long time no see, you silly fools.

Crow - Yeah, you two sure are some silly fools.

Duck - Okay, Crow, no need to rub it in.

Crow - True, though they are fools (laughing).

Duck - Anyway, don’t mind him.  It’s nice to see you.  How long were you gone?  Four months?  Five months?  Long time, huh?

Ernie and Al nodded their heads in unison.

Crow - Should have come back here sooner.

Duck - They tried, Mr. Crow, but were unable to, right?

Al and Ernie nodded their heads again.

Crow - Well, why could they not?

Duck - They forget what we told them before and what others over here told them as well.

Crow - How could they forget?  Never mind, they are humans now aren’t they?  Too much truth for them to handle?

Duck - Maybe so, but the world they knew so well began to crumble in front of their eyes.  It was probably hard to see past all the horror and destruction that was taking place.

Crow - Maybe so, but we do need to continue on.  You know who is waiting, and time is running out - for lack of a better saying.

Duck - True dear Crow, let’s get going.  Al, Ernie, please follow us.  It is not far.

Ernie and Al followed.  And the Duck was right - It was not far at all.

41.

The four of them headed over a few sand dunes, and as soon as they began to descend the opposite side there was a humongous roar.

Lion - ROAR!  I SAY, ROAR!

The Duck and the Crow jumped back behind Al and Ernie.  Ernie and Al just stood there stiff as boards.

Lion - Hello there.  I don’t mean to scare you.  I just needed to let you know I was here before you stepped on my tail.

Directly next to them, they saw a huge Lion rise up out of the shadows of the dunes.  The Lion was right.  One more step and they would have been standing on him.

Lion – Hello, Duck.  Hello, Crow.  Long time since you two have been here.  These beings must be the two I told you to bring with you the next time I saw you.

Duck - Yes, they are, Sir.

Crow - Yep, they certainly are, Sir.

Lion - I guess they must be pretty worthy to get this far.  Never seen any humans here before.  Special these two beings, huh?

Duck - Yes, Sir!  They, well we hoped, were the two you were looking for.

Crow - Yeah, we hoped they would be the two to get us out of this cycle you put us in.

Duck - Crow, shut up!

Crow - But it is true!

Lion - Well, I must say.  If they understand the rest of the Void and universe of which I have to explain then you two might be in luck and off the hook.  It is strange that you chose humans to represent you here.  Was there any particular reason for this?

Duck - Yes, actually the Crow thought they would be able to handle and understand it all.  It seems he was correct so far.

Crow - Yeah, something innate in them.  Besides, the other animals are not in any sort of position to change anything over there anyway - too far down on the food and power chains.  Humanity is in control, and for a paradigm shift of existence to occur, I figured we would need a couple of them on our side who understood all of this.

Lion - Good thinking, Crow.

Al and Ernie stood there looking at their companions speak of them in the third person.  It was okay to them since they were still absorbing the scene in through their senses.  They stared at the Lion.  He was the largest male Lion they had ever seen.  He looked a bit old, but he had the vigor of a newborn cub and the strength of a young adult.  His mane was large and scraggly as a Lion’s should be.  His coat was golden brown with speck of gold intertwined.  His chest was robust, and it seemed he could jump one thousand feet in a single leap and run faster than the wind.  The Lion seemed to embody existence as if he was the epitome of everything and the ether-thing.

Lion - I am what you see and what you are thinking.  I am the protector of the Void.  I keep it from being destroyed and save those who wish to be saved.  I am everything and much, much more; yet everything is me.

42.

Lion - I can tell you two know much about what is happening here.  You must have been a little spooked and sometimes scared along your strange journey.  The Bear, the Elf, and the Turtle must have taught you many things that should never be forgotten.  As for me, I have not only more to explain, but I might be able to put it all into perspective once and for all.  But that depends on you two (looking at Ernie and Al).  By now, you must realize the significance between a Be’ers and a Do’ers lifestyle.  Be’ers soak in information through the senses.  Do’ers analyze information through the brain. Be’ers exist solely to exist.  Do’ers exist for the sake of getting things done. You two must understand this by now, don’t you?

Ernie and Al nodded their heads.

Lion - Good.  One simple understanding is complete.  From the Bear you were told that you are everywhere.  Do you understand what he meant?

By looking at Al and Ernie, the Lion could see a bit of confusion behind their cloudy minds.

Lion - Confusion - Damn it!  Think about it!  How can you be everywhere if you are only where you are at any given moment?  Can you understand that?

Confusion still radiated from Ernie and Al’s eyes.

Lion - Well, to be anywhere you have to be everywhere.  It is all relative to how you perceive things.  Think of it this way.  Everything that manifests itself in the physical realm you typically exist in comes from energy sent from the Void.  Energy comes from the source of creation.  This energy then is sent through and creates forms and figures in the physical, material, four-dimensional plane.  The Void sends the energy through as it combines to form those everyday scenes you perceive with your eyes, taste with your mouth, hear with your ears, feel with your skin, and smell with your nose.  Everything is energy - wood is energy - metal is energy - stars are energy - people are energy.  Everything is energy!  Each object, however, is energy in different vibrational forms.  Everything you see is a series of vibrational points and waves of energy vibrating at a slower speed than from where it came - the Void.  The slower the vibrational speed of energy, the denser the object becomes.  Do you understand what I mean?

Al and Ernie nodded in unison.  Their nod seemed a bit hesitant, and the Lion noticed.

Lion - How in heaven’s name did you get this far if you don’t even understand these simple concepts?  Let me go at it from a different angle.  Energy comes from the source of creation.  Energy is either positive or negative.  Positive energy makes a being feel good.  Negative energy makes a being feel bad.  Simple enough?  I hope so.  All energy is sent from the source is pulled out from the source’s positive energy.  When it hits the physical realm, it is drawn towards its opposite, negative energy.  Physical existence is pulled towards the negative energy of existence.  Destruction, bombs, war, hate, anger, racism, prejudism, killing, disease, and anything else you can think of that makes your spine quiver at the thought of it is negative.  

          People seem to be heading down this path of negative consumption and energy destruction.  What Man forgets, however, is that he is supposed to realize the powerful pull towards negativity and walk a straight line through positivity.  A straight line of Be-ing in a positive mind state completes the circle of existence.  It brings the soul back to the source.  The positive meets the positive and the dream unfolds before your eyes.  Once Man begins to completely absorb himself within the positive attributes of existence - such as love, compassion, creation, freedom, friendship, peace, laughter, purity, integrity, morality, etc. - he is able to take off those blinders put on him at birth and see the true nature of reality.  Energy is never created or lost.  It is always here.  What everyone does with the energy is completely up to him or her.

          You know what, this probably makes no rational sense to anyone except a few others who have been here for a long time.  I’ve been around so long sometimes even I think I don’t make sense anymore.  When I look out at the worlds that are created every day, there seems, at times, to be no hope for all of energy to understand this.  I don’t know how to explain myself any better other than hoping you understand that everything is energy.  The physical realm is pulled out of the positive source towards negative energy as the energy vibration level decreases and matter becomes denser.  The objective is to eliminate the bad (negative) energy so the good energy can have free reign of the world.  If good energy was all that was left, imagine what type of system there would be.   

           Imagine what king of life each individual would have.  Imagine the premise existence would be based on!  As for everything being energy, the objective is to see it everywhere and realize you are nothing but energy at the simplest understanding.  And as energy, you are everywhere!  And as energy, you will exist forever.  You will always BE!  There is no dying, only the shedding of the form in which you live.  The shedding away of the way your energy (soul) perceives existence.  And, I must tell you; there is an infinite amount of ways to perceive existence.  
          The material, four-dimensional plane is just one way of allowing you soul to obtain the information contained within that type of existence.  The way to the source is living in the moment.  The way to the source is absorbing experience through the senses.  The way to the source is radiating the positive.  The way to the source is obtaining as much knowledge as you can.  The way to the source is enlightenment.  If you can keep that understanding then it is easier to realize that the objective is to stay focused on the positive rather than dwell on the negative.  When one sees the positive rather than letting the negative take over - as you two did during those horrible months of bees, killings and disease in Ginotia Main - then one feels the pull of their soul across the limits of space and time.  
          And, once again, I must say, the dream unfolds right in front of your eyes.  A dream you must be saying?  Yes, a dream I say!  You see, reality is a physical dream of consciousness immersed completely within the here and now.

Duck - Lion, Sir, I hate to interrupt, but can I talk to you for a second?

Lion - Sure.

The Lion picked up the Duck in one swift swoop of his giant paw and brought the Duck up close to his face.

Duck - I hate to tell you, but I don’t think they are getting any of this.  Is there another way to explain what you are trying to say?  The Crow and I understand, since we were here before in your majestical presence, but these two don’t seem to completely comprehend what you are trying to say.  Is it possible to explain it from a new perspective all-together?

Lion - (whispering) I was just about to do so kind creature.

And he put the Duck back down beside the Crow.

Lion - Okay.  Your friend, the Duck, is concerned about you two.  Sit down on the dune over there and let me try to explain it even better and simpler.

Ernie and Al sat down on the dune and began to absorb it all in instead of simply listening to the words the Lion had to say.

Lion - Reality is a physical dream of consciousness immersed completely within the here and now.  It’s as simple as that!  Humanity lives in a world that is not in harmony with the way of things.  Humanity is not in harmony with Nature.  This is where the spiral downward begins.  Man thinks there really is an existence of past and future.  Man tries to analyze the past in order to anticipate the future.  Man never truly exists here and now.  Man is too caught up in “doing” things that create a mind state of analyzation.  There is no sensation in that way of living.  

           If there is something to “do” then there is a premise of past and future.  A past where one must remember something, and a future in which one must accomplish something.  In the here and now, where there is only moment to moment, there is no place you have to be - and you do not have to be everywhere in order to get things done.  You already are everywhere.  Within the single moment, you are everything you ever need to be and you are everywhere you ever need to go.  When there is only the ever present moment where the Void materializes in front of you without your choice and out of your control, you simply are what you are - A self-sufficient, existing being of energy.

          Unfortunately, Man is also caught up in another false truth - the analyzation of how one acts in the company of one’s fellow social beings.  Am I acting the right way?  Am I doing the right thing?  How am I supposed to behave in this scenario?  There is a cultural list of norms that are not written down but norm in which one must still comply.  There is too much “doing” and analyzation that Man fills his time with.  There is not enough “Be-ing.”  There is not enough Be-ing in Man to show how Man truly is - an animal just like the Bear, the Turtle, the Duck, the Crow and me, the Lion.  

          If there was not so much analyzation in the Human mind where thoughts bounce from skull to skull, over and over, traveling it seems at the speed of light, there would be peace.  Too much thought and what to do.  Never enough calm and be-ing.  Humans are conscious beings.  B-E-I-N-G-S.  C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S = they are aware of themselves and that they exist.  The think so highly of their abilities, but what they don’t realize is they are only a minute part of Consciousness pulls out for the sole reason of exploring the universe on a four-dimensional plane.  There are other planes and other dimensions.  The Void controls them all.  The Void is the starting point of existence.  It is simplicity.  It is here right in front of you!

          Look, over there, beyond that small dune.  Do you see the watering hole over there?

Al and Ernie looked but saw nothing.  They looked back to the Lion.

Lion - Look again, and look closer.  Do you see it?

Ernie and Al took another glance in the direction the Lion was talking about.  And, as usual, what was not there a moment ago was now there in full force. The watering hole was exactly where the Lion had mentioned, yet had not been there a minute ago!  Al and Ernie were not bothered by the coming and going of things anymore.  Hell, they were actually getting kind of used to not seeing something one moment and then seeing it the next in the exact spot where it was not previously.  It was getting easier to them to deal with it, but it still is a bit confusing as I try to explain it all.  All of this was a bit confusing, yet the Lion kept pushing on, explaining more and more about the Void and the unknown.

Lion - Okay, you see the watering hole finally - Let’s go over to it.  It is in the water where you must see.  It is in the water where you will be able to choose the outcome.  Well, not choose, but decide which one might be in the best interest of life.  Which direction you might want to head out towards.

  

43.

Ernie and Al strolled over to the watering hole.  The Lion was already there.

Lion - Look in.  What do you see?

Al and Ernie looking into the water.  They saw the strangest thing of all.  Behind the water, or under the water, but to them it seemed as if it was behind the water, was a tiny shack made of sticks.  They could barely make out the image as the squinted to absorb as much as they could.  Outside the shack, there was a glowing fire burning.  At this point, Ernie looked straight up into the sky to see if this was a reflection of another scene.  Hell, in the Void, he thought, anything was possible.  There was no material scene from which a reflection could result.  He looked back in to the water.

Lion - Well, men.  This is where I must leave you.  To tell you the truth, the Duck and the Crow must leave you now as well.  You will see them again, but you must now go on your own.  The Being in the shack will complete all of this for you.  Goodbye.

The Lion disappeared.  A solemn smile emanated from the Duck and the Crow as they disappeared a few seconds later.  Ernie and Al were alone, and they had a choice to make.