Parable fot the light – the visible, the darkness – the invisible    and their unity

 

 

 

      There was a father who had three daughters - Ascha, Avna and Aschavna. All three were supernatural beauties, smart, friendly and funny. The day came, when all three were asked to vote for their lives. Her father had waited a long time to reach each of her majority, she called to herself and said:

• Children, Today is the day of your great choice of life! For that purpose, each of you will go into the forbidden family garden and take two things from there - one with your left hand and another with your right hand. After you have done that, bring it to me!

     That's exactly how they did it. First, Ascha went in - the oldest sister. She enjoyed most of the family fortune, since childhood she played with gold jewels and treasures. That was a comfort to her, especially when she was bored. Stayed long in front of the mirror and saw that every hair of her golden hair was in the right place. She was angry with the wind when her hair suddenly ruffled and ran to the mirror to quickly fix it.

      The gate opened heavily, with creaks. Ascha stepped over the threshold of the garden with great wonder. The view in front of her eyes exceeded all her imagination. The garden was littered with sparkling light, everywhere full of gold and precious stones, on a tree also grew golden apples, trembling to the beat of the wind. Without thinking at all, she went to the enchanting tree, raised her hand, and plucked an apple. A light breeze blew again and the branches of the tree were shaken so that an apple appeared before their eyes, even more beautiful than the one in their hands. The apple reflected more light from the others everywhere, probably because it hung higher than the  others. Ascha did not think again, stretched her still free hand, rose slightly and also picked this apple. She smiled contentedly, that was the most beautiful golden apple in the garden, no, she had not seen anything better in her whole life! Satisfied with the choice made, she ran back to the sisters to brag. Her father smiled when he saw her. That was the choice of light she had just made. And he was not surprised.

    Now it was the second sister Avna's turn. She was more modest than the others. She liked reading and staying alone, which made her happy. But when the time for playing came, she was the first who could complete the game with her creativity. Often, for a change, she closed her eyes and dreamed, inventing whimsical things. Everyone was used to her own, only their father watching her. Of course, without her noticing. He placed the greatest hope for the rightness of choice on her. He did not succeed himself the first time. That's why he probably hoped one of the three would make the right choice.

    In his life he had three wives. The last one - Anna, he met her in his teens, but he never got the idea to ever be with her. So far, he thought she was angry with him. He did not want one of the daughters to repeat his fate. He did not like the idea of the wrong choice, but he had no right to interfere. He only had to pray and hope that everyone makes the right choice to be happy.

    Avna tentatively stepped into the garden. The thought of the choice she had to make startled her. That's why she had relied on her feelings: she closed her eyes and began to feel the sounds and the harmony. She has never enjoyed anything like that. The perfection, in the end, could now also be described in terms of words. The song of the nightingales, the songs of the other birds, the whistling parrots, the humming of the bees, the butterflies fluttering, and somewhere in the distance even the sound of the crystals. Somehow spontaneously and without thinking, she went there, as if were familiar, but not quite.

    She reached the source of the ringing and without opening her eyes she held out a hand, and hop - the matter was already in her hands. There was a lukewarm wind when she heard a similar sound, she also reached out her other hand attentively. Feeling the fullness in her two hands and understanding that she had made her choice. She did not open her eyes until she returned to the others. What amazed her when they saw her! She opened her eyes and looked - in her hands she had brought nothing material. But she had the feeling of fullness, or at least an invisible abundance. But when she closes her eyes, it returns, the crystal ringing, singing for warmth and harmony. She did not know what condition she should trust, in the background of laughing her sisters. Only her father looked at her somehow different and thoughtful. She closed her eyes again and again, yes, the feeling was more real than any other feeling, she could not be wrong. The moment her father had recovered from the amazement he began to speak:

    - Yes, daughter, this is your choice, which you have made in the darkness, with the idea of being the bearer of the essential!

    Now it was the smallest daughter's turn - Ashavna. She shivered a bit about what was coming, but still she walked safely through the gate. The visible in the light has already revealed itself, the essential and the invisible as well. Was something left for her? And which will be her choice? But her father always repeated: "Man is a unity of the spirit and its manifestation, the energy and its density ..." What does that mean? She was a child growing up in the shadow of her sister. They hardly expected anything from her. Of course she knew everything, as well as others: she read, but always hid, not to be seen as if that was a priority of Avna. She liked of sharing the luxury with the others, but was not angry when the wind ruffled her hair suddenly.

     Her hair was not even golden, but ashen blond. She often played with the wind, with her sister too. That brought her the same pleasure. The truth is that she secreted many of the things, but she did not want to force herself. And now she has the choice.

    She crossed the threshold of the not-so-creaking door, thinking, whether she should go with her eyes wide open, or close them. When she opened her eyes, before her dazzled the enchanting beauty of Paradise Garden, the one her father often described. And when she closed her eyes, she felt the rhythm of everything that existed, including the circulating energies. She even understood what the birds were talking to each other and when she opened her eyes, she wondered: Do they even have to talk to each other, they inhabit the greatest fullness of the world ?!

    She had given much thought to her choice. Closed her eyes and began to listen. Perceived the sound of crystals and went there. Pointed her hand up and picked something. Opened her eyes and looked - her hand was empty, but with closed eyes - the feeling was there. "I'll use my other hand for something I can see," she thought, then Asha would not mock. That's why she raised her gaze to the branches of the tree, there was something also for her. The finest she had ever seen! She reached out to take it, but oh, it was higher than she thought. Thanks to her athletic build, however, she was able to climb high on the branches of the tree. With the skill of a gazelle, she climbed up to the tree-top and at the same time she heard that something to her had whispered: 

     - The fruit is not for you, but for those who seek the knowledge of density! If you pick her off you die instantly, because I'm her guardian!

    She saw a snake around the branch on which she had stepped.

     "She will not dare to do that," thought she. She had heard a lot about the Garden of Paradise, about the forbidden fruit ... That's why she relied on her feelings: closed the eyes and held out her hand, overcoming the fear of deadly biting, with hope that the perfect shape already in her Hand is. She spoke to the snake, that somehow was defeated at her feet:                

    - This time it will not be the same! This world becomes a unity of man and woman, called to be together here and now! - What does that mean? - even she did not understand.

     She returned to her sisters and father with undying joy. In one hand she had the feeling of fullness and in the other - the perfect shape, that could also be seen. That was her idea of perfection. But what astonished everyone, when her father said:

    - Daughter, the most difficult task has fallen on you: to share the essence and revelation between you and the man you choose, as a whole and cooperative couple! The idea of unity has come alive through you, but it matters which of you two is shown this. Your task is not easy, but you made your choice!

     Everyone was amazed when Anna appeared. They have long thought that she was mute and almost always she looked angry at everyone and everything. She did the housework and looked after all the children, regardless of the fact that none of them were from her. She accepted everything without protest, but was not particularly happy. Looked like something was always bothering her and besides, she couldn't speak:

      - You are the youngest, but the way of all that created is, began to speak through you. You have the honor of uniting our two worlds in one - the world of the essential with the world of density!

     If you are giving an apple to the man who deserves your attention, do not hurry, think first! Which of the two apples do you take for yourself and which do you leave him? Those will be the way, that things are going to happen, with the idea of unity and interaction between man and woman!

    Then the white-bearded old man fell on his knees in front of Anna and asked her forgiveness. Long time ago he realized his mistake, but he never found the time to apologize to her. She had been his wife for a long time, but he always had the feeling that she was angry with him. Even though she was old, Anna was beautiful. He saw her and wondered what he had found in the others? The not understanding the idea of original sin, maybe? And how did this girl manage to persuade Anna to speak and for him, the old man, to think about everything differently? Is the idea for happiness still alive and that for atonement doesn´t exist anymore?

    Then Anna told him:     

    -  From the moment you thought, that you had committed a sin for your only and pre-ordained wife, the things between us were never the same. Then you decided to replace me with anyone else, that came in front of your eyes! And I was never angry with you, because I knew: you would understand sooner or later. The men never understand first, but it is important whom they confide!

    For the first time in her life, Anna began to crying, but out of joy. These were the tears, that are destinated for the future and on the path of truth searching. Then, they both embraced and as if this was the beginning of eternity, that one, those everyone are consecrated to share.

    Centuries, without great importance. Civilizations through the centuries, that didn´t reached the truth. The idea for sin and its atonement. Always things, that make us insignificant in front of the eyes of every next generation. With the idea for choice between: light and darkness, good and evil, substance and essence ?! We would not have to choose, if we understood the opposing concepts as a unity, as a simultaneous state of one and the same reality.

 

 

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