The Father Within by Chris P (best novels to read for beginners TXT) 📕

Kai felt horrible.  He put his face in his hands and thought his Master had become mad.  Everything he was learning today contradicted everything else he ever learned.  It took him his whole life to gain knowledge and one single day to feel confused.

He kept his faced buried in his hands when he heard his Master say, "I am trying to teach you the Great Men and Women of all religions were inspired by the Eternal to write to a group of people within a certain period of time based on a certain level of collective consciousness.  The core of many religions teaches a dualistic way of thinking about the Eternal; a way decribing a battle between the forces of Good versus the forces of evil.

"I am attempting to teach you that the only battle is within the hearts and minds of men.  The Eternal is pure Goodness.  He is often seen as a bearded, wise old man living in the clouds battling the dark one daily.  The dark one is seen as an entity tempting the minds of men and attempting to steal as many souls as posible.  I am attempting to teach you that even though many of the Great Books talk about the dark one, he is a myth; an illusion.  There is God or there is nothing.  Kai, do not allow yourself to believe in nothing.  This is what I am trying to teach you."

The Master paused for a few moments then said, "I am trying to teach you the Father loves you just as you are no matter what you are doing, have done, and will do.  He loves you unconditionally and without exception.  When you truly believe will all your mind, heart, and soul that the Father loves you unconditionally, then you will freely and joyfully do good to yourself and to your world.  You will become an expression of His love.  You will become Pure Goodness like the Father.  This is what I am trying to teach you."

 Kai heard his Master's words but did not understand.  He wanted so very much to believe but was fighting many years of learning and a whole tapestry of mental thoughts that flung in his mind like comets crashing against a planet.

What his Master was telling him somehow felt more like remembering than learning.  Somewhere deep in his essence, his Master's words rung with Truth, but Kai's mind did not believe, perhaps could not believe.

He began to get upset with his Master.  "Master, are we not now in darkness? Is the dark of night an illusion?  As the sun sets, does she not bring the Light with her to grace other parts of Earth and other parts of our solar system?  God fights the dark one.  There is darkness and there is Light.  There cannot be another way."

Kai felt his argument was weak.  The moment the words crossed his lips, he felt as if they were mere specks of dust in a tornado.  This was one of the longest day's of Kai's life.  His Master spoke with such eloquence and simplicity that it was difficult to say anything countering his new way of thinking about the nature of things.  He was confused and frightended yet there seemed to be a new seed within his essence taking root.

 "Kai," continued the Master, "imagine you are floating above the surface of the Earth.  While you are floating above the Earth's atmosphere, you are watching the sun burn brightly.  Imagine you are viewing the Universe from this perspective.  Would there be darkness?  Would there be anything else but Light?  Darkness is all a matter of perspective.  Because the Father Within is Pure Light we, too, are Pure Light.  Are we not made in His Image and Likeness?"

"But Master," insisted Kai.  "many religions and ways of life talk about darkness and Light.  Many religions talk about the struggle between good and evil.  How can you say otherwise?"

Kai finally felt good about the question he posed.  It was warm and humid in this wooden hole and he really wanted to be somewhere else.  He had never heard his Master speak of such things and though he felt philosophically overmatched, he felt fortunate for the opporunity.

"Yes, I know many religions speak of such things.  I am asking you to think about these things in a whole new Light.  The Father is Good.  He is within us.  By nature we are Good because we inherited all of His God-Like attributes.  It is our own fears getting in the way of connecting to the Source of the Universe.  It is our free choice to tend to the Garden the Father has given us.  How we choose to attend to this Garden is entirely up to us.  The Gardens I speak of are our hearts and minds.  What we choose to place in these wondrous Gifts is a reflection of how we view both ourn internal and external worlds.  Kai, endeavor to fill your Garden with Love and Light.

"Our true essence is Light because we are all Sparks of the Divine.  What we perceive as darkness is merely a viewpoint of the moments in our life when we feel bereft of God because when there is Light there cannot be darkness.  Do not fear the dark one for he is an illusion and his realm of darkness is merely a temporary perspective.  Darkness, fear, and evil exist because we allow them to exist.  We create themm but they are all temporary since they are based on perspective and a level of consciousness.

"Many of the religions of the world speak of this duality between darkness and Light to help their respective followers conduct how they live their life.  It is much easier to think of God as Light and a dark one as darkness.  The minds of men think of right and wrong, good and evil, and heaven and hell.  Kai, the Father is Eternak and He lives within every one of us so we are already eternal.  Darkness, fear, and evil are temporary much like the darkness of the night is temporary.  A new sun will always rise.  This is the Rising of the Father Within.

"As you think about the nature of these things in a whole new Light, a new will sun will rise; a Ball of Light within your mind.  You will appreciate your own religion more and all other religions as well.  You will see that this new way of thinking will not replace how you currently think about all things in the Universe; it will enhance and add color to it

"This is the Rising of the Father Within."

Kai could see his Master's face as he uttered these last words.

He felt as if they had entered a new level of existance; a new plane of perception.  He wanted to believe everything his Master was telling him was true.  It all sounded so beautiful and free.  His heart believed without question, but his mind still refused to believe.  Somehow, it was too neat and clean, Kai thought.  If the Father loved everyone no matter what they did, then people could harm themselves, others, and the world and know they were still loved.  It would be easy to take advantage of the Eternal, Kai thought, because we would know He loves us no matter what we do, are doing, or have done.  This, to Kai's mind, did not make sense.

Kai wiped some sweat off his brow and looking at his Master said, "If everyone could do anything and the Father still loved them, then who would be saved and who would be damned?"

The Master smile and placed a reassuring hand on Kai's arm.  He loved Kai very much and kept fighting the nothing of telling his young student what he wanted to hear.  It would be so much easier, but he knew Kai would be going into the world to spread seeds of love.  He wanted to make sure Kai, did, in fact, spread seeds of love and not fear.

"Come, my young student," said the Master.  "This part of the lesson is over.  Let us go into the higher parts of the mountain to continue our lesson for the day shortens and there is still much to be learned."

Kai helped his Master as they made their way out of the gigantic tree.  They continued onto the part of that path unfamiliar to Kai.  As they walked, he thought about all the other parts of the mountain he had never seen.  Before today, he thought he knew these mountain trails well, but since learned there is much still to be learned.

Both walked to the edge of the forest and back into the Light of day.

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Lessons by the Bridge

Both teacher and sstudent left the forest and found themselves on a part of the path hugging a dangerous cliff.  Kai had never seen the world from this part of the trail.  It was majestic.

The sun hung in the late afternoon day and served as a wonderful travelling companion.  Kai smiled and felt a wave of warm, loving tingles spread through his body.  There was still much Kai did not understand but he trusted his Master endlessly and without question.  As they walked, he watched his Master carefully pick his steps for the trail was rocky.

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Lessons by the Volcano

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Lessons for the Healer

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