“Tales from the Beginning”

Sourced from the Mother-Father

Compiled by Reverend Corinne S. Ramage

Part Seven…The Fifth Awakening

The *Birthing of the Spiritual Self

The sixth child then suddenly sprang into action breaking the celebratory moment. She jumped in front of Llaa protectively holding the knife she had stolen from the women, at the male Beings in the hut. The men were stunned by her actions and not armed. They responded by taking defensive postures. Llaa himself was surprised by her response and agility, but felt her actions were unwarranted. Because he was dedicated to Peaceful resolution, he calmly reached over her lesser height from behind and took the knife from her hand. She spun around to face him and he told her “Peace” and the word was first spoken.

Llaa repeated the word to the men and they echoed, “Peace.” He turned to the frightened women and said the same and they repeated, “Peace.” He smiled and everyone smiled except for the sixth child who scowled at him defiantly. From then on the male Beings ignored the sixth child's rebellious ways having turned her over to Llaa assuming his ownership of her. If any of the men continued to view her as insubordinate or foolish in any way, they now left the sixth child to Llaa's sole responsibility without further judgment. It was part of the unspoken respect that Llaa had earned from them. They would not judge the sixth child in any way again.

Because Llaa lived in the moment, he was simply delighted to have the sixth child at his side. She, on the other hard, continued to be angry for many days after being disarmed in the hut, treating her hosts with suspicion and Llaa with a disdain he ignored because he understood her intent and her anger.

As the days passed, Llaa taught the others the words and concepts that had come to him. During the day time when the men gathered to eat, Llaa taught them about *Faith, *Trust and *Truth. He also included his understanding of Beauty which he'd learned from the female statues. At dusk the women and younger children emerged from the large hut, and Llaa taught them the same lessons.

A spiritual community was growing with Llaa as the central, *Trusted figure. He taught them all about a greater part of themselves, of the Divine within, and about a Divinity outside of themselves that was All Accepting and Wise beyond what they could imagine. They were enthralled by his teachings and by him.

The sixth child's anger gradually disappeared in her natural excitement to be a part of what was unfolding. The men and women marveled at her courage and strength. They watched her cleverly weave the first “baskets,” to hold nuts, grains, herbs, roots and fruits. She foraged with the bravest of the men and tackled an undomesticated goat she came across near the community to milk it. From the milk she made cheese, leaving the milk out in the sun in one of her tightly woven “baskets.” She put nuts and fruit on the cheese – and everyone was delighted with the new treat.

One woman in the community showed the sixth child how to make bread. She pounded different types of grains between rocks then mixed in water to make dough. The dough was shaped into pancakes and set on flat rocks at the edge of the fire. When the bread was done it was set aside to be eaten only when enough was prepared for everyone.

Llaa and the sixth child watched one man carve another beautiful female statue using a soft wood and a large, sharp stone. Then they watched one woman hollow a piece of the same wood into a bowl. When it was complete, she rubbed the inside of the bowl with a waxy leaf and something that oozed from its stem adapting the design to make it useful in the preparation of the goat cheese the sixth child had taught her to make.

One small meal was eaten mid day with the men and women separated, and one large meal was eaten in the evening with the men, women and children all together. Meat was eaten sparingly and bread lavishly. Vegetables, fruits and nuts were mainly eaten as snacks and desserts.

The men went to sleep soon after the meal. The woman stayed awake about two hours more in the cooler, dark night cooking. They tended the fire, made bread, and cooked meats the men had prepared for the next day's noon time meal. They tended to young children, running and singing with them. When they finally retired they gathered themselves, their children and the food for the next day and went back to the large hut.

One of the women always woke one of the men to stay awake all night. This was done on a rotating basis. This man was expected to guard the community and the fire, and then perform any daily duties required of him the next day. He did this job with pride. Only the bravest, strongest men were chosen. Llaa and the sixth child were unfamiliar with the need to guard or protect anything in this way. The sixth child felt a bit fearful in response to this practice. Llaa just wondered about it.

Llaa and the sixth child were given a small hut to themselves as these Beings honored that they Lived their lives much differently than their own. They both expressed their *Gratitude, Llaa with a hug to the leader which was an unusual gesture in the mountainside community but accepted as being Llaa's way, and the sixth child accepted with a respectful nod – which was also accepted as being her way.

Llaa's influence on the spiritual aspect of the community grew. It soon became an evening ritual that all of the community came together after eating to listen to Llaa speak of *Faith and Beauty. Even the youngest children wanted to hear Llaa. As time went on, most of these mountainside Beings came to want to touch Llaa. It seems as if they received great comfort if they touched his arm or if he stroked their hair or face. When placed in his arms, even the most distraught child, calmed and set their head immediately on his shoulder.

Llaa said one evening, “I see in your eyes and I feel in your Hearts, the *Birthing of your spiritual selves. Together we are being born into ourselves!” He opened his arms wide to bring all of the people into his Heart and was affected so deeply by the magnitude of the Beauty around him, tears rolled down his face.

At the same time something remarkable was happening. A small group of seven other Beings hidden in the dense foliage in the low light were also watching Llaa. These were some of the hostile neighbors to the east, who often came at night to steal food. They listened understanding few of Llaa's words but were mesmerized by the tall white man and his tears. They felt his open Heart. The youngest female in this group stepped forward and shouted, “Llaa!” a sound expressing her awe and *Reverence with what she was witnessing. She then fell forward onto her knees, her head bowed, overcome by her feelings.

The mountainside leader, completely forgetting his distrust of his neighbors and being deeply moved himself, spoke the word “Llaa” out loud with the same awe and *Reverence. The name and sound of “Llaa” was echoed by many of the others as if they had to try it out on their tongue themselves…and so Llaa was named.

This sacred moment of unity was fractured when one of the children, slightly less mesmerized than the rest, recognized the strangers for who they were, the hostile neighbors to the east…and expressed his learned fear by screaming loudly.

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My Personal Afterthoughts

Important for us to remember from Part Seven:

1) The concept of Peace is introduced and given verbal representation. With words, Llaa is able to share and grow the spiritual concepts he is learning.

2) Llaa defused potential disaster by disarming the sixth child and giving voice to the concept of Peace. We are shown the simple power of disarming and then talking Peace.

3) Llaa and the sixth child's Lives are enriched by their contact with the mountainside Beings. They are learning about other people's traditions, being exposed to different philosophies of Life and experiencing different ways of Being. We are also shown how different relationships between men and women are in this community.

4) Although there are many rules in this community, there is seemingly lots of Acceptance for differences.

5) We see Llaa moving into the position of *Trusted spiritual leader. His natural charisma and Wisdom are growing, and he is being received.

6) We begin to see how the anticipation of danger creates or draws danger to be experienced. The sixth child, although growing quickly with the others in the mountainside community, is also leaning to be more fearful. Is fear a product of a real dynamic of Life on Earth or is it created because it is anticipated?

7) And finally…That Llaa, the Being who first to Lived the Teachings of the Mother-Father on Earth, is male should not be read as a reflection on any superior, innate spirituality or ability to lead of his gender. Llaa appears to be a mixture of traits – possibly even representing more stereotypical female traits while the sixth child, on the other hand, seems to embody more of what we might label male traits.

The story continues to unfold…