They were here before us, will be here after us...
"THE ANCIENT GUARDIANS OF LIGHT"

Part I
"THE WAY TO THE LIGHT"

Everything around us is made up of light. And even darkness is just the absence of it. Once born in darkness, we came out of it into the light. From birth, our consciousness is trapped in a material shell. Most of the time we are unable to realize what lies beyond the physical world we know. And no matter how much we expand our knowledge, there are boundaries that will remain beyond our control for a long time to come.

 

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    In times whose memory is scattered in bits and pieces in the texts of old and often lost chronicles, people had a closer connection with the nature of the universe. From generation to generation they passed on pagan tales that there are special places among the vast world. Places where reality came into contact with the fabric of infinity.

    But it so happened that in researching the Skona Stones, Gobekli Tepe, the Pyramids of Giza, Machu Picchu and others, and in chasing the legends of Excalibur, Atlantis, the Ark of the Covenant, we missed them.... Ancient as the world itself, majestic and incomprehensible to humans, giant trees towered above the forests that girdled the planet in those distant times. The tales say that they could be found among forests, in mountains, steppes and even deserts.

    Some came to them with requests, some with pleas, but only a few could see the light that pervaded them, coming from infinity and going into it again. Those whose minds were free from shackles and whose eyes were not clouded by fear and superstition could touch the knowledge and wisdom of the universe. But few could fully recognize their true essence - the essence of the keepers of the memory of what was and what is. And also of what is to come, and how fate can be changed. And about what will be there when the time of each of us ends here.....

    In different cultures they were worshipped and endowed with divine powers... Sacred trees of Slavs, Celts, Germans and other peoples... Thor's tree (Donars-Oak) and Perun's tree, trees of Tenere and Sycamore... The list is endless. Britain, India, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, Scandinavia, Brazil, Madagascar, Egypt, Japan - the list is endless... But whatever properties people attributed to them, they remained what they were from the beginning of time - Ancient Guardians of Light. Places of access to the power that flows through the Universe in the form of strings of light. Places where infinite knowledge could be given to you, if you could take it.

    Millennia have passed... As we changed, so did the world around us. And in the new history we destroyed all the bridges that connected us with the ancient knowledge of the world around us. Their broken shards have turned into ignorance, which is always accompanied by fear. Understanding of the universe was replaced by terror of the unknown, freedom was replaced by slavery, and consciousness was locked in dark shackles for many centuries... Dark times came.

    They were feared and cut down. Some feared the unknown. Others were afraid of knowledge, which always throws off the shackles so habitually put on human society by all who wanted to rule it... And people did not notice how they left. For many centuries, light triumphed over darkness.

    However, is there a winner in this eternal battle? Can what was here long before there were human beings go anywhere? What will be here even after we are gone forever and even the memory of humanity's existence is erased...? The light has not gone from where it has always been. It has only retreated from our minds, our hearts and souls... We just stopped seeing it!

    Millennia have passed. And not only science, but consciousness began to realize again what seemed to have been forever forgotten. Mankind began to realize that the world is much more complex and interconnected than we think. That the mind, is not individual and every distant element of the universe is connected with each other by invisible threads of light and infinite energy...

    Planets, worlds, universes. The infinity of it is beyond our imagination... We are too weak to comprehend it on our own.

    But there are places in the world where you can see what has been hidden to mankind since time immemorial.

    The memory of such places can still be found in the shards of history of past civilizations. Not a few relics have survived from the dark Middle Ages. All of them can show you the way. But before you search, you must ask yourself if you can plunge into the river of time? Will your consciousness open to the ancient light that holds infinite knowledge? Or will you desperately resist, clinging to stereotypes and dogmas, without which, perhaps, all that for you previously was so simple and clear... will collapse?

    However, if you do decide and your path will lead you to the Ancient Guardians of Light, then I will tell you what you will see there, where the thin edge of this world comes in contact with the infinite worlds and knowledge of the universe.

    If fate leads you to one of these places, don't be in a hurry. Wait until you are alone. Do not think of anything else but the endless flow of light and time... Let yourself believe and see. Close your eyes. For the light you are waiting for is hidden within. And wait, wait, wait....

    And only if you are truly open and ready will you see the spark after a while. Like a wandering moth, it will come from far away and stop in front of you. Do not frighten it and do not frighten yourself. Don't move. And let your thoughts be open to what almost no one alive today has seen. Perhaps then, if you behave appropriately and your heart and soul are pure, it will not go out!

    It will slowly move away from you to the place where, still invisible to everyone, the source of infinite light is beating... Then it will begin a slow rotation and, as if slowly dancing, will begin to gradually turn into a fiery whirlwind of a billion small stars... But don't let your senses deceive you. These are not just sparks! Each of them is a mirrored Universe, a real reflection of trillions of stars, some of which we can see, and some of which we will never see.

    A few more moments and the vortex will literally explode upwards in streams of light. But no, you will not be blinded, and when the light storm of stars subsides, you will see before you a large and mighty glowing tree. One of those many Ancient Guardians of Light that link our planet to other universes and realities. Its endless branches will cover the sky, and its roots will stretch further into the earth than you can see.

    Each branch is a path that one of us is travelling. And each leaf is someone's destiny. Its roots stretch from the past to the future, through time, where your story has a place.

    Wait! After a while, a luminous figure will separate from the mighty trunk. It will approach you and stand opposite you. If you look closely at it, you will see yourself in it... Yes, yes, the real you, only from the endless stream of time and light. That self, which has absorbed your past destinies and will absorb many more to come. Most likely, he will not utter a single word, but will simply look deep inside you. And if you pass this exam, if he decides that you are ready, then he will come closer to you and put his hand on your shoulder.

    And in that moment you will become part of what you have always been, part of infinite knowledge, part of what modern science cannot comprehend. Don't be afraid! It will give you a hand and will not let you get lost in the midst of infinity. You will be able to see your past self and variations of your future self. He will not give you the answers to everything, but he will tell you what may await you. Everyone will have different answers, but this knowledge will not change your destiny. They will change you so that you can make a decision and change the future to come! He will give you the right to make choices that many of us are denied!

    Once I was able to peer into this maelstrom of destiny time, I will soon tell you what I saw in it. But know this! There will always be an infinite light flowing near you. And if you want to see it one day, the way to it is neither quick nor long. Its distance depends only on you, and perhaps one day, when you are in the right place and close your eyes, you will meet yourself. The one who will open a new world for you.

    The ancient Guardians of Light are rivers of energy that flow through the entire Universe. But don't look for a place to enter this river. Just open your eyes and realize that you have always been swimming in it as it is! Do not be afraid to step into its endless, albeit frightening, currents! They are waiting for you!

    See you in the worlds the road to which lies within each of us!

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® Anatoly Kavun
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