INSPIRATION
Ebrahim and Sarah stepped closer to the centre of the circle. In the very middle gushed a fountain of clear, pure water. The fountain had a stem in its centre and the water fell from the top of this stem in the form of a perfect circle. It was like looking at a perfect crystal mushroom. Curious as they were, the children sought to take a drink from this fountain. They were surprised to find that the fountain was not really water. It did not even wet their hands! They looked at the bottom of the fountain stem and it seemed like this magical water was coming from an opening deep, deep within the earth. The opening went as far under the ground as the seven trees rose toward the sky. Sarah, disappointed that she could not get a drink from this fountain, said to Ebrahim,“ This water is strange but unkind. I am thirsty and it did not give me what I wanted.” Eb-rahim replied,“ Sarah, this is not water! Whatever this fountain is, it is very special. It has roots that go deep into the earth and it is protected by trees that touch the sky! I have never seen anything like this before!” Ebrahim and Sarah heard the Voice of Inspiration speak to them from within the fountain. This was the Voice that taught them about the“ Unseen” at dusk and dawn each day. The Voice said to them,“ Children, you have found the Eternal Pool. This Pool has no beginning and no end. It is of the forest and it is not of the forest. It is of this world and it is not of this world. Whilst it looks like water, it is not water. But see! Look carefully— it Flows! It Flows Continuously. It is the Eternal Pool. From this Pool, you can draw all that you need, anything and everything! You cannot touch or feel this Pool but it can provide you with Everything. It even Flows within you at all times, but you are not aware of it. Remember though, it must always Flow. It can never become stagnant. Those that are part of its Flow will receive more and more. Those that try to stop its Flow will lose everything. This, Ebrahim and Sarah, is the Law of the Eternal Pool. You are being shown this Pool for you are now ready to receive your offspring. You will have children that are little forms of you. They will grow up and have children of their own. Thus there will be many, many, many of you! There will be so many of you that the forest will have to keep stretching itself each day to look after you. But remember that you and your children will receive all your needs from this Pool. As you receive you must give, for this Pool must always Flow; its cycle must always be complete. If you stop giving, then you will be stopping its Flow and that would cut you out from everything.” Ebrahim and Sarah asked,“ But how could one ever stop giving? That is just not the way of the forest.”
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