Chapter 37. The Twist: The True Mission Is Within
During their journey, the crew realizes their mission isn’t just about finding external solutions. The journey itself becomes a mirror, forcing them to confront their own fears, shadows, and untapped potential.
Each one of them represents a different struggle humanity faces—greed, fear, isolation, apathy—and through their interactions, they learn to overcome these inner barriers, unleashing creativity, joy and connection. History and evolution teaches us that those who are ‘left behind’ must grapple with the knowledge that the planet cannot sustain life forever. Instead of despair, they begin creating a world where every act—of building, loving, and dreaming—adds to the universe’s energy rather than depleting it.
Through their journey, they discover the fifth element, Ether, as in ‘imagination made real’. The element ether is like ‘a force from above’ that makes ideas and inspiration manifest into technique and arts, as in more wonderfully made Star children being born on earth. Leora is looking at the nightsky, looking for the ‘little dipper’ or Little Bear constellation, in the endless expansion of the Milky Way Galaxy. It looks like a little pan turned upside down, it’s where all the children are ‘created’, as if they are little stars, being poured out on earth. It’s when mystical elements created by The Great Spirit of the Universe is manifesting all living beings and all things on earth.
It is the ability to create something from nothing, to bring thought into form without consuming existing resources: like the manifesting of a book, turning thoughts into words, bright ideas turning into cathedrals and sanctuaries, like they have found for themself. Brought by the elements of light, air and ether, turning dreams and visions into reality.
They suddenly realize they don’t need to leave this world through daydreaming, they don’t need to run or flee anymore, they do not need to hide in their rooms, or with their heads underneath the pillow, expecting the worst. With an amazing calming effect they feel their own fear and nightmares transforming into a deeply felt sense of feeling safe, feeling at home, felt with a humble feeling of gratitude and love. Just by being present, they feel they can help humanity transcend its limitations through creativity, cooperation, and swift transformation.
The stars now gathered, Leora senses a new purpose arising. She knows this is only the beginning. The world is full of challenges, dark forces that threaten to undo the light they’ve found. She senses they must soon find the keys to balancing the shadows they all carry. With her cosmic family beside her, Leora takes a deep breath, feeling prepared to step forward into the unknown. The stars may have fallen, but together, they’re finding the strength to rise. They know their healing ground will always be the park of the mental health institute park, a hidden sanctuary. Each star adds their unique presence and power, turning this ordinary space into a true House of Healing. And with this family complete, they’re ready to face the challenges ahead.
“Finding each other in a place of healing is so powerful, it’s becoming a testament to the light we all carry, within us, even when we feel lost”, Leonardo is breaking the serene silence. “We came on earth in egg-shaped ships,” he says with a grin, drawing a big oval shape in the air with his hands. “Picture it: one by one, each crammed in little glowing eggs, hurtling through space. Probably spinning, too, because, you know, that’s how eggs roll!” The group burst into laughter, trying to imagine themselves as tiny, celestial eggs, zipping through the universe. Bubba guffawed, clapping his hands. “Explains a lot, doesn’t it? The whole cracked-egg situation we got going on down here: shattered as beads all over the world, really being all part of the same soul family from the stars. Yet we are bounded by an invisible, eternal and unbreakable chain of iron: our families are all tied by heart and soul, blood and life- energy, running through our veins like rivers”.
Leonardo just shrugged, a half-smile on his lips: “Maybe that’s why we’re all a little ‘cracked”, having bruises and scars, but that’s okay. Maybe that’s what makes us fit just right on this planet—each of us a survivor from a world that sacrificed itself, shaped by our journey, looking for home.”
The ancient natural law is clear: those who harm the elements shall be judged by them, that is why one single drop or one single spark can be enough to influence the whole universe! Each action leads to reaction, and that is fine, as long as one knows the consequences. One leader cannot start a war on the other side of the world, expecting it won’t have consequences for the entire world. With modern technology exploring space, one cannot expect to destroy the whole earth and its inhabitants, to flee to yet another planet, to start all over again. One cannot expect planet earth to be in disharmony, not having consequences for the entire Universe!
“This is our duty,” Daniel says, his voice resolute. “To remind everyone, everywhere, that we all share this earth. That the elements are sacred and they sustain us all. That life itself is sacred and each one of us in itself. Our Great-Grand Fathers and Great-Grandmothers, our Ancestors, are like anchors, as well as ourselves and our children, as if we have landed on the spaceship Mother Earth itself.
Leonard is explaining how Ether is like an invisible Ethernet, just as the Internet is like the physical form of it. He sees something shimmering on the ground and when he picks it up, it’s an old Gameboy, where they used to play with. Leonard is simply smiling, passing the game computer to Thaddeus: “Remember this one? Thaddeus is shouting out with joy: “It’s E.T. ! An Extraterrestrial Toy!”, while he is holding the Gameboy in his hand like it is a living newborn baby: “Finally”, he whispers, “E.T. is Home!”
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