The Third Key (GUARDING THE LIGHT) (8 page)

Scene after scene, situation after situation
,
the p
ressure was becoming endlessly
painful
- intolerable
.
A new c
rescendo
began
.
He saw
Sumiko
crying in fear, bruises on her face … she was trembling in terror, screaming. ‘Life
stream
ing’ was
plastic even as it was
realistic
, but this was
as if he was right there
.
In possession of that power
he
knew – he could be there in a
split
second. Then h
e saw
Matsumoto
forcibly entering her room, obviously intox
icated and in a rage - h
e could smell the w
hiskey and stink of cigars
. He
weaved quickly
towards
Sumiko
,
obviously intending
to beat
the shit out of her.
She
tried to escape
and from
the corner of her
room she was now crying, loudly
begging her father: “Papa please stop!
Please do
not...
”

That
violent scene
was
simply
unbearable.
Jason
had to react!
He used the power and
in the
next millisecond he was
there in
Sumiko’s
room.
H
e could burn
Matsumoto’s
rank
body to ashes
in
one move – the desire for revenge was strong.
Using
the
last particle of
self-control
that he had,
he
used
the
newly bestowed power
and ‘quantum jumped’ to
room 108 of
the
Four Seasons Hotel,
where Gunnar stayed whenever he was in Prague. He
had found
a
solution
–
he would
approach
Gunnar who would
‘
solve
’
Matsumoto
, though perhaps not in time to save
Sumiko
.
Jason
c
ould solve the problem
without misusing the
Divine P
ower
s
in any
way.
When he appeared in a room,
Gunnar
was
working above his laptop in the corner of
the
big luxurious room.
Jason
was just opening his mouth when suddenly …
whhoooommm
!!!

The entire scene
vanished – he
found himself back on
Kailash
, without the
tri-
kāla
-
jñā
* powers
…
everything
was gone
,
out of his reach. He
was in shock and
felt helpless.

The f
amiliar
sounds
of instruments
announcing
victory
had begun
but
were
stopped immediately.
Durjay, raising his hand above
his
head
,
started to speak. He looked at
Jason’s
face
in front of him, tired
and
lined
due to
the
severity of tests but
looking
satisfied.
Jason
was thinking:

“I did good. I gave
it
my best.
It was close but I did it! I have to
recover fast
and…”
he
was already focusing on
ways how to
eliminate
Quabil
.

Durjay, controller of destroying forces
,
spoke
up:

“You offered
us a good show. It’s a pity those
five years on Earth
made
you weak. You couldn’t
control your mind and
tried to misuse
the Divine Power
.
For that reason
only,
you failed
the test.”

“What
?
What
just happened???” Totally disbelieving his ears,
Jason
felt as
if he had taken
a heavy blow directly to
the solar
plexus. He was speechless!
Shocked.
But the heavy voice of Durjay rolled on, flattening him further.

“Your attachments made you weak and vulnerable. You do not
truly respect
the
offer
of the Council of Light
– you have appeared in front of me
dressed improperly. Pride is
the
dominant feature of your character.
I do not see you worthy of Guardian powers”.

Jason
felt like
he was losing
his mind and he couldn’t really say anything.
Without a word, everything
would be
wrapped up and in a
moment he could be back on Earth, without anything to help him in his mission.

“
So, it all
end
s here? D
e
mons will
just
take
over. Is that what you wish, mighty Durjay?” Jason
asked in a humble tone.
But inside, his mind skittered around, trying to figure a
way out
:

“I have to make him change his mi
nd! The whole future
depends
on that
!” K
nowing the power of
the Demigod he
faced
, he simply had no other choice
but to
entirely and without reservations
open
his mind to the lotus-eyed leader
.

“
I know you see my thoughts,
O Glorious One
.
I
humbly
beg you
to reconsider.” Jason
said,
looking str
aight
into the large
eyes
in front of h
im.
“
W
ithout the
Powers of
the
Guardian
, I have
nearly
no chance
of
track
ing down
or
destroying that demon,
supported as he is
by all evil. Their army,
the
forces
of
the
Demonic Alliance
are
eager
to take over my planet
…
which
of course you know. I merely speak from the overflow of my heart, my willingness to do all that is necessary to restrain evil and save my planet.
”
Jason held his breath, hoping against hope
.

Silence. No answer
was offered
and each
new
moment seemed
as
long as four
Yugas*
, eons of years.
Looking into the face of Durjay, Jason g
radually
lowered his eyes
to Durjay’s feet with
another
expression
of
submissiveness
and humility.
He still
hoped to
pacify
Durjay
and make him change his decision
,
and bestow
on Jason
the blessing needed to regain the
full
equipment of
a
Guardian of the Light
-
Armor
, Weapons and Mystical P
owers.

Time
passed
but each and every moment
of silence
felt harder to tolerate.

“
You
are no longer
qualified. There is nothing
further to be said.”
Durjay
’s voice
rang out
loud and clear
into the open space
.

XI.

“Your words
confirm
that
your faith
is weak and poor.
All that happens in
the life
of any living
soul is there for the sake of
the
highest good
and it seems
you
have
lost
that
kn
owledge, human.
”
Durjay had concluded, and there was nothing more to be done.

In that moment, s
omething cracked in
side of
Jason
. It was
an
entirely fresh experience
.
In that very moment he couldn’t
know
that
the
“cracking” he felt was the
‘
sound
’ of his false ego giving
up the control of his mind, body and spirit.

Later, he would
learn
that
in that
moment he went
through
the one of the highest spiritual experiences
that
a
soul in
a
human
body
could have.
With every part of his body and soul h
e realized
one of the universal truths: all that exists and happens is controlled by higher power
s but at the same time it all depends on our
usage of free will. He realized that the secret of proper act
ion
is not at all co
mplicated; it simply is made of
two elements. One, ‘to
endeavor
as if
EVE
R
YTHING
depends on that endeavor’
,
he had
already
practiced.
The s
econd
key factor
was
‘
having
the
deep understanding that ALL
existence
is under the control of the
Divine Power’; this
was not easy to understand and apply
. That was
a
piece
of a puzzle that
had been
missing,
and now he
had
got it!
He was excited and felt an unknown inner peace and happiness in the midst of t
he t
errible situation.

“
O human warrior
, your intent is noble
and
the fire of your soul is
now burning in full
.”
Durjay’s voice
had changed in
tone.

“
It i
s
decided
.
You have my sympathy but
you
may not receive
the gear of a Guardian.
Keep in mind
one thing
,
best of
mortals –
the
fire of spiritual realization you have ig
nited
here contains many
times
more
power
than
the
Armor
, Shakti
and Weapon
s
for which you came
.
The energy of
s
pirit
ual realization
is always above the
matter!
”