The Awakening

by Colleen O'Flaherty-Hilder

  As the path spread before them they came upon the first inhabitants of Crystaland since leaving the Diamond Elders. These beings were very tall – twice the size of Orla’s father and mother. However, whilst they had the form of human men and women they were not. A deep glow flowed from them. Every part of their presence exuded an incandescent light but they looked solid because they had a three dimensional form, similar to a hologram. Whereas the Diamond Elders had a completely ethereal quality, these people looked solid but weren’t, which was strangely confusing for the young apprentice. On closer inspection Orla could see that at the core of their form were violet and turquoise crystals releasing an energy field shaped in the form of the human body.

  As she drew closer to these beings gathered in a large circle, she noticed that the air around them appeared to be moving in a spinning motion; small spinning random movements filled the space between each being. Finally, as she stopped close to the perimeter of the circle, they beckoned her to join them. She entered their circle and was immediately thrown off balance by something that she couldn’t identify. Astonishingly, they spoke to her without words – these beings were definitely not human – and she was able to understand them with ease. They communicated with her mind and instructed her to surrender, to allow her body and mind to adjust so that she could fully absorb what was happening. She gradually regained her balance and focused her attention deeper into the circle; her ears gradually became attuned to the subtle vibration until she was able to identify the sounds.

  At first the sound was slightly chaotic which she couldn’t follow; it was as if every part of the terrain was throwing out sounds, each geometric shape had a different vibration and the more attuned she became to the sound the louder it became, to the point where she felt she needed to cover her ears. One of the beings gently removed her hands from her ears, held her in his energy-field arms so that she could surrender fully, and at that point she began to identify the beauty of the sound. This particular sound was actually being projected from the beings themselves, not through their voices but with their whole presence and their focus was on the spinning vortices of energy within the circle. As soon as she had fully surrendered to the sound she saw that out of the vortices of energy little crystals appeared which gently settled on the ground. She watched, mesmerised, as the whole process repeated itself over and over again as if by magic, the spinning vortices producing crystal. This was the crystal powder, the foundation of everything that existed on the worlds of Crystaland, that contained within each tiny grain of crystal the Creative Wisdom of Eternity.

  The beings demonstrated to her that sound has the ability to change the movement and direction of energy. On Earth, atoms were the smallest particles of physical matter and were limited to the speed at which their energy was able to transmit, but on Crystaland the vortices of energy moved much faster allowing them to be more receptive to the direction of sound. She had not been aware that crystals could be so versatile but she was told that absolutely anything could be made with atoms of this crystal. And, in fact, at this level atoms did not have subatomic particles as she had been taught in her earth science studies, but that they were vortices of energy which vibrated at a tremendously high rate allowing them to be directed into shape by intention, sound and light, but most of all by utilising the atom’s own memory. Within the vortex of each atom was stored the memory of everything that it had experienced from the beginning of time; each atom retained the memory of the beginning of Creation and from this memory all creative life flowed. For this reason, they stressed, it is vitally important to be able to read the atoms’ memory correctly so that they could be utilised for their correct purpose. Equally, it was important not to interpolate onto the atom any thought or intention which was not conducive to its specific function. These atoms were like sponges and whatever they experienced they would retain, good and bad, and feed that information into anything to which it was connected.

  At this stage Orla did not quite comprehend what they meant by ‘bad’ and Unicorn, recognising her confusion, realised that very shortly she would be receiving her first indications of what ‘bad’ meant and was ambivalent about how she would receive this information. Realising the extent of her ignorance of the world at large, Unicorn decided that she needed to receive this information gradually. This was the first princess who had been exposed to the cumulative horror which was the 22nd century, and it was far too obscene to digest in one sitting. Unicorn pondered on this and wondered what part of the ugly collection of facts would be appropriate at this time and decided that he would give her small snapshots of life on present day Earth as she went to each of the different worlds. The last Crystal World, of course, would show her the complete history of the Earth and how it had reached this epic stage in its evolution of destruction. He honestly didn’t know where to start; there wasn’t a primer for Earth’s destruction, it definitely required an ‘Adults Only’ category of censorship. He decided to request the assistance of the beings from some of the worlds to help in choosing the information she needed to assimilate.

  Orla continued to be mesmerised by the different sounds producing different shades and shapes of the violet and turquoise crystal. She bent down, touched the powder and immediately felt energised and began to see again a kaleidoscope of images, which whizzed by at a terrific speed, so fast that she couldn’t discern or identify the images. The more she was able to absorb of this world, the more she could hear its music. Different sounds were coming from different parts of the landscape; the spaces between the land, the sky and the crystal beings, were all producing their own individual sound that blended fluently into subtle harmonies. The vortices of energy were capturing the sound and recording all movement, the story of the landscape with its every nuance of movement was echoed in the open spaces. Orla concentrated hard on what she was experiencing, trying to identify which part of the landscape was producing particular sounds but it was impossible, she was overwhelmed by the enormity and complexity of the information she was witnessing. There was no such thing as silence and no such thing as empty space. Whatever she physically connected with discharged memory; every inhalation of the air that she breathed was teeming with memory. The information imprinting was dynamic and spontaneous and Orla considered this sheer brilliance. The boundaries of her human limitations were beginning to dissolve and her expectations of possibilities increased a thousand-fold.

  The crystal beings led her to one of the Halls of Experience which was designed in an unfamiliar geometric shape that she couldn’t quite identify as she had never seen anything quite like this before. It was far too complex, created from none of the geometric shapes and their combinations that had appeared in the history of Earth. But, it was these geometric shapes which ensured that the information contained within the Halls stayed there and didn’t seep out into the perfection of the Crystal Worlds. Orla followed the crystal beings inside the building, formed from the same violet-turquoise crystal. She quickly glanced around the room and tried once again to make sense of what she was seeing. The walls and ceiling were absolutely sheer and smooth creating a mirrored effect reflecting multiple layers of everything inside the interior of the Hall. Orla sat in front of one of the walls of sheer crystal and the beings communicated to her that she would now be shown why they had come to Earth.

  And, as if watching a movie, she saw how these super beings took their crystal structures around galaxies, choosing planets that had fallen into disintegration and placed them in a particular formation on specific energy centres so that the planets could be calibrated and rebalanced in preparation for transformation. Earth was one of these planets.

  Orla watched intently how they traversed the galaxies looking for planets that had signs of life that were conducive to their crystals – minerals that had a similar atomic structure. Whilst Earth’s atomic structure was dense, it was still possible to develop and take it to the next level. Earth had gone through a catastrophic apoca
lypse and was barren, and had been barren for decades. The core of the Earth had been full of anger and had erupted causing catastrophic weather conditions that had caused the water levels to change, covering many landmasses. Eventually Earth had stopped roaring, cooled down, and an ice age followed where the earth was covered in a protective coating of ice allowing the minerals to rest, sleep and eventually regenerate. Time had healed and the minerals showed signs of wakening. The warmth began to seep through the Earth; the ice began to melt causing the seas to swell prompting landmasses to reconfigure into different continents and islands. The dangerous poisons that had once filled the air and contributed to the destruction of life on the planet had disappeared and the plant life had slowly started to emerge again; Earth was trying to rebirth itself. It was at this time that the Crystalanders felt the birth cries of the minerals of the Earth far into space and came to the planet to assist and recharge those atoms so that the cycle of evolution and transformation could begin once again.

  All this information was overwhelming for Orla who was still in the innocence of her Crystal Island experience, but she absorbed it without question as she reminded herself once again that the Diamond Elders had reassured her that only at the end of her journeys in Crystaland would she have a complete understanding. Unicorn gazed at his charge and sighed with sadness. He could see how innocent this dear child was and he desperately wanted to protect her from the harshness that she would ultimately have to face. When this introductory experience was over the violet-turquoise beings gave Orla a ring made from the turquoise and violet crystal, which fitted on the little finger of her left hand. Orla looked down at the sparkling gem sitting next to the finger that bore her diamond ring thinking innocently that they went together rather well. At this stage she did not have an awareness of how important these rings would be to her in the future.

  THE GREEN AND YELLOW PATH

  And so her journey continued. Unicorn led her back to the path, which gradually changed from the violet-turquoise to an iridescent green-yellow crystal. The terrain stayed the same only the colour changed. The path was brighter than the landscape and as far as the eye could see the landscape was a vibrant green-yellow crystal, carved into the now familiar geometric shapes that seemed to vibrate the tiny crystals, forming a powdery covering over the shapes, giving the impression of a landscape constantly in motion. Orla eventually came upon a group of beings who shared the same colour hues as the landscape, but the colour was much brighter, almost neon. They were busily working the crystal powder into the geometric shapes:squares, diamonds, hexagrams, octagons, decagons and then amazing multidimensional forms of these, once again, none like she had seen on Earth. As in the violet-turquoise world, the beings were using sound to carve the facets of the shape, each tone carving a different facet. It was truly fascinating and beautiful. The whole process, whilst appearing complex, was accomplished with ease and confidence. The Crystalanders explained how sound changes the direction of energy. The Crystaland particles of energy moved much faster and became units of vibrating energy that had to be harnessed speedily and correctly by sound to transform them into the crystal powder and then into complex shapes. However, they emphasised that it was never appropriate to create random shapes, otherwise random memory would be implanted into the crystal powder. All the shapes had to follow a formula of construction and each atom had its own memory of what it was to be and do. Each shape was unique and each one made only if there was a specific requirement. Everything that was produced had to have a higher purpose and be a reflection of universal beauty and perfection. These shapes were the foundation of all matter and these beings were the architects of whatever needed to be formed in the material world.

  Orla tried to absorb this concept and went back into her memory of her life on Crystal Island and her thoughts went to the Secret Garden where she had observed the plants and how the shapes of the fruits and the petals of the plants could be broken down to a geometric shape. The beings were pleased; they could see she was now beginning to relate what she was being taught in the Crystal worlds, to life on Earth. As had become the custom, the Crystalanders gave Orla a ring made from the green and yellow crystal, which fitted perfectly on her middle finger, giving her another tool to help her to relate the teachings of Crystaland to Earth.

  Much as she had wanted to stay and explore this creative environment, Unicorn came to Orla and told her that she had to leave this world and move on as she had much to learn. She had already spent a year in Earth-time in this world. She was stunned, as time seemed not to matter and most definitely did not equate to Earth-time. Unicorn warned her that she had a limited amount of Earth years to complete her journey and he would be her guide as to how long she could spend in any one world. She realized how dependent she was on her mystical equine companion and that, such was the energy of Crystaland, she needed something or someone outside of herself to guide her progress; if all the stages were so fascinating and engaging she would never want to leave any of them.

  THE SAPPHIRE AND SILVER PATH

  Orla joined Unicorn on the path that gradually changed from the greenish-yellow, deepening to a sapphire-blue speckled with flecks of silver. As before, the terrain remained the same but it looked as if every shade of blue that there could possibly be was reflected in the crystal either side of the path, ranging from the palest blue to the deepest blue-black intermingled with flecks of silver. At the point at which the horizon touched the sky there seemed to be only a slight change in the gradation of blue, giving the impression that the sky and the landscape were one. On closer observation of the terrain, either side of the path, she could see that the crystal was formed into shapes, some familiar others too complex and completely indiscernible. The shapes were similar to letters; she recognised the Earth’s alphabets and other ancient letters that she had also learnt but others she grappled to identify.

  A group of sapphire-silver beings wafted towards her and greeted her warmly. She was becoming accustomed to the beings reflecting the colour of the surrounding crystal and was not at all surprised by their appearance. They took Orla off the path, which surprised Orla as she thought she was only able to walk on the paths. They reassured her that the more information she assimilated in each of the worlds, the easier it would be to walk in their terrains as every atom in her body was becoming cleansed of the human impediment – little as it was in Orla – allowing for the Crystal Wisdom to once again be prominent in her memory. The group moved to where other sapphire-silver beings were busy at work and demonstrated to her how letters and numbers were created.

  Letters containing specific information, had been given to mankind to help them focus their intentions both verbally and inscribed. She had been taught all the ancient languages of Earth, but could not identify these letter forms. The beings explained that they were the precursors to all languages for all worlds that were inhabited by beings of limited intelligence. From these letters came the languages of the universes and within the shape of the letters carried the memory of Creation – language being essential in the process of maintaining the Wisdom of Creation.

  Each letter had a different hue and glow and when put together into formulas of words, the subtle information emitted from the combined letters increased the power of the information released from the individual letters. But it was also emphasised that the organisation of these letters had to follow a specific formula otherwise the information would be confused, dissipated, and the meaning lost. By being able to read the information from each letter she was able to identify which letters complemented each other. She also saw the shapes of sounds – not the musical notes that she had learnt at home – but different shapes which were much more ornate and complex, and she realised that the musical notes she had learnt on the island were comparatively simplistic. Here again, by feeling the information of the shape she was able to formulate the correct sound. Because the Crystal Wisdom that governed sound, colour, and the vortex’s own memor
y, was always strictly followed, only the most beautiful sounds were produced. There was never any waste – no discordant notes.

  When the Crystalanders arrived on a primitive planet, they had to give the indigenous people the gift of language to help them communicate, and it was in this world that the languages of all the planets contained in all the universes were created. The Crystalanders had the ability to identify which language the inhabitants of the different planets would be able to master. This quality was necessary for helping the many species that they tried to rehabilitate who were of lower intelligence, as this was their only method of communication and therefore a necessary component for their progression.

  As Orla walked further on the path she came upon sapphire-silver crystal formed in the shape of numbers. The sapphire beings explained to Orla that numbers were vital to all forms of Creation. Each number had a specific vibration, an energy value – even zero – and the number was all-important to any form to ensure that it was truly balanced and in keeping with the Wisdom of Creation. She learnt that sound was encrypted with a formula of numbers and from those formulas, geometric shapes were created. It took a specific focus of intention to achieve though, and to help her experience this the sapphire-silver beings took her to meet the Keepers of the Numbers. She was directed to a crystal pyramid structure in the blue and silver landscape and was led to a chamber with a crystal platform in the centre. Ten sapphire-silver crystal males appeared and encircled the stage. A spotlight shone from above the platform onto its centre and then spontaneously, numbers appeared in holographic form in front of each of the men. Orla could see that the men raised their arms and then directed the numbers to create formulas and, when these formulas were complete, a shape would appear in the spotlight in a multidimensional form. As soon as the shape was formed a sound was released into the room. As the sound echoed around the room, miraculously, she could identify with all her senses the information that was attached to the sound. The information was not three-dimensional or logical, it was a feeling that she experienced deep in her heart, of beauty and love and she wanted to perpetuate this feeling within her forever. Orla thought this surely was the cleverest thing she had seen and, to the surprise of Unicorn, spontaneously clapped her hands with glee when the sound ceased. She could have spent endless days being mesmerised by these beings orchestrating formulas, shapes and then sound, over and over again.