Blue

A candle was burning down. Steppe Lion was staring at the flame and going through the events of that night once again. It had been too improbable. If he had been said about such possibility not long ago, he would have laughed at it in response. And today it happened.

Tiny Fairy appeared unexpectedly as she usually did. Steppe Lion jumped to his feet and overturned the chair. His awkwardness embarrassed him.

“What has happened?” His anxiety was reasonable. Only something extraordinary could cause a visit of Tiny Fairy.

She stroked his head and tousled his hair tenderly,

“Our worlds are parting, my friend. We won’t meet anymore. Only memories and dreams will be left with us. And sparkles that live in our hearts…”

They looked at each other lit by the small tongue of the flame that was shining so smoothly as if it did not want to disturb them.

“Do not be afraid to lose me. I am just a short-lived incarnation of the high Dream that you have always loved. The image of this Dream has been living in your heart for ages. And now your spirit has become strong enough to realize that your love is not affection towards the woman, it is the love for your neighbor. It is the love for God, a part of who lives in every living being. I am the most available form of this love for you. But I am just a part of the single Deity. I’ve come to help you distinguish the Temporary from the Eternal. Truth is important, but not the one who has told it.”

“I understand,” Steppe Lion felt surprisingly calm as if the matter was a short trip, not the eternal parting.

“You see,” Tiny Fairy smiled and he felt the new wave of tenderness and warmth. “Your spirit is imperturbable. It means that you are ready to realize such things. Not long ago it might drive you to despair. The Single Life is heard in every word that you say. The Single Life is pulsing in every cell of your body. You echo the high vibrations. Bring these vibrations to other people, awake the God in their hearts. This candle will burn down soon and the last remains of your personal ego will be burnt in its flame. The great flame of the Single Life will flare in your heart instead. And it will include not only our worlds but the infinite number of people’s fates, thoughts, words and actions. So, you won’t need my short-lived form to feel the unity with me. When you repudiate my earthly form and accept the Essence instead, you’ll become the Eternity yourself.”

The candle burnt down. Wax drops were cooling down on the surface of the table, composing some mysterious signs. “Goodbye, my darling,” Steppe Lion thought, “Goodbye and Hello, for these two notions are inseparable for me now. There is no past and no future for me anymore. There is only the Single Eternal Life lit in my heart with the help of this simple candle. If I am unable to hear the call of the Infinity one day, I will light a candle and your eyes, hair and smile will come back to me in its flame. I thank my fortune for my meeting with you, for the knowledge you’ve given to me, for joy and power filling me now. Goodbye and Hello, my LOVE! ”

Let your life be the joy of the other man and there will not be the coldness of oblivion in your heart.