A Tale for Tomorrow

above and to open to its force one‟s whole being so that union may be established in all of its parts and the ego may be dissolved.

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At the onset of their sharing, for instance, Le Rai , who is the youngest of them all, had narrated that, very simply and never asking himself why or how, since as long as he could recall, whenever he had been a little hurt or saddened or fatigued or vulnerable or in need of an answer, he would move a little apart, be silent and just turn his attention towards the crown of his head, just a little above it, and at once, invariably, would find himself as if covered and calmed, comforted, widened and held and protected, as if by an umbrella of luminous sweetness – and all was well again, but with something acquired, which he could not define. As for Blanche , whom you just saw dancing with Le Rai, she tells thus: “On e day I had a very big upset, a big sorrow, and I just did not know how to bear it, did not know what to do and then I asked myself where it was really coming from, I needed to understand how it came and at that moment I sensed there was another depth behind and I sort of stepped back inside my heart and then something imposed itself, which I don‟t know how to explain, as if my heart itself had become deeper and there was now, it had become, a space filled with love and freedom, there

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