A Tale for Tomorrow

immobile, but sure and puissant; in this clarity it soon became evident to me that we must flee, escape from this milieu, and it came with the trust that we would be led to safety; the opportunity presented itself and my mother, my companion, my daughter and I were able to emigrate; later on, the need grew in my heart to walk alone and discover how to serve this sovereign presence, free of all labels, denominations and contracts and I first made sure that my daughter would be able to chose her own path in this world without any debts or obligations; my companion understood, he too was learning to identify his own inner call; and ever since, it is this density of presence above and within that, without words or thoughts, has supported me in my progress and my participation to the opening of this world…” So now here is Martin : “ My family was ordinary, my parents were small shopkeepers who wished to do good and have their three children properly educated; I was the youngest and a dunce: the only thing that interested or motivated me was to learn with my body, and I also liked poetry, sometimes; so I turned to practical fields, tradecrafts, the material inventions I could understand and apply on my own, and there was too this urge to dream and take off, both at once, you see, and thus I was not able to fit into the society and all the reactions of disapproval or well-meaning sermons only pushed me deeper into my shell, what did they all aim at, what was the real sense of all that? And I don‟t know how, but between the dream and the physical activities I had found a kind of position within my body, sheltered from all, where I could

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