Chương 13: Book 1; Chapter 12; Seat of kings (2)

Anniet dashed forward on that narrow ledge a few steps before stopping again. Somehow, the possibility of falling seemed very high here. The rock on her right was leaning outwards, pushing her towards the nothingness on the other side. There was nothing to hold onto and nothing to prevent her from falling. Luckily, there was no wind. To stand here like this was not an option. To turn back was not an option either. So Anniet gathered all the courage she had and pushed forward.

After reaching the curve in the stone, she saw Rainee, a few feet higher, peacefully sitting on a rock shaped or carved as a seat with her feet dangling over the abyss below. With her eyes closed and rays of the sun playing on her face, she looked like an image of tranquillity and happiness. She opened her eyes and waved for Anniet to join her. Anniet slowly reached the place Rainee was sitting and pushed herself onto that so-called seat.

It was difficult to say if this seat was naturally made or specially carved, but it definitely was made as a two-seater.

"Glad you came," Rainee said,"This place is really worth the little nerve to reach it. It is so calm and also full of energy, like nowhere else in the world I have been so far. So uplifting. You have to feel it for yourself to understand. And so comfortable that it is hard to believe that you are sitting on stone. You can sit here unmoving all day, and not a single muscle will complain."

"I am not sure," Anniet couldn't agree wholeheartedly.

"It seems like a pretty dangerous trip just to sit down on a stone."

"No, there is no danger in coming here," Rainee said again.

"As I said, the possibility of falling is removed from this place, so it is non-existent."

"I don't understand what you mean by that."

"I mean that it is not possible to fall here, as such a possibility does not exist in this place."

"So if I try to jump now, I wouldn't be able to do so?" Anniet asked with disbelief, looking down to the ground many meters below.

"Oh, you will be able to jump, there are no restrictions on that," Rainee laughed,"but jumping and falling are not the same, are they? I never said that the possibility of jumping is removed. But I hope you wouldn't do it, as life is too beautiful to risk it like this." Anniet looked down, thinking that the possibility of risking is not existing here, as it would be certain death. She smiled at herself at the way she adopted Rainee's words, and her mood lightened a little bit.

The strong gust of wind blew, bringing back her fears.

"If the wind were to blow me away, would it be falling or jumping?"

"It would be falling," Rainee smiled.

"It is not possible for wind to blow you away in this place. You can relax and watch the sunset – it is beautiful this evening." Anniet tried to follow her advice, but not very successfully.

"How can the possibility of something happening be removed?"

"The world is full of possibilities," Rainee explained, "in fact, endless, unlimited possibilities. Every step you take has an unlimited number of next possible steps, and it is for you to choose what step you take – all is laid out in front of us. We don't see all of them, in fact, the more a person is afraid, the more he or she will be obliged by rules, dogmas, and doctrines, the fewer possible steps they will see to take. The more a person knows, the more they believe, the more possible steps they see.

Knowledge is a huge opening of possibilities. Especially if it is not restrained by the rules set by those who teach. That's why I told you that the best way to learn is to disobey your teachers, casting aside any restrictions they might have set, intentionally or not. If the teacher was able to see only a certain number of possible outcomes and no more than that, he might pass this belief to others, together with the knowledge he passed.

By doing so, closing down ways in which this knowledge could be used by those who were less closed or closed in different ways. But that is a different talk. Anyway, knowledge, truth, sincerity, opponents, belief, curiosity, faith, trust, bravery, audacity, eagerness, firmness, even fantasy – all these will help you to open new ways, open new possibilities that were unheard of and seemed impossible.

On the other hand, fear, restriction, anger, abuse, rules, regulations, doctrines, lies, worries, responsibility, guilt, timidness – all these cut down the number of possible ways that a person can see in front of himself or even when they see them, it is reduced how many he would dare to take. Anything you don't take becomes non-existent, unimportant, or even impossible."

"So I can do anything at any point?" Anniet asked with her eyes wide open.

"Basically, yes," Rainee smiled, "just as everywhere in the world, there are conditions."

"What conditions?"

"Unlimited conditions that will vary in every circumstance. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Let's say if you jump because you want to fly, but you don't know how to fly, then you will fall. So the condition for you to fly is either you know how to do it, or there is someone who carries you, or you know something extra that will prevent you from falling. If no additional conditions are present, you will fall.

Let's say you can fly, then the condition for you to do so would be an open space for flying. You cannot fly if you are in a cage or your wings are tied up, or there is no room to fly; the condition would be to free yourself up before flying, or find someone who would be able to free you if you cannot do it yourself. For you to eat, there has to be food available, or you must have the ability to create it. For you to speak, you must know the language and words.

All, from very basic to the most complex, and even not yet known to anyone, have their own conditions that have to be met for it to happen the way you want. It is like a giant net with unlimited threads stretching in all directions in unlimited dimensions, or should I simplify and say colours. One colour for possibilities, another colour for conditions, a third colour for chances taken, a fourth colour for those who weren't taken but badly wanted.

Good thing we don't see this net physically, as we wouldn't be able to see anything else and would miss such beautiful sights as a sunset in front of us."

"But if possibilities are unlimited, how can something possible in one place not be possible in another place? A cliff is a cliff. If I can fall in one place, how can I not be able to fall in another?"

"Same logic. If conditions have changed, the possibility either appears or disappears. In this place, there is no room left for the possibility of falling or even for the possibility of being pushed off. To do so, a certain number of conditions had to be established."

"By whom?"

"I don't know."

"Then why?"

"I don't know that either."

"But how have they done it?"

"I don't have this knowledge." These words sounded so natural, but it was so strange to hear them from Rainee.

"So these people had more knowledge than you?"

"There are many people who have more knowledge than I do," Rainee smiled.

"Then this place doesn't have endless and unlimited possibilities any more?"

"Why?"

"Because some of them were taken away…"

"How much do you need to take away from unlimited for it to become limited?"

"I don't know… One?" Anniet guessed.

"If one is taken from one hundred, then it is not one hundred any more. So if one is taken from unlimited, then it is not unlimited any more?"

"Very fine logic," Rainee praised her.

"I like it. But different conditions apply to numbers and the unlimited. Unlimited is not a number, that is why this logic that is unbreakable with numbers will not work on the unlimited. Unlimited means there is no limit. The number is a limit. No matter how many numbers you take from or add to unlimited, it will not change, as it was already unlimited, and it will stay unlimited. Numbers don't affect it. Even if you take unlimited from unlimited, it will still not affect it.

You can reject as many choices offered to you as you want, as many possibilities as you prefer. The amount of possibilities available to you will still be unlimited. The only limit would be how many you personally can see and are willing to see." Anniet got all dizzy from that talk and held on firmly to the seat to steady herself in case her head would spin and she would fall down. Who knows how it would count, falling or jumping. So it's better to be safe.

She tried to follow Rainee's advice and look at the sunset, which, by the way, was really beautiful, but an unlimited amount of thoughts were interfering, and she had a hard time paying any attention to the view in front of her. Rainee was watching her with a corner of her eye, and seeing this struggle, stretched her hand. Anniet wasn't sure what for and gave her a puzzled look.

"Give me your hand," Rainee said. Anniet shyly placed her hand in the offered palm. Rainee placed her other hand on top, sandwiching it in a soft and gentle, but also very firm grip.

"Relax," she said, putting this sandwich of hands on her leg and again resuming a relaxed position. Anniet sat still and frozen for some time, not knowing what to do. No one before was so gentle with her for as long as she could remember. And some strange calmness was overtaking her. Up until now, she firmly believed that she was already calm, but apparently not.

A buzzing swarm of thoughts was leaving her slowly, becoming unimportant, and all she could feel now was friendliness and loving kindness coming from the person sitting next to her. Time and time again, thoughts suggesting that she had done nothing to deserve this treatment were surfacing, but before taking a firm grip, they were fading away. She knew that she had used more than an appropriate amount of this lady's time, but this knowledge seemed unimportant.

A new, strange, and unfamiliar thought that maybe this woman liked her company and that's why she spent so much time with her, was taking over Anniet. With minutes passing, this thought was becoming more and more natural, setting its roots deeper and deeper, bringing up another thought, not a question, but rather a statement of why wouldn't anyone love to spend time with her?

As she wasn't such a bad person after all, the thought was saying "nice person", but Anniet didn't know how to accept such a suggestion, so she translated it into not that bad person. Yes, sometimes she does make mistakes, but not intentionally, and always tries to fix them, even though most of the time people would say that it's better if she didn't try to fix them, but still… Still what? This thought too slowly faded away. What was she thinking about?

Oh, right, that she wasn't that bad a person after all, and it was a pleasure to be in her company. What a strange thought, but as it was very pleasant, Anniet chose to keep it and stay in it. Why would she think about something bad? The sunset was really gorgeous, the seat was really comfy – Rainee was right, it was really extremely comfortable, no matter how strange it sounded when talking about rock. The company was delightful.

She never had a sister or a very good friend, but if she had, it probably would feel like this to sit together and think about nothing and worry about nothing. She looked at Rainee with a smile. Why just a little ago did she think that Rainee was some sort of mystic being? Yes, she knew more, much more than Anniet, but what? After today, Anniet knew much more too. She didn't become some unnatural, unreachable person just because of that.

When looking at her now, Rainee was just the same as her, just very smart, very beautiful, and very kind. It was good to have a friend like this, and at that spot Anniet told herself never ever again to believe anything else. Anniet's attention went back to the splendid views in front of her. The sun was not that far from the land now, gilding everything around itself. The town below looked like a golden town from fairy tales. At this very moment, Anniet's heart was as free of worries as she could possibly imagine.

All relaxed and happy, she put her head on Rainee's shoulder and watched this daily wonder of nature with entirely new eyes.

"Thank you for the day," she said aloud. Rainee smiled and kissed the top of Anniet's head in return.

"Any time," she replied, returning her attention to the beauty of the sunset.