- But what, then God?
- God For you this thing will be very difficult to understand. You are used to the fact that God is expressed materially - a statue there or another image, and, of course, this expression will be the human face or its variation. Original narcissism, desire, no - just an unbearable thirst to feel like a belly-button of the universe. Would you be surprised if you knew that God does not have a visual image?
Of course. How can he pray then? After all, if you do not know his face, it becomes very difficult to turn to him their prayers and requests.
" Why should he pray to you? "You did not think about it? What will he do with them? Eat? Add to the piggy bank? And requests. It's just hilarious. Why did you surrender to him to help? Who are you at all so that he spends his time and energy on you? Why help you, not, say, grasshoppers or woodpeckers? What exactly are you, for example, better than a monkey?
- And who is it?
Well, let there be a bunny. Than you are better than a bunny?
- I am endowed with soul and mind.
- Let's admit. Why do you think that it will be interesting for God to give you out of the general mass of animals, only because you think you are endowed with soul and mind? Well, you are endowed with soul, and then what? The fish under the water swim well, and the nightingale, for example, chirps much more pleasantly than a drunken song in a tavern.
"I do not know. Maybe he loves us?
" But then I do not know, I do not understand. "Everything was completely confused in the head. I I'm completely confused.
- Here I am about the same. Do not understand, but how to ask leading questions, so your whole picture of the world and showered with dust. In this case, this problem is not just for you. They thought up all sorts of magic fairytales, and then they let each other out of their intestines because of their own sick imagination. Remember - God does not need anything from you, nothing at all. No prayers, no sacrifices. He does not care about your requests, that is, in general. He can not ask anything, because he just does not give anything. It is also pointless for him to offer something as a gift or a sacrifice, because he has everything he needs.
- But why do they need people if they live in their own world?
That's it. Clever. The right questions, finally, start asking. The fact is that any God resembles a huge sea of energy, elements. The sea does not take offense at you, when you take water from him for your purposes? More precisely, he does not care. But the Gods are spiritual, energy seas and oceans, communication with which is carried out through your spirit, your spirit. Remember the situation of our acquaintance. How quickly you broke down. But you are faced with a small drop of that ocean, which is called Ares. And if you fall on a little wave?
- Let's do without such experiments! I feel sorry for myself under such terrible blows.
- And all because you can not oppose it. You're almost a faithful Christian, who draws your spirit from the God of humble slaves with all your spirit. You said that the high priestess of Artemis. And why it did not show?
"I do not know how to show it. "
" You do not even know what it is. "You do not feel its energy, you do not know its taste and characteristics.
" According to your words, my brothers and I are brave children! "But But what about you? You're sitting next to me, not some abstract spirit.
Well done,Again the correct question. If to be brief, then I turn out to be a local expression of the energy field of God - the earthly, the material shell of its particles with all the ensuing limitations.
- The energy field?
- Hmm let's simplify - imagine the ocean and the force that is located in its waters. Remember the storm and the way this force awakens and begins to destroy everything in the district. Presented?
Yes!
- Now imagine the size of this titanic layer of water and then, how many times more strength in it than you see during a storm. This reserve of force can be provisionally called energy. So it turns out - the ocean of power - it's about the same as the energy field of God. Only the scale is somewhat different, with God it is larger. Approximately understood?
"Well if only. "
"It's already something. " He smiled. "Have you heard much about the ancient gods and heroes? "
- To be honest, not very much.
- To put it briefly, the hero is an elite man with outstanding abilities, a unique leader of his congeners, which allowed them to achieve some impressive success. Those heroes that lived in ancient times became fairy-tale characters, and those that not so long ago still retained the traits of people in the memory of generations. So, the ancient Gods are the same heroes, only strengthened at the expense of divine energies, that is, they were particles of this or that God. It is impossible to fully transfer all the power and immensity of a complex and self-sufficient divine essence to a small and fragile human body. Alas, it can only be strengthened. And then not much. Well, by itself - to give knowledge. So this body is just a miserable parody of me. Which eventually dies releasing a part of me that is in this body.
- And what do you need it for?
- And again the right question. The gods do not possess all-powerfulness and do not know everything that is going on around them. They are just very sophisticated and very curious creatures. Why - I can not answer you, just do not convey the meaning through the language. If you want, consider it all a game.
- The game ? !
- Yes, by playing and playing. I am so amused. All this gives me pleasure and new information.
"Well, you have games! "
"Great talents give big flaws," he said, and winked.
- And where did you get this unusual armor?
- I made it myself, me those that you did not like at all. In them, this fragile human shell can easily collapse, and this is not part of my plans.
"Do you need priestesses? "
- Well, well! What an arrogance!
" I'm serious. "You can always guide me, but she still does not say anything. It is not with the priests to talk about what I'm all sinful and in general an abomination in a skirt.
- Do not you consider yourself as such?
Of course. Where did this stupidity come from with original sin. Why do I need to feel guilty all the time? I did not do anything wrong! It's not fair! Not fair!
"Hush, do not shout, I can hear you well. "
- Sorry.
" To become my priestess you must prove that you deserve it. "I do not need random people, because in this world I have quite ambitious plans.
- What you need to do, say. I'm ready for anything!
" For everything? "How reckless! And if I want to test the firmness of your will and ask you to sleep with all the porters of Athens port in turn?
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" That's it, that's" but ". Think first and calculate your own and other people's moves. Speaking now, you must clearly assume that it will be tomorrow. And what do you need from this "tomorrow"? And then they will destroy you as a child and you will work hard on your enemies for one meal. And it's good if you lose yourself, or even those entrusted to you. Did you hear me clearly?
Yes, sir.
Ok. Do you want to pass the priestess's test?
"Of course, sir. "
Ok. Here is your sword, go - kill your brothers. With these words, he took the shiavon out of its sheath and laid it on the stone in front of it. His face was calm. Cold, hard eyes looked at her slightly relaxed. Eric's whole body showed perfect calm and equanimity. Her face, on the other hand, was distorted and all was white. After staying in the stupor for about five seconds, she came to herself and, taking her sword, held it back.