The Seven Descendant #Wattys2016

CHAPTER 8

★★The Voices of Nature★★

CALEB SMITH

We start our journies, looking for the others without even a single clue where the nook they are. But Ellias tells me that it's good to dwell here in the forest while looking for the others. We need to be careful. Our enemies are after us and they will not stop hunting us to death. Aniya toturuan niya ako kasabay ng paghahanap namin sa iba. Toturunan niya ako upang maipagtanggol ko ang aking sarili.

"Inhale! Don't exhale! Masusunog ang baga mo!" Sigaw ni Ellias. I stand in the vast rock, hand sideward and trying to inhale for a long period of time.

"Try to muster all your lumen in your hands. Your force, visualize it!" I try to do it as what he said. I concentrate, concentrate hanggang sa unti-unting lumabas ang lumen sa dalawa kong kamay.

"Make it a fireball!" Sumigaw ito. Ginawa ko ang inutos niya. I open my eyes. Tinuon ko ang pansin na gawin ang lumenballs. Ramdam ko ang pagdaloy ng enerhiya patungo sa aking kamay.

"Subukan mong palakihin ang lumenballs na kayang paslangin ang pinakamalaking Orcs. Alalahanin mo na hindi lang Orcs ang kalaban natin, marami sila kaya dapat mong pagpunyagihan ang pagsasanay mo. You should defeat an enemies in a single throw of lumenball.!" I close my eyes again, my ankles twinge and my body suffers with pains. I calm myself while imagining a beast like a dragon, I imagine how I can defeat it. I still not exhaling, focusing, alam kong kaya ko ito. Hindi ako susuko. Sweat falls from my body. I am too exhausted to release more energy and to continue inhaling. But still I try my best. Naramdaman ko ang unti-unting paglaki ng lumen sa kamay ko. Pagkabukas ko sa aking mata, namangha ako sa nasilayan ko. Nakagawa ako ng malaking bolang lumen. I feel my face hot like it will burn any longer. My lungs start burning 一it gasps me. I can no longer inhale anymore, I need to exhale一though I don't want to fail. I try to concentrate again.

"Throw it with speed, fast, promtly!" Utos ni Ellias. Ginawa ko ang ginawa niya. I throw the fireballs in my two hands.

"Magaling magaling!" Pumalakpak ito, halos yumanig ang buo niyang katawan sa pagpalakpak niya dahil sa sobrang payat. Lumaki ang mata niya sa pagkamangha.

"Now! Maghintay na lang tayo kung ano ang susunod na kapangyarihan mo. Try to visualize it. Pero ngayon Kungfu muna ang pag-aaralan natin." Tumango ako sa kanya habang nakaupo ako sa malaking bato. Humapdi pa rin ang baga ko at halos mawalan na ako ng enerhiya.

"Ang unang kailangan upang matuto sa kung fu ay ang meditation. Ito ay tumutulong upang maintindihan ang kapaligiran. It is ultimately about liberating the mind from illusion and self-deception. To this end it is necessary to train the mind and develop kindness, compassion and wisdom. The dreaming mind is fertile ground for developing these qualities."

"Kung fu is all about defences and killing right? Then why we need to have kindness?" Tumikhim siya tapos tumingin sa akin.

"Because it helps you to understand the meaning of nature and it's realm of evilness and goodness!"

"Okay! How about wisdom? What is the connection to meditation!" Napailing-iling si Ellias sa tanong ko. Hindi ko naman talaga alam kung bakit pa kailangan eh.

"Meditation means liberating your mind or free from any woes. This may acquire the wisdom of spiritual because you let free yourself from illusion with just only hearing the breeze of nature! Wisdom of appreciating the world without seeing, only by hearing the tweet of the birds, flows of the water, scream of the ants, whisper of the winds and breath of all creatures. More importantly the learning on how the mind sees."