Grandpapa Gnome proved to be correct! Gnomes, Pixies and Fairies arrived in their number to hear some profound insight to life from him. They sat before him as though he were the Fairyland Font of Knowledge. It did NOT please him at all!
He looked into their faces one by one and it saddened him to think that they should be looking beyond themselves for Insight! How on earth was he to explain to them that Insight comes from within? That Insight is of the True Self; the Real Self? It is not 'out there'! It is Within.
He was not a Teacher! He was just a humble Forest Gnome. He had no special Calling on matters of Insight and had no experience in Discussion or Debate! He had nothing Insightful to pass on. Observations perhaps!
But then again he may have! Hadn't he observed that Happiness flows from a Free Heart and an Uncluttered Mind? When the Heart is free to experience the Power of Love! When the Mind is Uncluttered of things of the Past, Open to the Future and focussed on the Now.
If only they knew that his eyesight was failing fast and that all was a blur before him. How he longed to see the Flower Fairies at play! Climbing the stems and sitting on the flowers, smelling the fragrance.
Seeing the Pixies passing pollen to the Worker Bees! Gnomes gathering dried flowers for Flowerbeds to lay on at night.
He was losing the world he loved most, the world of Nature and all it's beauty. That was how he knew his Time was drawing nigh. Very close indeed! For Gnomes lose their eyesight slowly, gradually so they may prepare themselves for the Great Darkness beyond. How he longed for the Great Darkness! Where there was no Loss! The Loss of the Beauty he was losing so fast.
GreatPapa Gnome cleared his throat! Faces focussed on him. Words formed in his mind and he prepared himself for the Outflowing that would follow. For Gnomes had a Outflowing of their Life Experiences, a Cleasing of his Life Force. This he knew was to be His Time of Great Growth. When he saw for himself what it was that he had lived for and how he had lived! The Outflowing was to be before his eyes and before others! Then it was The Time! The Time of Clarity!
"You seek Answers! You should first understand the Question! For if you fully understood the reason for the Question, the Answer would present itself.
There is but one Answer! That Answer is, and always has been, and always will be: Love!
If you question Love; you question your Life Force.
There should never come a time in your life when you decide that you have finally learned it all and you know everthing there is to know! The person who thinks he knows it all hasn't even started to learn. He is but feeding his Ego!
Control your energies and apply them to your life, as you are living it now.
If any situation in life can cause you to lose control and unleash a bolt of destructive energy, you are not ready to progress to a higher level.Every time you restrain a harmful thought and remind yourself that when you harm another you are harming yourself, you are making progress.
Remember! There is but one Power! One Power in the whole Universe! The Power of Love!
Every time you have a kind thought; a kind word to say, you are tapping into the power of Love! Every time you do a deed for another, you tap into the power of Love. Every selfless act! Every ounce of comfort you afford another!
Every cheerful smile! Every warm embrace! You are tapping into the Power of Love!
However, every time you embrace an unkind thought; an unkind word; you are set apart from the Power of Love! You will feel, guilt and the act will rebound on you! It will indeed bite you on the Bum!
Seek the Power of Love! Remember: It is not WHAT you see, It's HOW you see it"
They laid Grandpapa Gnome at rest where he had rested most of his life; near
the log surrounded by toadstools. His Outflow would be always be remembered!
