The Creation of The Xeon

In very ancient times our Grandmother became angry with her children because they abused her and took her for granted.

They took from her greedily and were wasteful and destructive of her body.

They were unkind to each other and oppressive to those who treated her with respect.

The Draqa are among those who have always respected our Grandmother.

In her great pain, she reeled, causing great cataclysms which destroyed much of the life that she nourished.

This happened three times in the past. The third time she reeled, humanity was all but destroyed.

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Having forgotten the lessons of the past, people once again began to use the gifts of the Grandmother against her. They replaced and displaced many of her precious parts.

This pained our Grandmother to no end, and as much as she loved her children, one day she could take no more and burst forth the countless tears she had held back for a very long time.

The tears came out in a torrent, filling valleys and covering mountains. People became like fish, and even the fish drowned. All over the earth was destruction.

Only a small number of people made it to the safety of the highest mountains, and they watched the water rise in despair. These people had always loved their Grandmother.

They wept for her. They wept for their companions. They wept for themselves.

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They saw that they would soon die. "If only we could comfort our Grandmother," they all thought together, with the greatest sincerity. "We would all live happily together".

And this collective thought became a conciousness because of the strength of their sincerity.

And this conciousness became an entity, who is now called Xemba.

And this Xemba saw the pain of the Grandmother and the pain of the people.

Xemba went to Grandmother and gave her a plant to ease her pain. This plant was the *willow plant.

Xemba then went to the people and gave them a plant to ease their worry. This plant was the cannabis plant.

And as the people's fear left them, they began to feel bliss.

The plant began to teach them, and put them into a deep sleep.

And as they slept, the Grandmother's pain left her.

Her tears stopped for the first time in sixteen days and she relaxed.

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When the people reawakened, the water had begun to subside.

They thanked Xemba. They thanked their Grandmother.

They now had new knowledge and understanding of the secrets of their spirits.

They realized that this Xemba entity from conciousness now created was far more powerful than even the sum of their individual spirits.

They vowed never to forget to honor Xemba or their Grandmother; or the lessons they had received from both.

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