The Third Key (GUARDING THE LIGHT) (7 page)

That was exactly ho
w the initiation had
to begin; it was a part of the
ritual. He l
ooked up but
the
face of
Durjay
didn’t show
anything new,
as if
he
didn’t
hear
his
words. Nevertheless
,
the first part of the test had
begun. O
bjects from
every angle
start
ed to fly towards
Jason’s
body with no warning.

In real time, it probably lasted
about 20
minutes.
Beginning at a
moderate pace, attacks
expanded
in quantity and speed. There were
different sizes of
metal plates, wooden sticks and
other
objects
(
stone
s
, metal balls
, hard wood splinters, etc
.
)
t
hat t
ried
to slam
into
his head, arms, torso and legs.
The only
task
that a
candidate had in
this
test
was to keep hi
s body protected. Anything preventing him
from
successfully
blocking, punching, evading, kicking or just moving away from the
attacks
would mean
failure
and disqualification
.
Slow reactions
, ble
eding, moving slowly or any other sign of weakness
increased the
strength
and power
of
the attacks.

After
a
few minutes
of
fight
ing
with flying objects
,
Jason’s
muscles
began
t
o feel
a
lack of adrenaline. His muscular body moved
fast
as he was
forced to use
all
of
his martial skills.
Blocks, steps,
and
jump
s
were
just
enough since
it was better to break some objects
before they crashed
into
his head
or body
, such as watermelons or ice crystals or wooden sticks
.
It was worse than playing a reality Wii game.
Other
sorts of objects were
better to be avoided,
sharp objects such as
a
xes, swords and
knives. S
harp
blades
flew
toward
s him
in no particular order, some in a straight line,
some in zigzags,
and
some
rotating
in circles
. Not a pleasant place to be.

It looked like a special effects scene from Hollywood Studios, although a normal
human eye would fail to recognize anything
.
A
fog of movement and particles
made
of ‘everything and anything’
was
splashing and
exploding
all over
Jason’s
fists, fingers, underarms
,
and
legs
– without the benefits of slow motion
.

Just when he started to fight for breath, it all stopped - l
ike when you switch
airflow inside
a
Bingo
machine and all
the
table
tennis balls
drop down at the same time.
Jason
’s
body was covered in
sweat and his muscles
shone in
the
bright
light of
Kailash
.
He was breathing fast and his heart
pounded
in his ears. H
e
remained in the
‘neutral’ attacking position
without moving
,
with
his arms in full guard. His eyes qu
ickly checked
the
space around him, space
t
hat
just a moment ago was
the
source of deadly attacks.
He looked up. No
change on the face of mighty
Durjay
,
the
controller of destructive
forces.

“
Wwwwwaaaaaammmmmm
!
”
The space suddenly
filled with
loud and
tremendously strong
but
pleasant sound
s
of heave
nly instruments,
announcing
a
victory.

The m
uscles on
Jason’s
body relaxed
,
and he felt
relieved.

“I passed the first
part.
But
for some
reason
, I think
this was harder
than before”, he thought briefly
but regained
his
focus immediately. He knew that
the
next part –
a mental strength test –
would
not
be
easy either.

He could feel
the
power of
Durjay’s
look
.
The l
otus
-l
ike eyes on
the
big face of the warrior
were open
,
but somehow he
sensed it
was
not necessarily a positive
sign
.

Aga
in, without any sign or sound or
warning
,
it
started
. Time was ticking away (ev
en
there o
n higher planets) and
Jason
really
wanted to end this fast. Illusory energy started to cover
him like
the
smoke curtain of
a
magic show
.
He star
ted to feel hunger and thirst of
indescribable intensity. H
e just wanted to eat. D
elicious foods and
specialty cuisines
that
Jason
loved to eat
paraded past
him, within easy reach
.
Drinks were served
,
and
the
air was
filled with
tempting aromas
of fresh food
s
and spices. His mind and body trembled
with
desire;
it was all
right
in front of his face
.

He did not fail!

After that, he
was
exposed to
the draw of
lust and sexual desire. The urges he
felt
were
like a burning volcano
ready to
explode
inside his brain. As he
resist
ed
,
it felt as
if
his mind and body
burn
ed
from within
.
Any
Viagra
s
or aphrodisiacs could not produce
the
intensity of
these longings
.
H
e
was exposed to
feminine beauty
that
no human ever had
the
chance to see
. Desire and thirst for sexual enjoyment
that
these women
could evoke would
make any man
beg on his knees in a matter of minutes, casting into shadow all of the
Heidi
Klum
s
and
Rihannas
ever born
. They
offered
themselves entirely to
Jason
, dancing graciously, touching his body and softly
whispering in
to his ears.
Jason
did not move!
It was very hard but h
is mind remained focused
.
Not exactly
calm li
ke the
surface of a mountain lake, but he did not move.

Again,
the
so
und of “
Wwwwwaaaaaammmmmmn
” filled the space,
with
musical instruments such as
horns
, bells
and trumpets announcing
the
victory.

“Such a r
elief!”
Jason
to
ok a deep breath. He was
enchanted by
the
ability to think freely again.

“Boy, this was NOT
like the last time. That
was
really close…”
Catching himself a
dmiring the fact
that
he got
through
,
Jason
tried to gather his mental power back.

Before he could,
the
turmoil of the initiation test started to b
last over him. He knew this would
be the hardest one. He was confident but
the
expression
on
Durjay
’s face
reflect
ed a doubt
.

Was it t
oo
much?
??

X.

All of a sudden,
Jason
’s consciousness
was
transformed without any warning. All of a sudden he
began to ‘see’
everything.
Those
tri-
kāla
-
jñā
*
power
s
are not easy to wrap your mind around while
staying sane.
EVERYTHING
that occurred
in
the
past,
EVERYTHING that
took place
now
and
EVERYTHING that
would happen
in
the
future was there, easy to see,
to
understand and feel.
It
was easy to
comprehen
d,
as
natural as breathing or blinking
your
eye
lids.

Constantly shifting
possibilities of the
infinite number of
future
time lines
were all there, on the
screen of his mind.
He felt
the
power
s
of the Supreme. Never, ever
had Jason felt
power
compared to this –
and it went on,
expand
ing
and grow
ing, reaching out to cover over the entire universe
.

The next
moment he was
charged
with
the
ability to do anything to anyone,
to change
anything
that had happened in the past,
and create the future.
He could manipulate
Time and Space within the material
creation
as he
wished
.
He could do ANYTHING and EVERYT
HING – he was in full control.
He could see it was real
– not an illusion.
His mother
’
s death
…
Josh and Kevin,
the
boys th
at
bullied him regularly from 1
st
to 4
th
grade
…
a
house in a fire and
children screaming in pain
…
four m
e
n raping
a
young gir
l ...
thousands of ready-made situations that were easy to undo, to change, and to influence
. Every particle of his
soul
was tested
– his whole
body trembled
with
the
severity of the experience and he
was
crushed in pain. He knew that m
anipulating
the
free will
and destiny
of other living beings was
a
demonic
thing to do, but now he was able to DO SOMETHING
…and surely that was a good thing
!
To stop injustice, catastrophes, genocide …