Taking it in turns as always, our adventurers spend the night at that sanctuary. The moment required a profound reflection of everything that has been accomplished up to then: From the meeting at Arcoverde until the park at Buíque, they have already advanced a great deal in terms of evolution and the responsible for it, was named father God. Independently of the gigantic challenge that was to live with their own pain, they were learning the rhythm of coexistence and the face of the place, the wild nature of caatinga which spread out in all the directions. It had been a great alternative, the walk in that park and the subsequent decision-making to which they had been subjected would not be such a catastrophe. On the contrary, it was something extremely necessary that the son of God would make a point of stressing.
The group has a clear impression that their wishes are taken shape and become reality in that beautiful wild awakening: On the North side, one can see the greatness of the mountain of Catimbau; on the South side, the smallness of the village of the same name; in the West, the jungle that spreads out for kilometres; in the East, the Canyon between mountains, a valley that in remote past housed a sea arm, where in the middle appears a resplendent sun. The view is simply spectacular and they ask themselves whether they are really on Earth or in a paradise in a supposed seventh dimension.
Everything is indeed fantastic: The surrounding people, the nature and the challenge itself. In good spirits, our adventurers rise early from the tent, lit again the fire with the remaining fire wood, prepare some boiled eggs and when ready they help themselves. While eating, they engage in small talk.
—We begin another day. Is it everything alright with you, guys? (The son of God)
—I feel like I have never felt before. It was about time that I had a trip like this, for it renews the strength and expands the options. I don’t feel old. (Messias Escapuleto)
— Oh, so good. But don’t feel old. Man is not measured by the grey hairs, but by his wisdom. (Aldivan)
— I know, I know. You say that because you are still in your thirties. Let you reach my age. (Retorted Messias Escapuleto)
—When I reach your age, is for I have learned much and lived long. I will never feel old. (Replied the son of God)
—Very good. (Sighed Messias)
—I also feel very good walking here. Walking beside such special people and with the nature it is a dream of four out five persons. I feel honoured. (Emanuel Melkin Escapuleto)
— It is me who feel honoured for having my saviour by my side. If were not for you, I would have been smashed to pieces by that moving vehicle. You were a real guardian angel in my life. (Aldivan)
— Don’t mention it! I am only a servant. Your real protector is Uriel, the Super-powerful prince of the main celestial militia. (Emanuel) —Don’t tell me that. I am missing him and I am happy with your humility. If you need anything, my friend, I am at your disposal. (The seer made himself available)
—Thank you. I truly reciprocate. (Emanuel)
— I, know. (Added Aldivan)
— Coming here is being a great adventure. Having been destroyed several times by the facts of life, I didn’t have anybody else to turn to. In an instant, I was hopeless and in another I am living special moments with true friends and with strangers who are now my friends. Little by little, I am losing the fear of being happy and at the end I hope to be free of my most secret anguishes. (Tadeu Barbosa)
— I am happy for that and very much wish that I will be able to transform your “still resistant Darkness” into pure light. My Father has done that with me and I firmly believe that I can do the same for you and for all humankind that believes in my name. It is only needed a little patience, tolerance and perseverance. We will get there, my friend. (Promised the seer)
— I hope so. Thanks for everything. (Tadeu Barbosa)
—Don’t mention it. (The seer)
—Everything seems like a crazy dream to me. I have never had a group so unusual: A master, two friends, a problematic and me among all this oscillating with the facts. Caramba! I never thought that my job as a guide would bring such solid knowledge about human relationships. I want to learn more with you and to participate in some way in the success that will come, for I believe we are special. (Paulo Lacerda)
— Certainly, each one here has got a life story and can add something good for the mutual knowledge. Feel embraced by me and all, and I hope you will take us to places even more fantastic than this. (Aldivan)
—Yes, I will do it with the outmost pleasure. (Paulo Lacerda)
— Paulo, out of curiosity where are you going to take us today? (Asked the nervous Emanuel)
— Today we are going to walk a trail through caatinga, the most difficult of all. I recommend that you wear thick clothes and sun screen to face the thorns and the scorching sun. (Paulo Lacerda)
—Ok. (Emanuel)
— Guys, let’s not waste time. Let’s prepare as Paulo advised and as soon as we are ready, we will depart. There is a lot to do today. (The seer)
-—Ok. (The others)
Everyone obeyed the leader’s command. Looking for in their backpacks, they put on thick clothes and share some sun screen that they had brought. After, they pulled down the tent, keep it in one of the backpacks, walk a few hundred metres and move away from the natural faults. Turn right and enter a very narrow trail in the thick woods. The dangerous crossing of the caatinga’s trail starts there.
At this moment, the feeling is of togetherness and peace despite the great difficulties. They have made up a great team, the sons of light, commanded by the Father, represented by the seer. The son of God had the confidence and the necessary faith of his servants to act. By his command, they go ahead on the narrow trail for about a kilometre and take the first rest. With five minutes of rest, they take advantage to drink and receive instructions from the guide. After this lapse, they restart the walking.
Turning left in the thick woods, they follow another even narrower trail. As they advance, they are hit by tree branches and lacerating thorns. Then the guide provides a large knife and the situation improves a little. A kilometre in front, they pass through a fruit woods and some take advantage to feed themselves with the fruits and swinging on the trees. This activity takes them back to the childhood of several of them, causing a healthy longing. Soon after, they firmly continue the walk in the previous direction.
Advancing quickly, they complete the remaining distance to the centre point of the trail of caatinga: A spacious clearing around the mountain and prodigious natural faults. Immediately, they pitch the tent, bring firewood from the woods and lit the fire to cook lunch. The day’s menu is the traditional rice and beans accompanied the bird meat, from birds killed in the forest. It takes them about one and a half hour to have everything ready. In community, they dish out the food to one another in silence. In that immense green expansion, what was more important was the interaction between themselves, despite the constant danger and the uncertainties that they were being subjected to. However, the trip was well worth it.
The lunch finished, the seer got amidst them and started talking, initiating the day’s debate.
—Brothers, I want to touch on a crucial point for many people, their attitude face to the difficulties. I am using myself as a parameter. I was born and grew up in a retrograde ambient, in the rural Northeast still archaic, that is, society expect from you but not always is possible to come up to this expectation. During a great part of my life I close myself in my own world, denied my own will and this was a great mistake, for it only brought me sadness and unhappiness. I wanted to turn myself into a person that would please my family but didn’t work out. When I freed myself I was rejected, despised and humiliated by people, but I felt good. Now I am the same and I taught in my best-seller “I am”, the fifth saga of the series “the seer”, how to arouse this side. I am still not happy with my choices but I am sure I am on the way. Could you also share some of your personal experience?
— I know very well what that is. Indeed, most of us live subdued by a so called moral society. Some of us confront it and other simply accept its rules and this lot is the majority. The fear is great. In my case, I have always been a model of dedication and never strayed from the common norm, thus I didn’t have any problem in being accept, despite the traps in life. (Stated Tadeu Barbosa)
—What you have just described is simply inspiring. I am proud of having been your master and now your servant. Congratulations for your courage. In my personal life, I have already come across several of those situations. In some, I took a risk and in others I guarded myself. There were right decisions and mistakes that taught me to be the man that I am today. With my experience, I can say: The freedom that we have got is the best thing given to us by the creator. We are made by those choices. (Messias Escapuleto)
— My father always taught me to make my own decisions regardless of suffering or not, I am the author of my own history. (Emanuel Melkin Escapuleto)
— I am happy, my friends. It took me a while longer to understand it, but finally I took a decision. Nowadays, I can walk with my head high. Paulo, and your experience, how was it? (Aldivan)
—It was similar to your situation, a very strict and retrograde family, but luckily, I didn’t have anything to hide. The only bad thing is that I didn’t have the opportunities the youth of today has got. I was born an ass and grew up as an ass. (Paulo)
—Hum! I understand, but I have already said that there is something that can be changed. All you need is to be willing. (The seer)
-—I, know. But for the reasons already mentioned, it is not possible. Paulo)
—Ok. (The seer)
—What else does your book say? (Emanuel)
— Thirteen stories, a dreamer, a youth and two archangels searching for the truth. What have a depressed person, a paedophile, an abortionist, a drug addict, a professional player, scientists, criminals, a sexologist, a schizophrenic and a handicapped have in common? All of them trying to reflect on their actions, their future paths beside the seer, a special and revolutionary being, on a great journey in the Brazilian Northeast. Presenting himself as the son of God, he promises to listen to all of them, advise them and give them valuable tips as how to restart their lives revealing along the time his personality and that of his Father. The main objective is to awaken the internal “I am” in each one of them and by reaching this miracle, the truth will be finally revealed. “I am” also represents a cry of freedom in face of the social restraints, an example of what Jesus has done in the past. “I am” shows in this way how the true human being is in contradiction with those that are used to judge the others. (The Seer)
—Wonderful, I am a fan of yours and I want this book. I am also proud of being part of an important series, “Sons of light”. (Emanuel)
— Thank you for your support. It is for you who is a part of the universe of my readers, for my Father and for all humankind that I continue to persist with my dream. Everything will be alright, I have faith! (The son of God)
— Amen. (Everybody in a gesture of support)
— Well, let’s take care of other tasks. (Aldivan)
The talk ends and each one went to take care of their responsibilities towards the group. During the rest of the afternoon and the evening, they occupy themselves in different ways. At the end of the day, they rest already thinking of the next trail.