An Agreement
“If I agree to this, against my counselor’s caution, we must come to a
mutual agreement,” he said.
She eyed him warily. “What agreement?”
He moved closer so that she could smell the musk of his skin and their
knees brushed against one another. She almost pulled away, but he’d
offered an agreement and she was willing to listen.
“If you want true responsibility then you will join me each night for
dinner.” His voice was softer.
She studied him. “Dinner?”
“Aye, dinner.”
“That’s all?” She raised a brow.
“You will sit in each small council and war meeting. You will listen to
the endless litany of complaints. You will be there at each jury and
execution. All the nastiness of ruling you will also do because if you want
to be a queen then you will also see how awful it is to be a queen.”
Relief and victory flooded her and she attempted to keep her face
neutral at his offer. It was more than she could hope for but then she
realized he hated it. He hated ruling, hated the bureaucracy that came with
being a king. He preferred battle; he’d said so himself. He would willingly
hand her the kingdom if it meant he did not have to do these tasks.
“Each small council?” she asked.
He nodded.
“Each war meeting?”
He nodded.
“Jury and execution?”
FOURTH RAY
Glory be unto You, we have no knowledge save that which You have taught us; indeed You are All-Knowing, All-Wise. {[*]: Qur'an, 2:32.}
O our Sustainer! Do not take us to task if we forget or unwittingly do wrong! {[*]: Qur'an, 2:286.} *
O our Sustainer! Let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us Mercy from Your presence, for You are the Granter of bounties without measure. {[*]: Qur'an, 3:8.}
And grant blessings and peace to Your Most Noble Messenger, the manifester of Your Greatest Name, and to his Family, and Companions, and brothers, and followers. Amen. O Most Merciful of the Merciful!
(The Sixteenth Word/4th Ray)
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"Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle, or The Wisdom of the Sands (1948)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle, or The Wisdom of the Sands (1948)
Slavoj Zizek
I despise this kind of book that tells you how to live how to make yourself happy..
Philosophers have no good news for you for this world, you must believe that the first task of philosophy is to make you understand the depth of your disgust..
“ Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ” ― Rumi
