“That’s it!” Ruthorn smiled. “Feelings are the language of the soul trying to show you a picture that you can understand. This is the place where your soul yearns to go, the place that frees you from any traumas and burdens. It’s the last destination where everyone will finally come together, share their experiences, respect each other and come back to stay together happily. And you know, it’s your soul that makes this decision.”

“Have you ever heard the saying ‘and then they loved and lived happily ever after’? he asked.

“Yes, it was a common ending for most children’s fairy tales. What does this have to do with our topic?” I replied.

“What do you feel when you hear this phrase?” Ruthorn asked.

“Well, I feel good that the loving couple in those stories wouldn’t have to overcome any more hurdles,” I replied.

“Do you think this could be possible in your world?” Ruthorn went on.

“To be honest, I don’t think so. After their marriage, it is likely that the couple would encounter problems and other complicated matters that can affect their relationship and life.”

“True! There is never an end, so the expression ‘and then they loved and lived happily ever after’ cannot become a reality in your world, but here on Tuengra it can happen. Especially the word forever because it truly means eternity here,” Ruthorn said.

“This phrase reflects the desire of every soul; it yearns for real happiness that lasts forever. This yearning comes from the subconscious mind, a feeling that numerous writers all around the world have expressed in a similar way. They’ve continuously included this phrase in their stories as a symbol of what they would like to convey. Perhaps it has already become a classic worn-out phrase that does little to generate emotions because people have heard it too often or feel indifferent. But believe me, this phrase encompasses the pinnacle of everything. There’s no other greater desire than this quest for happiness, and it’s the ultimate goal of every living soul in your world,” Ruthorn explained.

“Oh wow! Your words inspired me. I can’t believe that this phrase, which I must have heard at least a hundred times, can be so moving,” I admitted.

“When you try to find the meaning of life, it can be found everywhere if you only understand the process,” Ruthorn said.

“Understand the process? What kind of process?” I asked.

“I’ll explain the entire process to you. In every one of us, every soul comes from the same origin where it is bodiless and only exists energetically. In this phase, there is only the pure sense of being oneself. It’s the home of the Source, or what others call the Great Soul, or God. This place is outside of the universe, beyond the laws of space and time, a place that you call the Land of Sunyata.”

“In our earlier analogy, planet Gaia was described as the ‘engine room’ that drives the entire universe, and all of you have volunteered to work here,” Ruthorn went on.

“To achieve our mission, we created a plan to harness the combined positive energy derived from Gaia, our ‘engine room’ in this analogy, to propel the universe forward. But since there is a state of forgetfulness imposed on Gaia, the volunteers assigned there could not generate the positive energy required because they were not capable of showing unconditional and non-discriminatory love.”

“Our plan then was to assign these volunteers to role-play their respective roles on Gaia but when they got there, they completely forgot everything including their promise to love each other unconditionally. They no longer remember each other as brothers and sisters, and when they couldn’t recognise each other as family members, they fell prey to hatred, hence, no positive frequency was generated.”

“Wait, wait,” I interrupted Ruthorn before he could go any further, “I don’t understand what you’ve just said and how that has anything to do with the process.”

“This has everything to do with the process, but you have to understand it from the beginning. Please be patient,” Ruthorn assured me.

“Oh, I see,” I said meekly.

“When people are in the state of ignorance and forgetfulness and treat each other with hatred, they are not able to fulfill their roles as envisioned. Without pure love, their existing karmic contracts could not be nullified. The hatred that they have brought out in each other also meant that negative frequency was emitted, thereby resulting in new karmic contracts being created. The new ones added on to their existing unfulfilled contracts, bind them in an endless cycle of reincarnation on Gaia until they have the opportunity to meet and nullify them.

Very few volunteers are able to break out of this cycle that prevented them from returning to Tuengra but for those were able to raise their consciousness to the higher level and manifest pure love, they were able to free themselves from all their karmic contracts and return home. With their memory restored on Tuengra, made possible by the intensity of our electromagnetic field, they are now spending the rest of their eternity waiting to be reunited with the souls of their brothers and sisters, still trapped in the ‘engine room’,” Ruthorn made a considerate pause.

“Well, this is what I wanted to tell you. Those who are already here, and waiting for the return of the other souls, will send their energy and thoughts – either by ‘inspiration’ or ‘motivation’ – to the ones within their soul family whom they had made commitments with, to remind them that they have to return. This message on the meaning of life has been sent to every individual since the beginning of the human society, and it was not only sent to priests or spiritual leaders but to everyone, from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the poor. If you listen to this message carefully and interpret it from the perspective of those who are waiting for you in the distance, you will know that it has always been present in every moment of your life,” Ruthorn explained.

“Since the language we use is mental as well as sentimental, you have to receive our message with your feelings, too. Sometimes you might shudder with fear or feel pain, feel sad or depressed. You might feel lonely and abandoned. Sometimes, you might ask yourself why you were even born, and you might consider yourself so worthless that you could even be tempted to commit suicide. Some people will consult a doctor because they think they are unwell, but most doctors are not able to identify the cause, so they often diagnose that the patient is either mentally ill or that he suffers from a depressive disorder.”

“The symptoms of these feelings are caused by our actions of sending thought waves. But don’t worry, this isn’t a disease caused by chemical reactions in your body. You don’t have to see a doctor or take medicines which would only accumulate even more toxic substances in your body. All you have to do is to recognise that what you are feeling is the consequence of the thoughts that have been sent directly to each of you. What you feel is the strong desire of a person who is waiting for you from afar to finally be reunited with you again,” Ruthorn concluded.

“I understand. So, what should we …?” I paused.

My question was interrupted by a blinding light that appeared outside the window.

“Ruthorn, what is happening?” I asked, a bit scared.

“Oh that, there’s nothing to worry about, it’s the two spaceships returning,” replied Ruthorn

“Oh wow, can I go out to see them?” I said with excitement.

“Alright, let’s go!” Ruthorn said.

I rushed to the door and went outside. The white light was so bright that I had to squint my eyes. Two spaceships appeared and landed no further than 10 meters away from me. The light slowly dimmed until it faded into a golden yellow, the material of which the spaceships were made.

“That was a very professional landing,” Ruthorn commented.

“Didn’t you say that they need an assistant for the landing?” I asked.

“Yes, but I see that it’s not necessary anymore. I wanted them to try to land without any assistance, and they did it well,” Ruthorn answered.

“I thought your spaceships would be significantly bigger than they actually are,” I remarked, remembering how big they had seemed from a distance, and the ones replicated in the sci-fi movies that I had seen on Earth.

“How big did you think they would be?”

“Initially, I thought the ships would be at least five or 10 meters in length, but now I have discovered that they are only about two meters long,” I replied.

“That’s right, our spaceships are not very big. The ones that you may have seen before must have been from the other galaxies.”

“The concept of making our spaceships is to build the most compact size possible for the most optimum use” Ruthorn explained.

“How do you do that? Are you trying to confuse me?” I asked.

“Well, as our mission only requires us to transport ourselves to the destination, we don’t need to bring any food or equipment. This is why we try to build the smallest spaceships that we can. If possible, we would make them even smaller to further optimise their usage. Our biggest spaceship has just enough space to take two people to their destination.”

“The advantages of having a compact spaceship are that it’s easier to avoid being seen by others and a small ship is also easier to conceal after landing. It’s also easier for takeoff and landing,” Ruthorn said while walking me to the first ship.

As we approached the aircraft, a narrow slot on one side of the ship opened seamlessly, like an elevator door, except that it didn’t have any seams or joints. The door blended in so perfectly with the structure of the ship that I wouldn’t have noticed it. Stepping out from the ship was a young man who looked like all the other people I had seen here. He had dark red skin and a chiseled face, which made him look particularly handsome. He reminded me a bit of the Red Indians in Western movies. The other man who stepped out of the second ship had a lighter skin, which didn’t make him any less attractive. I felt a rush of excitement when I saw them.

“Here, let me introduce you, this is Hepf,” Ruthorn said and pointed towards the man with the tanned complexion.

“And this is Piet,” he said, gesturing to the lighter-skinned man.

“Hello, I’m delighted to meet you. My name is Tim,” I said.

“Hello Tim, we’re both happy to meet you, too,” Hepf and Piet replied simultaneously.

“Let’s go inside to have a chat,” Ruthorn invited all of us.

We walked back towards the building together and I noticed that Ruthorn, Hepf and Piet were similarly dressed with a long coat that almost touched the ground and a conical hat. The only difference was that both Hepf and Piet were carrying a long golden bar which I hadn’t seen Ruthorn with one before. One end of the bar was adorned with a shape that looked like a wavy ‘T’, topped with a ring that had the shape of a water-drop, which made it look a bit like a magic wand.

“What do you use this bar for?” I asked Hepf as we entered the building.

“You mean this? We call it the ‘pathway’, and it connects our mind to the ship’s system,” he said, lifting the wand so I could take a closer look.

“It’s made of pure gold,” Piet added. “We insert one side into the connection point of the spaceship. The other side connects with the astronaut’s individual handprint. We can’t use any other because then we wouldn’t be able to make a complete connection between our mind and the ship’s system.”

“So, is this the ship’s controller then?” I asked.

“Something like that, but it’s not an accurate description as we don’t use it to control the spaceship. When it is connected to the ship, it doesn’t move at all. To steer it, we use our mental power, instead. However, we can’t control the ship without this wand,” explained Hepf.