Okron
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terror. The lonely high level wind smothered her call and carried it and carried it, with any hope of rescue, to oblivion. Was this tiny being, this piece of dust in the swirling smoke of the forest fire, seen by anyone? At least one, yes, the T-viewer, formerly known as Eldon, saw and heard her agony.
Finally, from a nearby location, T-viewer saw the total destruction of the 2nd hit tower. After less than one hour, the time had come. It fell, collapsing at freefall speed into a pile of mangled debris. More than half of it dispersed as a fine gray dust cloud to grow across the city.
Minutes later, the 1st hit tower came down in the same manner. It sadly said as it went, 'This is it. I can no longer hold up against the forces acting on me. Goodbye.', and fell into dust. This total disintegration of huge buildings was shocking enough for T-viewer to behold. But he wondered how the ibees there were affected to see these great edifices, these immovable land-marks they had looked upon for so long, crumble before their eyes. One moment their walls and their world seemed secure, the next moment all stability, all security, even reality itself was under assault and in question.
Sand castles and ice palaces are beautiful and solidly permanent to their tiny inhabitants. But when exposed to the power of the ocean and the sun, they soon melt. An institution standing for decades, built on the ancient precepts of the civilization, reduced to the most basic elements within minutes – now dust particles drifting in the wind. Why? T-viewer did not wonder why this happened. He knew only that this was real and that he was being shown this for a reason.
Descending through the atmosphere now, a coastline appeared. What disastrous event was next to behold? It was a great flood. Destructive waves of water plowed their way far inland. It was caused by an earthquake. The tsunami, as it was called, destroyed much property and killed many ibee people along the coast.
So T-viewer was taken from the scene of one disaster after another in turn – wars, with the resulting refugees, famines, diseases and of course death. Then there was a whole range of fires, floods, earthquakes, storms – wind, electrical, dust, snow – and even the rare event of a large meteor strike.
In all these very tragic and depressing dramas, one thing stood out to the T-viewer. There were ibee people trying to give aid to the victims, many times at great risk to themselves. On this planet, the ibees highly valued life for the most part.
The people have had a fragile and temporary existence at best. They were still vulnerable to all kinds of threats from inside and outside their world. It was also noteworthy that this planet was so much like Earth. The size, ratio of water to land, plant life and even the ibee inhabitants looked the same. The orbital position was the same; the size and orbit of the single moon was the same; the length of the day was about two hours shorter; the 23° tilt of the axis was slightly different. From a distance, it was the same as Earth.
However, a closer view as T-viewer was given, revealed major differences. This world had many extremes in weather, living conditions, and peoples in general. Many things were not under control and subject to change and failure. The predictable security of the familiar Earth was not there. The sounds of sirens, guns shooting, crowds yelling, and the sobbing of the oppressed masses, was not heard on the familiar Earth. Sights of devestation, starving children, masked crowds in the throes of a pandemic outbreak of a killer pestilence, wreckage with a high body count, were things not seen on the familiar Earth.
The T-viewer knew there must be a reason why he was shown this apparently real and tragic place. But as he passed through trails of gray and yellowish gases while leaving the atmosphere, he only felt a kind of sadness that was unknown before.
The view turned outward away from the planet, toward the blackness of space. A ringing, a buzzing, over and over it sounded – what was that? He opened his eyes – 'where am I? – is that an alarm?' Eldon now realized he was in his rest cubicle. The sound was the alert at his door. He got up and went to answer his door. It was Thomfair.
"I woke you. Pardon, Eldon, but we will be leaving within the hour."
"We are out of danger?" asked Eldon with a misty-eyed look.
"No danger. You should compose yourself and then meet at craft bay 12 at 05:00 for departure."
"Yes of course. Thank you Thomfair." The door now closed. Eldon, relieved but still mystified, walked back to his bed and sat there. He realized that what he had been experiencing was some kind of dream. No, more than a dream, a vision, purposefully delivered to him.
The planet, the horrible disasters – it was a real place he was allowed to see. The planet, he recalled, was so Earthlike. What other world could it be than ... yes, it must be Rainbow Earth. It was a real place just as Eldon had suspected! A world of extremes, contrasts and variety like no other. And now he knew it was a world where the ibee people had learned to deal with tragedy, death and sorrow. He remembered he had been in source-speak and must have went to sleep. He had been asking for an answer to the galactic-scale disaster of Okron. Was this vision an answer from the Creator? He knew it was at least a message from a high source. It was revealed to him. It did not originate within Eldon.
The vision showed how the ibees reacted and dealt with disasters and terrible conditions. Eldon knew better what life was like on that Earth – a fragile and fearful existence. Yet, he saw a courage and resiliency that was not common on his Earth. He saw the changes that occur in people in times of crisis. Some show a strength and bravery beyond what is considered normal. Others lose all sense of law, order and principles in their desperate run for survival. Many withdraw into a paralyzed fear and panic. Some who are observers try to deny or ignore bad news and adverse changes. In the process they become a casualty, cannot cope, and fall to the side. But Eldon recognized and appreciated the positive traits of courage, hope, compassion and endurance that some ibees showed. These proved to him that the Creator was active upon those people somehow.
It was evident that the Creator allows things to happen, but does not totally abandon his creatures that seek him. He gives them some kind of strength and fortitude to continue on, even under the most unbearable conditions. When a sudden change, like birth pangs in the middle of the night, throws you back to land on rocks of a future landscape not yet fully lit, light comes and wounds heal and you find a path.
Eldon knew he had learned something valuable from the vision of what must have been Rainbow Earth. The example of the ibees that relied on the Creator and were able to show the superior qualities that come from him, was an answer to him. They were an example for them to learn from – to learn how to cope with tragedy and disaster. Eldon was content that this was an answer from the Creator. It encouraged him to be positive and continue his search for the Creator and that special rainbow. Eldon was beginning to understand the idea of a beautiful sky after a terrible storm, and a rare and beautiful jewel being cut so the light can show all the sparkling facets of it – applied to that planet. Yes, it seemed to him that the Earth that he was shown was undergoing a stormy period, a cutting process. But the future outcome was to be so lovely, so perfect, so glorious and everlasting. Eldon knew there were ibees that believed in such a future for that Earth. He had heard of a special communication from the Creator in a written form, although he had never seen or read it anywhere. He thought 'That would be a precious gift, a proof of the Creator's care for his creatures. It would be what was needed to give hope and help to endure the uncertain dark times.'
As the Okron hole in the galaxy faded from view, Eldon related his vision to his fellow travellers. They discussed what it might mean and decided it was important evidence of the Creator's interest in his intelligent creation. Eldon and his friends then had a peaceful sleep.
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