The Awakening

by Colleen O'Flaherty-Hilder

  The more they changed physically the more the Crystalanders could help them by changing the structure of their brain and the functioning of their mind.

  And, as their appearance changed, so the next stage of the transformation took place. In order for the colonisation to be successful, the transformation process needed to be accelerated and this had to be done with interbreeding. It was at this point that females had to be selected whose vibration had changed the most. The islanders had changed dramatically, and a few of them more so than others. So, from those few, twelve women were chosen to carry the pure genetic coding of the Crystalanders. They took each female and, painlessly and unobtrusively, introduced the crystal memory from the gold Crystalanders into her reproductive organs. Almost immediately each woman conceived. These women were destined to carry the pure Crystaland knowledge for eternity and their descendants would become the bloodline for the royal family of Crystal Island holding the responsibility for keeping that knowledge alive on Earth.

  Orla’s journey progressed and Unicorn informed her that, because the Crystalanders could not stay on the Earth, they had introduced helpers who would be a constant source of assistance and information. These were little entities who became known as the faery world – elves, gnomes, and faeries. These tiny little beings, part crystal and part sound vibration, tended the plants until the humans had developed to a point where they could be taught to be gardeners and farmers. Initially the humans couldn’t see the helpers but when their vibration became less dense, they were able to see these little creatures and were dazzled and mesmerised by their endeavours. Orla watched how these hard working faeries tended the plants, taking instruction from the trees, making sure that they were well spaced out, had enough soil around them and sufficient water. They later demonstrated how to harvest the crops, helping the humans to develop nurturing agricultural communities.

  As the plant life grew the Crystalanders introduced bees to pollinate the ever increasing fields of plants. The bees collected the pollen to make honey to nurture and feed the queen bee and her babies. The by-product of the substance that they manufactured for the building of their hives was a substance which, when used in minute doses, was a powerful antibacterial and antiviral agent invaluable for the comparatively frail human body. The bees also taught mankind about the importance of community. The queen bee had one responsibility and that was to produce new bees. The worker bees’ total focus was to provide a healthy environment for the nurturing of the next generation of bees. The structure of the hives was a magnificent example of how Crystal Wisdom translated to wonderful engineering qualities available to all inhabitants of the Earth. Each role in the bee community was of equal importance and interdependent, and the bees’ work was continuous and selfless – a perfect example to mankind of the responsibility of royalty.

  In Crystaland, there was no hierarchy only responsibility, which brought with it focused work and dedication. The idea of royalty was introduced to the planet to help man understand how each one of them had to take responsibility and be dedicated selflessly to the planet. Those who carried increased responsibility for sustaining the Crystal Wisdom were regarded royal.

  It was at this point that Orla noticed that there were no animals. Unicorn explained that after the Crystalanders had removed the grotesque animals that had previously roamed the Earth, they had slowly introduced animals with specific qualities and purpose, but only once man had been educated not to eat flesh and had become totally satisfied with plant-based food from their newly acquired agricultural knowledge. So only a few animals were gradually introduced to help educate humans how to conduct themselves in nature. These animals were not predators or carnivores and the abundance of plant life provided sufficient food for both man and animal. Orla would eventually be introduced to these selected animals as she journeyed through the crystal paths of the Gifts and would learn how animals had lived in total harmony and equality with mankind.

  Orla observed the changing landscape and the beauty of nature spilling out from the fields. As the cells of humans lost their primitive programming, they were able to be trained to see the plant-spirits. The spirit world was a naturally occurring by-product of Creation. Anything material that was created from the Wisdom of Creation had a little spirit guide. These plant spirits reflected the physical appearance of the qualities of the plants, which helped the humans understand their healing qualities. The plant spirits that helped calm the human mind were soft and feminine and moved in a languorous way. The plant spirits of the plants that had energising qualities were sharp edged, sometimes with razor shaped fins running down their back with short sharp movements. The plants that balanced female hormones were all very voluptuous and Orla smiled warmly at these rounded, glowing little beings with beatific smiles. So at first glance, the landscape appeared to be peaceful and abundant but with her newly trained sight, she could see it was teeming with the faery world and the plant spirits working together to show the humans how to work with the amazing Gifts of Wisdom.

  THE GIFT OF INTELLIGENCE

  Once again the path began to change colour and Orla became excited at the prospect of discovering yet another gift. She felt as if she would burst with information and marveled at the constant stream of knowledge. The crystalchanged to a deep orange and the terrain around her still continued to flourish. Everything worked in harmony, the flowers were beautiful, the trees majestic, the perfumes from the plants and flowers wafting in the mild breeze of the perfect climatic conditions. Within this world of beauty, she found the coral Crystalanders with children of the humans. At this point, the humans had changed completely; their features were more refined, their posture more elegant. All had distinct individual features, differing in skin colour, hair, eyes and morphology. The children looked robust, healthy and happy and there was glee and joy within the group.

  Small groups of children were with two or three Crystalanders who were showing the children how to use the powdered crystal, which they had brought from Crystaland to make articles that they needed for play. They learnt the importance of the vibrational and informational qualities of each colour. Then they learnt about shapes and experienced how, by combining certain geometric shapes with the correct colour, the result would be more powerful. Finally, they were shown how the formula combining shapes and colours was replicated in nature. With each experiment they found that when they went against the Laws of Wisdom, the article didn’t have much use, or it broke quickly, whilst those articles made according to these laws lasted for generations.

  Once they had mastered the concept of creating objects, they were taught the rules for using this creative process which were that all things created by man had to serve the needs of the community and the planet; objects were not for personal gain or personal amusement but instruments for assisting nature and finally and most importantly, this knowledge was a great privilege. This engaging education process held a fascination for the young and guaranteed that all young minds of each generation were introduced to Crystal Wisdom upon which the future of the planet rested.

  The Crystalanders knew that the human primitive mind could only understand information in a very simple form so that it could be easily stored in their memory. So, when they taught the Gifts, the Crystalanders wore ornate vestments in the specific colour of the crystal path associated with each gift, and each vestment was decorated in the relevant geometric design. Because of the strong visual image, using colour and form, whenever they accessed these images in their memories, they would be able to release the qualities of each of the gifts into their conscious minds. These images would later come to be known as the Beautiful Motifs of Creation to be engraved deeply into the memories of future generations. It was a very simple but effective method, but only the pure of heart could access this information. If there was fear, hatred, greed or envy programmed in their memory they would not be unable to access that information.

  Orla pondered on this a
nd went back over her memory of the past journeys and in her mind was not the actual detail, just pictures of different Crystalanders projecting their different colours, but within each image was a snapshot of a whole database of information.

  Orla commented on the balanced ratio of adults and children and Unicorn explained that, because the adults were living in balance and synergy with their environment, the need for conception was completely dependent on the demands of the planet. If more children needed to be born to balance the planet, then the appropriate number would be conceived. There was no mystery about childbirth. The correct number of children and their gender were born to the correct parents to perpetuate the Wisdom.

  In the early days of the Crystaland colonisation, there had been many babies born in order to bring the new genetic imprint to the fore. But, before this could happen, the structure of the female form had to change to enable babies to be delivered without the possibility of the mother or baby dying.

  When the Crystalanders arrived on Earth they found that young female humanoids were becoming pregnant before their bodies had a chance to fully develop. At that time the sexual motivation of the male was very primitive and without consequence. Their motivation was the propagation of the individual, a very primitive urge that they had mimicked from the wild animals and, as a result, many young girls in the first phase of puberty were impregnated before their bodies could sustain a natural birth. Another factor that made childbirth difficult was that the head of humans at that time of their development was large in relation to the size of the female pelvis, which added further complications to the delivery. Therefore, if a girl became pregnant before her skeletal structure had fully developed, this would reduce her chances of being able to deliver a healthy child.

  After the introduction of the crystal knowledge and its effects on the physical structure of mankind, childbirth had become just another example of the perfection of nature and beauty. And so, with the genetic imprint from the Crystalanders, the skeleton of the human became more refined and more in balance to carry a child full term. Humans were educated not to impregnate young girls too early and females were not given partners until they were 21 so that their bodies were fully formed and strong, capable of birthing a child with no complications. When the time came for a woman to give birth there were Elders with the knowledge of crystal-midwifery, who prepared a women for childbirth by teaching her the song of birth so that by the time she was ready to deliver the child, the whole process happened in a natural, rhythmical manner. Contraception was not necessary as people were so in tune with their environment and their bodies that they didn’t conceive unless their community needed more children. It was the planet that requested children to be born and not the selfish desires of individuals. Nor was it necessary for children to be born to ensure that they looked after their parents in old age. The community lovingly cared for its aging population with respect for their wisdom. With the minimisation of physical degeneration and the loving care of all sections of the community, death was not feared as it happened only after a long and productive life and each individual was content with their contribution to the planet.

  It was at this stage in the development of mankind that humans were introduced to the idea that they each had a personal gift and talent. When children were growing up it was the responsibility of the Elders to identify which gift was more prominent in a child. Elders trained by the orange Crystalanders identified and interpreted to an individual what their special gift was and how it should be used for the good of the community, based on the needs of the community. There was never any challenge from an individual or the community of that decision. The Elders were able to identify the seven qualities of the intelligences from each of the Crystal worlds that were present at the time of a child’s birth together with the child’s lineage. The combination of those factors determined the gifts that the individual should manifest in their lifetime.

  THE GIFT OF COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP

  As they left the orange path, they merged onto the brick-red crystal path and once again the terrain changed. The trees were strong and tall, the plants were thick and bushy, the soil a deep brick-red, an altogether physically stronger place. The people, both male and female were also tall and strong reflecting their environment. The Crystalanders had taken the very best physical human specimens and placed them in a community to enhance their physical structure; for man to survive on Earth he would require a great deal of physical strength and agility.

  Pre-Crystaland influence, the humans were no taller than four feet and, whilst they were originally created for hard work, they were easily physically overpowered by intelligence and force, and were therefore not suited for the physically and mentally challenging work that would be needed to forge communities. In order to increase their stature both physically and mentally, humans were trained with exercise, nutrition and mind control how to optimise their physical ability. With the combination of correct nutrition and the training of mind and body, coupled with the new crystal memory, the result was exceptionally strong, statuesque humans with the ability to move heavy objects with ease. However, because they embodied Crystal Wisdom they would never use their physical strength to dominate another being – or so it was hoped. The humans chosen for this role held the responsibility of protecting the Wisdom of Creation within the community. Because the early ideas of community were learnt from the animals in their immediate environment – ferocious packs with an alpha male as leader – there was an intrinsic need in humans to have leaders who they acknowledged as representing authority. These protectors therefore represented strength but in the most balanced way. Their programming from the ruby/iron Crystal world ensured that people in their charge would be treated fairly and justly with the collective objective that the Crystal Wisdom would be completely adhered to so that the planet always enjoyed abundance.

  To help mankind with this concept, and because they had previously learnt so well from animals, the Crystalanders introduced the first animal to man to assist him in his understanding of the rules of nature. White Lion was chosen from a constellation, which had a solar system similar to Earth’s that still followed the rules of Eternal Wisdom completely. White Lion demonstrated that supreme strength and power could also represent humility. He was a reflection of nature’s strength, being finely honed to survive in nature with nothing but his physical ability, coupled with his total connection to the Wisdom of Creation. He had the physical ability to kill a human with one swipe of his paw but White Lion would never use his strength for destruction. White Lion represented the strength, perfection and responsibility of nature, and in turn respected all things that were a product of nature. White Lion’s leadership responsibility was to beat his chest and insist that all beings listen to their ultimate leader, Wisdom. Man needed to know what he was dealing with – nature, like White Lion, also had two sides to her. The one side was beauty and perfection, synergy and nurturing but, if these qualities were misused or disregarded, then nature would turn her full might onto those who disrespected her with catastrophic results, as the Earth had experienced over many cycles of its history.

  There was no hierarchy in Crystaland but on Earth, the humans had to have Elders to whom they could refer for guidance. The Elders in those days were women. When the Crystalanders had observed the first humanoids, they had identified that the female of the species was more receptive to the Crystaland genetic memory. The male of the species produced too many chemicals in its body as a result of the survival instinct, which rendered it more resistant to the new knowledge. Conversely, the female hormone system was compatible with the Crystaland programming, being closely connected to the universal creative process. And so it was that in time the primitive survival response was totally transformed in women but, unfortunately, only suppressed in men.

  THE GIFT OF SONG AND INTUITION

  Orla and Unicorn continued on the crystal path that began changing its colour, whi
ch by now she knew was an indication that she was to discover yet another Gift. The crystals on the path sparkled blue in the sunlight and as Orla scanned the surrounding terrain she saw that this experience was completely different from the others. Here there were hills and valleys, beautiful undulating landscapes with waterfalls gushing down from the mountains into swirling pools of crystal blue liquid rivers in the valleys. She observed the Crystalanders teaching the Earth children to create sound. Initially, she couldn’t quite understand what was happening but on closer inspection she could see that the Crystalanders were demonstrating how sounds that the humans made echoed, and how different that echo was, depending on the environment. This was the first lesson in understanding how to communicate with the environment, which would eventually help them to fully understand the needs of the planet and indeed other humans.

  The first level of understanding was to recognise the song of the Earth, they then had to recognise their own inner song that echoed their gifts. Once this was achieved, they were able to understand the emotional language – the song – of other people, making the art of communication very easy. The Gift of Song like all the other gifts would be more prominent in some humans and these individuals would be responsible for balancing the emotions of mankind. The Crystalanders recognised that the structure of human emotions was very delicate because of the early primitive programming, but they knew that there was one quality that could cut through the chaotic chatter in the minds of humans that pulled them away from Wisdom. The mechanics of the human mind was overly sensitive to outside stimuli as a result of the constant threat of danger from their original creators, which led them to be hypervigilant to that threat. So, within the Gift of Song they gave another special gift to only a few, as only a few could hold the unique connection within the structure of their minds. This special gift was the Melodies of Eternal Wisdom, the most beautiful of sounds that could erase fear and anxiety and replace it with calming stability by changing the delicate balance of man’s mind. This gift would eventually become one of the most important in preserving the Crystal Wisdom in the vulnerable minds of man for eternity.