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‘THE MASTER OF BALANCE’ CHAPTER ONE - THE WORD
Texel spoke.
I jumped. All my life I had been taught that the Grand Master never spoke, hardly ever even moved. In the past six months I had spent every early day in the Great Chamber, studying the lessons carved into walls -- part of my Apprenticeship as I learnt to become a Worker of Forms -- and I had neither heard sound nor seen movement of any sort. Seated in the Exalted Chair, Texel might have been as much a statue as all the sculptured figures throughout the Teaching Halls.
I turned towards him slowly, considering it was probably nothing more than my over-active imagination. There almost seemed to be a hint of a smile on the chiselled features. He nodded, and I jumped.
‘Yes, my child, you heard me. I said come over here.’ The smile was definite at this point.
His voice was deep, commanding, but quiet, gentle. I walked forward cautiously, certain my legs would simply fold beneath me. My entire body was shaking. What had prompted the Great One to speak? What had I done?
As I reached the base of the platform on which resided the Exalted Chair, I descended to one knee in the established gesture of utmost respect, bowing my head in deference and submission. I tried to still my racing mind. It was an established fact, unquestioned by any of the populace of Ularz, that the Grand Master was aware of every thought; I was certain my current ones were far from representative of where I should be at this stage in my learning.
‘You are Talif, third daughter of Ramdor and Kild’.
‘I nodded. For an instant I wondered how he knew; then chided myself. Of course he would know. The Grand Master knew everything.
‘Raise your eyes, little one. I did not summon you to chastise you’.................................
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This is just the beginning of a great adventure that will unfold in front of you, awakening your own inner knowing, as you travel with Talif on the path of awareness.
KASTARA PARASAVA invites you to continue the journey with Book Two THE MARK and conclude the trilogy with Book Three THE LINK of The MASTER of BALANCE to be published at a later date.
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