Infinite 01 - Infinite Sacrifice

lessons at an accelerated speed.”
    “All religions are the same?”
    “Most religious figures have the same core beliefs. They are perfect examples to people of their times to illustrate what our main purpose is. It’s incredibly unique that these souls remain so close to their paths and endure such hardship without giving into the negative compulsions that usually get in the way of the big lessons. It is extremely difficult to do that in one life and is the reason why these souls are followed and remembered throughout time.”
    “So there isn’t one right religion?”
    “There is one God. It’s the total absence of negativity, an all-positive energy in the form of pure light; the essence of every living thing; the unseen ‘life force.’ We incarnate or guide to evolve our life force to a higher state or higher vibration, freeing it from negativity and becoming pure light, a part of God.”
    “Will I ever get to see this force?”
    “You already have.”
    “When?”
    “Many times; when you went through the light; when I touched you to calm you; what you see all around you; and what we are even made up of right now.”
    I actually like believing this is God. One has only to feel this light to know how amazing it is. It warms you and calms you, taking all fear and anger away. Once it touches you, you have no worries or wants. When you are embraced within it, nothing else matters.
    “So a Jew, a Christian, or a Muslim will all become part of the same God?”
    “It does not matter what someone believes but the way someone lives. But yes, once anyone reaches that vibration, they all become part of the same thing.”
    “You speak of all of the negative things we must experience in order to move on. Looking back on the lives I’ve seen so far, how else have I progressed?”
    “Well…” He pauses a moment. It’s refreshing, since he usually has answers so fast. “Your first life, you got sidetracked by lust. The lust you felt for Bastet made all that you believed in and were devoted to disappear. You didn’t overcome it; instead you let it take you to a dark place. Then in the next life, you struggled with envy. You couldn’t allow Ophira to take credit for the son you gave her. You wanted recognition for him since you felt the son in your care had failed you. As Liam, you couldn’t endure and assisted in a murder to fix your circumstance.”
    “But there were other things that I learned, right? It’s not just a focus on one thing?”
    “Each life can have a little of everything, but it’s the thing you set out to overcome that’s most important to that life. The small things that you either succeed or fail at along the way, are of minor importance.”
    I pull the handle to my seat and it falls back jarringly. I put my hands under my head.
    “Speaking of negativity, why is Ulric so horrible in every life? First, he was the vizier who let me sacrifice Nun without giving him a fair trial. Second, he was the ephor who took Kali away. Third, he was that disgusting sexton who robbed the dead and had no compassion.”
    “Yes, but what’s your question?”
    “Is he evil?”
    “You’re forgetting when he was your father. Did you think he was evil then?”
    I inhale sharply. I hadn’t realized he was the same person. “Well, he might have been worse had I’d known him longer. He did kill women and innocent people and would’ve killed me had Thora not distracted him. I could still see evil in his eyes.”
    “Evil? No, there’s much worse evil out there.” He crosses his legs in front of him. “Sometimes a soul functions to bring negativity to a group; the vessel in which great progress can occur. He may not show signs of much improvement himself, but his soul is learning, nonetheless, from watching how negativity affects people. We call them facilitators up here: those that choose to bring about hardships. They too choose an incarnate group and continue to assist the evolution of the whole group.”
    “What a minute, a facilitator is supposed to make things easier?”
    “You’re looking at it backwards. Yes, he makes your life harder, but he makes your advancement easier.”
    I can’t stand him.
    “Then he’s doing a great job. You’re supposed to dislike him.”
    My mouth drops open. “You can read my thoughts?”
    He smiles. “Of course I can. I’m your spirit guide. I know everything about you. Your thoughts, your actions, your dreams; I see it all.”
    I glance at him.