The Life Coach 28

creauters of daArkness

28

Here is my song for the asking

Ask me and I will play so

sweetly, I'll make you smile

This is my tune for the taking

Take it don't turn away

I've been waiting, all my life

Thinking it over I've been sad

Thinking it over I've been more than glad

To change my ways for the asking

Ask me and I will play

All the love that I hold inside

Simon&Garfunkel:"Song for the asking"

Jay's ultimate journey starts

Jay looked at her; "I have to tell you that I had a short meeting with L.J. again. He told me that from tomorrow on we're going for the real hard work on my road to enlightenment. This period will be the last one and we're going to a meditation center in the mountains close to Iraklion and we will stay there until we've finished the job."

Pearly just looked at him while he was speaking; with her mouth wide open:"How long will it take?"

"I am not sure, Pearl. I just have to hang in there as long as it takes. It's a hard job for both of us. I mean L.J. and me and then you of course; and for you as you will be left waiting and in uncertainness. Whatever happens to me I will come back and stay with you."

Pearly is still just staring at him: "Can I go with you?"

"I do not know, Pearl, my love. It will be very hard for you, I am sure..." Jay keeps still for a while and then he continues;" but maybe it's better to stay closer to me than staying here just for the waiting. I'll ask L.J. what he thinks. OK?"

Pearly exhales as if she's been holding her breath for a long time... "Yes. my love; that's ok with me! This will also be a test for me and our relationship. So far we have had just good days."

Jay looks scrutinizingly at her. He is not sure what to think about this situation which was bound to happen. Decisions have to be made...

"Are you sure you will do this, Pearl? " "Yes, I am sure. It's the issue I am absolutely most sure about!"

"She is not coming, Jay! It may jeopardize the whole transformation!"

"For once I am going against you L.J. This woman is of a material that is very rear. she has a Stamina that I have seen in no other person I have met and you know I have met many! If you will not let her come with us I am dropping all of it!"

Silence...

He looks over at Pearly as she is sitting in her low camping chair. Suddenly she opens her eyes wide and stares at him. "He is here, Jay! He's inside my head! I can even see him! He's talking to me!"

She leaned backwards as far as she could come and closed her eyes. She was smiling...

"Ah; good sign", Jay thought. He just sat still in his chair and looked at Pearly; waiting for her to finish her conversation with L.J.

It lasted and lasted. Pearly kept her broad smile on her face and Jay was satisfied!

Half an hour later she opened her eyes again and just looked at him. She appeared to be very happy!

"Your boy says he's checked if what you told him about me was right and guess what: you were!"

Now it's Jay's turn to smile broadly! "So he can enter you too! How neat!" "what did he say?" "He said that with my personality I would be of great comfort for all of us and part of the transformation would happen for me too!"

Jay jumped out of the chair and said;" thank you, thank you!!"

L.J.'s laconic answer to Jay's outburst was: "Just be sure you reach the bus tomorrow morning, both of you."

He was gone, but his answer and reaction was quite clear; "They were both going and they were to stay together!"

"You know what, Pearly; I would like to go for a ride on my bicycle now and I would like you to go with me."

"I am more than willing to join you, Jay"...

In relatively good order they went out in the garden and took the bikes out of the shed. They rolled them out in the alley and sat up on them and started a trip that would last for hours; along the sea first where they made a stop at their special place down by the sea. They sat down on the boulders in silence for an hour an watched the sun's slow decent towards the peninsulas on the other side of the sea. Never had a sunset been enjoyed more than this evening for any of them...

They went on and turned back to the Golden Beach and had a night swim there; naked they played and kissed and held each other, floating in the water; looking up at the stars shining... They had no other concerns this night, but themselves and the big universe shining down at them...

It was midnight when they arrived in the garden again. They parked the bikes inside the shed and locked them and the door outside before they went into the house. "I wonder when we will see them again?" Pearly said. Jay looked at her and said:"we don't know that, but I am quite sure that we will be coming back to this house again."

Pearly took his hand in hers and said; "Yes, where else should we stay, my love?"

It was bedtime for them both and they had a busy day ahead of them tomorrow. Just before they went to bed Jay had a short message from L.J.: "from now on, Jay: no sex, but tantric sex for you too!"

Jay smiled and informed Pearly about L.J.'s "edict". She smiled and said:" let's do it then, whatever it is..." Jay showed her throughout the night...

The next morning at 10 o'clock they were standing in the bus terminal waiting for the bus to Iraklion. They went inside, because the morning sun was already hot in September. The summers had been drier and hotter each year Jay had stayed on the island... it was anticipated that the climate around the Mediterranean Sea would be like a desert in 20 years and by the sight of it, Jay didn't doubt that this theory would come in to effect.

Twenty minutes later they could enter the bus that would use two hours for the trip. They would have to take a taxi up to the last village on the mountain side and from there be picked up by the people who were running the center. Jay had been there before with a friend and knew the way, but he didn't want to drive it himself. It was severely curved and steep and narrow.

They were sitting in the bus on it's way out of Chania and heading east to Iraklion... Pearly was sitting by the window; feeling very nervous about her and Jay's future and what would happen the coming month or so. Jay had anticipated that the time needed would be two months. How long could she survive the pain she knew would come. She looked over to Jay and took his hand in hers. He was resting and she guessed he had a lot more going on in his head than she had; he was going through all the pain and fear and chaos this procedure would cause... Now, sitting in the bus she was wandering if she had done wrong, because she would suffer too as long as Jay did and two months was a long time.

She finally fell asleep in the uncomfortable seat and noticed that Jay already was asleep. She leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder...

When she awoke, she saw the driver standing over them and told them to leave the bus as they had reached the little village by the road and the Taxi was waiting outside the tiny shop. "Oh, good", Pearly thought, "I need some fruit and biscuits..."

The left the bus and crossed the road to the shop. Jay talked with the driver and they put the luggage in the boot.

Pearly came out with two full bags of things they needed. she put them in the boot with the luggage. "Pa Me", she said and the driver started the car and they started their ascending trip up to the last village before the top of the mountain.

The road was all right the first 10 minutes, but then it was more suited for goats than a car. the driver laughed and said:"steep, steep!"

10 minutes later they entered the little village and unloaded the luggage and food and waited in the Taverna as the driver had recommended them. He was talking on his phone and confirmed that they would be picked by the staff in the center. The place was called "The Golden Circle", Jay remembered from his first trip. It was founded by a Danish couple that Jay had met in his hometown once. He hadn't been satisfied with their seance he remembered...

This time it would be different. He had been talking with the staff many times about the process that was going to be exercised under their roof and he wanted to be left alone in the room they had chosen. He had ordered meals for the first two weeks, also to be served in their own room.

They had been briefed about the purpose of their stay and they said they wanted to assist them as much as they could with all practical arrangements, but that this was far out for them. They believed that their center would benefit from it though...

They had their coffee and pastry and sat outside watching the street and the colourful houses spread up the hillside. They could see the sea and Pearly felt the urge to escape and drive down te the beach and be utterly normal and ordinary...

Then a Landrover arrived and parked outside the Taverna. A young man came out of the car; "dressed as a Sherpa", Jay thought, "hilarious!"

The man was obviously a Scandinavian. His blond hair and blue eyes and his red face was telling it all. For Jay this was a little awkward, He didn't want to be entangled in conversations about Scandinavia at all; not under these circumstances.

The man presented himself as: " Anders from Denmark", Jay didn't take the invitation in this presentation and replied in English that he was Jay Storm. Pearly just presented herself with her first name.

They finished their coffee and put the luggage into the Landrover and started on the last ascendancy to The Golden Circle...

Pearly was in a miss now. In 15 minutes she would have to be confined to a room and a house on the top of a mountain for two months! She looked at Jay who was very relaxed now as he was going into a trance.

L.J. was talking to Jay and welcomed him to the Golden Circle Resort. He said that they would be received by the staff and have an early lunch consisting of basic food; no fat, no sugar, no artificial flavouring...

They came to a forested area and fro a while Pearly couldn't see anything but the forest and she fell into a miss again. "What am I doing here!" she thought, "I love this man and I want to stay with him, but I don't know if I can do it!" Then the car turned around a sharp curve and they could see the building on their left side. On the right side they could see the mountains stretching out. Jay was awake and he was not impressed by these mountains. He remembered the view from the center and just wanted the drive to end so he could go out there and enjoy the view of the Mediterranean Sea from this height.

Finally they turned left and into a parking place, just 50 meters from the main house.

They were not to stay in the barracks outside, but in the main house as far away from other guests as possible. It was September and most of the guests had left. The staff stayed in the barrack, which was a primitive resort as Jay remembered it...

They went inside and was shown what the staff called the best room. It was was built for treating people for whatever was troubling them. Jay was satisfied with this arrangement and thanked them for their consideration.

The went in. It was a lovely room in the 2nd floor and had a terrific view to the blue Mediterranean Sea... Pearly loved it, but wasn't quite sure how she would enjoy it as long as Jay had his heavy tasks to go through. She heard L.J.'s voice in her head: "it will be all right, but will take some time. Go for walks in the mountains around here and get as much out of this period as you can." She thanked him for his support, but wasn't sure how to handle it all. Once again she asked herself what she was doing here... She only knew that she would stay...

The bed was huge and there was a spare bed there too. She thought that Jay would have the big one by himself...

He was very silent and looked fatigued now and lay down on the bed as soon as he had put the luggage in the cupboard...

"I will have to rest, my love", he said and she just said: " of course, my darling. I will be in and out of this room and I guess L.J. will tell me when and if I am needed in here." she felt sorry and sad by saying this; not knowing what would happen the next weeks. It would be the most important ones in her life as it was for Jay and L.J.

She left the room and went downstairs to talk with the remaining staff. There was only two of them left; a small Danish woman and an American guest who was going to stay for many months. The woman told her more about this place and why it was in this very spot of the world: it had been founded by a Danish couple in the late nineties...
They wanted to build it on top of the mountain because they believed that there were powerful energy lines connected to these particular mountains and to Crete in general. The mountains were called the Ida ridge.

Pearly asked about the possibilities for walking in the area and the stocky Danish told her that it was quite easy, but steep here and there. There were marked paths all around the area of the center. No dangerous animals or insects, fresh air and spectacular views... Pearly felt uplifted about this and went back upstairs to find her sneakers and told Jay that she would go for a walk. He just looked at her and nodded his head, then he went into a trance it seemed... "My poor love", she said, "where are you?"

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