The Everlasting Bodies

A strange scratching noise catches her ears, so subtle but so irritating.  "Just make it stop!" she moaned while she was turning away from the noise. Her head was pounding.  The pillow she laid on was hard but relaxing and smelled of lavender. Gradually she started noticing her environment. Something was cooking on the stove and slowly boiling. The sounds were calm, friendly, and inviting. True serenity.   "It has been too long... how long exactly? Where am I? What happened?"  With this in mind, she stretched her muscles and turned around, and started looking. Maybe she was just confused and will remember. But that scratching noise! "Don't be so snarky. Those are my hedgehogs. They must be hungry. "  "I, I'm sorry, what did you say?", Eli moaned.  "You heard me! It is not their fault you are in pain." " Okay, but I didn't SAY anything. (At least not aloud)." "Your mind is loud and clear", she laughed, "Luckily. It means that it didn't suffer any permanent damage from the shock. Sit up and relax, and everything will come to its place. You will understand what happened eventually. I am Isis, want some coffee?" Eli blinked a few times. She was confused but relaxed at the same time.  "I guess I will have to go along..." "Oh, and please use your voice and words. It is only polite to speak your mind. Plus, you will feel less weird about it", Isis commented while taking a stone and grinding some spices on a large surface.  "Oh, ok. I'm Elide, by the way." "I know." Isis winked.  " But I’ll call you Eli like everyone does. Tell me, how do you like your coffee? Here, drink this. It will make your blood run faster and make you feel better." She stretched her arm out with a shot glass coming towards Eli. It smelled nice. Suspiciously, she took it and looked at the see-through liquid. Isis poured another drink for herself and saluted.   "Welcome back to the living! Almost at least." Eli saluted back naturally and with a short smile. It felt as if she knew what Isis was talking about. Her senses were still a bit blurry, but she felt secured and loved.  While exploring these emotions, no words came to her head. Isis kept focusing on making a paste from those herbs while watching her guest wake up and come back alive.  "What do you mean by welcome BACK?" Eli spoke out her thoughts instantly, almost offensively. Her body was getting warm, and the heat started coming up her cheeks. It remembered this adrenalin rush from before, and panic, even though everything was fine now. There were no clear visions or understanding that could explain the experience, but the feeling was real and instant.  "In time and very soon, you will understand everything. Please give your body space to adjust to the soul and mind. A trinity that is out of balance will do you no good when the cycle is complete. As we speak, your kundalini is still looking for a balanced wave. It takes time for the energy to adjust back to this crude form it was in during your life. " Eli was listening but had no idea what all of that meant. Isis laughed.   "Your humanity and expression are intact. I am amazed at how people tame the energy and manage to make it lazy. That is quite a phenomenon. Let me see... okay, waking people up from the dead is not an easy job. Now can you understand?" "Somehow, I feel your words. But I don't have the slightest idea what do you mean by that.  it looks like I need a few moments to process, then maybe you can answer my questions." Isis shook her head and poured them another shot. Eli saluted with no words and drank the entire glass.  The drink was sharpening her senses and dulled her mind at the same time. It felt as if that was the reason why she remained so calm. It was time to get up and make a few steps... something was wrong.   Her head was pounding, and the hedgehogs were still scratching on the door. There were some birds, and probably a cat making a symphony of noises- begging for food on the other side. She decided to go and let them in. One step - the pain from her head went down the spine and stung like a million needles. Two steps - her heart started pounding, here was the adrenalin again, giving her the urge to scream, hit, run, destroy, fly. Three steps - the pressure was rising, and she was trying to control every atom of her body. Four steps - something was wrong, she needed to run, but it was holding her back. Five steps - the pounding, the needles, the adrenalin were so overwhelming as if she was going to explode. Eli fell on her knees, started screaming and crying at the same time. Every part of her body hurt, and she felt the electricity going through her synapses. It felt horrible and wonderful to be able to breathe.  "What is happening?" she cried out.  Isis jumped to her and just held her left hand. It was familiar and close, and a bit sweaty and shaky.  "It never comes easy seeing them so fragile. Sometimes I wonder could I remember those feelings? It has been so long ago. Poor girl, she didn't even scratch the essence of the truth, and she collapsed. Maybe I was wrong... Unfortunately, I am never wrong." Isis held Eli's hand and smirked in silence. It will take her a while, but she needs to finish the first nine steps all on her own so the energy can stabilize again before she goes back.  *** Eli blinked and felt a slippery hand holding hers. Her knees were sore and her entire body was hurting. She was down on the floor it was time to get up.  The hand holding her was calm and familiar.  "There is that feeling again." Eli looked up and saw Isis looking around and moving her lips silently. She seemed serene and occupied with so many thoughts at the same time. Her androgynous face was hard to describe, it felt like mist, but firm, beautiful, and not specific. Everything and nothing.  Isis laughed out loud.  "Common Eli! You can fantasize about the mystery of my body later. You should get up and finish what you started. A few more steps to understand, then we can talk, and you will know everything you need. Also, my hand is a little numb and could use some movement." Eli tried to get up and sat down. She blushed and remembered that Isis somehow hears even the things you think to yourself in silence. Okay, it was time to get up.  Eli took a deep breath and knew she needed to make a few more steps… "... so SOMETHING can happen." Isis took her hand and started massaging the wrist Eli used as leverage and took a few steps back. Maybe Eli will be able to sense and understand faster now, her body did have time to heal.  One-step - "Oh my goodness, I fainted after five. What am I feeling?" Two steps - "This is the seventh in a row. I remember a rush, everything was binding..." Three steps - " The feeling of essence and memories of the past overwhelmed me in those few last seconds before..." Four steps - "I DIED!" Eli shouted. "I DIED! How can I remember? How am I here? My life ENDED!" She looked towards Isis, who was observant and intrigued. "You are the first one to remember. Not even him... nevermind. Uhm, yes. You did die, or your body died. Your energy started the process of extraction. However, I was quick, and your death was fresh. Now you took the first steps and will understand everything, no words needed. We can talk and vocalize if you want, but trust me, the first experience of the Essence is always awesome!" Eli nodded. Understanding of Life coming to an end for a living being, human or mammal, was one thing. The bounds of the body and brain limit the awareness of Self. It seems that once you lose a life, the boundaries of understanding are removed from the eyes.  Words can limit the description of the process. Being reborn comes from the energy of supernatural beings. There is an omnipresent hierarchy through time and space, multiverses, and laws by which everything functions.  The idea of the divine was only human.  Once ready, we transgress and evolve to other levels of self and matter. Eli felt all of these segments of knowledge fusing with her Chakra and Kundalini. She knew that if any humans felt or saw her now she would be considered a God. This happened to many others in the past of Planet Earth.  Planet Earth. Eli blinked. Home. But if it was distant… "Where am I? It's time to tell me the truth." Isis just finished chopping up some food for the animals that were waiting outside. She stroked a leaf of her window plant as she was going out.  "Humans would call this the Limbo, or a passage to the afterlife. They are not too far off. Rarely, some of you have the chance to go back- sometimes with, sometimes without the knowledge of what happened after your life ended the first time. " "I cannot remember everything, but my body does. Did you help me go back to my previous, or rather, human form? So I can go back?" "Yes and no. There was an unnatural shift of energy on the planet for quite some time now. Its climax somehow intersected my usual visits from above. I found you and well, here we are." "I sense that there is something you're not telling me. If we are away from the planet how do I hear all those sounds of nature?" "That planet was my home once as well. I get to keep some cute and beautiful beings to keep me company while I work and fix some of the current residents of the planet." Isis smiled mischievously. "But I'm afraid that story will have to wait for another time. We need to focus on getting you back home with the knowledge so you have a chance to change the time trajectory to your favor." "Why am I given this chance? Won't I forget everything once I am bound back to the human core and perception?" "Not this time, because I like you. But before you go, you should prepare here. Being reborn in a specific form, time and place is no easy task, even for me. "