Water sent rain everywhere and because of the icy coldness in the universe it was in charge of the comets' tail. Light was playing with all objects and was responsible for dark and light, as well as for light and shadow.
Once upon a time there were 5 siblings who lived in the middle of the universe right amongst all those millions of stars with whom they liked to play. Light was the first-born daughter and the other 4 siblings were quadruplets and were called: Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Their father was Matter and their mother Vacuum and thus all five siblings had like all other children traits of their father and their mother.
The father, Matter, was made up of very tiny particles, the atoms. All Atoms have a minute nucleus and around it move equally little energy particles, called electrons. Mother on the contrary, who was Vacuum, the void was a totally empty space. And although the parents were complete opposites, they got on very well and enjoyed their children very much.
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The
children were very lively and curious. Of course they had such an
enormous playing field, in which they could let off steam: our cosmos,
the universe. Air was blowing stars across the room so that some stars
actually shot right across the universe and left a long tail behind,
similar to the air tail behind airplanes in the sky. Fire was creating
new stars which consisted only of fire, like our sun and other stars.
Earth enjoyed throwing about large rocks which flew
across the universe as meteorites, which created huge craters when they
hit another star. But Earth also created new stars or planets when some
stars collided.
Water sent rain everywhere and because of the icy coldness in the universe it was in charge of the comets' tail. Light was playing with all objects and was responsible for dark and light, as well as for light and shadow. |
Our adventurous five discovered new games all the time and caused a lot of mischief and did many silly things so that sometimes stars crashed into each other. Then there was an enormous bang and huge dust clouds covered whole galaxies. Sometimes galaxies were covered in dust for many years, there was fog everywhere. Even Light could not shine through, so was unable to do much about it. Occasionally stars exploded when they collided and the sound of the explosion roared and raged across the universe, even father Matter and mother Vacuum got really scared, because the huge sound waves shook everything including both parents.
One day, when the children were playing again and had caused yet another collision followed by an enormous roaring, huge sound wave disturbed mother and father in their afternoon nap. That’s it, finally the parents had enough and were totally fed up.
Fire, Water, Earth, Air , Light!!!!!!! Come here at once, they shouted and their voices roared across the universe like huge thunder. Our Five knew at once that this time they had gone too far and they came back to their parents very quietly, eating humble pie, in order to avoid more trouble.
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There was a huge blow up and father threatened severe punishment: next time if ever they were to cause such a huge noise and destruction of a whole galaxy, they would be grounded, meaning the universe would become a forbidden zone! If they ever caused as much noise and destruction again that would mean being grounded for several thousand years. Their playground would just be a small part of the universe a play pen within the universe which would be so small that they would be unable to do any more mischief to the remaining universe. Suddenly our Five became very quiet indeed, never had they seen mother and father so angry. They went with their heads down knowing full well that they had to be good from now on.
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Quietly they discussed what to do next in order to make up for the stress they had caused their parents. In fact they were not bad children and had a good heart. Sometimes they were a little bit frolicsome and playful and overlooked the consequences of their actions. They did not really mean to destroy anything or harm anyone.
Although the Five were very mischievous, they were also very helpful and did a lot of good deeds.
Suddenly they had an idea: they wanted to create something new, no, not what you are thinking now -- making a cake to sweeten the parents, but to create a new star of their own. To our five children of the universe Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Light creating a new star, would be like you and me making a new cake or preparing breakfast for the angered parents. Yes, they wanted to create a new star which was just like themselves. This new star should have new life which would also consist of Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Light. They wanted their new star to be a mirror of themselves, the way they lived, played and worked together and also a reflection of their personalities.
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In unity
together they stormed like a vortex through the cosmos, to find a
suitable place where the new star would feel at home. And because they
just stormed and raced across the universe without thinking, they sort
of “overstormed” and suddenly they had lost their
way. Totally confused they stopped helplessly somewhere in
the universe and had no idea how to get back. They were afraid that
their parents would miss them, and they would be grounded
again. Even Light was scared and loosing its shine more and more; Water
cried tears of despair; Earth bored herself deeper in the ground and
became more and more rigid; Fire was spitting and hissing, flared and
flickered angrily but mainly because of helplessness. Air flapped and
stormed up and down, up and down, just like a hurricane running in
circles.
However, they lost all their energy after a while, had no more strength and were in despair and felt very lonely and lost, despite being together. Light gained its courage and strength back first and said to the others: we need to tackle the problem differently. We just stormed out into the universe without thinking straight, we had no clear thoughts or plan, we just rushed out in the blue and far to further a field as we should have dared and without realising where we went. I will now send a ray of light to our parents Vacuum and Matter to let them know that we are fine and will be back soon. I am sure you all know that light travels within the speed of our thoughts.
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That being said and done, now they were more relaxed and considered what to do. And suddenly the quadruplets Water, Fire, Earth and Air had a brilliant idea: what was actually missing was an orientation system, something like a map of the universe. No wonder, they had been lost, or "over stormed", there was simply no orientation points whatsoever.
Talking together they tried to retrace their steps, how they raced, how they got to where they were now. The next step was to develop a kind of orientation system, a kind of map for the universe. They sat together and each placed themselves in their own centre, they looked ahead, behind, right, left, above and below and suddenly they had the solution: – using the connection from their own centre to develop a sense of the four directions NORTH, SOUTH, EAST and WEST in relation to themselves and each other. They also used the two other directions: ABOVE and BELOW. By doing this they were able to develop a seven point orientation system in the whole universe.
And from that moment on every place in the universe had a seven pointed orientation system.
Now the Five went home to their parents, now they knew that how to get home they could relax from the hard work and adventure of their universe storming. During the next days and weeks they discussed what their newly created star would need to enable life to survive.
Soon they found all the answers: the new star needed a lot of light and warmth so it should be close to a star that radiated enough light and energy, but not to much. It needed sufficient light, as well as times of darkness, so that all creatures living on the new star could relax and restore their energy and have a sufficient rest. It needed earth so that the creatures could walk on it, find their habitat and rest and sleep. Water was necessary so that all water creatures could survive and be happy in their habitat. Water would provide nutrition for all. Air was also necessary so that all creatures could breath; and air could carry earth, sand and water across the star. Also, they planned creatures being able to live in the air. Fire’s responsibility was to provide warmth and to give light in the dark, to burn old material to make space for new growth and also to nourish the creatures.
After that our Five took off again, to find a suitable place for their new star. They found it right next to our sun, it gave enough warmth and energy for the star to be able to survive but there was also enough distance so that no creature got burned.
When the energy vortex of fire, water, air, earth and light had reached this place, they blew all together with all their power and strength to send energy into this place: Air blew and blew and formed the sky; Earth created the continents and the mountains; Water was everywhere and created the oceans and the rivers; Fire spit its energy like a firework in the whole area and also created the inner core of the new star. Light spread everywhere and created day and night, light and shadow.
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There was actually much more work involved to create our lovely star Earth then they had imagined at first. During this time of creation they got tired and needed some rest. Thus they talked it over and decided to set up a rota, so that nobody was too exhausted. This was the first time in the history of the universe that beings worked in cooperation and developed a rota. Light being the oldest sister had had more experience and therefore more responsibility but was supported by all the quadruples. Slowly the new star was created and as he rotated around another star, our sun, it became a planet: so in fact our planet earth was the result of a project which Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Light had wanted to do together in order to appease their parents Matter and Vacuum.
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Eventually our five siblings whizzed back home to relax, exhausted but at the same time full of joy and happiness about the creation of their new planet.
After they had recovered from their stressful work and were full of energy again, they invited their parents on a day-out to see their new planet. Now it was easy to find their way as remember, the universe now had a seven point orientation system: their own centre, the four directions, we call East, South, West and North and also the below and above.
The parents Matter and Vacuum were thrilled to bits about their children’s idea. They were very proud indeed. They were especially proud that their children had worked together in a team and had sorted out all occurring problems themselves.
But now there was the small matter of actually designing planet earth in such a manner that it was possible for all creatures to live upon it . Again the siblings had a meeting and discussed this issue together. And because each one of them was very innovative and full of ideas they created their own playmates:
Light gave life all colours and with water as rain and air to the rainbow.
Water created oceans, rivers, lakes, creeks and ponds.
Earth created continents, landscapes. mountains, trees and plants.
Fire formed the magna of the core of the earth and provided the warmth for us.
Air created winds, storms as well as high and low pressure of the different atmospheric levels and after another meeting with it’s sisters and brother, they created our famous weather, including storms and weather. You see, lightening is also a child of Fire.
Now they needed a longer break before they were able to tackle their last project to make all creatures and life forms on earth.
The creatures of Water are the fishes, the creatures of Air are the birds, the creatures of Earth are us humans and animals, the creatures of Fire are the little fire devils, dancing merrily and happy around all burning fires.
As you can see now: all living beings on earth were created in the image of our five siblings: for all of us need air and oxygen in our bodies, so that it can work and function. We have water in our blood and loose water by excretion and perspiring. We need fire to be able to digest.
Yes, we even have earth in our body: all our little cells contain earth and it is also part of our blood. The red colour of our blood (haemoglobin) is related to the green colour (chlorophyll ) of the leaves of trees and all plants.
Light, the older sister of our Five carries all information with ultra speed throughout our bodies from one place to another. All this happens much quicker than we can imagine.
The Five had so much fun and joy creating our planet and its creatures. The sun heats up the water which evaporates into the atmosphere and returns as rain, snow or hail and waters depending on the season and it will therefore water all land and all continents. Rivers flow through the earth just like arteries and veins in our body.
Earth is providing food for all small creatures, plants that live on her as our cells provide us with food in our body. All our cells have an important part in providing us with energy. Mountains and caves also protect us, should one of the other elements become too boisterous, for instance during catastrophes.
Fire burns old material so new can grow from the ashes, just like the digestive fire helps in our body to burn the food we have eaten.
Air helps us to breathe so we can survive. Blood transports oxygen, as well as nutrients to all the appropriate places.
Light carries all information within a flash from one place to another and we need light, given to us by the sun, for our body to function.
Therefore, we have therefore characteristics from all five siblings and their parents Matter and Vacuum in us and are thus are all part of fire, water, earth, air and light. Therefore we are all connected to each other, even if some of us may lack a little bit too much of one element or have too much of another element.
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Yes, we are the children of Light, the elements and Matter and Vacuum are our grandparents. They are our ancestors and at the same time exist in ourselves now. Each one of us is a miracle and an expression of the mutual creation of all elements and Light on the base of Matter and Vacuum and because we all have the characteristics of our parents and ancestors in us, we can live our lives creatively. All this goes hand in hand with a cycle: as below so above. All creatures on or planet have therefore a spark of the original-creators Matter and Vacuum. Each living being which vanishes returns its elements and energy into the big cycle of creation and passing, which again creates new life of Matter and Vacuum, Light, Air, Water, Earth and Fire. |
The rainbow is not only very special to us, but also to the siblings. Whenever they are very happy about their work or want us to be happy, they all get together and form a rainbow to make us dream and smile.
Like our creators, we need to smile and dream to be happy. In many dreams during our sleep we can remember where we come from. Therefore our dreams aid us to stay in touch with our creators. Thus dreams assist us to understand ourselves and support us also do understand the world and therefore we are able to find our own way.
Smiles are also important because they give us joy and make our heart laugh. The rainbow itself looks like a smile and radiates the joyful energy of a smile out to the world so that we can radiate like a rainbow and smile at the world.
Copyright Christa Muths