PART ONE
I
The name of the first man the Lord made was Papa, while the name of the first woman was Mama. They were the king and queen of the garden. They had dominion over all things in the garden.
After some time, they understood that one hand made all things. One night, they had the same dream. When they woke up in the morning, the king was meditating his dream. All of a sudden, his wife interrupted him, “Did you notice anything when you slept”? she asked the king.
“ I was about to ask you the same question. I saw you and me in another realm, which I guess must be the spiritual world.” He looked at his wife.
“ Yes, it is the spiritual world,” she said to her husband.
The king thought, “In the spiritual world, I discovered that there is total freedom; nothing can destroy the spirit. It was there before the beginning, and it will be there after the ending of the physical world.”
He told his wife about his dream. “I saw two groups in the spiritual world; one with the logo of love on them, while the other had the logo of hatred on them. The group with the logo of love was very kind to us in my dream. Yes, they save us from that jealous spirit of hatred,” the king said.
“ Yes, yes, yes I remember every bit of the dream now. We had the same dream at the same time. What a wonderful Lord. With him, everything is possible,” the queen said.
“We were crossing to the other side where the spirit of love was singing praises to the Lord,” he told his wife. “They tried to stop us when we arrived at the middle of the narrow road that leads to the kingdom of the spirit of love,” the king continued.
“When I told them that we had the right to choose what we wanted because the Lord had given us dominion over all things, and the choice to choose life or death . . .” said the queen as she clean the house.
The king finished her sentence. “They were completely angry with you.
“ Yes, that was why they tried to kidnap me, but you did not allow them to succeed easily. I saw you pulling me from them,” said the queen.
“As they tried to overpower us, a voice sounded and command them to let us go in peace. It said, ‘You wicked, rebellious, and jealous spirit let them go, the maker of all things have given them the authority to choose what they desire,’” the king told his wife.
“ When they had the voice, they gave us our way,” the queen added, smiling.
“But don’t forget that they promised to enter the world through any soul that would give them the opportunity to do so before they depart from us,” the king reminded his wife.
“You are right my dear husband,” said the queen.
“Our duty is to pass this information to all our offspring. We must teach them how to practice and show love to one another; if not, the spirit of hatred will find his way to the human soul,” the king said.
“Every thing that exists in this world is the physical manifestation of the power and presence of the Lord.”
II
Papa was a farmer, hunter, and shepherd, while Mama made clothes from the animals’ skins and took care of the house when Papa was away. They lived a happy life and they showed love to each other. They believed that life was a drag, but they promised to drag it with love, peace, joy, and happiness.
As time passed by, some years later they had twin boys. They named the first boy, Wisdom, and the second boy, Power. They grew up with their parents in the garden and their parents taught them how to practice and show love to one another.
Wisdom grew up to be a shepherd; he loved taking care of lives. While his twin brother, Power, grew up to be a hunter; he loved killing wild animals.
Seven years later, Papa and Mama had another set of twins, but this time they were girls. The queen was very happy. “Now I have girls to help me to do the house work,” she thought to herself.
They named the first girl, Ayana, (beautiful flower), while they named the second girl, Desta, (happiness).
When the girls grew up, the first girl loved going to the field with the first boy to feed the sheep, while the second girl loved helping her mother at home. She also loved the second boy because he always provided animal skins for her and her mother to make clothes for the family.
Their parents always showed them equal love and advised them to do the same to one another. ”You must all understand that love will guide us all to everlasting peace here on earth, and in the spirit world where our soul will live forever,” the king said to them as they all gathered to eat their evening meal. “You all must also have it in your mind that the spirit of hatred has promised to visit us. If we allow that spirit to enter us, it will steal our everlasting peace from us,” he explained. “You should all know that it is the will of the Lord that we all live in peace here in the physical world and even in the spiritual world where our soul will live forever. We must continue to practice and show love to each other,” he added to his teaching. “As for me, your father, my wish is that you all enter the world of everlasting peace, where the Lord has prepared for every soul that practices his will,” he said to them.
“What was his will”? Ayana asked.
“ His will is for us is to love each other and love him, our maker.” Mama answered her without waiting for Papa to answer the question.
“ You should all know that every tree produces its own kind of fruit, and whatsoever we sow, is what we will reap at harvest. My advice to you all is to sow love here on earth so that you will reap peace here on earth and in the spiritual world,” the king continued his teaching.
“The Lord sent us all to this world to plant the seed of love and up root the seed of hatred. These two seeds are rivals. You must all acknowledge that we have free will to choose what pleases us, but the Lord advises us to choose love so that we will have everlasting peace,” said the king to his family.