CHAPTER FIVE
Angels Assisting in Awaking to Eternal
Life, Test of Alliances, Heavenly
Specter, Lukewarm Souls, Demon
Disguises Himself as Holy Mother, the
Crossings, Avalokiteswara, the Golden
Buddha and Zarathustra Come to my
Aid.
Confused and disoriented, I stood
amongst several brothers with great musical
abilities who were bickering over who had
written which music. It seemed, for the
moment, that my purpose here was
somehow to help them decide who should
take credit for which works, but something
wasn't right. Because they were so much a
team in their musical endeavors, I couldn't
figure out who should take credit for what,
and I was unable to discern what music
belonged to whom. Many other people were
among us, two separate and distinct groups;
regular mortal humans, and the others who
bore a distinct marking.
These others were more liquid and
fluid, despite their solidity in human form. A
marking lay upon their heads, somehow a