I remember a
dark yet sweet night once, in our little house in the countryside. Only the
stars revealed their past outside in the veranda, where my son and I were sitting.
My son was reading a science fiction book-one of his favourite - and I had
emptied my head, I had become one with divine Nature. There was neither past
nor future then. There was only the present, where thought is absent.
All of a
sudden, my son sprang up shouting: “Look at the lights coming from the sky at a
great speed right upon us. They are UFOs, Father. They are coming to kidnap
us.” My son’s voice brought me back to the field of thought. In fact, the
lights were approaching quickly and our fear increased and turned into panic.
When they came very close, the bright lights dispersed in the dark.
We remained
silent for a while. After pulling myself together, I thought they could have
been meteorites, shooting stars or bolides. That’s what our teacher taught us at
school but we didn’t pay much attention those days.
During the
silence, a crazy idea occurred to me –earlier in my life I had been a merchant
and I had a sound business. The economic crisis, however, left my merchandise
unsold and I went bankrupt. I closed down my venture. So I thought of investing
in fear. It is always fresh and you don’t have to stock up. Moreover, no capitals are needed. Not only
the politicians but also heads of churches all over the world have invested in
it and they have grown rich. I will follow their path and I plan to exceed
their riches and glory. One thing is for sure: the more the fear increases, the
fatter my bank account will be.
I decided
to become a writer. I started writing
about conspiracies and the more copies the readers bought and read the more
thrilled I was and I wrote perplexed and horrifying stories. They were so
terrifying that I started to feel frightened myself.
In order to
sort things out I let you know that:
The
conspirators who are trying to destroy us are of three kinds:
a.
aliens
b.
humans
c.
those
who live inside the earth and - if I remember well - are called Nafthalims!
There is
one more type of conspirator. They are called Black Holes but they are very far
away and they cannot be regarded as a threat.
They come from the collapse of stars, they create a blurring of the time
space and they swallow everything, even whole galaxies. No one can escape from
them; they are the most frightening. If a politician ever tells you that he can
save you from them, believe him. It will be the only time he has ever told the
truth.
All these
categories of conspirators are invisible but they constitute the most visible
threat. At least that is what we believe.
The aliens
I used to
write about aliens of various colours and shapes, whose unique goal was to
eliminate life on Earth, as if they didn’t have anything else to do in their
free time! I would provide details about witnesses’ accounts, I was believed
and was a carrier of the terror. If there are extra- terrestrials I have no knowledge
of, nor am I aware of their intentions. However, I hope they won’t show up in
my life. In this way I shall lead a luxurious life at the expense of my
readers. Nevertheless, if - to my dismay - they do show up while I am alive and
they are good-natured, won’t they demolish my whole construction?
The humans
I am not
afraid of them. Moreover, I consider them to be my partners in the nice and profitable
business of fear. Our goal is to control your consciences through fear, which
we generously offer you, so that you will become our obedient followers. As
history has shown through times with both religious and political heads, the
recipe is mostly successful. We, ancient and modern conspirators, have lived
affluently.
Nafthalims
They, I can
assure you, are the most terrifying. They live in an underground domain, which
is called Hollow Earth, or it could be Convex Earth. It depends on the viewer’s
standpoint. They conspire unintermittently. They can spring up from a place you
wouldn’t expect them to. You are walking, for instance, at the beach carelessly
and they suddenly appear in front of you. If you don’t die out of fear-which is
the best thing to do- they will swallow you in their realm and they will turn
you into a conspirator, too. If you want to survive, you should stay calm and
smile. This is something they cannot cope with and they vanish.
Soon I
became the talk of the day in the companies of our gullible fellow people. I
became famous worldwide and I started to show off (we’ll talk about this venture
shortly).
Sitting
next to the swimming pool in my mansion I am enjoying my drink.
I am
writing my next book, which will surely frighten you more.
Have a good
night and may the fear be with you.
The Residents of the World …
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Note:The translation of the Greek text into the
English language was provided by Ky Al.
