Friday, May 8, 2015

An anxious instant

There was an instant before the universe was created. And the intant was in God. And the instant was God. As God had not put labels on things, matter, space and time were concentrated in the instant and did not differentiate between them and weren't conscious of themselves. But when the universe was created, it did not happen in an instant, or by any Big Bang, the moment was multiplied by many moments and they were aware that they would dominate the Universe.

There was once a time where an instant that was part of the great family instants of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus. But this instant was not content to be one, would be the most important in the life of our suffering Byzantine emperor. Thus, as he had the opportunity, on 4 April 1081, Alexius was crowned emperor by the patriarch Cosme Hierosolimites after remove Nicephorus III. That was the sublime existence of our instant.

The instant had fulfilled his dream but wanted to be more. He thought why not intermarry with other instants of other characters in the story. And so he chose Mangana Palace to meet other instants. For example the instants of Maria Bagrationi. The restless instant Alejo crossed with Mary peaceful instant in the palace and formed a close friendship, making the couple fell in love ....

But the qualities of the instants are ephemeral. Furthermore, although they may extend into infinity and see with the eyes of God, they are also suffering and weary as mortals. And also, as mortals are allowed fatal love and hatred, madness. So they say that the relationship between Alexius and Maria, the result of whim of an instant, made his love survive only a few years.

Alexius saw one day, through one of the green countryside surrounding the palace, which it moved toward him and it swallowed him. Once inside, Alejo levitated a few meters above the ground. When he thought of bringing the objects looked around, they immediately approached him, and the more focused on them thinking to see more clearly between its details, objects opened themselves and left to penetrate his vision, showing the details inside. At that time he discovered the powers of his mind to act on the matter and on time.

When he glanced at the wall of the room, it came up a few centimeters from his face and it opened itself. The different layers of paint, stone, clay and mud were showing their history, and every piece of components showed him the faces of those who had worked with them. Although he knew of the existence of restless instant, getting not understand what had happened to their perception, but he was sure that the moment had made on him a change.

He soon realized the reason, the instant was driving him to his origins. He tried to close his eyes but could not. The images became sharper and behind the thousands of faces coming and going, the booming voice of a slave entered his ears. Sound waves led him to a small adobe house in the suburbs of Constantinople.

The slave spoke but Alexius understood nothing of what he said. He tried desperately to return to his world, his time, but something stopped him. The slave approached so close that Alexius could feel his breath. Suddenly everything went dark and Alexius awoke on the grass of the fields that had gone hunting.

When he saw his lover, he told what had happened and Mary tried to convince him that was a dream. But Alexius did not assimilate the experience as something imaginary and tried to understand. Hey confessed Mary that as a child had discovered the existence of the instants that rule the world. He had discovered his restless instant one night I could not sleep. The instant thought that the boy dreamed and approached his bed so close that Alexius surprised him staring and asked 'Who are you and why are you here?

Jerusalem year 1099. The Jerusalem mourned, pray for Muslims, Christians pray for, is like the new Jerusalem in 5200. They've changed the characters continue to write the story, but the city remains intact. Some of their citizens have created a community on Mars as image and likeness of the customs 1099 keeps alive the hope of recovering a universe presided over by God. Alexius, scion of our illustrious Byzantine emperor recalls in the city of Alexandria the old glories of the family past, accompanied by the instant of his illustrious ancestor and with the same supernatural powers. So concentrating his mind on a particular place on Mars, he could distinguish the silhouettes from the palace of Omar, they came and went quickly to and from the throne room. Omar was the descendant of the grand vizier who fought against the Byzantine emperor in 1099 in Jerusalem. And they are preparing to continue the jihad.

Omar has a such beautiful as the most beautiful daughter in the universe, and Alexius, taken by light princess has no choice but to convince his time for the kidnap.  It is the human factor, and the Crusades extend to infinity. But hidden things has the Universe. One ot the most valuables is love. The most powerful weapon in the Universe.

To be continued....