Ralli     Created on Monday, 27 October 2008 23:49  
  Ralli  
    
   That night when he murdered our parents and burned down our home, our uncle did more than that. He destroyed what I knew of the world. He brought me down to reality in a way no one should have to see the world. He showed me that people are capable of terribly things. And it seems to me now that even when I was just a girl, I was always searching for a way to escape it all, a way to rise above it. I've never wanted my upbringing to hold me down or to limit the quantity or the quality of things I was capable of doing with my life.
   My journies, however short or brief some of them may have been, eventually lead me to the humble doorstep of a Monk who taught me the values in seeking resolution within oneself. He also taught me to realize that people are a flawed thing by nature but that through meditation, one can transcend beyond this world and this life. He said when he meditated and concentrated on the nothingness and the stillness, he found inner peace like nothing he had ever felt before. When I plunged into myself though, I didn't feel what he felt...
   While reflecting inward, I found torment and I found anger. But it seemed as if they were another person's feelings. It was as if someone had told me their life story of endless sadness, hardships and trials and was feeding me their resentment for their life they had not been allowed to fully live. I realized that this was, indeed, as I had guessed; someone else's pain. I realized then that I had the ability, through deep meditation, to plunge myself soul-deep into the ethereal plane of existence. A place where spirits dwell, most of them very restless and very eager to talk.
   I want to know how to better understand and utilize this gift I've been given. I want to know why I've been given such power in the first place. Why is it that I can speak with people long since past? What sort of knowledge and counsel can I provide these spirits and in turn, what could I hope to gain from dealing with them?

Sincerely,
     Ralli Endsong
          Eldest daughter of Endsong