Chapter Eleven

Enlightenment and Levitation

She levitated. On clouds high above the Castle, she gazed down with a look of serenity. And smiled.

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It never was easy for anyone to attain enlightenment. And it wasn't easy for Mochi the Giant. It took her one year, two attempts and the will of God before she qualified for enlightenment.

And even so, she struggled and fought this holy decree though it was time.

Enlightenment is a state of mind that blessed its beholders with clarity of thought and openness of heart.

But her mortality, feeble and weak, resisted the looming unknown and resisted change. For embracing enlightenment, one had to make sacrifices. Her sacrifice was to leave the Place forever.

This was but of course, simply because the Place and the Castle was too small for one who had enlightenment - too narrow and too constricting. The Place could not comprehend the power of enlightenment and just as Mochi had initially resisted it, so did the Place.

As the Heavens would have it, Mochi nonetheless embraced her fate and welcomed her enlightenment. And through her acceptance, she found calmness and greatness.

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The Giants wish her well.

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