"Ellen Gilchrist - Black Winter" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gilchrist Ellen)

direction. We are going to the sun. That's how I look at it. Nine baboons
searching for the sun. We want you with us if you will go.тАЭ
That night the monks chanted for many hours. Then they had a long
debate that lasted almost until dawn. They were in the front of the cave. I
could have found a quiet place to sleep but I stayed awake listening to
them.
At last they slept. In the morning, after they had gone outside and
relieved themselves and boiled water for tea and drank tea and chanted
for another two hours and then argued again, Gangkar came to us and
said they had decided to accompany us to the equator.
тАЬWe have chanted away our hindrances,тАЭ he began. тАЬWe see the joy in
this new beginning. We embrace your journey and humbly offer ourselves
as your companions. Only Bhagang is worried about your horse. What will
you do with your horse? He cannot ride in the vehicles and if we leave him
here he will perish without company. Have you thought of this?тАЭ
тАЬWe will drive slowly enough so that he can walk or run beside us,тАЭ
Tannin said.
тАЬIt will use too much gasoline,тАЭ Mort answered.
тАЬYou can go ahead with the vehicle and we will follow at the pace of the
horse,тАЭ I suggested. We talked about this and Mort calculated the amount
of gasoline it would take to drive forty miles an hour as opposed to fifty or
thirty or sixty and we agreed that would be our plan.
тАЬHe is eating the grass,тАЭ I added. тАЬAs long as he is alive we are not in a
radiation zone. He will be our canary.тАЭ The monks looked from one to
another and smiled. I guess it amused them that I had to have an excuse
to love a horse.
We have made our plans to leave. We will follow whatever roads we can
down into Texas and Mexico. Then to Central America. Every two
hundred miles we will have a meeting and rethink our plans.
тАЬWe will take the guns,тАЭ Tannin told Gangkar. тАЬWe have rifles and
pistols that we found in the canoe shop. I know this is against your
religion so I wanted to warn you about it.тАЭ
тАЬTake what you need.тАЭ Gangkar answered him. тАЬIf they become too
heavy you may wish to stop carrying them.тАЭ
We leave tomorrow. Tonight the monks performed their dances for us.
The same dances they have performed in cities all over the world. They put
on their costumes and danced:
THE INVOCATION OF THE FORCES OF GOODNESS
then,
THE DANCE OF THE RAINBOW BEINGS
then,
 THE INQUIRING AND PROVOKING MIND IS THE BASIS OF ALL
ENLIGHTENMENT
then,
THE WORLD OF CONFLICT AND SUFFERING BECOMES THE
CIRCLE OF ECSTASY
then,
THE ECHO OF WISDOM
then,
AN AUSPICIOUS CONCLUDING SONG FOR WORLD PEACE