The Four Gifts of the King by R. Scott Rodin

Author:R. Scott Rodin [R. Scott Rodin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2019-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

It was late in the afternoon and the sun hung low in the sky before Obed and Steward made the trek back down the grand staircase from the Sacred Mount. They had held audiences with both Mattox the Great in the famous Ivory Cathedral and Hamby the Pious in the spire-festooned Temple of Temperance. In neither place did Steward find his Transmitter. Only more questions.

Obed shook his head. “I’m sorry, Steward. We did not find your Transmitter. I had thought perhaps Mattox…”

“I knew the moment I met Mattox the Great that he would not have a Transmitter.” Steward didn’t even try to hide his disdain for the man.

Obed cast him a sideways glance. “And how is that?”

“It was his spirit. There was a sense about him that no voice, no matter how clear, would ever pierce his skepticism. I have never met anyone who could speak so eloquently about being open and liberal-minded, yet who was so closed and bitter in spirit.”

Obed cocked his head and smiled. “Well, my dear and wise friend, you have said a mouthful. How did you find his teaching?”

Steward replayed the lecture they had been given upon mention of the encounter with the Transmitter. The stern yet unimposing Mattox had paced around the room as he unpacked reason after reason to explain away Steward’s experience…

“Steward, we often hear our own deepest longings through the voice of other beings… or objects. This journey is your entire life. You have been led to believe in it since you were young. You naturally have accepted the beliefs of your parents, and now your mind will go to all lengths to validate those beliefs, even if it means a hallucination of voices through ancient vessels. Do not be discouraged. This is actually a great gift. Few people can rely on such dramatic experiences to shape their lives. This, for you, is an epiphany. It does not matter if the voice was real or not. The important thing is that you believe it was, and that it will lead you to live a better life. Continue to seek the truth, as we all must.”

“So, sir, if you don’t mind me asking, have you ever heard the voice of the king yourself?”

At Steward’s question, Mattox had reached the end of his patience. “We hear our own truth today, as we have in the past, through all religions, all cultures, and all faith traditions. None is a perfect and exclusive avenue to truth, but all can learn from each other. If you are to hear the voice of truth, you must listen for it in everything, for it has no single location. Truth is in all things and all things are true. No one person or group has the right to believe they have a unique access to truth through any voice or any vessel. That, my misguided friend, is the most detestable and damnable quality of the human race, and you must rid yourself of every ounce of it.”

With that, the audience ended.

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