Chapter 1

In response to the Buddhist world view, persons are reborn after they die. Nonetheless, they arent essentially reborn as human, and it isnt essentially solely people who’re reborn. A person could possibly be reborn as a cow, a canine could possibly be reborn as a lady, and a demon could possibly be reborn as a hermit.

This principle is, maybe, how I died by hitting my head whereas falling down the steps in twenty first century Japan and acquired reincarnated right into a mountain. No, I wasnt a person as huge as a mountain or one thing like that. I actually turned a mountain.

The land surrounding me was barren, with no grass rising so far as the attention can see. There have been no indicators of residing issues, and there have been no different mountains than mine. There additionally werent any rivers, nor have been there any birds flying within the sky. The world was chilly, with thick clouds protecting the sky so that hardly a patch of blue could possibly be seen. Sometimes, mud was blown round by the wind.

I used to be confused at first. I didnt perceive what was occurring.

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How was I seeing with none eyes?

How was I pondering and not using a mind?

I wished to cry, however no tears got here out. I had no voice in any respect.

Nonetheless, I used to be in a position to sleep, so I closed my eyes and slept whereas praying that somebody would do one thing about this.

As time handed by with out something occurring, I started to have the ability to settle for my present state of being. I had develop into a mountain. Subsequently, to any extent further I had no alternative however to reside as a mountain. I had no thought why or how this occurred, however I merely needed to settle for this as truth and transfer on.

There have been some issues I discovered whereas I used to be sleeping. To start with, I didnt appear to get hungry. Apparently, I acquired nourishment by absorbing warmth from a lava pool thats below the mountain. And, regardless that I wasnt doing something, often lava spilled out of the mountain and have become hardened rock as soon as it cools. Like this, my physique (the mountain) step by step grew in measurement. It was bizarre. Do regular mountains additionally develop utilizing such a technique? If I bear in mind appropriately, dont they kind from adjustments within the earths crust? I didnt actually get it, however in any case, the lava was nourishing, so I acquired used to it.

On the worth of endurance, the panorama of the earth had modified from the chilly wilderness of only a day in the past. There was nothing however purple so far as the attention might see! As soon as the mud settled, I might see that the earth had develop into a sea of magma. It was what remained after the high-temperature evaporation earlier. Even the air was burning; the burning lava had scattered into the air and even into area, inflicting it to be unclear the place the sky begins and the bottom begins.

Small meteorites fell always like rain, and stirred the bottom. My mountainous floor was struck by them quite a few occasions, and one time I come near dying as one practically cut up me proper in two. I suffered via numerous magma tsunamis; no sooner did one tsunami fade away then one other, normally greater one would strike.

It felt like I noticed nothing however purple for years, maybe even a long time. For all I do know, it could have even continued on for lots of of years. It appeared like I misplaced the flexibility to see another shade besides purple. It was a horrible time that would not be tolerated by the human spirit. However since I used to be now I mountain, I used to be positive (?).

Ultimately, there was a break within the unchanging purple world. Black got here into view between the purple. It took me years to understand that it was the night time sky. Then, a ridiculous quantity of years later, the sky was lastly black a part of the time and purple a part of the time, which I took to be the excellence between night time and day.

As soon as the meteorites stopped falling, the Earth actually resembled Saturn. That’s to say, and asteroid belt had developed round it. The lava that had been blown into outer area was gathered by the gravity of the earth. The ring, which must be referred to as a set of small meteorites, turned smaller 12 months by 12 months. Some fell to Earth, others collided and coalesced and develop into bigger chunks. Apparently, the ring of meteorites was coming collectively to kind a small object. It was a lot smaller than the Earth, nevertheless it was made out of the same substance.

The small red-hot object, which had not but even cooled, was step by step rising in measurement by sucking within the ring of small meteorites with its gravity because it orbited across the Earth.

If this continues, wont it stabilize and orbit across the Earth like a satellite tv for pc?

Then, I had a realization.

Its the moon, isnt it? Now that I give it some thought, I’ve seen stars shining within the sky between thick clouds, however I’ve by no means seen the moon. I cant consider anything it could possibly be besides the moon.

Huh?

However which means

That is Earth earlier than the beginning of the moon?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!??