Martian Meditation 05

The first thing that you notice when you enter the temple is the silence. It's as if all of Mars has been muted, and only this one small space exists in a bubble of serenity. The second thing you notice are the statues. They line the walls, each one different but with an otherworldly quality to them. You can't quite tell what they're made of, but they shimmer in the light that comes from...somewhere. You find a spot on the floor and sit down, crossing your legs and closing your eyes. Now that you're here, it feels like there's something important that you need to remember; some great secret just out of reach. But try as you might, it slips away every time you grasp for it. After awhile though, something does begin to come into focus: a feeling of connectedness with everything around you - not just Mars or Earth or even our solar system, but with the entire universe itself. It's disorienting at first, but soon becomes comforting . And within this expansive sense of calm, individual memories start bubbling up: things long forgotten suddenly remembered with perfect clarity. But these aren't happy memories necessarily - more like lessons learned or truths discovered through difficult experiences, maybe even lifetimes ago.