I just finished reading “Eldest” and enjoyed the development of an enlightened spiritual state in the characters. The idea of using the living beings in the environment as a source of power to enable change, (i.e. a logic based magic system), the presentation of a situation where the bad beings have a more efficient form of magic because of 100 years more practice than the good beings, & then using this to produce a cliff-hanger, causes me to speculate about how this occurred and about how the contest will be won.

The facts as presented concerning magic:
With the proper awareness, life-force can be used to change creation
The complexity and speed of the change determine the amount of life force needed; i.e. increasing complexity and speed use proportionally more life-force
Language has been used to structure the life-force changes and thereby make controlling them easier
Song is used to make complex changes easier and faster
Life-force can be acquired from living beings other than oneself, the extraction of which may require replenishment if the life form is to survive

Facts that will be presented concerning magic:
Karma exists, all that you be, (think, say, do etc.) comes back to you
o Bad beings devise ways to delay their Karma or get someone else to carry the burden for them, (i.e. selling one’s soul causes you to be a stand in for the evil one’s Karma)
o Good beings devise ways to speed up their Karmic return. The ultimate goal is to have your Karmic return become instant and immediate, (the end result of having instant Karma = whatever an evil one does to you happens to them instantly and immediately / it cannot go anywhere else or be taken by any other being)
This knowledge of Karma causes good beings to adopt a well know Mahayana Buddhist principle as the foundation of their magic or spiritual practice
o From: “For a Brilliant Life” Shinjuku (Tokyo), Japan July, 1991
o No matter what the reason
o One must never kill another person
o One must never kill oneself
o The wisdom of Buddhist teachings begins and ends here
o By: Daisaku Ikeda
To Continue To Be Forgiven Always Remember
o Forgiving a living being,
o oneself or others,
o is a charitable act.
o Virtue is its own reward.
o Virtue is its own punishment.

Methods by which the bad beings could increase the speed and complexity, (i.e. efficiency), of their magic, (ability to change creation or create):
Change the dragon so that it becomes an energy storehouse, much the way a camel stores water
Use the life-force of the amassed armies to enact complex changes quickly, killing large numbers of the soldiers in the process
Use the energy of the souls of the dead to cause the changes, causing these non-corporeal beings extreme suffering, (since they are not mortal and cannot die); access to this type of energy source usually implies extreme evil, such as a “Deal with the Devil”


Methods by which the good beings could increase the speed and complexity, (i.e. efficiency), of their magic, (ability to change creation or create):
Use of the sun as a life-force source, the disadvantage of this is that it is exhaustible, i.e. a finite source
Use the central creative force in creation as a life-force source, the advantage of this source is that it is infinite. This source is better know as, the incomprehensible law of cause and effect, Allah, and/or God; depending upon your perspective. This is why good always wins over evil.


The end result of this is good beings who do no harm, defeat all evil (with the warning that, “The judgment you render is your own!”), heal the sick, raise the dead, walk on water, feed the multitudes, and gradually by example, teach all beings The Way.

That is an interesting statement.... the fact that that is what he is getting at in the books and what is yet to come I bag to differ... Karma lol I am guessing you believe that as your own religion to put it in your statement quite to that extreme existent.

Sincere Ridicule Is A Step Ahead of Being Ignored

Now on to my beliefs,

The Real Thing Is Always Free

The Real Thing Is Always Free; Absolutely, Totally & Completely Free

Or why the evil one always wants to charge for what it has.

A simple truth is the key to understanding the situation and also its solution.

Never Give Up, Always Persevere.

With effort, faith, and patience

any being can change creation.


Miracles are 98% effort, 1% faith & 1% patience.


Be careful what you wish for,

all things are possible.


The best way to convince a fool it is wrong,

is to give it exactly what it desires.


What is the best way

to achieve your dreams?

Always Persevere, Never Give Up.


How the evil one came about, (i.e. The System)

Foundation Desire: To be in charge, you want it so much you will do whatever it takes


Knowledge base: How Karma is delayed and transferred to beings who did not earn it.


Methodology: Take, by whatever means necessary, all things of value, and sell them back to their rightful owners for whatever the market will bear.


Power Acquisition Example: Find a being who desires what you have taken more than all else. What they want will have originally been theirs, (their birthright). Charge them the use of their soul for as long as you desire for access to what they want.

How to make a profit: Use their soul to absorb the nasty Karma you earned by stealing these things in the first place.

I believe that what you do with knowledge directly effects your reality; it can also affect your existence.

There are so many flaws to that belief. what makes you think we care to hear it? keep it to yourself please.

it his faith and u cant mention faith on this site i thinks

This is an incredibly old topic!

no one write in this topic anymore cos it's old

I'm not saying that.

oh i'm soz i misread u i thought u meant we have to closew it down but
u meant ur surprised it's gone on for ages

Yeah, I was just pointing it out. Post in it as much as you want, doesn't matter how old it is.

why does ur green dragon not breath fire

Because he doesn't feel like it.

no realy

Because it has a cold.

it could melt the ice