THE BOOK "FLIGHT"
by Artem Chukov
Read this book for yourself, and share it with your children.
Imagine standing face-to-face with your younger self — as a child or a teenager. What wisdom would you offer? What words of comfort or encouragement did you yearn to hear from the adults in your life? "FLIGHT" is a profound and transformative book that confronts these very questions, weaving a narrative that resonates deeply with the soul.
In its unconventional storytelling, "FLIGHT" unravels the enigma of human nature and illuminates the unseen truths of our world. It is a poignant exploration of self-awareness, a journey into the hidden depths of our potential, and a quest for understanding.
The story’s unexpected twists and its hauntingly beautiful conclusion will leave you reflecting, eager to revisit the stirring dialogues that thread through its pages. This is not just a book—it is an experience. Its enigmatic allure will captivate you, drawing you back time and again, each reading revealing fresh layers of insight and meaning.
"- Where are we going?
- Wherever you wish!
- Right away? Now?
- If you wish, yes, right now! ))) If you wish, we could even fly!
- How? Shall we take off and fly? Just like that???
- Exactly, and we’ll be able to fly and look at whatever you wish!
- And what are we going to see there, what are we going to do with all that? And what if I don’t understand lots of things?
- I’ll show you everything you want!...We’ll go anywhere you wish , and I’ll try to explain you everything that I’ll be able to explain fully and completely. ..."
" -You also said that people are afraid…. And what is fear?
- It’s a
very tricky feeling, very unpleasant; it appears with a presentiment
of danger. The ones who can’t control it take a risk of having a
very small, limited outlook forever… Sometimes fear lets us avoid
danger, but mainly it is experienced by people while facing
unknowingness…..And due to narrow outlook, they don’t know what
to do in a situation which caused this fear. Fear turns people into
cruel egotists, so they can be extremely cunning or coward… and
people are often cruel due to their fear of unknowingness…"
"- Nature? What is Nature?
- This is a great mystery… and to perceive the mystery of Nature you can carefully observe all its manifestations. We are surrounded by huge, endless world of Nature Mysteries! Your spaceship is manifestation of human nature perception only, but nature itself is the endless world. This world includes human nature, as well as plant, animal, bird and insect nature … grasshopper, for instance. Having taken a grasshopper to pieces, as you do it with your spaceship, you’ll deprive it of Life – the most important thing. Nature cannot exist without Life.
- It’s difficult for me to understand….. Life….
- It’s a Great Mystery and we are its participants. And everything you’ll see, and everything you’ll want to see, perceive or observe during our flight - is this Great Mystery. You and me – are the Life. People, the grasshopper, the Earth, the sky, water, air, the Sun and the Moon are the Life.
- It makes my skin crawl.."
"Changes – is the greatest stimulus for human Spiritual Growth! Realizing their necessity is very important to push yourself out of comfort zone sometimes.."
" - What is it?
- The worlds.
- What is ‘the worlds’?
- These are the places where different creations of nature exist.
- And what are ‘creations of nature’?
- You and me, for instance. We are creations of nature.
The sky and land, water, wind, animals, birds…. We all are creations of nature. We are the representatives of our world as well…
- And grasshopper?
- And grasshopper…
- And people surrounding us?
- Yes, people surrounding us are creations of nature as well.
- But how does nature create?
- I’ve told you already. This is a Great Mystery of Life!
- Can’t we solve this Great Mystery of Life?
- We can, to some extent… And people are trying to do this.
- And what is this extent?
- You see, the extent is the limit, which is set individually by every person for themselves. This is kind of stop, which can be the last one on person’s way…"
" - And what if I face difficulties or get frightened? What if I feel lonely? What then?
- I’ll always be with you! I mean it! Always! You can always rely on my support. I’ll always be there for you. Remember about this!
- Will you?
- Yes.
- Why are you so sure?
- Because I love you. I love you very much. And my love is wings which will carry us across the endless worlds into Infinity. You’ll see and understand that there are no boundaries because no one can take away your dream! And my love will always save you. Whatever happens, I will always love you and accept the way you are, with all the quirks the others may think you have."
"- I’m going to tell you something very important now…. You see, in this world people are constantly fighting for attention. It’s not a joke… It’s by far not a joke. Direction of attention makes energy flow the right way, but towards someone, who forced your thoughts flow this way to reach their aims, nor yours. Look around and think where has your attention been directed today? Who and what have you thought about today? You should analyze which meetings provoked the change of thought direction this way or another…There are lot of routine, everyday tasks of course, that’s life. There are close people, who need loads of our attention sometimes. I want you to realize this fact on your own! Energy must be restored! Communicate with like-minded people, do sports, eat healthily, drink water, be in the open-air more often and dream!
- Dream?!..
- Yes! I even couldn’t imagine – what quantity of energy is released by DREAM! Dream attentively!"
"- Well. Attention makes it possible
to concentrate your energy into a beam and define the aim. It also
makes you concentrate on the task and think it over carefully. It
allows us direct our energy to the aim, commit a deliberate action
and analyze the result honestly! Each
of us has some energy in store, energy, we came to this world with.
This store increases or decreases depending on our interaction with
people in this world… Eventually, everything depends only on you,
though. But to keep your
store at high level, you have to use and develop all the qualities we
discussed during our flight. As soon as you understand the principle
of saving your energy, you’ll realize a lot of things. While flying
you use definite quantity of energy and your storage reservoirs need
regular restocking… That’s
the reason I want to emphasize on ability to pace yourself while
fulfilling a particular task. I mean every routine action here. I
don’t intend that you should treat yourself as a «delicate flower»
and pamper in different ways. Nevertheless, you should understand
what I’m saying now - otherwise you might not have enough fuel to
fulfill the tasks of Life."
"- What kind of keys are they? Keys
to mystery solving?...
- You really have
them!..
- Well!.. Tell me
please, what kind of keys are they? Don’t look at me like this… I
bag you – tell me!..
- The Shining of
your Crystal!
- ?!...
- The Shining of
your Crystal! You haven’t misheard…
- I haven’t
misheard, but I don’t understand…
- The Keys to
solving Life Mysteries - is the Shine of your Crystal!
Crystallization is a process of gas turning into solid substance,
which has a very orderly and firm structure. This process takes place
only in certain circumstances… In your case, the very interest and
devoted immersion in favourite activity is the key. This is your
experience, your experimental knowledge which you direct to solve
more and more difficult life tasks. This is your unbreakable
experience, your beliefs, your lifestyle. You are who you are due to
the environment where you’ve grown up. I can’t find a better
word."
"- Always and first of all try to see internal beauty of a person
passing by, try to feel if there is corresponding resonance between
you. You should also notice fundamental automat which is doing the
same useless energetic job and running the same route all the time.
You will hardly be surrounded by Shining Crystals only. I’m telling
this for you to learn recognize people in future, developing…"
"- Eternal martyrs’ affect
surrounding people in the most outrageous way ever - turning our
attention to their eternal nagging, which has absolutely devastating
influence on a soul of any decent person… It deprives us of
strength and energy…So, don’t hurry to break fundaments…
because after this, you might need a lot of time to restore your
inner strength. For some of us, full recovery might, sometimes, even
become doubtful …So, if you pity someone and if you’ve decided to
show compassion, you have to ,at least, put up with the fact – it’s
their Flight! Having a good store of life energy, though, you may
become the very Great Person for them, the one who will stop their
falling…Control and ability to observe are important here to
prevent your attention from following their ‘eternal’ suffering.
"- Changes! It seems to me there is a tine of Hope in this word! Looking at this from this point, allows something new to open in our heart. Something, that despite any obstacles pushes us to the top, even, in seemingly hopeless situations! Expressions: «unpredictable», «unpredictable circumstances» - are similar to «unknown». They frighten, grate on ear, they sound somehow hopelessly sometime…Hopelessness is a very dull word and it often sticks to some of «fundamental» people… But it can rarely concern Shining Crystals….
- Why?
- Because due to their wide outlook and observance they accumulate enough energy for their stamina and moving forward in their Flights!"
"Here I’d like to tell you about one more important quality, which will save you from different unpleasant consequences.
It is responsibility. You have to be responsible. You have to understand that every action has its consequences. When your outlook is wide, you can see clearly, where your or somebody else’s actions can lead. Sometimes, even the most innocent action can have a sad consequence. Here you have to have wide outlook, that’s why you must be attentive and develop this quality all the time. Observe. Observe the sunrise, rain falling down, snow covering land and decorating it, observe the way this snow melts and flowers and trees bloom. Observe how night follows day and listen to the sounds of nature, the bubble of the sea and thunderclaps…"
"Somehow, our world is made in such a way, that people who experience fear will eventually be directed into circumstances where they’ve already felt that fear. This process can last forever until they have enough strength to take their fear under control! And the best way to do so - is to broaden your outlook! There isn’t a way better than that! When people can control their fear, they can recognize its warning signals, for example, signals of danger. In this case, the skill of controlling fear is useful for us. But if your outlook is rather limited, and you, for instance, don’t know what we’ve been talking about here, then, in some situation, fear can lead to a state of total panic and eventually to harmful consequences."
"So, I’ll repeat myself, saying that it is due to crystallization
that your dream might turn into aim, and this aim may be achieved!
When your experience turns into crystal, it’s easier for your
attention to concentrate on aim, and dreaming will supply lots of
energy for your flight. Having experience, you understand the
principles and you build your way to the aim on them. You will make
mistakes, but the storage of your energy won’t let you feel down,
because the crystal is a firm structure, the structure you built
yourself, thanks to: attention, ability to observe, stamina, energy
and optimism."
"- So, who are these ‘Great People’?
- First of all, these are people who, deliberately or subconsciously, make others strive for perceiving Life Mysteries. They make others move, not to stand still. This way or another, with the help of their inner strength they can stop a person, who is falling down headfirst. In this way, life gives these people one more chance to go upwards.
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- Tell me about your father. What do you know about his life?
- Well… it’s a long story. I love him, which seems to be the most important thing for me. Ok, I’ll try…. First of all, he is always trying to make my life easy and beautiful. He doesn’t want me to be idle, no. He wants me not to make mistakes, thus we often talk about different things…. When I was a little child, he wanted me to become a responsible, strong and happy person first of all. He worked a lot to provide me with tasty food, good toys, and comfortable clothes. He always strives to perceive Life Mysteries and encourages me to do so…
- You see…
- I can’t say that we didn’t have arguments or conflicts and he didn’t make mistakes on his way… I can’t say we didn’t upset each other… Fathers always want us not to repeat their mistakes. When I behaved especially badly, it upset him twice as much… He has always had something that makes me believe in myself, overcome difficulties and learn about Life Mysteries in this way…
- You answered your own question.
- Is my father - a Great Person?
- I’ve already told you, you answered your own question…
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And your Mother?! Isn’t it a heroic deed to carry you out and give birth!? It’s easy to say! What do you know of dreams, joys ,suffers and pains of a woman on Her Great Way – Motherhood! You would hardly be able to do this, my friend… I would hardly be able to do this as well…Carry out, give birth, nurse, bring up, not to sleep at nights when you were ill and go to work in the morning to buy you a new mobile phone , so that you didn’t bag for it, so that other boys didn’t laugh at you...There we have it. So, who is your mother?
- Great Woman?
- You answer your own questions…
1. Live and let others live.
2. Never argue with
a stupid person.
3. Don’t break
other person’s temple if you can’t build and fill a new one right
away.
These rules will
help you to save your strength on the way of turning your wonderful
dream into your desired aim!
Read this book for yourself, and share it with your children.
Imagine standing face-to-face with your younger self — as a child or a teenager. What wisdom would you offer? What words of comfort or encouragement did you yearn to hear from the adults in your life? "FLIGHT" is a profound and transformative book that confronts these very questions, weaving a narrative that resonates deeply with the soul.
In its unconventional storytelling, "FLIGHT" unravels the enigma of human nature and illuminates the unseen truths of our world. It is a poignant exploration of self-awareness, a journey into the hidden depths of our potential, and a quest for understanding.
The story’s unexpected twists and its hauntingly beautiful conclusion will leave you reflecting, eager to revisit the stirring dialogues that thread through its pages. This is not just a book—it is an experience. Its enigmatic allure will captivate you, drawing you back time and again, each reading revealing fresh layers of insight and meaning.