nhuater and nuhterur

by william blanes


...Nhu-atuer and Nuh-terur were idea-kin born to the same field that is the mind. They were the twin fruit of the conjunction of earth and man. Born to this field, it was all they knew. The field, the trees and the river were their world.

     Nhu-atuer was the content one and was perfectly adapted to the world that sorrounded him, glad to be a part of that beauty and thankful for its guiding company.

     Nuh-terur, in turn was discontent and unadapted to their world.

     Nuh-terur did not enjoy nhu-atuer, he believed nhu-atuer to be a weak and nimble fool, ridiculously spread thin in his thoughts. Both of the kin fed off the fruit from the trees, but whilst nhu-atuer gathered the fallen fruit from the many trees in the field, nuh-terur picked his from one sole tree, and whilst nhu-ater slept under the shelter of the many trees, nuh-terur slept under the same tree he fed from.

     You see, there was a river that brought water and the nutrients of life to the field, and from this water all the trees extracted life. Until one day, when nuh-terur decided that he was to nurture his tree in a special way. He believed that if he was to dig channels from the river to his tree, then his tree would grow faster and larger and bear greater fruits.

     So he began his first task, and brought his first responsibility upon himself. The duty of bringing all advantages possible to the tree he considered his own.

     Nhu-atuer begged nuh-terur to not upset the natural balance of life in the fields, but nuh-terur paid no attention to his foolish companion and proceeded with his task. The acceptance and natural joy for life that nhu-atuer felt, and his incapability to harm such life was a ridiculous concept to nuh-terur. He had decided that advance was only possible by concentrating his efforts in one source, without knowing that it was the eating from one tree solely that gave him only one point view.

     Nhu-atuer who fed only from the matured fallen concepts from all the different trees and their different perspectives saw nuh-terur's actions as evil and perverse. He could and would not interfere with his beloved kin and his decisions, but he chose to keep his distance.

     The river now flowed towards nuh-terur’s tree, bringing it unprecedented and distorted growth, with thick and bloated fruit, and helplessly ignoring the other trees in the field. The fruits that were the consequence of the life in that tree held the abhorrent concept in them which nuh-terur consumed repeatedly. Nuh-terur created that routine for himself and became addicted and dependent on that fruit which itself was dependent on nuh-terur’s nurturing.

     Nhu-atuer and the remaining trees became weakened by the scarcity of their feeding source. Nhu-atuer was so forced to abandon the field and the dying trees. And the mind was without its nature..

(taken from The Daemon)