Ancient God in the Modern World

Meanwhile, Allen was in a meditation room of the camp along with others. Today is the day for their meditation class.

Allen was astounded by the studies of the human. If he did not see the improvements of humans in this era, he could not believe that there are many things that can be done even without the use of divine energy. 

Although Allen found their progress very slow, it was still a progress. He admired the short-lived mortals' patience on such things. 

Despite the slow progress, they were so patient to continue it. Perhaps it is the difference between a divine spirit and mortals. If it was Allen, he would have considered the slow progress a waste of divine energy.

"Meditation is all about isolating your thought from the world and sensing inner peace," said the instructor for the meditation class.

Their instructor is an expert in meditation. Her name is Jaya Malhi. She specializes in the soul. She is also one of the scientists that studies the wonders of the soul.

The scientists are the ones who helped bring the human race to its today's progress. Along with the experts, they studied the soul with the goal in mind to promote humanity's strength and bring them back to their rightful seat in the peak of the food chain.

"Inner peace. It is complex. One moment you understand it, then, the next moment you have many questions about it."

"It is easy to find inner peace at the same time it is also hard. It is hard to find inner peace when you need it but when you don't you can have it at any moment."

"The inner peace has no definite meaning. Some say it is the divine tranquility of the world."

Allen was astounded when he heard it. He was confused why she used the word divine. Humans like her who were excellent in studies will not say things casually. There would be a basis for everything that she says.

"While others say it is the line in between life and death."

Allen finds her words familiar. He had been there once during his deep slumber. All the divine spirits that experienced a divine slumber went into that place. But none of them questioned the existence of that place. 

They thought that it was natural for them as divine. They thought it was simply the difference between a mortal and a divine.

"But one thing is for sure, it is the way to enter your inner world and see your inner body."

Instructor Jaya explained to them what inner peace is.

"The inner world is the place where the inner body is located. There, you can see your inner body. The inner world is also the storage of spiritual energy. The bigger your inner world is, the more spiritual energy you can store."

Allen was thinking, "was it also the place where my divine power is located?" He was confused. The ways of the mortals in this era is new for him. 

In ancient times, the humans did not need any of it. All they have to do is to pray to the divine spirits and the divine spirits will share some of their powers to them.

"But the question is where did the spiritual energy come from? I know most of you are familiar with spiritual energy, especially those who have awakened an ability."

No one answered Instructor Jaya's question. They were all new to this, while Allen had many questions in his mind.

"The spiritual energy comes from the inner body." The answer that Instructor Jaya gave them birthed more questions into their mind.

"Inner body is the materialization of your soul in your inner world. It's the miniature you. It is the core of your inner world as well as the source of your life."

Allen was astounded. He had not seen such a thing in his divine slumber. Which birthed many questions regarding his existence.

Why do divines need to rely on their follower's prayers and praises to live while the mortals will be fine without them?

What is the inner world? Is it the place where he went during his divine slumber? If it is, then why did he not see the miniature self that instructor Jaya mentioned?

Is it the difference between mortals and divines? Then, in that case, are divines any better than mortals? They are no more than parasites that live in the mortal world and control the mortals.

Allen had many questions.

After Instructor Jaya's explanation regarding the inner body, Allen no longer listened, instead, he connected to his eye of the spirits and explored the wilderness through them. He wanted to find something that would ease his mind. All that deep thought is making him consume more divine energy than necessary.

After a while, Allen calmed down and told himself that this era will be more exciting than he thought. There are many things to discover. Although in his past era there is nothing like spiritual energy, he will learn them all and merge his knowledge from ancient time, then he will use it to strive towards the future.

Instructor Jaya also taught them to find inner peace but no one managed to do so including Allen. Well, he could do so but he found out that whenever he tries to find inner peace, he will consume more divine energy, which is not okay for him. The divine energy from the aura of life of this world plus the divine energy that he got from the Plague Master's prayer is still not enough for him.

"It's okay if you cannot find inner peace right now, there will be more of this in the future. You may not do it now but you will do it in the future, so keep going on. No one is best on their first try. Unless, if you are a god. Class dismissed," Instructor Jaya gave a brief encouragement for them. But her last word touched a soft spot for Allen.

He was a divine in the past and he had a divine soul right now but he was not able to find inner peace.. On the other hand, it was only normal because he was strong in the past but he was too weak right now.