The Prince Who Yelled Into the Wind
And the heavens which responded
Each evening about an hour before sunset the Prince would leave his castle to walk up to the promontory point which overlooked the valley in which his people lived. He was their leader and he wanted nothing but peace, prosperity and happiness for those people.
The people were all commoners well below his station but the prince genuinely cared for them. As their leader, he felt an obligation to direct their lives in a kind and loving way.
Followed by his entourage of loyal officials, the prince walked slowly up the steep trail to the promontory point. Once there, the entourage formed a semi-circle to his back as the prince faced outward toward the valley. A few in the entourage were tasked with transcribing the words he shouted out over the valley. These words were then disseminated the next day to those commoners down below who obviously did not, or could not, hear the prince’s words for themselves.
The prince believed that shouting his pronouncements out into the wind from a point above the people gave his pronouncements more power; that the winds would carry his dictates far and wide. He believed that this way his directives would not only reach all the people but also the heavens above. He was fulfilling his rulership by orchestrating the reality of…
