AND THE ANGEL TOLD HIM... And the angel told him: take this, and raise yourself to the sky with me, you will see the heaven's gates; but you know well that you ca nnot cross them, your hour has not come yet. The angel put on Diego's hand some pills. Drug? thought Diego. The angel reply: no, it is the food of gods. With those pills you will feel everything that we, the angels, do; and when you raise with me you will discover why we remain so much time on God's side. Diego took the pills and his body began to ascend, he felt free, he did not want to return to the earth again, so he took flight with Ezequiel, and he went high... until they reach heaven's gates. Diego was in ecstasy. Heaven was great. "It is not that good" had said the angel, but to Diego it seemed the most wonderful place of the world. Suddenly, without knowing why, he broke out in laughter; he was an ordinary man, he would walk with the living even though he had done the path of the dead, mysteries of mankind had been revealed to his mind. Inside him it was held the kept through eons wisdom: the mystery of death was within reach. But... why him? The angel, seeing him lost in his thoughts and knowing exactly what he was referring to, spoke to him, and his voice answered his doubts: - My son, you have been chosen, you are the one who knows more than any mortal, you are only 20 but you have been able to comprehend all mysteries of nature, and you are the one who is able to underst and solitud e, you know well why I tell you so. You are the one who depends on nobody more than yourself, you offer your point of view in front of any significant (far-rea ching) problem, inste ad of think ing that those things are not done for you. And even so you have time to do your tasks as an ordinary human. You know exactly what you want, and your aspirations are more than a few. If you wonder if you have been chosen, the answer is yes, and you are special too. I know that you will be able to carry on the weight of this revelation, but you cannot tell anybody, it will surely provoke on them to commit the most terrible suicide. Die go, fr ightened after hearing the wo rds of the ange l, st arted to fly sl owly, reconsidering his thoughts. He did not know he was so special; he had a feeling, since he was not satisfied of striking up conversation with any other mortal as him, but he had just not wanted to consider that possibility. He asked the angel then: - And is there anybody like me? At any place in the planet? - Oh... yes, now that you mention it, there is a woman among all the rest, who happe ns the same, but she is young. I am thinking of showing her everyt hing I am going to show you, but some time later. Even though, she does know by intuition that she is special, you know, feminine intuition. She thinks there is no place for her in this world. She has got in contact with millions of people, but none of them has satisfied her eagerness to know. Then, what she does is to renounce the world. She does not consider herself a human, because she consider them outrageous, she feels they are going to drive the planet to chaos. And she hopes to be dea d then; therefore, she does not even worry about making
