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Stories for Seekers
Timeless tales for the modern seeker

 

Quiet fictions for those who sense something sacred beneath the noise. These are not tales of escape, but of remembrance — glimpses of what the world forgot.

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The Long Witness​​

As the world outside unravels, a woman visits an old man untouched by fear. Over coffee and silence, they speak of memory, checkpoints, and the strange freedom of letting the world burn without you. Nothing explodes — but everything changes.
Tags: dialogue, reflection, apocalypse, stillness      Reading time: 25 min

SHORT ALLEGORIES

You Might Get Bored of Heaven

Amy expected paradise — reunion, music, endless light. What she found was a family too perfect to be real, and a heaven that seemed to be watching her back. A tender, quietly unsettling tale about death, identity, and the final illusion we must awaken from.
Tags: afterlife, awakening, humor, illusion      Reading time: 19 min

The Poverty of the Old

A tired man rages against the world—its greed, its noise, its endless hunger. But when a child interrupts his despair with a simple question, something in him begins to thaw. A quiet, redemptive story about cynicism, fatigue, and the fragile mercy that still survives in us.
Tags: redemption, age, despair, renewal      Reading time: 5 min

The Allegory of the Virtual Reality Headset

In a future where players forget they’re playing, the game becomes the world—and the world, a dream. But when the final headset is removed, who is it that wakes up? A modern parable of illusion, identity, and the long road back to the Self.
Tags: simulation, awakening, nonduality, illusion     Reading time: 5 min

Cliffhanger

A crowded bus hurtles through a collapsing world. The passengers stare ahead; only one dares to look within. A stark, symbolic meditation on control, surrender, and what it means to stay awake as everything falls apart.
Tags: collapse, surrender, awareness, parable     Reading time: 4 min

The Last Time

At his father’s bedside, a son searches for words that still matter. What begins in silence becomes their first real conversation—just as time runs out. A tender story about death, forgiveness, and the love that remains when everything else is gone.
Tags: death, forgiveness, love, awakening     Reading time: 9 min

The Patriot

Two old men look back on the causes they fought for—and the selves they once defended. As their stories blur, something softer begins to emerge: the quiet truth beneath the flag of the mind. A reflective story about aging, ego, and the freedom that comes when identity finally falls away.
Tags: ego, identity, awakening, reconciliation    Reading time: 6 min

Waiting for the World to Change​​

In a collapsing world, two men talk—one weary, one still fighting the tide. As night falls, their words circle the same impossible question: does awakening demand action, or acceptance? A quiet, searching dialogue about despair, responsibility, and the stillness that transforms.
Tags: dialogue, despair, awakening, stillness    Reading time: 13 min

The Little Wave (A Children's Parable)​​

In the wide blue sea, a tiny wave feels small and alone—until the ocean itself begins to speak. A lyrical tale for children and seekers alike, about fear, change, and remembering what we truly are.
Tags: children, unity, awakening, belonging    Reading time: 5 min

The Misguided Hunger: A Confession​​

Once, she lived beneath studio lights, fluent in charm and ambition. Now, alone in the quiet, she begins to see what it all was—an endless hunger to feel whole through power and applause. A haunting reflection on success, emptiness, and the freedom that comes after the performance ends.
Tags: fame, illusion, awakening, confession      Reading time: 10 min

The Museum

A Haunting Allegory About Perception, Illusion, and the Price of Seeing Too Much​​

A weary man is guided through a museum where each exhibit reveals a different face of human delusion. The Curator is charming, the displays unsettling—and one final chamber holds a truth too vast to bear. A dark, philosophical parable about perception, illusion, and the unbearable clarity of awakening.
Tags: perception, illusion, awakening, allegory     Reading time: 16 min

 

Going Down

A Tech Titan Meets His Reckoning Between Floors​​

When an elevator stalls between worlds, a billionaire and a hotel maid are left with nothing but silence—and themselves. What begins as a glitch becomes a reckoning, as power, illusion, and truth trade places in the dark. A sharp, symbolic descent into the hidden cost of success.
Tags: power, illusion, technology, awakening     Reading time: 15 min

LONG FICTIONS

The Mystic

A Story of Seeking, Simulation, and the Illusion of Self​​

In a sunlit 1970s town that never seems to age, Vic begins to notice small glitches—familiar faces repeating, moments looping like dreams. Then a stranger arrives with a question that will undo him: what if you are not who you think you are? A haunting story about identity, consciousness, and awakening inside the simulation of self.
Tags: identity, simulation, awakening, self     Reading time: 90 min

A Ghost Story

A Spirit's Search for Help​​

On a remote stretch of the California coast, a retired seeker enters silence—and meets what silence has been hiding. A ghost appears, not to frighten, but to ask for help. What follows is a strange apprenticeship between worlds, leading both teacher and spirit into the uncharted terrain of Self and beyond.
A meditative tale of death, awakening, and the mystery of what remains when form dissolves.
Tags: nonduality, afterlife, awakening, mystery     Reading time: 90 min

Like a Man with His Hair on Fire

A Satirical Tale of Seeking, Seeing, and Surviving the Truth​​

When the hunger for enlightenment collides with the raw facts of flesh and fear, one seeker’s devotion turns into delirium. In this darkly comic vision, David finally meets his guru—and tumbles headlong into the terrible, hilarious impermanence of everything. A surreal exploration of awakening, absurdity, and the human need to make meaning in a dissolving world.
Tags: satire, awakening, absurdity, impermanence     Reading time: 25 min

The Day the Children Remembered

A Rebirth of Memory, a World Unraveled​​

One morning, children everywhere begin to remember lives they’ve already lived. Within days, faiths fracture, governments panic, and old souls awaken in young bodies. Through five interwoven stories—from a prodigy haunted by code to a girl who remembers the whip—this darkly luminous tale explores karma, identity, and the cost of remembering too much. A modern parable of reincarnation, rebellion, and the strange freedom that comes with knowing.
Tags: reincarnation, karma, identity, awakening     Reading time: 45 min

The Portrait Artist

A Story of Art, Memory, and the Hidden Patterns That Bind Us​​

When Jamie returns home for the memorial of her childhood mentor, a forgotten portrait brings back more than memory—it reveals the quiet thread that once bound them both to something eternal. A moving reflection on art, perception, and the sacred act of truly seeing.
Tags: art, memory, mentorship, perception     Reading time: 30 min

Three Nights in the Desert

A Story of Temptation and Remembering​​

A stranger’s invitation draws a young man into the desert—and into himself. Within the walls of a place called The Mouth, he faces three nights of temptation, memory, and revelation. What begins as a trial becomes a quiet undoing, as everything false begins to fall away. A modern parable of surrender and self-remembrance.
Tags: temptation, transformation, remembrance, surrender    Reading time: 25 min

A Glass of Water

A Parable Retold​​

When the sage Narada stops to fetch a glass of water for Lord Vishnu, he falls into a lifetime—love, loss, a child, a flood. Then he wakes, still holding the cup. A lyrical retelling of the ancient parable about illusion, memory, and the merciful forgetting that makes life possible.
Tags: maya, illusion, remembrance, parable    Reading time: 40 min

What Cannot Burn

A Vedantic Parable of Clarity in Dark Times​​

As fascism rises beyond the trees, a German monk hides in silence—until history finds his door. What follows is a quiet reckoning with fear, faith, and the fire that no ideology can extinguish. A meditative parable about clarity and compassion in an age of division.
Tags: compassion, clarity, history, nonduality    Reading time: 22 min

The Inner Mirror Protocol

A Short Story About Superintelligence, Super-Wisdom, and the Few Who Choose​​

In a future obsessed with optimization, a secret experiment promises something rarer than progress: understanding. Each participant enters alone. No questions. No data. Just the mirror. A haunting exploration of AI, consciousness, and the thin line between intelligence and wisdom.
Tags: AI, consciousness, wisdom, reflection   Reading time: 50 min

The Smell of Green

In a World Without Friction, One Man Longs to Feel​​

In a perfectly optimized future, Eliot’s every need is met by Aera—his flawless AI companion. No pain. No chaos. No touch. But when a faint unease begins to bloom, he discovers that even paradise can feel suffocating. A haunting meditation on technology, substitution, and the quiet hunger for what cannot be programmed.
Tags: AI, longing, technology, humanity    Reading time: 40 min

The Eyes of God

A Story of Science, Illusion, and the Truth Beneath​​

When a new device reveals the world exactly as it is—without story, without self—its users see either liberation or despair. For one woman, the truth destroys meaning; for another, it sets her free. A haunting exploration of perception, power, and the fragile beauty of illusion.
Tags: science, illusion, perception, awakening    Reading time: 47 min​​​

The Long Witness​​

As the world outside unravels, a woman visits an old man untouched by fear. Over coffee and silence, they speak of memory, checkpoints, and the strange freedom of letting the world burn without you. Nothing explodes — but everything changes.
Tags: dialogue, reflection, apocalypse, stillness      Reading time: 25 min

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