During the period of this story there were two women who lived alone in a small valley in which there was a lake. Their house was made out of mud and straw and had only one room in which they both lived and slept. Out of the walls there were many wooden platforms. Which have been inserted in the walls during the construction and on these platforms were placed many dishes and all their other belongings. Instead of a door there was an additional low narrow room with an inclined roof at its edge causing women to bend as they entered the hut. This entrance room was full with animals giving milk and eggs and sometimes grass eating animals joined them. From the exit of the house one could see the peaceful lake surrounded by vast spaces of green and wild flowers and also small parcels of cultivated healing and food plants which the inhabitants of the house were taking care of. 

From both sides of the lake, the eastern and southern sides began the edge of a wide forest with high trees hundreds of years old with trees covered with dark green leaves. Although the branches of one tree did not mix with other trees, the sun could not penetrate the forest so dark and dense were the leaves. On the north and west sides there was an immense ridge of mountains which disappeared in the forest.  

In one side of the mountain there was a cave in which the women kept food for themselves and the helpless animals for the hard winter months there they also prepared medicines and potions for any event that might come. 

One of the women was called Nun and it was said that she lived in this hut since the beginning of time. All stories told about her mentioned the fact that she was there and there was not one ancient story that could tell when or how she arrived to the hut. Seldom people from the village on the other side of the forest thought that when the world has been created, the hut the lake the mountains and Nun were created together the same time. 

The other woman's name was Roli. At childhood, Roli's parents came to see Nun to ask a question which has been forgotten long time ago. After they received their answer, Nun told them that the child destiny was to become her helper if they agree to let Roli stay with her. It was a great honor for them, and even though Roli was their eldest child, since she had brothers and sisters, the parents decided to leave her with Nun but they also decided not to return to their far away village but to find a place in the village nearby so they could visit her from time to time. Nun agreed but on the condition that they would not come to visit more than once every sixth moon cycle. 

Roli’s family was received with great honor in the village and a special big house was build for them. They were given a piece of land they could cultivate. During Roli's parent's life and next ten life generations the family lived happily in this village. 

This was the way, Nun always chose her assistant, and every time her assistant would be old and her days were counted the new assistant would be chosen and the elder one would teach her and this is how the life cycle has never been broken. 

Nun and her partner were well known all over the continent from the sea in the east and the sea in the south to the far away northern endless snow storms, also in the west they were so famous that if a little boy started his journey with his parents to come and see them he would reach them as a married adult with children of his own. This is how tribes mixed until there was no external difference. 

Nun was a woman of wisdom and medicine and people, who did not get answers neither from their prayers or rituals nor from their local wise men, knew they would get them from Nun, hence a person who had a particular interesting question would start a journey to discover her home. In those times it was not easy to find out where somebody lived especially if it was situated in a hidden valley in a land rich with similar structures but the village next to the forest became so famous that people came to look for it in order to receive the final guidance. The village prospered thanks to the multitude of people who came to look for the two wise women and hostels were build to host the visitors as well as the fields grew from generation to generation. 

Nun and her helper's way of life were simple and humble. 

Every morning as the sun was shining and clearing the sky the women woke up and blessed the universe creator for the past day and its gifts and for the new day and its surprises. They were blessing it to be kind and beautiful for all existing. After that they went to the lake dressed in gowns and holding new gowns to change. They dipped in the water and cleaned themselves with smelly plants and absorbing fruits then they dried and wore the clean gowns. They dried themselves with the gowns they wore the day before and later the dipped the gowns in water to which they had added juice from the healing plants, then they took the wet cloth to the hut where they would squeeze it into empty cans that were always in the right side of the hut. They added various healing plants essence to each can and clean source water. They sat half way from their house to the lake to eat some vegetable. 

At the same time, animals and birds from the forest were approaching the lake in order to drink. It was not the only reason, as they all came to this lake although there were other lakes nearby all over the forest and the mountains. People from the village and other did not know that this time in the morning was the union and meeting hour of all nature. Every creature’s specie with walking and flying abilities came to the general assembly near the hut. Every morning the assembly conferred with aspects to maintain harmony and peace in the world, peace between the animals' races and they negotiated ways to avoid the problems and difficulties created by human beings. 

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This was a description of beautiful place that I remember but never been in Nepal to look for it during this life time. It cannot be told completely because it could become a many pages book.

Love & Light

Estie Hoter Geuza (Estia)

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