Just across the channel lay The Islands. The Islands were beyond the reach of the world's most skillful swimmers. It was impossible to land a boat on their rocky shores. Their coastlines were too foggy to reach by air. In short, the Islands were inaccessible. Except for the Landlord. The Landlord dwelt on the Islands and, it was said, granted passage thereupon only to those who came bearing a certain Name.

The Name was that of the Keeper of the Portal. He had once paid the Landlord a passage fee adequate for all the people of all time ever born. Yet, the Landlord allowed no one ashore who attempted other means of gaining entry. His Map said it polluted the pristine Islands to have anyone come ashore except through the cleansing Portal.

Further, anyone who attempted entry with the attitude of "I may do as I please in the Name of the Keeper" was not admitted. They must prove their awareness of the Keeper's payment by the way they lived their lives. Those ignoring the words of the Landlord and the Keeper did not claim His payment when they reached the Portal. Instead, they would offer payment from their own means, which was never enough. Only the Keeper's payment was unpolluted.

All that was needed was to call upon the name of the Keeper before reaching the Portal. Those who did so, also proved they knew of His payment with a greatly changed life.

Those who observed these changed lives often mocked them, accusing them of arrogance and close-mindedness for insisting the Portal was the only route to the Islands.

Yet the mockers continued offering their own payments, ignoring the passage that had already been paid.

Author Unknown

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