Stephen's Secure Blog #172
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 16 in this story, in the Summer after year 6 of his special
school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #172 "Thailand"
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Pete informed our office in Bangkok of me, and our plans to visit.
They took care of my visa. Srinoy and I ported there first. I said the
Thai greeting, "Sawadee Krup", a lot, and bowed with my palms together
in front of me, called the "wai". They bowed much deeper than I did,
and with their hands held higher. It's part of their culture's
recognition of status. I had to remember never to point my raised feet
at anybody when I was sitting, specially the bottom of my feet, because
that was a very bad insult. Thailand is a Buddhist country, and in
their version of that religion, they view the closest part of the body
to heaven to be the holiest, and therefore the feet are the least holy.
Also, people don't touch others' heads with their hands, for the same
reason. Srinoy's parents met us at the office, and were surprised and
impressed by how they and we were treated there. We went to a
conference room there, and I asked them what they knew about me. They
said what Pete told them, but acted like it wasn't real to them. I said
"I understand how unusual all this is to you." I said with a grin, "It
is to ME, and I live it!" They smiled. Srinoy said "He doesn't lie. He
can't. I can't, either. It's part of who we are. I like it! If you
think what you know now is strange, wait till you know more about him."
I said poked him and said, "Don't spoil their fun." He poked me back,
and I tickled him, and he tickled me and we laughed.
I said to his surprised parents, "Didn't you know we live together as
brothers?" His father said, "We knew, but I see we didn't consider what
that meant. I don't understand. You are rich and can live any place you
want to. But to share a bedroom in an apartment?" Srinoy's grin was
threatening to split his face in half. I poked him again, and he
laughed. I said "Yes, I own most of the corporation which owns the
school and a lot of other things. But it's in stock, and I will never
sell any of it. The school pays for my food and housing, and I get a
small salary from the company. What more do I need? Well, I do need one
more thing. Love. From the people who raised me, and were raised with
me. That includes Srinoy now. He was placed in my foster home for a
reason. Oh, and I wasn't consulted. Want to guess the reason?" They
didn't, and Srinoy was curious, too. I said "That household raised the
two most powerful Adepts we knew of then, and by all accounts, did a
very good job. They wanted to keep that record going." His parents
said, "Oh." And then beamed with pride, while Srinoy cried in amazed
happiness, and hugged me practically in half. I said like I was
straining, "That's alright. I can hold my breath for a long time." They
laughed. I said "I hope you don't mind, but I have a strong sense of
humor." They said they didn't.
His mother said "What kind of work do you do?" I said "Do you mean on
Earth, or on other planets?" They looked very confused. I said gently,
"You know we teleport. Did you think that only worked here?" They
looked really surprised. Srinoy had his gigantic grin back in place. I
said to him, "If you keep doing that, you're going to sprain your face
for sure!" He laughed. I said "I know. It happened to me. Didn't just
hurt my cheek, but my neck, too. Don't you know you look like a frog
when you do that? Oh, but a very nice frog. I just hope there are no
flies in here." He laughed some more, and his parents did too. I said
"I am the President of the Corporation. At one time or another, I've
done practically all the work it does. I teach advanced physics and
advanced martial arts at the school, and anything else which needs
teaching. For Adept work, I've verified people's honesty for some
representative governments, including this one at times. And I teach
advanced Adepts. I am an artist, and I'm the chief illustrator for the
Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC. I do all that on other planets,
too."
His father said, "Why haven't we heard about the other planets and
aliens?" I said "Most governments know something about that, and have
even shot down and captured spaceships and aliens. But those particular
aliens were very bad to us. Our solar system is in the area of
influence of an association of star systems called the Galactic
Council. They have classified Earth as Restricted. That means we are
not ready to have contact with other worlds. The Van ignored that. They
kidnapped people and experimented on them. And on the people of other
worlds, too. Well, we, my team of Adepts, stopped them in this system,
but when we went out into space and explored, we found out they were
doing that all over. We stopped them. We are working to stop other bad
things, like interstellar wars, too." They said "Wow!" Srinoy said "He
hears that a lot." They were too shocked to laugh.
His mother said, "But why don't you stop wars on Earth?" I said "In
space it's easy. We just stop the spaceships. There aren't that many of
them which can make war, because they are more expensive than Earth's
aircraft carriers. How can we stop wars here? If we came out in the
open and imposed peace, we would be attacked by everybody, and there
would be more constant war. No one group can change a society. Earth is
Restricted for two reasons. We are not fit to associate with, and
knowing about advanced technology we couldn't understand, would destroy
us." His father said, "I understand about the advanced technology, but
not fit to associate?" I said "If you were those peaceful planets, with
full social equality and no discrimination, would you want people like
us, religious fanatics, ethnic cleansers, murderous terrorists, and
organized criminals, who are better organized than some governments,
and often more honest, anywhere near you? They watch the news like the
rest of us, but in horror." He said "I see your point. Not a pretty
picture. But do you understand their advanced technology?" I said "We
do, and better than they do. We have fixed some of their spaceships
which came around these parts in trouble. Except for that, we don't use
their tech. We have our own, which is operated by the mind." He said
"So you can go to different planets. But the air?" I said "Most groups
of planets, in politics and trade, do it mostly with people who are
physically compatible. I mean, who's going to want to kiss a chlorine
breather, or somebody who is hot enough to roast you? But for
I said "Please touch my hand." He reached for it, but was stopped
halfway. I said "What stopped you is my personal shield. It can operate
as a spacesuit, and even controls the gravity inside it. It can stop
anything from going through it, including light and other forms of
radiation, depending on how it's set. I walked on the moon, naked, to
test it." I said to Srinoy, "No, there were no giggling girls there to
see me." He laughed. I said to them, "This belt we wear can do all
that, and more, all controlled by the mind. Srinoy is proficient in its
use, so nothing in the universe can harm him, which qualifies him to go
on missions." Srinoy said "Stephen invented it. Tell them why,
Stephen." I said "Well, I can do all that with my mind, directly. I
made it for Adepts who might not be as skilled as I am. We have done
some really tough and dangerous work here on Earth, and out in the
galaxy, and not one of us has ever been injured. Well, except for Rose,
in sports competition. A bashed finger. She healed it herself in
seconds. Oh, and me, with a bruised cheek, when I let myself be hit, so
there would be evidence I could point to, which I did. A LOT of
pointing."
I said "Anyway, that's a long story. Pete said you had some plans."
They took a moment for them to recover their composure. His father
said, "We want to show you the city here, and Chiang Mai, where we are
from. We are Buddhists, and our son says you are almost a Buddhist, so
we thought you would like to visit some Temples." I said "I've never
been to Chiang Mai. That area is supposed to have the most beautiful
women in the world. I see proof of that right here." His parents were
very proud and flattered. Srinoy had that big grin back on his face. I
poked him and said, "What did you mean, almost a Buddhist?" He said
"What principles of Buddhism don't you accept?" I said to his parents,
"Sometimes I wish I didn't have to argue with geniuses. Who likes
losing?" They laughed. I said "I am an aware reincarnation. I remember
some of my past lives, going back over 70,000 years, in total recall. I
have been a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, and many
other religions which are unknown today. I don't mean just as a
practitioner, but IN the religions. I have been three Catholic Saints.
Two of them were horrible people. The first one, well, I deserved to be
stoned to death. I KNOW religions from the inside, and the outside.
That causes me to not believe in any of them. Men create them, and
defile them with their own base ambitions. I don't believe in
worshipping that which is created by man. Nor do I believe that a real
God would be so infantile as to need to be worshiped by his own
creations. But, I agree with the basic principles of most religions,
because they are good, for good." His parents said "Wow!" I grinned.
I said "I never lie. People tend to forget what that really means,
and ask me questions that have answers they might not want to live
with. I intended to visit the Temple Srinoy was in, to thank them for
the precious gift they have given us. But there is going to be a little
problem. They know of me, and have since three of my incarnations ago.
They know who I am, and are going to be much more respectful than I'm
comfortable with. I thought you should know that, so you won't look too
surprised, so they won't think the less of you for that." They were
surprised again. When they recovered, his father said, "All I can say
is, thank you." I smiled and said, "You're welcome. There is a related
issue. It will happen in other Temples, too, even if they have never
heard of me. Those who can see my aura will know I am the most Senior
Adept of all, and show proper respect for that. That's the one thing I
can't hide or disguise. My aura, which I have never seen. We can't see
our own." Srinoy was all serious, and said, "He is right. His is the
biggest and brightest. We all know he can go to Nirvana, or whatever
the afterlife is called for people who manage it, any time he wants to.
He stays for love, and to finish his work." I said to him, "I didn't
know you knew that. If I wanted to keep secrets from others of us, I
would be a big failure." He grinned and laughed, and said, "That's why
you don't try." I hugged him and said, "Well, who wants to fail?" He
kissed me. His parents were surprised.
They knew I noticed that, so the father said, "It's common practice
here, but not in your country. It surprised me that you would allow
it." I said "We ALL do it. All school students and graduates kiss and
hug each other, without regard to age, gender, or orientation, or even
species. We love each other, so it's a natural thing. It comes from our
emotion sensing. We live with that all the time. We know how people
feel, and they know how we feel. We have to love each other, or we
couldn't exist together. In fact, we don't ever want to be alone. None
of us sleeps alone, if we can help it. I'm not talking about sex. I'm
talking about the reassurance of physical contact during sleep.
Sometime we sleep together in large groups. Our love multiplies that
way. All that isn't just a good thing. It's necessary for the safety of
the universe. If we didn't have so much love, well, we are the most
powerful individuals in the galaxy. We can destroy, and I mean turn
into dust, entire planets with a thought. We don't, because we love."
He said "Destroy?" There was a glass ashtray on the big table. I
pointed to it, and picked it up with a 4th hand, and crushed it to
powder. I said "I didn't use my own energy for that, so scale isn't an
issue. I could do that to any planet I see, and I can see practically
anything in this galaxy. And yes, so can your son. But, I kind of own
that disgusting thing, so I could do what I wanted with it. In usual
reality, we don't destroy, because that is wrong. We are of The Light.
Love makes us so. Makes us hungry, too."
Srinoy laughed. His parents smiled. We walked out of the building,
and went to a restaurant. On the way, there was a little problem. It
was crowed on the sidewalk, so I let my Ki flow freely. People got out
of our way without realizing it. Some bowed deeply to me, and I bowed
in return. Srinoy was grinning at his parents' astonishment and wonder.
I said to them, "Reality is more accepted than mere words, no matter
how true the words are." They understood, and knew I didn't take their
disbelief as an insult. We sat in the restaurant. Srinoy said "Stephen
has a problem with strange food. Maybe we should ask for less spice." I
said "I absolutely do NOT have any personal secrets at ALL!" He tried
not to laugh. I looked like I was examining him, and said "That looks
interesting, but I hope you don't rupture something." He laughed. I
said to the parents, "Please order what you want to show of the culture
and food of your beautiful country."
I said to Srinoy, with a poke, "I'll handle the compatibility issue
myself. What will we eat with? Eastern or Western implements? I can use
anything I can lift." Srinoy said "Chopsticks!" I said "Alright. I'll
make you some. What colors would you like?" Srinoy said "Purple!" I
made and ported to my hand some made of amethyst, with a carved in
relief area for where the hands would be on them, to help with the
grip, and told him what they were made of, while giving them to him. I
looked at his mother. She said "Green." I said "Here, made of green
diamond." His father said, "Can you do sapphire?" I said "Anything
which will work and is safe to use. Star or transparent?" He said
"Star, if possible." I said "Light blue alright?" He said "That would
be fine." I made and gave them to him. I said "The diamond is made from
elemental carbon. The other two are natural. I find material in a lot
of different solar systems. I usually make sculptures out of them, and
give them to museums. On other planets, I sometimes sell them so I can
enter their credit system, and gain legal status. They don't use actual
money."
She said "These are very beautiful, and valuable." I said "Thank you,
but they have no value in money, because they have ever been bought.
They didn't cost me anything but a few moments of time. All I really
value is doing a good job, and love." He said "You haven't made any for
yourself." I said "Wood ones work just fine. I don't value things for
myself, but I do value the pleasure they give to other people." He said
"But you wear rings, and that big watch." I said "So does Srinoy, and
all our Senior Adepts. They are part of our technology, and also serve
to identify us to those who know, because only we can use them. This
ring can shoot a laser which can cut through 4cm of solid steel. This
one can produce tractor and pressor beams, to control objects. The
watch is a computer, communicator and translator, and holds
interstellar credit tokens. You know about the belt. We can do all
those functions with our minds, but sometimes it's good to have some
help, and can be important in explaining what we do, so people won't
know we do it with our minds. On most worlds, people accept technology
without fear, much better than psionics. On some worlds, people with
our talents are murdered as children. We try to rescue them before that
happens, and bring them to a school I started on another planet."
Srinoy had some tears, and said, "It's true. I went on one of those
missions with Stephen." I hugged him, and said to his parents, "I
couldn't have done as well without him."
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