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Stephen's Secure Blog #182
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 #182 "Elephants are BIG"
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Srinoy said, "What do we do now?" His father said, "We could see the
elephants." Srinoy grinned at me and said, "This should be very
interesting." I poked him, and he poked me, and we tickled each other.
I said to his father, "Do we walk, drive, or port?" He said "It's not
far. We can walk." I said, "Should we invite the Monks outside to join
us?" Srinoy said, "Please. Let's." We went outside. I approached the
Monks, who tried not to be seen. I motioned them to come to me, with
the palm down gesture used in Thailand. They were reluctant and
embarrassed, but did come. I said, "We thought it would be easier for
you to follow us when we go see the elephants, if you were actually
with us. Does that sound reasonable to you?" The monk in charge said,
trying to be serious, "I can find no flaw in your idea." I said, "Then
please join us. Anything you need, just ask for it. If you don't want
to ask, well, do it anyway." He laughed. The other two grinned. We
walked together, after a lot of bowing in greeting. Soon we were
nearing the place were the elephants were working. One of the Monks
volunteered to run ahead and let them know we were coming. I said
"Ordinarily, I wouldn't like that. This time, it would help them to
know the elephants, and any other animals they might have, will be very
attracted to me, and so might cause a small disturbance when they come
to greet me." He was surprised and in awe. Srinoy nodded and said,
"Yes. Good idea. Wouldn't want to get trampled." I said "Yes. That red
stuff between their toenails isn't going to be us, I hope." Some odd
laughter. The monk ran ahead. Srinoy and I sent 4th viewpoints after
him, to watch.
I reported, "The boss isn't very happy at the news. He doesn't like
disruptions, but he does like to have honored visitors. Ha! He doesn't
believe what he is being told about me. I think that could change."
Srinoy giggled. So did one of the monks. I wiggled my eyebrows at him,
and he laughed. The road was surrounded by jungle. Out of that came a
wild boar. Srinoy's father said "Stay back! They are very dangerous!" I
went forward. The boar knelt to me, and I touched his head, and stroked
his jowls, which he really liked. I said "Thank you for your
friendship. Please go now and enjoy yourself away from those who walk
on two legs." He nodded, and turned around and trotted off. I joined
the rest of the humans, who were open mouthed in astonishment. I said,
"You should REALLY keep your mouthes closed around here." That they
did, with some amusement. His father said, "Wild animals, too?" I said
very simply, "They are not wild, to me." Srinoy said, "It was like it
understood your words." I said "It didn't, exactly, but did understand
the meaning behind them. I've had this gift through many incarnations,
even when I wasn't an Adept. I could command them, but I try to avoid
doing that. They deserve to be who they are without interference, as
much as we do." The Monks nodded in agreement.
Srinoy said "You are more Buddhist than most Buddhists." I said "Yes,
and no. I agree with most of what The Buddha has said in his teachings.
What I disagree with is what other men have added to it to make it a
religion. He would not have approved of that, and most definitely would
not have approved of being worshipped like a God. And to images of him?
A object to anchor you to this world? That was absolutely against his
teachings. Jesus would cry his eyes out and wish he had never lived, if
he knew what people have done to his gentle teachings, and the horrors
which have been committed in his name. Not that they could ever get his
name right. Muhammad didn't know he was creating a religion with his
private letters he sent to his friend. Later he tried to defend his
beliefs when they were made public, and was persecuted for it. It was
his friend who started all that as a separate religion, and Muhammad's
daughters, friends, and son in law continued it. He didn't want to make
an entirely new religion, or take over one. Neither did Jesus. Or
Martin Luther. They were reformers. Their friends and followers did
more than that. So, I can't believe in the religions which were
created, even if I agree with most of their basic principles." There
was silence for a while. Then Srinoy grinned, and said, "I still think
you're a Buddhist." I growled and chased him around his smiling
parents.
The monks were looking at me in surprised speculation, and with a LOT
of respect. I shrugged my shoulders apologetically at them. They bowed,
with slight hidden smiles. We all knew they were going to report
everything I said, which was why they were with us.
A dog came to greet me, and led us to the working logging camp. When
we came within view of the elephants, they all stopped working, and
turned to face me. I said to them, "Please, dear elephants, don't let
me disturb what you are doing. I will try to meet with you all
individually. Please have patience." They went back to work, and the
boss was completely astounded. Those who were with me, felt that almost
as much. I said "Someday, people are not going to react to the truth I
had given them, with dropping jaws when it happens. I mean, who needs
to look at tonsils all the time, but doctors?" Srinoy laughed really
hard. I hugged him. I said "Elephants are VERY intelligent. Patient,
too. They REALLY care about their children, and you know how much I
like that." He said "Yes, I know. More to love you for." I said "Well,
He took us on a tour of the camp. I stopped at each elephant, and
talked with it, and stroked it with my hands and my love. They purred
loudly, which sounded like a quiet motorcycle engine. One of them
wasn't working well, and had to be persuaded a lot. I asked her what
the problem was. Then I said to the boss, "She misses her best friend.
Where is she?" His mouth dropped open in surprise. I said impatiently,
"Well?" He said "She is sick, and away in the corral." I said "Take me
to her." He was undecided. I said, in command voice, "Take me to her,
NOW!" He started walking automatically, and was surprised by that, a
lot. We followed.
After a while, we came to a very large area, walled in with big tree
trunk posts. There were some elephants inside it. He refused to open
the gate when I asked him to, saying there were dangerous wild
elephants inside. I didn't wait to argue with him. I jumped four meters
to the top of the fence, and jumped down into the enclosure. They could
see me by looking between the thick posts. I said to the elephants, "I
am a friend. Do not be afraid of me. I have come to heal whose who are
injured or sick. When I ask, please come to me one at a time, so that I
may give my help. Who is injured, please move to this side." Three did.
I went to the first one. A tusk had broken off, and the large pulp and
nerve was exposed. I said to her, "First, I will make it so you can't
feel it. Then I will make a new tusk for you, and attach it. I think
you should not look at what I am doing, because if you move suddenly,
we could both be injured." She closed her eyes and purred. I made the
affected area numb. Then I made a new tusk of synthesized ivory, and
pushed the pulp into it as I fitted it to the stump of the old tusk. I
glued it on with a fast setting epoxy, and then glued a hardened
stainless steel collar around the joint, all which made it stronger
than the original. All that took about three minutes. I restored the
feeling and told her she could open her eyes. She did, and was VERY
happy to feel no pain, which had been slowly driving her crazy, and she
liked her new tusk. She thanked me her way. If you ever have your hair
licked by an elephant, well, just don't. It's a sticky mess, but she
meant well. I thanked her for her affection.
The next elephant had an infected eye, and would lose it soon if it
wasn't treated. I said to her, "You will not see with or feel your eye
for a while, while I work on it to make it better. Please trust me.
Also, I will be washing it, so don't be surprised." She purred, and
stroked me with her trunk. It was more fun for her, than for me. I
removed all the puss, and all the bacteria in the area. I put a large
dose of antibacterial medicine in her bloodstream. I ported a bucket of
clean water to me, with a pump fed hose, powered by the 4th. I washed
out her eye, very well. Then I put some antibiotic ointment in it. Then
I restored feeling. I said to her, "You will not see well with that eye
for a few days, because of what I put in it to help it get well. He who
rides you will put it in your eye again every day for seven days.
Please let him do it for you. Will you?" She nodded. I said "Good. I
love you." We hugged.
The next elephant was the the best friend of the one outside. I said
to her, "Your friend misses you, and told me about you. I will help you
now to get better, so you can be with her soon." She nodded up and down
a lot, and purred. Her foot was infected and open around the steel
collar which was on it. I said to her, "Please don't look at what I'm
going to be doing. If you move suddenly in surprise, we could both be
injured. Do you understand?" She nodded. I said "I'm going to take away
the feeling in the hurting leg for a while. It will still be there, but
you just won't know it. Please don't move. Alright?" She nodded. I
stopped the feeling. I ported the collar off in two pieces. I cleaned
the wound with a brush I had ported to me, with fresh water from the
hose. I put a big dose of antibiotics into her bloodstream. Then I
called a lot of free energy to me, and hooked the 4th into the storage
chakra that went into, and converted it into healing energy. I sat next
to the leg, and put my hands on it, and made the energy flow out of my
hands and into the leg. I directed the repair. Six minutes later, it
was healed, and I restored the feeling. She thanked me, by tickling me
with her trunk. She enjoyed it more than I did.
I went to the other elephants and said to them, "If you will accept
people like me, but darker, to be your friends and direct you to do
interesting things, they will care for you and love you, and you will
be free of this small place. That is your choice. I can't make it for
you. I will not be here with you, but I will always be your friend, and
love you with all my heart." I gave all the elephants in there my love.
They crowded around me very carefully, and sniffed me and stroked me
with their trunks. I asked the elephants to stay away from the gate for
a while, and they moved to the far end of the enclosure. I went to the
gate and said, "Open the gate." It didn't happen. I said "If you don't
open it, I will tear it apart. You have a choice. Have an open gate
which can be closed again, or one which needs to be repaired while wild
elephants are looking at you like you could be their footstools." I
could hear Srinoy laughing. It opened. I motioned the boss to come to
me. He was afraid, but he did. I said "The sick and injured are well.
You have captured free creatures, who are intelligent and loving, to
work for you, and make you money. You have changed their lives, and
taken away their freedom. They are YOUR responsibility now. That means
when they are in pain, YOU WILL CARE FOR THEM LIKE YOU WOULD YOUR OWN
CHILDREN. Do you understand me?" Silence. I said in command voice, "DO
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" He said "Yes, Master!" I said "Not only is it the
right thing to do, but they will work for you better, if they are well
cared for and happy. And your next life could be a better one. Do you
understand these things I have said to you?" He said with a lot of
respect, "Yes, I understand, Master. You are wise." He bowed very
deeply to me, and I bowed in return.
I said to him, "Is the rider for the one with the bad eye, here?" He
nodded. I said "Please bring him to me." He called out to the boy, who
came running. I said to him, after he skidded to a stop in front of me,
"Your elephant is well now, but she needs a little help to keep that
going. Will you give it?" He said through his tears, "I will, Great
Master." I said "You must put this medicine in her bad eye every night
before sleeping, until there is no more left. I will show you how, and
how much, on my finger." I pushed some out of the tube in a line on my
finger. I said "Like that, in the open eye. She knows you will do it.
Well, she's listening. See her nod? Yes, she understands what I say,
just like people do. Sometimes better, actually." Srinoy laughed. The
boy smiled. I said "If you want her to understand some of your words
better, push them from your mind into hers, while you say them. It
might work sometimes. Well, it couldn't hurt to try, right?" He nodded
in wonder. I said to the boss, "Can he take her out now?" He nodded. I
said, "Go." He did, and climbed onto her back, with her help, and they
moved to the door, both practically radiating happiness. They went
through it. I said to the boss, "The other riders?" He called to them,
and they came and rode their elephants out. I said to the boss, "These
other elephants are very close to being ready for riders. Treat them
well, and they will BE well, and work well." He said "I understand
Master. We will do as you say." I nodded. I went back to the wild
elephants and stroked each of their trunks, and said, "I must go now,
but I will always be your friend. Farewell." I stepped back, and bowed
to them, and they tried to bow in return. It didn't look pretty, but it
was the thought that counted. I went out of the gate, and it was
closed.
I saw that the elephant friends were united, and I was very happy for
them. After a minute, they went right to work with a will. That was
obvious to the surprised boss, who then bowed very deeply to me, which
I returned. While we were walking back to the city, I said "I like
elephants. Honest people. A little large, though." Srinoy giggled, and
I hugged him. I said to the Monks, "Do you think they will believe you,
when you tell them what happened?" The leader said, "I don't know,
Master. I might not, myself, if it were told to me." I grinned and
said, "Me, too. Here, this might help." It was a little crystal
elephant. I said "It contains a recording of what happened. To see it,
just put the crystal to your head." He did, and said a silent wow. I
said "That is for Temple use only, secret from all others." He said
"Yes, Master. Thank you." I grinned and said, "We can't have them be
tempted to doubt your word." He smiled his thanks. I said "But then, it
would be interesting if you told them first, to test their trust in
you, before you give them the proof. You can tell them I suggested it,
if you want." Srinoy said "Stephen uses everything for teaching." I
said "All we experience can teach us, if we are open to it. Sometimes I
try to make that a little er, interesting." He hugged me and said, "Oh
you DO!" I said, with a sly look at the monks, "Even spies can learn."
They looked embarrassed, but had to laugh, too. I hugged them, and they
were even more embarrassed, but didn't complain. Srinoy and I grinned
at each other. His parents tried not to.
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