Stephen's Secure Blog #245
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 Winter of year 7 of his special
school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #245 "Sera and Shaolin Together"
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We finished the Christmas album, including selection, production,
even cover art. Chad shopped it around, but had some difficulty getting
in the door. Then one company heard it. Word got passed, and there was
a competition to publish it. Chad got us a very good deal. They even
wanted more of me. I said to the orchestra, "Record companies really
like our work. It took some pushing to get in the door, but once Chad
got his foot in, they wanted all of him, and us." Some cheering. I said
"They are doing promotion now, saying I'm a new star, about to go nova,
or something like that." Chad said, "Wait, I'll tell them to use that."
I said "Sheesh!" Laughter. I said "We need to get some towels in here.
If I explode, it's going to be MESSY!" A lot of laughter. I said "Don't
think it's just about me. WE did it. WE are a TEAM!" A lot of cheering.
I said "I think we are going to have some more work to do." Some
laughter. I went to the podium and said, "They said, when I do
something, I have to face the music. Well here I'm doing that, and it's
not as bad as they said it would be." Cheering and laughter.
Then Chad, the conductor, and I, had a meeting, where we discussed
what I did in Thailand, including the very careful TV interview I had
recently done, and Chad's plan to market the concert. I said "We could
also try for concerts in other countries, too. My new multi-language
speaking might help with that promotion." Chad said, "I don't
understand it, but that won't stop me from using it." I said "I'm not
sure how it works, myself, but I used my love projection at minimal
power, with my speech center hooked to it. Any language I know, goes
out with my love, and makes a connection to the speech centers of those
in the room. Even if they know the language I'm speaking in, they still
understand my words in the language they are most familiar with. That
is STRANGE!" Chad laughed his head almost off. The conductor was
puzzled about that. When he could, Chad told him, "When somebody who
remembers 74,000 years of past lives, who can play any instrument
better than anybody in history, the first time he tries it, who gave
his love to the entire world, who has an estimated IQ of at least 1600,
says something is strange, well, I have to laugh." The conductor, in
amazement, said, "I see. Thanks for the info." I looked at Chad and
said, "I'm not the only one who talks too much." We poked each other
and laughed. The conductor said, "Pardon me, but the relationship you
two have, is beyond me. Could you explain it?"
I grinned and said, "Even I think it's strange. Do you really want to
know?" He nodded. I said "In my last life, and I remember all of them
with total recall, if I lived long enough in them to have real
memories, I met Chad when I was 11, and he was ten, in summer camp. We
became best friends. We married our wives in the same ceremony, and
lived together. My son lived with Chad and his wife, when my wife died
and I was in the military. He later married Chad's daughter. They had a
son, who married, and I died and deliberately reincarnated into their
son, and here I am. If that's not strange, I don't know what is." He
said "Wow!" Chad said, "We hear that a lot."
I ported to Rhamcha's office after permission. We sat. I said "Do you
have any news?" He grinned his face almost in half, and said, "I do." I
said "Well, I can see you sure haven't lost any teeth." He laughed. He
said "Srinoy is extremely popular, and now we know what his special er,
feature is." I said "So, the Temple of Love isn't as needed here as the
other possible projects." He laughed again. He said, "We would not
refuse it." I said "Aside from the sexual, are your people progressing
because of their actual work?" He said "Yes, remarkably so. Eli and
Srinoy both have been very effective." I said "Please let me know when
they have achieved enough so that it will be carried forward by your
own people, so I can send them on to the next Monastery." He said "We
would be very reluctant to lose them." I said "And that's why it should
happen. We teach. We do not take over. We do NOT want to make people
into copies of us, like the Chinese want to do. We LOVE diversity!" He
said "I understand. You are wise." I said "I hope so. Only history will
know."
I said "Are you available for a little traveling?" He grinned and
said, "No, but YES!" I laughed. He told his aid. I said "Would you like
to meet another Abbot I helped to create, in China?" He said
"Absolutely! Where?" I said "Shaolin." He said "Wow!" I said "How is
your Chinese?" He said "Poor. Please correct it." We grinned, and then
we talked in Chinese. He was full of thanks. We ported to the Abbot's
office there, with permission. I did the introductions. I said to both,
"I had some er, responsibility in the both of you becoming Abbots.
Being lazy, I would be interested in you telling each other how that
happened, so I won't have to." Rhamcha said, "So you can judge us by
what we say about it." The other Abbot said, "I was just about to say
that!" I smiled mysteriously, and said nothing. They got the hint, and
started talking. Soon they were talking back and forth
enthusiastically, about their own stories, and about everything about
their Monasteries and Traditions, forgetting I was in the room, which I
had helped along. When it was time, I reminded them I was there. Then
they realized something of what had happened, and were surprised. I
grinned and nodded. Rhamcha said "You knew this would happen!" I said
"Maybe. I might be able to answer that a little better, if you tell me
what you mean." The other Abbot said, "You knew we were very much alike
in many ways, and not just in our experiences with you." I said "Yes.
But what actually happened?" Rhamcha said "We have become good
friends." I said "And?" They thought, and Rhamcha said "We want to
share our knowledge and abilities. You wanted that!"
I said "On no, I've been exposed!" They laughed. I said "Each of your
Traditions have something missing, which can make you better with
sharing. Do you agree?" They did, very much. I said "Take these. They
are communication devices, and only talk to each other. They require no
power, and can't be damaged or investigated. I suggest you confer some
time, about exchanging teachers. Srinoy will provide instant
transportation. I trust you both, equally, in knowing my plans, and
about me and my people, and that is more than those of any other
Temples and Monasteries." They rose and bowed to me., which I returned.
I said to the other Abbot, "Are you available for a little er,
temporary change of location?" He said "No, but I'll make it so."
Rhamcha and I laughed, and he told him why, and he laughed. He told an
aid, who was all wide eyed, and had to laugh when he caught my grin. I
said to the virtual twins, "I think you both have a different idea
about where we are going, than I do." That really got their interest
going. I said "Ready to go?" They were, so I ported us to the center of
Guardhome. To their gigantic surprise, I said, "We are on a different
world. There is no native intelligent life. I built this city as an art
project. It's not inhabited." I took them on the same tour I had done
many times before. Then we ported to in front of my house, and said, "I
built the sports complex first, for my schools, then I built this house
for us to have meetings in. But it looked so lonely all by itself, so I
built the city. I took my time for all of it, so it took about a week
to do it." We went inside, and sat in the main living room, and I
explained about the Guardians, and what we and they do. Then I took
them on a tour of my house. I said "I built this to have meetings with
the most powerful people in the galaxy. Some of them are a little too
full of themselves, so I made this like it is to impress them. I don't
need anything this fancy. Nobody should, actually." They agreed. I told
them about my art, while showing it to them. Then we went back to the
living room.
I said "All the special features, in fact everything you have seen on
this planet but the ground and sky, I invented and built. A free Tibet
can have some of this, including my technology. I won't push it,
because it should be the choice of those who live there. and I don't
know when I should offer it. Maybe not for many years. It can only
happen in a country which will not allow it to be investigated. That
means not in any modern country. Because Tibet is not modern, as seen
by the rest of the world, and because coming from me would make it
sacred and precious, I can give things like this to Tibet, just as I
have given other things, which the Chinese are tearing their hair out
over. My purpose in bringing you here is to show you part of a possible
future, and that it CAN happen, and that there is much more to what I
and my students do, than what happens on Earth, which someday you, or
those you teach, can be a part of. And I think you would have wanted to
see this." I said to Rhamcha, "Do you think he could have a duplicate
of your crystal?" He thought a while, and said, "While there are some
things I thought I would want to keep private, I have not with my
fellows. So, they don't need to be with my new fellow. Please make one
for him." I did, and gave it to him, and said, "It also includes what
we have experienced today. Would you like to see Sera?" He grinned and
said, "Absolutely!"
I ported us to my pavilion, and said, "Please wait a minute while I
help our guest adjust to this altitude." Then I said "This isn't as
grand as some other things, but it's the first and only thing to
feature my own sayings." He looked at them, and nodded. I grinned, and
said, "Envy isn't the best feeling." They laughed. I said "After
reviewing the crystal, please consider what similar things you might
want for Shaolin. I feel like poking the Chinese some more, right on
the smelly nose." They laughed. I said "But be sensible. I want to save
some for later. I am limited in who I can bring here my way, because of
the air pressure differences. Such a rapid change can cause some
significant difficulties, and maybe damage. Shaolin is not at a low
altitude, which is reflected in its name, so I could bring you, and
because you have some abilities in body control." Neither of them had
thought of that, and did some extra thinking. I said to Rhamcha, "Eli
is in your office. I suggest we start there." We did. I made the
introductions, and another good friendship happened. I said "I should
not go with you on the tour, because then the people would see only me,
and that is not fair to you. Eli, contact me when it's over, and I'll
provide the transportation." They all agreed, and I ported away, after
hugging all three of them with my love.
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