Stephen's Secure Blog #261
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, after the Winter holidays of year 7 of his
special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #261 "Prep for Visit With a King"
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I called for a Guardian policy meeting, with Tomba. I gave them my
memory of my private meeting with the Thai PM. Pete said "What are you
going to do?" I said "I don't know. Any ideas?" Silence. I said "If I
poked me again, and I kissed him. Chad laughed. Tomba said, "An
interesting situation. Who has the higher status, you or the King?"
Chad said, "Stephen has the highest religious status, but that is less
than if he were also a head of state. The King is head of the Thai
Tradition of Buddhism, and head of state. The Dalai Lama is the head of
Buddhism for Tibetans, and is still considered head of state in exile,
but has removed himself from political power. So, in politics, those
two are higher, along with the Pope. In religion, Saints and
Bodhisattvas are above status, in theory, but are seldom awarded that
in practice in their lifetimes. If Stephen acts in the name of
religion, he has the highest status on Earth, but not all will want
that to be true or recognized. In fact, very few would." Tomba said, "I
agree. I just wanted somebody else to say that, because of my known
feelings about him." They bowed to each other. Chad said to me, "If the
King wants you to visit him, will you?" I said "If that request is made
public, I will have to." They all nodded in agreement. I said "I would
then stipulate my conditions in public, and they probably wouldn't be
denied. If it is not a public request, then I will do it if my
conditions are met. They are, privacy, but with a witness of an Abbot
of his choice, who's Third Eye is fully open, that I meet with first
and approve of."
Pete said, "I was wondering how you would situation manage that." I
said with a grin, "Me too." I got more pokes. Nigel said "What if the
King wants you to do something?" I said "How the heck do I know?" I got
a lot more pokes. I said "Ouch! I won't know about that until he says
it. Mostly, I will be doing nothing, and might or might not tell him
that." Pete said, "Do you think the PM wanted you to be a citizen for
this specific reason?" Ichi said, "Obviously! Status for his country,
sure, but for politicians all throughout history, Saints are to be used
and abused, not revered." Chad said, "Patron Saint? There might be a
little conflict about that with Tibet." I said "I already feel so
USED!" They hugged and kissed me. I said "Oh, use me some more." They
laughed.
A week later, the Thai PM called to meet with me. I ported to his
office at the scheduled time. We sat. He said "His Majesty wants to
meet with you." I said "Is this a surprise?" He grinned and said, "No."
I said "There are conditions to be worked out. Is his request as a
matter of State? Or is it personal? Is the request going to be made
public?" He looked very thoughtful. Then he said, "I need to do more
thinking. I should ask him those questions." I said "For your thoughts,
I would add that if it is personal, or is expected to become so, there
must be privacy. If it is just a publicity visit, for political er,
interest, then I can do it alone. If it is going to be private, well,
here is a crystal of a meeting I had about this subject. Put it to your
forehead to read it." He had some interesting expressions. He said
"Interesting technology. Your playful informality still amazes me." I
said "All are equal in love, and love is the most informal thing there
is. I am love." He said "I don't think I will ever understand that." I
said softly, "You do, when I hug you with love."
He said "Er, ah, I will have to let you know after I do some thinking
and conferring." I said "There is something else I can do, which might
be useful in that. If you agree, I can put our meeting at my house in
the crystal, and this meeting too, and set it so it will only work for
you and the King, and any others you want." He thought it over, and
said, "He would like that. Please." I said "I'll make a new one. Here."
It was in the shape of an elephant. He picked it up, and then said,
"Oh!" I grinned and said, "To help you learn about my love, I put it in
there. Anybody can feel it, but only you and he can read the contents.
One more thing. Unless he wills it, once given to him, it will not
leave his possession. Even if we never meet, my love is for him, too.
Always." He dripped tears, and said, "For him, I thank you with all of
my heart." I said "So you DO know love." He looked surprised. I said
"Seldom are we made to realize that we don't know as much as we thought
we did, and discover at the same time, that we know more of what we
didn't think we knew. Strange how things balance." I stood, and glowed,
and opened my arms. He hesitated, and then smiled with embarrassment,
and came into my arms. I gave him all my love. Then I stepped back and
ported away. I updated the crystal to show up to that moment.
A week later, I sat down with the PM again. After polite things, I
was silent. He was nervous. I wiggled my eyebrows at him, and he
laughed. He said "His Majesty wants both kinds of meetings." I said "I
hope you don't think that was a surprise." He said "I try to avoid
thinking that about you." I said "I might hope you succeed." He
grinned. I said "He is more impressed by you than ever before." He was
surprised, and said, "How did you know?" I said "I know what is in the
crystal." He said "Oh. Well, he is. It wasn't my intention, but it is
not something I am opposed to." I grinned, which made him laugh. I said
"So, am I to meet him in public as a private citizen, or as Master of
Abbots?" He said "We have thought about that, and discussed it a lot.
We do NOT want to give offense to Tibet, to have you crawl on your
stomach before him. However, we do like the idea of giving offense to
China, such as when we hosted a visit from the Dalai Lama." I laughed,
and he laughed with me. I said "We are definitely together on this." He
said "So is all of South Asia. We would all welcome the reality of a
less er, aggressive China." I nodded, and said, "That will happen by
their own will, or I pull more of their military teeth." He said
"Already their smile shows gaps." I laughed, and said, "Good one! I
like that."
He was embarrassed, and said, "Er, thank you. So, you and he will
meet as equals. He will stand, if he is able, and you will appear in
front of him, standing, and you two will shake hands, and then sit in
equal chairs beside each other. It will be televised live. Here is a
list of prepared questions the media are permitted to ask." He gave me
a paper. I said "There are some problems with some of the questions. I
am not able to lie." He said "Oh, that's right. I forgot about that."
He took the paper back, and spent some time making some changes. I said
"My answer to one of them might be a little interesting." He looked
worried. I said "I will support the Monarchy as long as it continues to
YES!" I grinned and said, "We who cannot lie, can still say what we
want, with some added cleverness." He said "I see. I'm er, glad." I
said "More like, relieved?" He laughed.
He said "The question about being a Bodhisattva. You do not object to
it?" I said "Personally, I do feel negative about that, always. But it
is asked of me a lot, and assumed one way or the other a lot. I can't
escape it. So, if it is ever going to be asked of me, and answered on
live TV, this is the best situation and country to have that happen
in." He said "I don't know what to say!" I said "Well, you could say
that." He smiled, and said, "We are honored." I said "Maybe not. I'm
not going to tell them one way or the other, but I will tell them what
qualifies me to be one." He said "Wise. Tell them you are, and they can
deny you. Tell them you are not, would be a lie. Cleverness is very
true!" I bowed, which he returned. We went over the list, and worked on
the individual questions.
After that, I said "The private visit is scheduled separately?" He
said "Yes. Here is a list of Abbots for you to select from." I said
"One remains an Abbot only because I didn't want to displease a
friend." He nodded and said, "I know about that, and I agree." I said
"I have met two of the others. I could meet with the rest, but do YOU
have a recommendation? Ah, you wondered if I would ask you that." He
laughed, and said, "I did. These two." I said "I know one. I'll ask
him, and select him only if he truly wishes it. Should I assume the
private meeting will be on a separate day?" He said, "Yes, for health
reasons." I said "I agree."
I said "Do you think he would like in the crystal, some of the things
I was involved in, in Tibet, India, and China? Some of them would have
some amusement value." He laughed, and said, "Some?" And he laughed
some more. I said "Well, I know now that YOU think so. Should I do it?"
He said "Yes, please." I said "Done, and divided up into chapters. I
included some of my musical performances which were not on TV. Oh,
alright, I put it in your crystal, too. Please keep what you know from
it private." He said "I will, and thank you for your gift." I said "You
are welcome. Just try not to strain yourself, laughing." He said with a
grin, "I'll warn His Majesty." I said "I think that alone might make
him laugh." He grinned, "I'll tell him that, too." We stood and bowed
to each other, and I ported away.
I ported to just outside the Temple near the Bangkok market I had
visited before. Immediately, two Senior Monks came out, and asked me
in. I greeted them by their names, which surprised them, and followed
them to see the Abbot. He was in his office, and stood, and we
exchanged bows. We sat and said polite things. He said with some
excitement, "Your doings in Tibet and China are very interesting!" I
grinned and said, "More so to them, I think." He laughed. He said
"Submarines on land, in the middle of a city where they can't be
removed, would interest anybody." I said "But it wasn't enough. The
next time I clipped the wings of most of their military aircraft, and
put the parts in the square, too. Well, there wasn't enough room for
anything else. That did get their interest, and there were after that,
some changes in top level government employees. Only time will tell if
they will need more er, interesting things." He said "I am glad you
might have had some success. I am also happy you are now a citizen of
Thailand. We all watched that on TV." I said "Thank you. I didn't ask
for it, but it has come with something else. The King wants to meet
with me."
He said "I am not surprised. Who would not want to meet with you?" I
said "That did happen at a Monastery in Tibet. The five Abbots of the
schools there. They didn't like that I was improving their students
better than they were." He said "That means they are no longer Abbots."
I said "Well, it happened that I made them meet with me, and all the
people there, and made them tell the truth. Their answers to my
questions showed everybody they were not fit to rule anybody. They
resigned. New Abbots were appointed by their fellows, and they were at
the concert with me." He said "It is known you are fair. Thank you." I
said "I just do what I think is right." We bowed to each other. I said
"You appear to be much healthier than you were when I visited with you
before." He grinned and said, "You know you are the cause of that." I
said "I am not displeased at all." He said with a big grin, "Neither am
I." We bowed again.
I said "I have a little problem with meeting the King. There will be
two meetings. The first is a public one, for political reasons. The
second meeting is private, and must really be so. We know what dying
men usually ask about." He nodded. I said "I am a stranger, and known
to be very powerful, and so am feared and mistrusted by some. There
must be no possibility of that happening with the family or the public,
about my visit. So, I agreed to that visit on the condition that I
would have a well known and respected Abbot with me as a witness. The
King has agreed to this. I er, am not here to ask you about another
Abbot." He was overcome with humility. I said "When it happens, will
you accompany me on that visit?" He said "I will." I said with a grin,
"I knew that." He tried to smile in return.
I said "In the public meeting, I will be asked if I am a Bodhisattva.
Would you give me an opinion on how I should answer that?" He said "Are
you?" I said "I don't like to say that, and encourage people to deny it
and assume I lie. On the other side of that, I can't lie and say I am
not. I meet all the most strict requirements for that label, and more."
Then we were poked. He looked really surprised, and in awe. I said
"That was the 'more'. They are impatient for me to join them. When I
gave my love to the world, they changed my appearance and gave me the
task to free Tibet. I think they find it amusing to poke me sometimes
about it. But you already knew what I was. Auras don't lie." He said
"That is true. You do not fit well in your body. How much time do you
have left?" I said "In about fifteen years, I will not be able to
resist the pull, and so will be gone. I will live to see my children
with open Third Eyes, and no more. They have allowed me that." He said
"I agree with your plan. Tell them your qualifications, and let them
decide what they mean for themselves." I said "You are wise, and not
just because you agree with me." We laughed together.
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