Stephen's Secure Blog #340
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 17 in this story, in the Winter of year 8 of his special
school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #340 "Pope Visits Tibet"
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I asked for a meeting with Len at CNN. After polite things, I said
"The Pope will be visiting Tibet." He grinned, and said, "He couldn't
keep away." I said "Right. I'm making him do a State visit to the Dalai
Lama first, in the open. Then he will meet with me in my house there.
Alone." He said "Wow! Alone! How did you do that?" I said "His people
refused to agree with it, so I invoked the Seal of the Confessional."
He looked confused for a moment, and then understood, and said, "I see.
He would want that, but wouldn't tell his people. I wonder if he will
thank you." I said "Might do the opposite, after what might happen
before." I told him what Lhamo was planning to do, and he laughed
really hard. When he could, he said, "I'll keep that a secret before
the event. You want us there to make that really public." I gave him a
really big grin. He laughed some more.
He said "In one of our shows, Bill Maher said he wanted you on his
show. I don't have to guess why." I said "Chad really wants me to, so
he can laugh his head off." He laughed. I said "Oh, you, too?" He
laughed some more. I said "I had Bill at my house in Tibet. It was a
good er, real time. I have no plans to be on his show. On the panel. I
might do an opening guest appearance, to plug my new book on The
Buddha. If he behaves himself." He laughed, and said, "That could be
difficult. Still, he made you a new rule, with your political offer." I
said "Yes, I told him about that before it went public. We had a laugh
fest." More laughter. I said "If you want to cover the event in Tibet,
I can provide transportation." He said "We do, for all Papal visits we
can gain access to. And this one, between three prominent religious
leaders, is really news! We didn't need the extra part to justify it."
I said "The meeting in my house will be private, but you might want to
be in place to capture his expression when it's over." He said
"Absolutely! How will he travel between the residence of the Dalai
Lama, and your house?" I said "I could port him, but I want a big show.
I'll make a clear covered Pope-mobile. He can goldfish his way to me."
He laughed and said, "What a reporter you would make!" I said "I
wouldn't mind making a few." He laughed really hard.
The Vatican's private jet landed at Lhasa Airport. CNN had a camera
crew there, with a live hookup through my house studio to Atlanta. One
of Lhamo's Monks was there, to drive the electric bubble car I made for
the occasion. There were other cars for the Pope's entourage. The Pope
seemed to be well, and waved to everybody. Not that there were more
than news crews there. Tibetans were only mildly curious. The few
Catholics weren't in a cheering mood. The cold might have had something
to do with that. There were no bad incidents for me to prevent. I
ported the CNN team to follow the procession, per prearrangement. They
stopped at Lhamo's house, and went inside, to the meeting hall. There
were two chairs on the stage. They sat. They said the usual things for
such occasions, in English. Then he did it.
The Dalai Lama said to the Pope, "Stephen remembers his past lives
very well, and he has done some wondrous research, which he has shared
with me, such as the life of the Buddha, which he is publishing, and of
other people in history. One of those things he gave me was movies from
his memory of what he witnessed, and research of part of the life of
Jesus. I thought, what a wonderful gift it would be, for you to have
it. So, I must do it. This shows what happened before the Last Supper,
and on to His Crucifixion, which Stephen has certified is accurate in
every detail. Please accept this with all my love and respect." He
presented the BD disks to the Pope, who made his extra shaking hands
take it. They said a few more polite things. Then the Pope moved off to
the guest apartment in the residence for a rest, before coming to see
me in the evening. Len left a crew outside the building, and I ported
the rest to my house. They immediately went to the studio, and Don went
live to comment on the news. There was a lot of speculation about what
the BDs had on them, and how that would affect the Church. If they let
it go public. And would they. They went back on and forth on that for a
while.
Then we had some food. Don asked me, while we were eating, "Was that
gift your idea?" I said "Sure. I was the one who gave it to the Dalai
Lama, along with the book on The Buddha, for his review, which he did
before we knew the Pope would visit. His decision to give part of my
gift to him, to the Pope, was his to make. It might not have happened
if he had told me of his intention in advance, but it's done, and
that's that. He does have extra copies, for if one or more were to get
damaged, and naturally, so do I." He said "Did you ask him to not make
it public?" I said "I said I wanted what I gave him to be private until
the book on The Buddha was published." He said "So he might have
assumed it only pertained to the book." I said "That could be. Please
don't tell the world he did a bad thing. He wanted to be nice to the
Pope. From his point of view, it would be the thing to do." He nodded.
He said "Were you planning to make that public yourself?" I said "I
was not, and told the Pope's representative that some time ago, and
that I had no intention of even researching the entire life of Jesus. I
don't want to be responsible for disrupting his Church. Well, they can
do that very well all by themselves." He almost choked. When he could,
he said, "I can put THAT on the air!" I said "Bill Mahar would be very
disappointed." Some laughter. Don said "Do you know him?" I said "Oh
yes!" More laughter. I said "I like and respect him, and I love his
show. He's the best I know at letting people be stupid." More laughter.
I said "He calls me before every show to ask if any politicians
accepted my offer. None have." He said "Would you be willing to say
some of those things on air?" I said "In the right situation, yes. Not
in connection with this visit, though. Don't look so sad. You know it's
more than you expected." He had to agree.
Don said "I see something missing. We have some excerpts of your book
on The Buddha, and we've consulted with PBS on some things related to
your new book on Tibet. I think your personal memories might not cover
all you certify as accurate." I said "Do others at CNN think the same?"
He said "I don't know. I haven't told anybody." I said "I think you
have, now." He nodded. I said "Some people know, and with proof. In
some cases, and in some ways, I can directly see the past of any person
I know, including their past lives, even from my own past lives. And
that's not just their memories, but direct observations, too. There's
more. At my last gallery event, I had a lot of paintings and sculptures
of dinosaurs. Completely real. No guessing. This ability isn't knew.
I've been doing it for years, and in public, and verified, but without
much control, while I was in a trance. Now, I'm a little better. So,
what I say is accurate of the past, including videos, really is. No, I
don't investigate crimes. That would be damaging to me, spiritually."
He said "Wow!"
I said "When I started doing that, it was just painting the past of
some old people, and their past lives at a festival. But when I was in
Mongolia, I had a kind of breakthrough. I knew Genghis Kahn when he was
18 and killed me. For the museum there, I tried really hard to see the
rest of his life. I succeeded. The rest is er, history." Len almost
choked. Don said "Have you looked at the early life of Jesus?" I said
"I was on his er, team. We knew about his life. It wasn't a secret. So
now, I deliberately will not show it. The only Gospel which is
accurate, isn't in the Bible, which was just as I wanted it as
Nicholas." He looked surprised, and said, "Which one?" I said "The
Gospel According to Thomas." He nodded, and said, "I know of it. So the
Gnostics were right?" I said "More honest and accurate in their
writing, yes. And the very last thing the Romans wanted in a State
religion." Len said "So politics created Roman Catholicism."
I said "Absolutely. I did it. And the Emperor. To rule. Worked, too.
One of my very worst lives. I don't want to make public all that, and
worse. No matter what, people won't change their beliefs, so I won't
show His early life. Well, you know he wasn't born in the Winter, or
even in Bethlehem. Most scholars agree on that. Still, the world
celebrates Christmas on the same day as before, to coincide with the
Roman holiday, which Constantine demanded. They still insist that the
Bible is the true word of God, even though it was written by men as
propaganda, who mostly never saw or understood what they wrote about,
and deliberately changed and mistranslated it for the same reason, and
even assembled it to please an Emperor who wanted to control the
religion. It's like that for the Old Testament, too. I wrote most of it
as Daniel in Babylonia, to motivate the Israelites to move back to
Israel, after I helped free them. Worked, too. I wasn't much of an
historian, so I cobbled together all the old stories I knew, and some
partial memories from my past lives, as I saw in dreams, and made up
the rest. So, now you know, and I don't want any of you to tell
anybody. It won't do any good, but cause harm. Do I hear a wow?" Len
said "Wow!" I nodded.
One said "I remember what you said about your ability with animals.
Daniel and the lions." I said "Yes. They liked me." He said "Joseph in
the snake pit." I said "Right. They don't have the capacity to like
people, but I did make them leave me alone, not that I understood what
I was doing then. I was just plain terrified." Some laughter. I said
"As Ishmael, I hunted and killed lions. Well, they were hunting people.
I became well known for that, and for screwing all the women I saw."
They laughed. I said "They say he fathered a great nation. Well, I
tried." They laughed some more. I said "One thing more. Despite what is
incorrect about what is reported about the life of Jesus, he was a
great man who offered many important words of wisdom. Appreciation, and
even love of those words and what they really mean, is NOT a bad thing.
And, if there ever was a man who is worthy of the love of all, it is
him." They agreed.
I said "We have a partial personal logistical problem. The Papal
party is progressing in its planned presence here. Hmm, I was hoping
there would be more peas in that pod." Laughter. I said "So do we want
them to know you are here?" Len said "How is the visit to be arranged?"
I said "They will all enter and stay in the living room. Rhamcha and
Eli will be hosts. That should be very interesting, by the way." They
grinned in agreement. I said "After a small discussion, the Pope and I
will go into the den, behind closed doors, in private. You might want
to have a crew outside the house, to grab some shots. Nothing inside.
So, maybe you can hide in one of the bedrooms and the studio. Lock the
doors." They agreed to that. I said "Rhamcha and Eli know what I've
said here." Don said "Are you worried about what the Pope will say?" I
said "No. I don't usually do that. I might, if he wore tights and tap
dancing shoes." They laughed really hard. Don said "You're amazing!" I
said "Actually, I amaze ME more than you might think." Len said "I
don't doubt that."
Rhamcha, and Eli, who drove the Pope, came in with the Pope and his
people. I offered them a tour of my house, and they accepted. During it
I explained why I made it, and said I didn't need anything that fancy,
that it was for other people to enjoy, and didn't live there. I passed
out refreshments, and we sat in the living room. I said, "Personal
conveniences are in the bedroom suites. Use any you wish that aren't
locked." One said "I heard you had a TV studio here." I said "I do.
It's being used by the CNN crew now, and we shouldn't disturb them. Oh,
for your information, no recording devices will work in this house,
except in that room, unless I expressly allow it. They can't hear us."
He said "Are you allowing any to operate now?" I said "I am not.
Personally, I don't need them, having total recall. We are private
here. If that changes, I will notify you before you have the chance to
say something really bad, such as about how awful butter tea tastes."
They laughed. One said, "It's horrible!" I said "It actually is, unless
you are forced to grow up with it. Children of Tibetans who are living
in India, don't like it, severely annoying their parents." Some
chuckles.
I said "Do any of you have questions for me, before the one on one
private meeting?" One said "Did you tell the Dalai Lama to give His
Eminence part of the life of Jesus?" I said "I did not. Could not. I
don't tell him to do anything. I had not planned to make any of that
public. I saw no useful purpose in making you liars. Most intelligent
people realize that history is only as accurate as the people who wrote
it wanted it to be, and they didn't usually. Most who were not
professional historians, wrote the history they did, for personal
reasons, to say what they wanted to say, what they wanted people to
believe, that they didn't before. The Bible we know today is no
different. I know, because in past lives, I wrote a lot of it, and
helped decide what would make up the Bible as it is almost known now.
Well, all educated people should know that some things just can't be
translated accurately." One said "About that. I hear you in English,
and understand you in Italian." I said "Yes. In speech, I have solved
that problem. All understand me in their most familiar language.
Animals, too." My Priest said "I can verify that. Amazing!" I said
"Sure helped me in the lion's den. Oh my, what an interesting
assortment of expressions!" Some giggles. One ventured, "And in the pit
of snakes?" I said "Yes. Not that I understood that then, in my
absolute terror. Oh, more unusual expressions. If we had them on
camera, we could make a catalog of them." Some chuckles.
One burst out with, "What do you think of Jesus?" I said "I admire
your courage to ask that. Do you mean when I knew him as the first
Stephen, or when I was Nicholas, the moneybag thrower, or as Francis,
or as I am now?" He couldn't speak. My Priest said "All, in order." I
said "Be prepared for some er, unusual things." Eli laughed. Then he
apologized, and said, "Everything about him is unusual!" Some agreed,
and laughed. I said "As Stephen, I joined his group for the feeling of
importance it gave me. I stayed, because I was given some
responsibility because I knew Greek, if you call handing out food,
responsible. At first, I didn't care about his preaching. Then I became
interested. Then I believed, even though I didn't understand a lot. He
had that effect on people. I never really knew him as a person, but
still, I loved him. My death was faster than his. As Nicholas, I
believed, and used that belief to gain power over the people I hated,
which was almost everybody. As a side note, with throwing bags of money
onto sleeping couples, I might have invented the first contraceptive."
Some shocked laughter.
I said "As Francis, I believed and loved him with all my heart, while
most of the upper Church hierarchy were in it mostly for money and
power, which I totally rejected." Some nodded. I said "Now we come to
the current me. I said this to the CNN crew just before you came in.
'Despite what is incorrect about what is reported about the life of
Jesus, he was a great man who offered many important words of wisdom.
Appreciation, and even love of those words and what they really mean,
is NOT a bad thing. And, if there ever was a man who is worthy of the
love of all, it is him.' End quote. With greater understanding, has
come greater appreciation and love for him. It's the same with The
Buddha. I let him teach from my orchard, so I could earn money from
those who came to learn from him. I didn't care about that teaching,
which amused him. Recently I had speculated that he was amused because
he knew I would someday change my mind about that. I received
conformation." Rhamcha said "I witnessed that."
I said "While I didn't value his teaching then, we were good friends.
We are still good friends, and I have changed my opinion about his
teachings er, significantly." One said "You receive communications
from, I don't know how to say it." I said "Different religions have
different words and ideas about the afterlife, to explain what no words
can accurately describe. As I scientist, I have explored that realm.
There are different sections. To put it in your and modern terms, I
receive burst communications from what you would call the Senior
Saints, of which The Buddha is one, with God's approval. But that isn't
completely accurate, because there are no words to describe the reality
of it. The Saints and God are not separate things in some ways, and are
in other ways. But yes, I do receive communications, and they are
annoying at times, which causes some amusement. Yes, the sense of humor
does NOT die with the body, just as the soul doesn't die."
I said "We all receive guidance from heaven. For most people, they
are not able to experience it in full awareness, and it is only a small
influence on their conscience. Because in that realm, what is there
experiences all time as one, what they send to us isn't real
conversation in words most of the time, but feelings and impressions
that we have to make sense of. For some with very trained minds with
peculiar talents, they can send more without harming us. The freshly
waiting for judgement, they can see us if they really want to, and with
some extra talents in both directions, can even hold a conversation
with us. I've had them, and so have other people. I do NOT know who
reincarnates and who doesn't. I expect I will find out, sooner or
later. Yes, I have a job waiting for me in that area, that I'm actually
late for. Well, I have some things I need to finish here, at their
order, before I join them. Still, I will not see with the eyes of my
body, my children fully grown, but I already know them. Here is what
they will look like." I projected their images.
I said "One more thing about children. And I say this to the
Monasteries of Tibet, too." Rhamcha sat up straighter, which he noticed
me noticing. I said "Celibacy is wrong. That God would not want those
who serve him and humanity, the best of all of us, to not pass on what
makes them the best, to populate the Earth with the best, to serve all
even better, is almost too ridiculous for words!" They all looked
thunderstruck. Except Eli, who was nodding. I waited. I said "I will
make that statement public some time in the future." Then I said, "We
are not alone in the universe. They consider us too backward to
associate with. I really hope we don't continue to limit the
improvement of humanity like we've been doing, in not allowing the best
of us to have children, or we will never be their equal. Some of the
best minds and bodies in the world are Priests and Lamas, who never
have children. That is a criminal waste of human potential. Doing this
holds us back from being better able to know God!" There were a lot of
different strong emotions swirling around the room.
I said "I think we should take a break now, to refresh ourselves.
Then the two of us can have our private meeting." There was some very
evident relief in that, which almost caused Eli to laugh again. Well,
me, too.
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