Stephen's Secure Blog #389
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 20 in this story, in Winter of year 10 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #389 "New King"
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There were some deaths.
The King of Thailand died.
Lance, Chief Operating Officer of Horizon Enterprises, and Tomba's
partner, died. Tomba took it well. We sat together for a few days in
front of the Emerald Buddha. After that, in his office, I said, "I hope
you stick around till at least my daughter becomes psionic. Well, for
me, too." He said "I would like that, yes." I said "You know, when I
first met you, if I hadn't known you were a boy, I would have thought
you were a girl." He laughed. I said "That didn't mean much to me at
the time, except I had to give Hoover a really mean look, to get his
absolutely intense lustful attention off of you, and to the business at
hand." He laughed some more, and I laughed with him. We hugged with
love, while we remembered our good times.
I was invited to the funeral of the King of Thailand, and was asked
to join in the ceremonies. I did. It was not a fun time. Then I was
asked to assist in the coronation of his son. I said to the PM, "I
will, only if he really wants me to, and I will know that when I meet
with him." The Crown Prince and I discussed a lot of things, including
his father being spied on. Another thing was, he said, "With a word,
you can change everything here, including if there is a monarchy." I
covered my mouth. He said in irritation, "I'm serious here!" I said
"How serious can I take it, when you tell me something we both know I
already know?" He had to smile. He said "I should have known better
than to cross words with you. Will you say those words?" I said "I
don't know. As it is now, there is no reason to. Don't change that." He
said "I think my position is close to being unique in present times. I
have the power here, but you have the power to end it with finality.
I'm not saying I like that, and I don't really know why I feel this
way, but I think it is right and proper." I said "Do you want to know
why?" He said with a smile, "No, but please tell me." I said "It gives
you comfort that if you do a great wrong, it will be corrected, saving
you some of the worry that a good man such as yourself would and should
have about himself in this position." He took a while to fully digest
that, and then with some tears, he bowed low to me, which I returned.
At the end, we hugged with love, which was the first time for him.
Before I left I said, "May I tell the Prime Minister that all is well?"
He indicated approval, still unable to speak. The PM was very relieved
when I told him. I did assist in the coronation, which went well.
I had an interview with the same TV station manager as before. He
asked about all the usual polite things. Then he said, "China is
different." I said "Is that bad?" He said "No, not at all!" He laughed
at my grin. I said "All things change. Fortunate for all if they are
good." He said "You haven't changed your clothes." I said "But I have.
See the silver words?" He said "Yes. Different languages. Ours is
there. Love and peace." I said "I added some languages of other planets
recently, after I stopped keeping all that a secret." He said "Some of
us don't believe that. I do, even though it is difficult, because I
know you can't lie." I said "But I could be imagining things, right?"
He said "So it has been thought." I said "Are you practicing to be a
politician?" He laughed. I said "I could take you to another planet,
but you wouldn't know the language, and they don't know I can port, and
would wonder how you got there, being so noticeably different and of
the same species I am. Your camera wires won't stretch that far, too."
He said "True." I said "And even if you did a live broadcast from
another planet, there are some who will still not believe, just as they
don't believe man has walked on the moon. I did that myself, actually.
Naked." He said "Wow! How and why did you do that?" I said "I was
testing my personal shield, set to work like a space suit. It worked.
Then I taught some of my advanced students about it. I was twelve
then." He said "Wow! So young!" I said "I was twelve biologically, but
how young was I really, who remembered almost two thousand lives in
full, and some of them were very long?" He said "Oh, I see. Did you
remember those lives before then?" I said "I only remembered them when
my Third Eye opened fully when I was twelve, which was when my unusual
abilities fully returned."
He said "So until you were twelve, you had only known that one life?"
I said "Yes, but I was in a coma until I was ten, so that life had only
two years of memories, very good memories, I should tell you. I see the
question. I was in a car crash when I was two. I don't remember it." He
said "It took you eight years to recover from it?" I said "There were
complications, but actually, yes. I think I'm well now." He said "I
think so, too! Do you think your children will be like you?" I said
"Smaller, in the beginning." He said "That's not what I meant. Will
they have similar unusual abilities?" I said "I don't know. I will love
them just the same, however they are." He said "I have no doubt of
that! Your son is not a citizen of Thailand, like you are. Would you
like your children to be?" I said "I think it should be their decision,
if they want to be a citizen of this great country. I see the question.
It wouldn't be fair to them if I made my wishes known. Not that I think
it's any kind of a secret here. And one more thing. Part of their
education will take place in some Temples here." He said "I never
thought about it, but if I had, I would have had no doubt of that. Will
your daughter be the Dalai Lama?" I said "I don't know. That is not my
decision. He wanted to reincarnate as my daughter, and we had
permission, and I think it happened, but we won't know for sure for
some time."
He said "I have been asked to ask you a personal question, and I will
say in public that I refuse to." I said "I think I might know what it
is, if it doesn't involve my wife. Oh, your expression is very
interesting." He had to laugh. I said "I don't know how long I will
continue to exist in this life. I hope for at least 12 or 13 more
years, and more if I'm given them, but I could go at any time. Please
understand this! We can ALL go at any time. Yes, I mean leave this
life. I mean die. Dead. Because of this, we should all tell those we
love, that we love them, every day we live! Never let them go without
telling them, because that could be the last chance you have to do
that. Never let your loved ones leave you while they are angry with
you. Do you want that to be the last thing they remember of you?
Resolve the problem. If you have obligations, don't leave them for
another day, because there might not be another day. Never miss a
chance to do and be good, while you still can. Don't waste this life
with nothing to show for it. Learn. Use it for good. Use it for LOVE."
The station manager was dripping tears, when he said we were going to a
commercial break. I said "I don't have any more to say at this time." I
stood and glowed, and hugged him with all my love. I ported home.
I received a call from my Mormon contact. I ported to his office. He
said, "There was some unusual event at the Vatican. We have suspected
that you caused it." I said "And you have been waiting eagerly for it,
like watching a horror movie. You yell out, 'Don't open that door!' But
you really wanted them to." He laughed really well. He said "Did you
cause it?" I said "I did meet with them, at their invitation. I said a
few things, such as that you are better than they are, for humanity.
I'll wait for you to bask in your superior glory." He laughed again. I
said "I told them about the importance of the Ten Commandments, which
not even you people fully obey. You didn't have to change the day of
the Sabbath. The Muslims didn't do that. But before all that, I told
them about one of my past lives. How it ended. No, I'm not going to
give you that recording. You don't deserve such a terrible memory. The
important thing is I hugged all the Cardinals there, before I left." He
said "Good. VERY important. Will they change?" I said "I think maybe
some of them had to, right after I left." He laughed. When he could, he
said, "I didn't mean that, but the evasion was very good." I said "I
have yet to receive a report from my man there, so I don't know what
they will do, or not do, as a result of my visit, except to decide not
to invite me again."
He said "That's what puzzles me. That they invited you." I said
"Well, the Pope felt the same way about that as you do, so he asked
them to invite me, maybe somehow convincing them they could do
something against me. It doesn't really matter how. It's the results
that count. I think they might still be counting them. I think you know
what I mean." He said "I do. You pack more into what you say in those
situations than is apparent until after you leave." I said "I've
received various comments about that, over the years. Some were nice."
He laughed, and said, "I can imagine. We've been wondering about
something. On one issue, our positions are opposed in some ways." I
said "Yes. Equality of women. With you, inequality is there in your
society on the surface, and you would like to believe it goes deeper,
but it doesn't. You think you rule your homes. They let you think that.
Cross them, and you will find out who really is the boss." He laughed
really hard. When he could, he said, "Right in the heart! Bull's eye!"
I said "I don't mind if they are not in your religion's hierarchy, but
you might not want to know why." He said "Please tell me anyway." I
said "From their point of view, it keeps you busy, and from doing worse
things. They are more than happy to let you play at the little boy king
of the hill game, as long as they have the status they want among
themselves." He looked at me in awe and wonder, and said, "You really
do know people, and more about women than a man should." I said "Yes,
they do say that." He laughed.
I said "There is another issue we differ on. The Cardinals asked me
why the aliens won't let us join them. I told them some reasons, and
one of them is evangelism. They will not tolerate even a whiff of that
oder. And I agree with them, and as it applies to Earth, too. So much
tragic damage has been caused by that, I could cry." I did, a little. I
said "Did competition make you try so hard?" He said "I have to admit
it, yes. And we have done some bad things, where there wasn't proper
public oversight, but in our defense, I should point out that we were
not as bad as the Catholics." I said "To a man dying of cancer, to be
told his cancer isn't as bad as that of another patient, isn't much
comfort to him." He just stared at me, dumfounded. He said "You really
DO pack a lot of meaning into your words!" I said "That's what they're
for. Want to go on a little trip?" He said "Now? Where?" I said "Now,
and to Tibet. Got a lot of my sayings in a pavilion there. I'll keep
you warm and at this air pressure." He said "I'll tell my assistant."
He did, and we stood, and I gave him an environmental pendant. I ported
us to near the top of the road to Sera. I pointed him to my pavilion.
Rhamcha was already there. I introduced them to each other. I gave the
Mormon a camera, and said to him, "Rhamcha will contact me when you are
ready to go home, and I'll port you. Call me when you want to come back
here, or ask Rhamcha to make other arrangements. I'm going, because I
don't need any more embarrassment today. Or this year, actually." They
laughed. I hugged them with love, and ported home.
Rose said, "You finally did it!" I said like I was innocent, "Did
what?" She poked me while Hawk laughed. She said "Got a Mormon on the
road to Buddhism." Hawk said "What a surprise he's going to have, when
he finds out who's doing the actual conversion. It won't be him!" Chad
I just sighed. They laughed. I said "After I go, please. I'm sure there
will be others jumping on that bandwagon, so have yours ready, and with
constant updates, to hit the public the day after my lease is up." Chad
said, "We'll have AV segments for news programs, too." Rose said "First
out, to create the image we want." I said "Right. The first rule in
publicity; create it yourself if you can. I think I might reveal my
first life before I go, and my injury in my moon trip of my last life.
If I go before that, I'll leave something you can use. They should know
the full story, but so that I don't get too embarrassed, and look like
I'm boasting."
Chad said, "You are about to be nominated for an Oscar, for music." I
said "I hope for the others on that film, that I win, if they don't."
He said "Director is going to be nominated. Did you know CNN won an
Emmy for their coverage of Tibet's independence?" I said "Yes. Foregone
conclusion." He said "Did you see the ceremony?" I said "No." He said
"They gave you all the blame. Er, credit." He got poked. We laughed.
Hawk said "When Heinlein's Mike died, his friends ate his finger. Do
until Chad said, "Me first!" And he proceeded to demonstrate. He wasn't
the only one. We had a great time.
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