Stephen's Secure Blog #438
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 26 in this story, in Summer of year 16 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #438 "Love on Nagindra"
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This July 4th love and healing broadcasts happened with nothing
unusual, just like the broadcasts of the past two years. More of Chad's
sperm donated children have been born, and some of mine, too. Most are
not blond. It would have been interesting if the children of black
mothers were striped, but it didn't happen. I did get poked when I
mentioned it to my family. Srinoy has two sperm donated babies. Cute as
expected. I have a lot of children with others of our committed
couples. So do the rest of our original guardians. I told all that to
Tomba. He said "That's all interesting, but your feelings show you have
a purpose in telling me those things." I said "Right. I want you to
produce some children. You are extremely special. Not passing that on
is a serious crime." He said "Do you think I will succumb to flattery?"
I said "I don't know, but I felt really good saying it." We laughed and
poked each other. I said "In a group with the link, you could do it
naturally, if you want. I've done that with lesbians, successfully, and
gays have done it with women. We all survived. And don't tell me you
are too old, or that they wouldn't want you. In fact, I could spread a
You couldn't. Not a chance. In fact, they might even think it's one of
the highlights of their lives. Do it for humanity. Do it for them. Do
it, well, for me, too, because I love you, and want a little part of
you to continue after you join me on the other side." We shared some
tears. He said "I will. For all those reasons, but mostly for you." He
did, and did not hate it at all.
I haven't done any more CNN shows, but I did do one on Nagindra after
my second love broadcast and healing. Again, in the open. Before I
could be asked a question, somebody raised a weapon and tried to shoot
the Adept Supreme Leader. I used a 4th hand and lifted him up into the
air, with his weapon hand pointing at the sky. I brought him over to
us. I said to him, "You were intending to kill somebody here. Who and
why?" He wouldn't speak. I said "It would be better if you cooperated.
If I have to command you, you will not be able to lie the rest of your
life." He didn't talk. I said in command mode, "By the power over you
that you have granted me by your act of attempted murder, you will obey
my just commands. For the rest of your life, you will be unable to lie
in any communication. You will answer all the questions I ask, and that
are asked of you by those in authority over you. You will not act
against the law. You will never harm another person, even to defend
yourself. If you have understood all I have said to you, say yes." He
did. I said "You will obey!" In regular voice, I said, "Who were you
attempting to kill, and why?" He struggled, and said, "I was going to
kill the Supreme Leader! He's killed a lot of good people. He deserves
to die." I said "We all will die. Death can't be escaped. That means we
all deserve to die. That's how a species evolves. Who are YOU to decide
when that should happen?" He was confused. Then he said, "Because I
want to!" I said "Then by your justification for that act, you should
then be killed. Isn't that right?" He had to say yes, and was
horrified. I said "In light of this, are you really any different than
he was?" He REALLY didn't like saying the truth, which was, "No."
I said to him, "Did you notice that I said he was, and not he is?" He
said "Yes." I said "He is unable to kill now. He can't even lie. The
kind of person he is now, is horrified by killing. Now I want you to
think carefully about this. He still has memories of all the bad things
he did, that he can't even want to do now. LOOK at him. Can't you see
the torture of that he has to live with until he dies? There is NO
greater punishment he can have in this life. Helping him to die now
would be a mercy to him. There is more. He knows people hate him. He
can FEEL it, and the more he progresses in abilities, the more he can
feel it. If any of you want to have feelings for him now, it should be
pity. And remember, if you want him, or ANYBODY to suffer, you are no
better than he was. Revenge is NOT good for mental health. Now that you
know all this, do you really want to kill him? He looked really
surprised, and said, "No." I said "And there is one of the most
important reasons for not killing somebody. All of you, please listen
closely. What if you are wrong? Causing death is the one mistake you
can't correct. None of us are perfect. We should not kill. And it would
harm our spirits."
I said to the assassin, "Do you think my commands to you are unfair?"
He struggled, and said "I think, yes, a little." I said "That is how I
live, and how my associates live. We can't live any other way. How
could that then be unfair to you?" He said "It isn't. I was wrong." I
said to the Supreme Leader, "I request that he not be charged for a
crime here." He said "It will be as you ask. After you hug him." I had
to grin. I released the man, and opened my arms. He dropped the gun,
and came to me, and I hugged him with all my love. I helped him to sit.
The SL said, "For those of you who are wondering, the love Stephen
gives in his hug is much more intense than in the broadcast." I said to
him, "How much longer do you think you will need to remain in power?"
He said "About another year, I think. I doubt I could stand any more.
There is still a lot of resistance to the reforms, though." I said
"There always is." I looked to the reporters. One said, "Can you make
anybody do what you want?" I said "Yes, and no. I can't change who a
person is. That is forbidden. I can't make a person be intelligent,
when he isn't. I can only act in a just way. Just now, I couldn't have
done a thing against this man, if he hadn't tried to harm somebody. And
even then, I could only command that he tell me truthfully about it,
and that he not do it again. Do any of you here truly think that what I
did was unjust?" No objections. I nodded. One said, "The love and
healing broadcasts. Will you be doing more of them?"
I said "The love and healing broadcast I did today is my last here.
Wait! They will continue, but somebody else will be doing them. No, it
will not be the Supreme Leader. He isn't able to do that, and may never
be. And he doesn't know who it will be, and that will be a secret to
all, but for one thing. Who will be doing it, will be one or more of
your own people. Now we need to decide how often. Too often is too
disruptive. Too seldom, and there is too much unnecessary suffering and
death. On my world, I do it four times a year. How shall it be done
here?" There was some debate, but that amount was settled on. I said
"It will also be done on the other worlds of your Empire, and mostly by
their own people, too." That caused quite a commotion, which I grinned
through. Some noticed, and were ashamed. I nodded to them. I said "Some
of you are now realizing that being fair and just, isn't just for one
world and species. I suggest you become VERY friendly with your
neighbors. They outnumber you by many orders of magnitude. It's only
common sense for survival. And they're nice people, once you get to
know them. I really hope you can help them see you in the same way. One
more thing. On each planet I visit a lot, I usually donate some of my
art to a major museum, to make me feel more connected to the people.
Does that meet with your approval?" They very loudly said that did. I
thanked and blessed them with love, and ported to the museum. I waited
for the Supreme Leader. Together, we talked to the director.
I said "I would like to donate some of my work. Would you accept it?"
He glanced at the SL, and then caught my grin. He looked embarrassed,
and cleared his throat, and said to me, "May I see what you would
donate?" I ported one of my blue star sapphire boxes to his desk. While
he was saying wow, I said, "All natural stones. here's the description
and contract. The premiere planets of two other star empires have
similar boxes, and so do some of their other planets. And some have a
LOT of my things, and sell a lot of them, too. The proceeds are split
between the museum, and a local charity. By the way, I made that when I
was a child." He had another wow. I said "I hear that a lot." SL
laughed, and said, "That's so very true!" I said "Well, do you want
it?" He said "I do! Thank you!" I said "You're welcome. Now to
something else. See these cubes? Touch one." He did, and and another
wow. I said "Perfectly safe, even if you stick your eye in the light.
Every time you touch it, the light changes randomly. Think it will
sell?" He said "Absolutely!" I said "But only if the government buys my
big cube. It's on other major planets, and it looks the same, but is 4m
on a side, and has the word 'Welcome' in many languages on it, which
glows in the dark. Here is an image at dusk of the first one I made."
More wows. I said "You can use the opening dedication of that
sculpture, to launch your sales of the miniatures. Price of the big one
is 2 million. The miniatures are free to you, but half of the selling
price goes to a trust account to fund some schools, at least one of
which should be teaching art." The SL said "I want the big one. Other
empires have it. We can't let them mean more to you than ours." The
director said, "I agree." I said "One thing I didn't mention. On the
big one, if people touch my name, they will feel my love." They said
"We HAVE to have that!" I said "Hmm, want another donation, my latest
work? Oh, I've seen that hungry look before!" They laughed.
I ported a diamond light spire to the desk, and said, "Touch the
base." They starred at it for a while. I said "No, I'm not making a big
one for outside. Sunlight going through the diamond crystal could
blind, and maybe even fry people. I'm a vegetarian." They had to laugh.
I said "Set up a time for inspection, and I'll take you to one of my
galleries, and you can choose what you want of my art for display or
sale. The installation of the big cube can advertise that. Yes, I've
done this before. Practice doesn't just make people bored and tired."
Chuckles. The SL said to the director, "You see why we have learned
from who we wanted to think was our enemy. Who can resist that?" He
nodded agreement. I said "Embarrassment is NOT in the price!" Rose said
in the air, "Oh yes it is!" SL laughed his head almost off his
shoulders. I said to the director, "That was Rose, my wife." He grinned
and nodded. I gave them the info and instructions for what they had. We
made plans. They did get the big cube, and I filled a room there with
miniature cubes, and a bigger room with my art the director chose.
Sales went well. The love and healing broadcasts were scheduled.
I had a meeting in my house on Allguard, with Zander and his Nagindra
Senior Adepts. I brought them all up to date. I said to the big three,
"The broadcasts are yours. All three, or alternating, however you want
to manage it. I suggest you try to keep your privacy, because once it's
known who is doing it, you can't have a private life in public anymore.
Also, you can begin work in verifying government employes, and removing
those who are unfit. Only expose the elected ones if you can do it
well, when they do something wrong. That should really keep you busy."
They laughed. I said "I'm sorry I took away most of the fun, before you
got to do it, but it was an accident. Really!" They laughed some more,
and we all hugged and kissed each other.
Later, I said to Zander, "You can do all the other planets in the
Empire, the Confed, and the GC. If you need Rose to do the
announcements, ask her, but keep me out of it." He said "I understand.
However, I think you should confer with the Hopcher and Roven students
and Guardians, yourself. And with Rose, if you wish." I said "Confer,
or squirt?" He said through his grin, "Yes." We laughed. He said "But
also, and seriously, it must be you on Tsuriss." I said "Yes. That
won't be as much fun as I would want it to be. So I'll do it first."
At home, Rose said, "Or they'll do YOU." I said with a grin, "I won't
complain." I got poked a lot.
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