Solomon's Private File #176
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 22 in this story, in the Summer of 2048.
Solomon's Private File #176 "Iran Tries to Change"
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Iran announced that they would not support Hamas or Hezbollah in any
way. That included financial and goals. The President had a news
conference. He was asked what he meant by that. He said, "The
government of Iran will not give any money to people who are
deliberately killing innocent people, or who promote that. We do not
agree with organizations which use or promote terrorism. We do not want
to support organizations which have as a goal, the invasion or
overthrow of a government of another country. We want peace, respect,
and friendship for all." One asked, "Have you supported such things in
the past?" He said, "The past is gone to us. The future is of our
making, all of us. We will do our part, what we think is right for
that." One asked, "Did Solomon make you do this?" He said, "Solomon
didn't make us do any of this, now, or ever. He didn't even talk about
it to us, and we didn't talk about it to him. In fact, this may be a
surprise to him. Who wouldn't like that?" Chuckles.
One asked, "Would you prevent private citizens from supporting
terrorist organizations?" He said, "At this time, we do not have laws
that would stop any of our private citizens from using their money or
voices to support terrorism in other countries. Those who might wish to
do those things, should consider that such laws might be passed very
soon, that could cause them some bad times. They should restrict their
actions of that kind before it's too late. There is more. We would
assist other countries in investigating those people who might be our
citizens, including very cooperative extradition policies. We are very
serious about this." One said, "Are you doing this to make Solomon
approve of you?" He said, "We are doing this so we can approve of
OURSELVES." That caused some wows. And it was the end of the news
conference.
I ported to his office, and we sat. I said, "A big commitment." He
said, "It is, and difficult to enforce. Our intelligence service and
the military are not perfectly pleased by this. And some Ayatollahs are
opposed." I said, "The boss of them?" He smiled and said, "His idea,
his problem with his people." I said, "So you didn't start this?" He
said, "His proposal to me, and I made it ours because I want it to
happen." I said, "Want me to guess some of the reasons?" He nodded. I
said, "You have discovered that being a leader of unrest isn't as much
fun as being a leader for positive things, and you like yourselves
better for that. Respect of the world is nice, too." He smiled and
said, "Yes. They want to see proof. We can't provide that without laws.
would ask! Would you address our legislators?" I said, "I would. After
I meet with the Ayatollahs, which I am SURE has been planned for." We
grinned at each other.
I was invited to a meeting of the religious leaders of Iran. My
friend there introduced me, and I greeted all the others by their birth
names, which for some, wasn't the same as their current name. That
unnerved them. I said, "Before we start, we need to know if this is a
private religious meeting, and therefore under holy order of privacy,
or a normal private discussion that is agreed to on personal honor, or
an open meeting, where all can say what they want about it to others."
They didn't know what to say to that. The boss said, "Can that be
decided at the close of the meeting?" I said, "The decision would
affect what we would say, so it must be decided before we say it." He
said, "Would there be consequences if trust were violated?" I said,
"All dishonorable actions have negative consequences, whether I apply
them or not. None of us can escape them. If they don't happen in this
life, they will after we leave this life. But I think you might assume
that negative actions that involve me, will have my interested
attention." He laughed, and the others stared at him. He said to them,
"Such interest I would gladly not have." I nodded to him. He said to
them, "I propose the first classification for this meeting, to be
changed at the end of it, partially or in whole, on the votes of all of
us." I said to them, "Such wisdom should not be denied." They looked at
me in a new way. They all nodded in agreement.
I said, "Before the discussion of current events, I may answer some
questions." They looked at their leader, and he nodded. One said, "Were
you a man of importance to Islam in the past?" I said, "Who was
important and who wasn't, is a matter of opinion, AND awareness of the
people in question. How many very important people in the past, are
unknown to us today? And there is this. Who decides what actually IS
important? Who is more important to history, changing it, Ali and his
sons, or the men who killed them?" They all became very thoughtful. The
leader said, softly, "The greater wisdom has spoken." Most of them
agreed with him. I said, "Even with all that, I know what you are
really asking. Of those known, who YOU would consider important to
YOU." Leader said, "Yes." I said, "I was. Two of them." He shouted, "I
knew it!" I had to chuckle in reaction to his embarrassment.
I said, "That information is for YOU here only." He said, "We agree."
He looked sternly at the others, who were still in surprised awe. I
said, "But I must disappoint you by not telling you who they were. I am
not now them. I am a different person, and not responsible for any good
or bad they said or did. I have their memories, but they are separate
from my life I live now. I should receive no honors or condemnation for
who I am not now. And that's why I won't tell you who they were. It
would be against honor to cause that to influence your feelings for me,
and your subsequent actions." It took them a while to work through
that, but in the end, they had a lot of respect for me. One said, "You
universe and dimensions." The man gulped and said, "The Prophet. But
you have not ordered anybody to obey you?" I said, "I have, but only in
a limited way to individual criminals. I think you might have seen some
of that. I think you mean if I have ordered people to change their
I said, "My father did, but as choices, such as resign or have painful
consequences, when they were harming children and would not change
that. While I have not done that to leaders of religions, myself, that
still remains a possibility. But to change a religion, only if they
harm people as a policy. For example, in the ancient Americas, they cut
the living hearts out of people in worship. I would oppose that." The
leader said, "Absolutely!"
One said, "Did you do that?" I said, "Who I am now, did not. Cannot."
They nodded acceptance. He said, "Did they have great pain?" I said,
"They were drugged. So, not much, if at all. They were barely
conscious." He said, "You know if that becomes public, which you
couldn't deny, people would still think badly of you." I said, "I am
aware of that." He said, "You trust us!" I said, "I'm aware of that,
too." They were surprised, and some had tears. I said to him, "This
isn't happening like you thought it would." He said, "Most definitely!"
I said, "Normal for these things. They all say it, so this time I said
it first. More questions?" Silence. I said, "Ha! Afraid of the
answers." He said, "I think we are." I said, "One more thing. What I
have said about my past lives here, I have never expressed before. You
are the first to hear this. My own people are a little annoyed by that,
as usual." More shock.
I said, "I will explain. I don't like to review my past lives, relive
them, or even think about them. I only do that when I think it is
right, when I'm in a situation that calls for it. That means I don't
tell about them except when there is some need." Some nods. The leader
said, "What is your opinion on what was recently announced regarding us
and terrorism?" I said, "You will tell me that. Why were you doing it?"
Silence. I waited. One said, "To convert people." I said, "And how was
that going? Big success?" Another said, "No success for that goal at
all." I said, "Because I think you won't say it, I will. Another reason
was political manipulation. Successful?" One said, "It was not. Made
things worse, actually." I said, "And the last; pride. You wanted to
seem important and powerful to the world. How well did that work?" One
said, "In the reverse. We were laughed at, and had sanctions imposed."
I said, "Any other reasons we missed?" Silence. I said, "And, after the
nuclear bomb removal request, and the removal of support of terrorism,
are you now actually achieving some of those goals?" They looked
absolutely dumbfounded. I had to laugh. I said, "Ha! Big surprise, eh?"
Embarrassed chuckles.
I said, "You have become a leader in good things, and very respected
for those. Tell me, if you had the choice, which would make you feel
personally better, to be a leader and respected for good and wise
things for the world, or a hated and disrespected nation for stupid
useless bad things?" One said, "When you put it that way, I would vote
for the good. And it's happened!" They agreed. I said, "In the way I
put it, was I wrong in any of it?" They thought some. The leader said,
"I see that we all would say you were not wrong." They agreed. I said,
"Want to feel even better, work to make other people and nations be
like you in this, not by force, but by your example, and the good you
do for others. That actually works much better than what you were doing
before. Well, I think I might be an example of that success." He said,
"You are!" More agreement.
I said, "You asked me if I had forced people to do what I want. I can
do that very easily, but I will not. I think you can see one of the
reasons now, more clearly." He said, "It's what you said before. Force
creates rebellion. If WE choose, and based on our own clear thinking,
it's of US, and more of a part of us. You didn't make us do anything.
You helped us to think more clearly, what we had hidden from
ourselves." I said, "It worked because you are GOOD people, and ONLY
because of that. My success in this, is actually YOURS. Please share
who you are now, with others." They had some tears. I hugged them all,
one by one, with Hawk's ported in assistance. Then he said to me,
"Please." I said to him, "Can't get enough of Him, or just curious what
He will say to embarrass me?" He grinned and said, "Absolutely!" I
said, "I will now see if God will join us." I started the love
broadcast, and He did join, and they could all feel it. He said to
them, "Solomon, my greatest Prophet of all, is the wisest living person
the world has ever had, or will have. He speaks for himself, which is
Me." I said, "Wow!" He said with humor, "Yes." Then He was gone.
They were all in awe, including Hawk. He said, "What does that mean?"
I said, "I'm not THAT wise!" He said, "No, I think he means that you
ARE, and so much, that when you speak, it's as if He did it Himself.
Not just FOR Him, but as He would Himself!" I said, "Don't do that!" He
said, "Am I wrong?" I said, "Er, no. That's why I don't want you to do
that." He laughed, and we poked each other. The Ayatollahs were still
in shock. I waited. Then I said, "You have my permission to say to
others all I have said here today, except that which concerns my past
incarnations." Leader said, "And what God said about you?" I said, "He
doesn't say those things for people to keep quiet about them, so I have
to allow it, which he knows annoys me. And it would be cruel of me to
deny you the pride of sharing what God said to YOU, directly. Would you
like a recording of what Hawk and I said about it, and a text of what
God said, for reference?" He said, "Please!" I gave him some memory
cards. I said, "I should leave before He does it again." Awe and
chuckles. We ported home.
Mom said, "Wow!" Galya said with concern, "What if they leak about
your heart cutting?" I said, "Surgical clamps?" Chuckles and pokes. I
said, "I was careful. I never said directly that I was one of the heart
cutters. They assumed I was the aggressor, being that I'm so powerful
now. They forgot that it took at least two to make it happen. I can
truthfully say I was the victim." Hawk said, "The way you said it means
you also were one who did it. Different lives?" I said, "Yes, but a
little more. We Priests knew that we would be victims in our next
lives. Not that we thought of them as such. It was a great honor to
carry our worship to the Gods to ensure prosperity for our people. Now
I know it doesn't work that way, but we were absolutely sincere in our
beliefs then. People now just can't understand how it was in ancient
times. Our religions were real to us. Desperately real. We KNEW if we
didn't obey them, our people would suffer terribly. The Romans, for
instance, didn't persecute the Christians for being of a different
religion. They didn't care about that. What they did care about, was
the Christians were not obeying the laws regarding sacrificing to the
Gods, which could bring down Divine wrath on all of them, destroying
Rome. They were punishing dangerous criminals, not engaging in
persecution. By the way, cutting out the whole heart is not a fast and
easy task with just stone knives. Victims didn't live to see it
completed." We hugged with love.
I did speak to their gathered politicians and said much the same
things as with the Ayatollahs, but didn't include anything of past
lives. God repeated in the broadcast what he had said previously, but
gave me more love than before. Not enough to compensate, which I said
privately to Him. I received a package in my mind. In it was a long
tract about his plans for me and why, which I had already guessed. It
didn't contain my end, though. I successfully suppressed some wild
speculations. I think.
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