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Solomon's Private File #223
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 25 in this story, in the Fall of 2051.
Solomon's Private File #223 "CNN Franklin"
START Page
It's becoming an open secret that I was Ben Franklin in a past life.
It became obvious after my comment about getting the British to
recognize the new country, America. Most of the news agencies commented
on it, but CNN. That was noticed. Loudly. They released the statement,
"Solomon has asked us not to do anything that could reveal his past
lives without his permission. We have agreed to do that for two
reasons. He would stop speaking with us if we violated his request, and
we like and respect his reason. He wants to make the revelation of a
past life to mean something important at that time, because, in his
worlds, 'I can only do that once for each life.' He has also said that
God determines who remembers past lives, and which ones, so He must
have a purpose in that, and Solomon wants to make that happen." That
was WELL respected, and so was CNN. I told them I liked what they said,
very much. They didn't hate that at all.
I shifted to the jungle of Brazil, in the Amazon basin. I was in the
middle of a battle. They stopped and stared at me. On one side were the
almost completely naked natives with arrows and spears, and on the
other side were Brazilian ranchers, who were trying to burn down the
jungle. I said to them all, "Why are you fighting? Oh, and all of you
will understand all of what is said by all here." A native said, "They
kill us. They burn and kill what we need to live." I said to the
ranchers, "Why do you do this?" One said, "We need this land to farm,
so our families will survive." I said, "That you DO have families,
means that they ARE surviving. Why do they need what they do not have
now?" One said, "We need more, to survive better." I said, "So it's
more you want. To do this, you must take land that isn't yours, and
that other people need to have to live. To be fair, they should then
take what you already have. Do you agree?" Silence. I said, "I require
you to answer me, and with the truth. Do you know who I am?" One said,
"You are Solomon. A Saint." I said, "If you do not answer, I will
compel you, and cause you to not be able to lie for the rest of your
lives." Silence.
I said, "So be it." One said, "Wait! I do not agree with what you say
is fair. They are savages and so worthless. They do not know God. You
know God, so you know this." I said, "They can understand your words.
You might want to be a little careful about how you describe these
people. Their anger has sharp points and poison." The natives grinned
widely. The ranchers did not at all. I said to the natives, "The
ranchers have said some things. We will see if they are true. Who made
the world? All you see here, and beyond? Who made the sky and the
lights in it? Who made the water of life? Who made you and us?" One
said, "The great spirits did it." I said, "Do they in part decide who
lives and dies?" One said, "They do. We send them gratitude and wishes.
Sometimes we speak with our dead, and our priests can hear them." I
said, "Could it be the dead become part of the spirits who made us?"
One said, excitedly, "That could be so!" I said, "It is true. My father
is so. Is there one spirit who is greater than the others, the leader?"
One said, "There is." I said, "You have heard the word the rancher
called me, after my name. It means that I am one of those spirits. They
know that I speak for the leader of the spirits that they name God.
They have said that you do not know God. You and I have shown them that
you DO know Him."
I said, "They think that because you don't know some things that they
do, that you have no worth. But take away their guns and their clothes,
that they do not know how to make themselves, and they would know
nothing that could help them live here. They would be as little babies.
And cry a lot." Grins and chuckles. I said, "They know a little how to
use things other people make for them, but they can make very little
themselves. They know very well how to destroy. Tell me and them, is
that what God really wants them to do, and to kill people to do it?"
One said, "No it is not as the spirits wish!" I said to the ranchers,
"They have different names for things, but their knowledge is clear.
They have shown us that they are closer to God than you are. They LIVE
with God, and what God has made. And you want to destroy them and how
they live. Because they are different, and have a different knowledge
than you do. More useful for how and where they live, than you will
ever understand. They are to be RESPECTED for this, for who they are!
Are you as deserving of that, murdering thieves?"
They thought that over, not feeling all that proud of themselves. I
said to the natives, "I have ways to show other people such as these,
what we are doing here and now, so they may know not to do this. May I
have your approval for this service?" They all wanted me to do it. One
said, "Would you ask them, too?" I said, "I could, but this is YOUR
land, the land of the spirits of your ancestors, not theirs. YOU decide
what should happen in it, NOT those who would destroy it! Their own big
chiefs tell them this, but they are very week, and can't make what they
say, happen. I can!" They liked that very much. I said to the ranchers,
"Are you to be respected in this?" One said, in obvious fear, "We are
not. We will leave." I said, "And not come back?" He said, "Yes." I
said, "You may tell others of my presence here, and what I have said.
some interesting designs. I said, "Those with intelligence will know it
was I who did that. Go, and try to be true Christians. Go to your
Priests and confess. Tell them all that happened here, truthfully. God
knows all. There is no secret from Him. You may work for His
forgiveness." They left.
I said to the natives, "Take me to your sick and injured, and I will
heal them." They were in awe of me, and led me to them. They had more
of that when they saw the vegetation bend away from my path. In the
village, they showed me who needed to be healed. I extended myself in
time, and did all that God would have done, including replacing an eye,
and all were healed. Then I gave them my love. I bowed, and shifted
away. But not before restoring the jungle to how it was before the
ranchers came. The ranchers saw some of that, and were REALLY in awe.
I shifted to a major Brazilian TV station, and asked to see the
manager. He was VERY polite. I said, "I was in an action in the jungle.
Here's a recording. Here's a crystal for review." He read the crystal
and said, "Wow!" I said, "They didn't say it then. I have to admit I
missed it." Chuckles. I said, "If you choose to run the recording, it
must not be edited." He said, "We are aware of that rule, and will
comply. We SHOULD show this." I said with a smile, "I have to agree."
We hugged.
I shifted to see the Pres of CNN, and gave him the same things. He
said, "This is important! And on many levels. Will you do a show about
it?" I said, "Yes, with Don. I'll give him two things he wants in a
life reveal." He said, "I know what you mean. This is the preliminary.
Thank you for this, for Don." I said, "You're welcome." We hugged, and
I shifted away.
Don announced the show. They reran the action video. Then he asked
me, "How did you know what was happening?" I said, "A feeling. I know,
that's getting a little overused. Better than saying the cosmos sang to
your action, you made a valid point. Our so called civilization gives
us all knowledge but how to survive without it." I said, "Well said.
Also, it gives us very little wisdom. The people I helped, did have it.
They also had a lot of useful knowledge in how to survive where they
live, totally independent of anybody else. How would an American
tornado victim with a smashed house do in surviving without help? How
many Americans know anything about finding food but in a market? How
many can't even cook anything but a prepared frozen meal? In my
schools, we teach basic survival skills, and first aid and rescue, in
the first year, to all our students. And self defense. All must have a
martial arts black belt before age 13. In my view, any school that
doesn't, isn't producing a minimally capable human being. We want our
students to be able to survive in any situation that it's possible for
them to survive in. We love them. We HAVE to. They need to know how to
LIVE, before they learn to make the best use of that life." He said,
"Wow! Let's go to break."
I grinned. He said, "The usual unexpected repartee." I said, "Ask
about the respect issue in the action, and you'll get something you
want." He looked very happy. Back, he said, "You compared the two
peoples, using the concept of respect. Could you explain that?" I said,
"The respect concept was what caused the whole problem. Would the
ranchers have done what they did, to the Brazilian army?" He said, "I
see what you mean. They respected the army's more advanced weapons, and
numbers." I said, "Technology. Those with more, oppress those with less
of it, and have throughout history. They equate technology with
advancement of society. I showed with this action that it's a false
concept. The Indians had a better balanced society and ecology. They
didn't need to steal from others. Their technology was very advanced in
its own way. Consider what silent poison darts can do to you. They can
hunt in the jungle without scaring all their prey away. THAT is very
advanced! Lack of respect of those of less power, caused the ranchers
to disrespect their entire society. And that the Indians couldn't read
or write, or speak the rancher's language, helped the ranchers to
devalue the Indians even more. And then there was the difference in
religion, causing SEVERE lack of respect, and in the past,
extermination of entire cultures."
I said, "All that is what also what happened in North America, and
why. The Navajo know this a little personally. But so did the African
slaves in the early Americas. Americans don't seem to remember that
African slaves were imported into all over the New World. More so after
European diseases killed off most of the natives. These were people
like those I helped in the Amazon. They had good societies, their own
languages and religions, and they knew how to live in the land of their
ancestors. Then they were captured and sold into slavery, some actually
by their own people. Then they were brought to America. All the
intelligence in the world, couldn't prepare them for that. They
couldn't understand what they experienced. They had no references for
it. No knowledge of the language, the culture, or of the technology. To
the Americans, who were actually British at that time, they were so
stupid, they couldn't even be considered human. All because they were
in a very unfamiliar situation, and couldn't communicate with their
owners. Most of the slaves went to the South, to work on the large
plantations. The owners of those, saw right away, after some quickly
learned English, that to educate the slaves would be to enable them to
revolt. So they made even teaching them how to read, against the law.
So people still saw the slaves as stupid ignorant brutes, because that
was their forced condition."
I said, "I lived in America at that time, as a slave, and as a slave
owner. I KNOW this. As an owner in the North, I believed as everyone
did, that the African slaves couldn't be taught, that they couldn't be
anything more than slaves. That they were so very different in
appearance, and more similar in that to the apes than us, severely
encouraged that belief. Lack of respect to the maximum. I know it's
difficult to understand now, but very educated people of generous and
good will, and none were more that, than I was, as Ben Franklin,
believed all that without question. It was self evident to us. We SAW
it. Then I went to France to ask them to help our cause of liberty.
Wow! My eyes were opened to a reality I had never considered. And I
don't mean just the women. Oh, I could go on about them!" Chuckles. I
said, "France had colonies in Africa. But no slaves. Some Africans
lived in France in the open, as fully equal people. VERY well educated,
and VERY cultured. Well, they spoke French, the language of the
cultured, then."
I said, "To Americans, practically all of France was cultured, from
us having lived in the relatively primitive colonies. It changed our
lives, being there in France. But it changed some of us even more. We
saw intelligent and cultured Africans. That caused some of us to
reevaluate our thinking about our slaves, and who and why they were.
Some Americans couldn't do that. The guilt that caused was too much for
them. A few did. I did. Our slaves were not as we saw them, by who they
were, but by who they were forced to be, that NO human being should
have to endure. They deserved equal respect! How could we fight for
liberty when those of us, our slaves, couldn't have it? So was born the
Abolitionist movement. We brought that back to America with us. It took
a very long time, long after that life ended, but slavery in America, a
shameful horrible stain on our history, our nation, our very soul, was
abolished. It took many many years, and much bloodshed, but it is NO
MORE!" We were both crying when we went to break.
I said, "I knew you wanted this, both things, so I asked for you, for
this show." He cried some more. I gave him some tissues. Back on air,
Don said, "I knew some of that history, but as you described it, it's
REAL. Not just words in a book. I understand more now how that was. And
the passion of the abolitionists. It was caused by guilt and horror." I
said, "And the slave owners knew that, and derided us for it. Well,
what else could they do? And I had what amounted to a small publishing
empire. I USED it well. With my former slaves' very willing help." He
said, "You did. You still feel strongly about this." I said, "I have
to, with my past lives in my memory, and my ancestry as a Native
American. In that life, I was proud of many things I did, but I NEVER
let myself be proud of being an abolitionist. I knew I didn't deserve
that."
I said, "Hmm, I was maybe a little too proud of some things. As I am
now, I have different priorities." He said, "Name one." I said,
"Jefferson, while very religious, disliked religions. He felt they had
deliberately distorted the true meaning of God and Jesus, and actually
hurt people in his name. He was EXTREMELY intelligent. He could see the
inconsistencies, the contradictions, the impossibilities, the obvious
actual stupidity of some of what was written in the Bible. I know,
because he endlessly bent my ear about all of it. At least it was in
private. But with all that, he still thought and expressed himself as
the very religious man he was. It was in all his writing, including
official documents. I corrected them, for which he agreed. I removed
the religious turns of phrase he littered them with. I, more than any
of the founding fathers, pushed for the separation of Church and State.
I did NOT want a repeat of what had happened in Britain. We needed to
have NO possible divisions to separate us. But then, I hadn't
considered the slaves as people. That DID change very dramatically,
later."
He said, "That you did!" I said, "So you see the parallel with the
Indians in Brazil. It was caused by lack of respect, arrogance,
actually, for different cultures and religions with less mechanical
technology. The ranchers didn't consider the Indians to be people. ALL
people can know God. Those who we think are less advanced, often are
closer to Him than those who think they are more advanced. The slaves
in America knew God, much more than their owners did, no matter the
relative wealth. ALL people, of ALL races and cultures, are OF and FOR
God! ALL are equal in that. Let no person deny it!" I said softly, "For
to do that, is to deny God." We went to break. Don was crying again.
More tissues. I said, "I don't think you can take any more. This is a
good place to stop." He nodded. Back on air, Don said, "We're out of
time. Thank you Solomon, for this very moving experience." I said, "I
do what I should do. You're welcome."
Off air, I said, "That was a tough one." He said, "It was, but very
important. People separate in their minds too much, that shouldn't be
separate." I said, "Well said! I couldn't agree more. Er, actually, I
could. I just did." He looked at me strangely, and then had to chuckle.
He said, "You did that on purpose." I said, "Worked." He said with a
smile, "I have to say it did." A lot of CNN people were coming into the
studio. Some were crying, of all races. One asked me, "Will you be
doing something like this again?" I said, "I don't know. I didn't know
I was going to do this, until after the Amazon action, and I didn't
know in advance I was going to do that. And this hurts." They nodded.
One said, "You had slaves in your printing business, and you never
abused them?" I said, "True. I couldn't abuse any of my workers, even
when some thought I should have. I left Boston because of that. I was
apprenticed to my older brother in the printing craft. Corporal
punishment was allowed, even expected. He did that to me too much!
Severe abuse. When I could, I left. It was either that, or kill him. I
never abused anybody, EVER, the rest of my life, because of that." One
said, "Wow!" I said, "Er, more like, ouch." Chuckles, in spite of
themselves.
I said, "I'm getting calls from religious leaders. Ha! Some stayed up
past their bedtimes for this, or got up early. I'm er, flattered."
Chuckles. I said, "Off the record, Pope is crying." Don said, "I don't
doubt it. You're a powerful speaker, even not in person." I said, "I'm
just being me. Er, one of me." Chuckles. Don said, "We're going back on
air to handle the responses." I said, "They won't see or hear me. I'll
do hugs and be gone." I did that.
At home, Galya said, "Such passion! You really illustrated what you
felt then. Well done!" Mom said, "I still can't get used to you being
here, and there at the same time." I said, "I know. Weird!" Chuckles. I
said, "No, more than that. I've got 399 presences still working in
another galaxy." They stared at me. I said, "Some of them there are
doing that to me, too, but they're not nearly as pretty!" Chuckles,
pokes, and hugs and kisses with love.
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