Solomon's Private File #420
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 34 in this story, in the Winter of 2060-2061.
Solomon's Private File #420 "Etan's World"
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wondered about that, but didn't say it. Homen and I ported to the
office of Mastense, the President of the Institute, and the de facto
leader of his former colony world. I said to him, "You wanted to talk
to us, so here we are." He said, "I was wondering how to contact you."
I said, "Etan said something about me knowing all. It's true, for every
dimension in which I have ever had a presence. So I knew when you
wanted me. And here we are. I think you noticed that." He thought for a
while, and said, "Don't you have more important things to do?" I said,
"Yes I do, and I'm doing them by the millions. My using different
bodies isn't limited to just one at a time."
Homen said, "I'm Homen. Don't try to understand who he really is. We
who are able to know more of him, can't." He grinned, and said, "It
shouldn't, but that does make me feel better." Homen said, "I'm your
new martial arts instructor, senior level." He said, "You won't teach
the basic students?" Homen said, "I'm so advanced, they can't copy my
movements, and you know the others in the class who can teach, should
have that experience for their own advancement. Have I passed your
test?" He laughed, and said, "Yes you did. Will you also be our Liaison
to your own school?" Homen said, "You knew that. Who do you think is
testing who? And who isn't passing?" He saw my grin, and was
embarrassed. I said, "I was the leader of an entire galaxy of Guardians
when I was 12. For us, age isn't what we use to determine competence.
The least intelligent at our school here, is almost twice as
intelligent as the most intelligent person on this planet before we
arrived, and about 9 times more knowledgeable, of just what you're able
to understand. Testing over?" He said, "I think it is!"
I said, "You have individual rooms for staff. He'll live here. You
know he'll be teaching with who he is, more than in the class." He
said, "That's what I had hoped." I said, "But he won't run the school.
However, he'll be available to help with student er, unrest." Big
grins. He said, "Oh, and the minimal requirements. Psych and ed. Very
useful!" I said, "He's got sociology and electrical engineering, too."
He said, "Well rounded." Homen looked at his stomach. He laughed, and
said, "Good sense of humor as well." I said, "We all have that, but
individualized. It's part of the love we all have. Joy and humor are
part of it. There is an issue. He won't be demonstrating special
abilities. That we have them may eventually be discovered, but not
until we prepare the way." He said, "I understand. You want to graduate
more students before that." I said, "And the healing broadcasts. Been
thinking on that?" He said, "You could do it here first for a year.
Students go home and tell them, the governments will come to us to ask
it for them."
I said, "No. You haven't thought that through. They'll think you're
the source, and will do all they can to take that for themselves. You
wouldn't survive it." Homen shook his head at me, and we nodded. Mast
was REALLY embarrassed. He said, "I really failed that one!" I said, "I
understand. The kid in the new candy store. Had to reach for too much."
He looked odd, and said, "That describes it well, more than I realized
as I was thinking about it." Homen said, "He's been known for his
wisdom in many incarnations. He remembers all of them." I said to
Homen, "Etan told you about the shocks. Couldn't resist it?" He said,
"You know it!" Grins. Mast said, "So it wasn't just with Etan. You
really do love all in your group, more than most mates to." I said,
"Yes. Have to, or we couldn't stand each other." He said, "Oh! Naked in
feelings. Our study group didn't go far enough in that area."
I said, "You're the leader, as far as what you say usually happens on
this world, but you don't usually say that much. The Assembly is made
of er, self important hobbyists just going through the motions. Mostly,
the people are managing things well by themselves." He grinned and
nodded. I said, "But being the nominal rulers, I need to ask their
permission, and have them publish the schedule. They won't believe a
thing I say." He said, "I understand. I should be there with you to
verify that." I said, "You can't do that in truth, without witnessing
it. You have a woman here with allergies you can't remove. Any of us
can heal her directly, but I'll invite the Boss to do it, so you can
testify to that. They use truth verifiers?" He said, "They have them
there, but rarely use them. I'll ask them to." I said, "She's available
now. Homen won't be visible to her." Mast looked strange, and Homen
grinned. He called for her, and she came in.
Mast said to her, "This is Solomon. He's a healer, among other
things. He's offered to demonstrate that here, to us, if you agree."
She said, "I do agree! I didn't know that can be applied to allergies."
I said, "Normally, that's so, but I don't think I've ever been called
normal." Mast laughed loudly. He said, "I really believe that!" I said,
"It won't be me who does the healing. I just hope He won't embarrass me
too much." She said, "Am I thinking correctly of who that is?" I said,
"You are. Yes, you can say it." She said, "Wow!" Mast said, "He hears
that a lot." Grins. I said, "Ready? I'll link our minds." I did a local
love broadcast, and God did enter it, and healed her. Then he said,
"Solomon is my Senior Agent for all time and spaces. To love and obey
him, is to love and obey Me! I'll embarrass him more, later." He left.
I stopped the broadcast, and sighed. She said, "I was suffering from
it, but not now. I see better, too." She looked on the inside of her
said, "No, that's fine." Mast said, "I'll set up the appointment. We'll
be there." She left.
Homen was grinning, and said, "I wonder what that more will be." He
laughed at my expression. I said, "All of you have already been
introduced to Him, but I still want each one of you in one of the first
broadcasts on a planet. It's the same God in each dimension, but with
different additions. Better to make sure you're in." He said, "Right."
Mast said, "You'll tell the others?" I said, "Monitors. What one knows,
they all will know." Homen said, "Can you imagine we wouldn't share all
we know about him among ourselves as soon as we can?" Mast said, "I see
what you mean." I said, "I'm surrounded by obsessive gossip mongers."
Homen said, "Yes, and don't you forget it!" I said, "Students!"
Chuckles.
The three of us went to the Assembly Hall at the appointed time. I
said to them, "I offer to heal all on this world of all illnesses and
injuries, all at once." One said, "That's preposterous!" I said, "No,
it's healing. I've done it before for many worlds at a time, but it was
a little disruptive. The distraction of that can cause some dangerous
situations, so I'm asking for you to announce it, so people will be
prepared for it." One said, "I don't believe you." I said, "Is it wise
to say a person is lying, when you haven't even tried to have proof
that he's lying? You have verifiers here. They're not working?"
One said he would turn them on, and did that. I said, "To start, I am
unable to lie." One said, "It indicates truth!" I said, "You can tell
if it's working correctly if you answer this with a lie. What is 2 plus
4?" One said, "2 plus 4 is 7." There was a sound. She said, "That
indicates a lie." I said, "I can cause healing for an entire world."
One said, No signal means it's not a lie." I said, "But for all it
knows, I could be insane in that belief. You don't know what strange
things I do in my spare time. Or would, if I actually had any."
Chuckles. One said, "I'm a medtech. You sound more correctly oriented
and rational than most we've seen here." I said, "Oh, I'm sorry." He
said, "Thanks. We'll live with it." Mast said, "I witnessed a healing."
My victim said, "I suffered with allergies that couldn't be cured. He
did it in seconds, and even the scar on my arm from an old injury was
gone. I've had NO symptoms since." I said, "One of you has a damaged
eye. Another of you has a missing toe. Some of you are suffering from
more private issues. I know because I can sense all that. I offer to
cause a healing for all in this room, now. Can't have more proof than
that."
One said, "How long would it take?" I said, "Less time than we've
spent talking about it." Chuckles. I said, "It won't hurt, even if you
want it to." Some looked odd. I said, "Being odd even to myself, I'm
not making judgements on the oddness of other people. Unless you want
to me to." One said, "No, that's alright." Some traded grins. One said,
"I call for a vote on this." It was in favor. I said, "Please get
comfortable. If you can, here. No snoring, please. Sensitive hearing."
Grins. I said, "I enable the connection, but it won't be me who does
the healing. You can feel when He enters the connection. Here it goes!"
I started the local broadcast, and God entered the healing, and left
without a word. I stopped it, and said, "That's a relief! He didn't
embarrass me this time." There was a touch of humor. They all felt it.
I said, "That was Him." One said, "Who was that?" I said, "You know."
One said, "It was God." Mast said, "In my office, He spoke to us,
saying Solomon works for Him." One said, "That was the embarrassment?"
I said, "It was more than that, which we don't have to increase here
now." Grins.
I said, "People can refuse the connection, and they won't be healed.
Voluntary body modifications won't be changed, unless desired, if not
caused by a curable mental illness. If parents wish the body
modifications of their less than adult children be corrected, they will
be, if it doesn't degrade their health. Not all things will be cured at
one time. Some brain injuries and addictions will need multiple
sessions to cure, to reduce disruptions in how people live. Prosthetic
devices should be removed, where convenient. Replacing a leg is a
little tricky with a non living one still strapped on. Implants will be
replaced, unless they are equal to the real thing, and the person wants
to keep it. Even for billions of people, the healing is individualized.
Now this. I will do it once for each world. After me, my students will
be doing it regularly, 4 times a year, as scheduled. You will not know
who they are. I don't want them bothered in their off-time." One said,
"We need to know who they are." I said, "No. You don't even know who I
really am. You aren't able to. We do it our way, or it doesn't happen,
and we tell the public why."
That woke some up. One said, "Is old age cured?" I said, "No. That's
not a disease or injury. People will live longer, yes, but they will
still die of old age, as is natural. You don't seriously expect God to
act against the nature He created?" The medtech said, "You are
definitely not irrational!" Chuckles. I said, "I will be doing this for
other worlds as well." One said, "Can you do this for a world without
God's help?" I said, "I can, yes, and I have, but my students can't."
She said, "Why can't they?" I said, "I have many students who have
students, and so on. What they can learn, they do. My current teacher
has changed who I am, into a different kind of being. I can't change
others so." One said, "Who is your teacher?" I said, "He was in the
healing. God. I work for Him directly. I wasn't offered a choice." One
said, "You don't like what you do?" I said, "I live to serve. Liking
isn't part of that. Some things I enjoy, and some things I don't. I
feel all the pain of all the people in a world, as if it's my own. But,
all the pleasure and love as well. It balances." I said to Mast, "I see
you hadn't thought of that. Try harder?" He grinned, and said, "I'm
trying." He said to the others, "Solomon is always teaching."
One said to me, "You said your students will be doing the healings
after you. Are any of them from this world?" I said, "We usually start
offering the healings when we have local people to do it. That's as
specific as I'll be going on that subject, except to say we do not
currently have people for all the worlds you know about that we will
serve in this offering. Some will do more than one world." He said,
"Will you tell us of other words we don't know of?" I said, "No. We
don't interfere with societies with such things. Exploration is
beneficial, even if what is looked for isn't found." One said, "How did
you arrive on this world?" I said with a smile, "Very nicely, thank
you." Chuckles. One said, "Was it in a commercial ship?" I said, "You
don't seem to do well with hints." More chuckles. He said, "I still
want to know." I said, "And I'm still not answering. Did I have to
announce that for you to know?" One said, "Did you teleport here?" I
said, "I have never teleported to this world, or to any world in this
galaxy."
I said, "This is a waste of time. I hope you have more important and
productive things to occupy your time, as I have for mine. Four times a
year. Schedule it, and let me know through my friend here, who I will
contact at times. I'll be offering this to other worlds. Don't be the
only one that doesn't have it. Thank you for this conversation." I
turned and walked to the door. One yelled, "You aren't dismissed." I
ignored that. We made it out the door. I said, "I'll be going now.
Anybody who wants to interfere with you, well, they just won't. About
the not teleporting thing. I just create new bodies where I want them,
and destroy them when I don't. Oh, and she hasn't heard anything of
this, and won't realize I'm gone for a while. Have a hopefully peaceful
day." I vanished. He didn't say wow, but it was a struggle.
The Assembly argued a lot, but did eventually announce the dates and
times for the healing. I did it the first time. Some of the students
were with me. God didn't say anything. At the end, I said in the
broadcast, "Some of you are wondering who I am. I'm Solomon. It's just
a name, and that's all you'll know about me. My students will be doing
these healings after this one, and on other worlds after the first one.
Yes, that was God who entered the broadcast to do the healing. Nice of
him, don't you think?" I ended it. The kids were grinning.
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