Solomon's Private File #461
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 36 in this story, in the Summer of 2062.
Solomon's Private File #461 "Return To The Band"
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In another dimension's galaxy, I said in a scientific laboratory,
"Greetings, Chirtop." The surprised scientist said, "Greetings
Solomon!" I said, "I see you no longer have the arm band." He said,
"It's now in a museum. Your former owner is NOT pleased by that." I
said, "Good!" Grins. I said, "There are no more people here who are
classified as slaves." He said, "I note your careful choice of words."
I said, "Changing the label, doesn't change the thing. At least they
didn't acquire more slaves. Well, they couldn't, from other worlds." He
said, "True. What will you do about this?" I said, "Something bad to
some people they will NOT expect. Some of the rights they deny to
others, will be denied to them." He said, "I don't know how you'll do
that, but I have to think it's going to be interesting." I said, "To
you, what isn't?" He chuckled, and said, "You know me well."
I said, "I'm going to meet with the leader. I'll project it here, if
you want to watch. Oh, I know." Grins. I shifted away, and shifted to
the office of the leader of the world. I said to him, "I am Solomon."
He said, very cautiously, "I greet you Solomon. We have no slaves now."
I said, "Your stylus. If you changed the name of it to saw, would it be
able to cut wood?" He be became afraid, and said, "What do you mean?" I
said, "The people who used to be called slaves are still not allowed to
choose their work, or who to work for. They are not allowed to choose
who to marry, or to choose to have children, or to own property. That
they are paid, and must give that back to have a place to live and have
food, that is equal to that pay, is not what true employment is, and
you know that. Not complying with God's requirement to have no slaves,
is one thing. Trying to deceive God, is much more serious. Why did you
think you actually could succeed in such a deception? Did you not know
that God sees and knows all?"
He said, "Our legislature would not act as I requested." I said, "But
you signed the laws into effect." He said, "I had to, or I would lose
power." I said, "Actions give me justification to act, in turn. You
know I can heal all. I can do the reverse. If your people were properly
motivated, how long would they take to make the necessary changes?" He
said, "What would these motivations be?" I said, "Please answer my
question." He said, "I can't. I don't know!" I said, "If I make the
motivation last indefinitely, your species may become extinct.
Something less than forever?" He said, "Two years?" I said,
"Unrealistic, but we'll use that to start. You may announce to your
world that I will address them at noon your time tomorrow. For you,
losing power would have been better, than what will happen then. No,
resigning now won't change what you did and didn't do." I did the light
ball exit, which surprised him. He made some calls, but wasn't
believed. He did make the announcement, though.
I made the connection to all the species, and to the slaves, and
said, "I am Solomon, the Senior Agent of God for all time and spaces.
You were required to end all slavery. You have not. You have changed
only two things in regard to slaves. You give them money, and you take
it all back, leaving their lives unchanged, but for that you don't now
call them slaves, in an attempt to deceive the all knowing, all seeing,
all powerful God. Doing nothing, is bad. Trying to deceive God, is
punishable. And foolish. All people should be treated fairly. I will
enforce that in a way you will like a lot less, than if you had
complied with my order. What you deny to others, will be denied to you.
You who deny people the right to choose to marry, and to have children,
will not do any sex act for two years, until I return. Any other
attempt at achieving pregnancy, will fail. You who deny people the
choice of where to live, will not be able to enter the homes you now
have. You who deny a fair wage to those who work for you, will have no
bank account that will serve you. The money you have in the bank will
stay there. The previous restrictions will remain. These conditions are
applied to those who write and enforce the relevant laws, and to those
who force those conditions onto those people who are still slaves in
reality, if not in official name. You know what you should do to repair
this situation. I suggest you get to work." I shut down the connection.
I shifted to Chirtop's lab, and said, "So, what do you think? No,
'wow' is not a valid opinion." He had to laugh. He said, "I didn't know
that what you would do could be possible." I said, "Well, now you know
better. Try it this way. I am able to do anything you can think of, but
fully manage what happens to the soul after death." He said, "Really?
Change the past?" I said, "I've done that in reconstructing damaged
dimensions. Who needs to have them be damaged over and over again?" He
said, "Oh! I almost understand." Grins. He said, "Fully manage. That
means you can do some things to souls." I said, "I can communicate with
them before they're judged. Mostly counseling. More, I won't say. I
could have done more to those people. Some of that would have been
interesting. Still available, if needed." He said, "Such as?" I said,
"There are some people, a few criminals on a different world, who must
always have one hand on the tops of their heads." He looked very
strange, and said, "That's different!" I said, "And that was the point.
Their prison fellows still don't know what to think about that." He
said, "I can imagine!"
I said, "The rulings are being verified now, most often,
involuntarily. Well, people who they applied to, who were inside their
homes, suddenly found themselves outside of them, and can't get back
in. Reality has a way of encouraging belief, where mere words do not.
Hmm, a lot of supposed adults aren't living up to that standard, except
in colorful language." He laughed. I said, "Children who are witnessing
that are acquiring quite an unexpected education." He said, "No sex
act. Does that restriction include masturbation?" I said, "It does.
Kissing, too. They didn't really know what frustration was. That could
change." Grins. I said, "Men are discovering something I didn't
mention, that adds to it." He said, "I can think of only one thing that
could mean. Erections often?" I said, "When in public, yes." He
laughed. I said, "It may encourage them to point to a better future."
He laughed again.
I said, "Slave owners are VERY frustrated. Some tried to harm their
slaves in revenge, and discovered that was a BAD idea. They felt it
worse. Some have decided to withhold food. They will soon discover what
it's like to feel hunger." He said, "Will these things keep happening
after you leave?" I said, "I am unable to leave any place. I use bodies
for convenience in communication. People talking to the empty air feel
too strange to engage in a useful conversation." He grinned, and said,
"I can understand that. Does God have a sense of humor?" I said, "Yes
He does! He finds me very entertaining, even when he's not embarrassing
me in a world link address." He said, "Oh! He talks to you?" I said,
"That, and more. I shouldn't take up any more of your time. Have a nice
safe day." We hugged, and I shifted out.
I shifted to the office of the head of the most prominent religion on
that planet. I said, "I asked for your support when I first came to
this world. You refused. I have not yet denounced you. Will you change
your position on slavery?" He said, "We can't. Our holy books say that
slavery is permissible. God authorizes it." I said, "But He doesn't
require it in those books. Many men wrote those books, not God. You
know that, so your position is self serving. You won't change, because
you've maintained those books that are filled with contradictions are
infallible, and are the direct words of God, who can NOT contradict
himself. You believe that God is fair and just. How is that possible to
a slave?" He said, "I can't say." I said, "I have the power to make you
leave your religion. I can remove all your holy books so that to your
people, they never existed. Is this what you want?" He said, "It is
not, but I have no choice." I said, "Yes you do. You just don't want
to. I give you this choice. You change your religion, and require your
people to stop slavery, or I will make you a slave, and remove all of
your religion from this world. All your books. All your buildings. All
your robes. Gone. I will forbid all those in authority of your religion
to ever speak of it. You have choices. I work directly for God. I don't
have choices. My likes and dislikes about what I do, are not relevant.
I follow orders. I am NOT enjoying this. Do you want time to consult
with your people, before you make your official decision." He said, "I
do not. My decision is made. We will not change."
I said, "I've been showing this meeting to others in your religion.
Do you want to know what they would choose?" He said, "No. I rule." I
said, "You rule only as long as I permit it. They have asked me to stop
permitting it. What is your opinion about that?" He said, "They don't
have the authority to do that." I said, "That is irreverent. I have the
power to make it happen. You haven't answered my question." He said,
continue." He obviously couldn't. I said, "Do you still maintain I
can't prevent you from talking about your religion? You may say yes or
no." He said, "Yes." I said, "Your people have declared you irrational,
and unfit for your position. For the rest of your life, you will not
communicate anything regarding religion. You will not lie. You will not
harm yourself or another. For your refusal to stop slavery, you will
live that life. That is what the FAIR and JUST God requires. You will
make yourself a good and obedient slave, and be grateful I don't make
you feel all their suffering as your own. So that you will be properly
grateful, I will cause you to feel that for one minute now, instead of
all your life." He screamed. Then I ported him to a slave dorm on a
plantation.
I ported the other leaders to the office. I said, "You need to choose
a leader." One said, "We had anticipated this, and we have chosen. It's
er, me." I said, "And you didn't volunteer." He said, "True. A coward,
I know, but I will serve." I said, "Not a coward. A cautious realist."
He smiled, and said, "Thank you. Can you remove the references to
slavery in our holy books?" I said, "Other worlds, other religions,
have similar books, and with slavery in them, but they don't have
endorsed slavery in their societies now. What was permissible in
primitive societies that didn't have prisons, is NOT permissible in
technological societies that can have prisons. I will not change your
books. You may, but it's not necessary. You don't now follow all that's
written in them. You can't, in a modern society. Just add that one to
the list. I will not remove the possibility of sinning that people can
resist to be virtuous." He said, "Oh! I think that some of us may have
thought you were just powerful. but I seen now you are fully holy."
Nods. I said, "I know it adds to the work you must do, but it will make
you more relevant. The worst thing for a religion is to be ignored."
Nods and smiles.
I said, "I offer to help you contact God directly. Do you accept?"
They really did. I did the link, and God entered, and said, "Solomon is
my Senior Prophet for all time and spaces. Love and obey him as you
would love and obey Me. We are Truth. In your society, slavery is
unjust. It must not exist!" One said, "God, why did you allow slavery
in ancient times?" He said, "I allowed it because it is better than the
alternative, death, for criminals and prisoners of war, in societies
that could not host them in large prisons. Man does not have my
permission to kill." One said, "But to kill in defense of another?" He
said, "To kill is a sin. ALL killing of any being with a soul, and all
those who do that will suffer for it. What is different is the
punishment in judgment, as it is in your laws. In defense, the
punishment is less, if the person who kills has true remorse." I said,
"That IS a kind of punishment before judgement." He said, "Solomon,
that is true. You have dome well for this world. Please continue with
it." He gave us His love, and left, and I closed the connection.
I said, "Unusual. Very good questions. Many in your positions don't
er, think as well, in it." Awe and grins. Leader said, "That really was
God! I have no doubt." Nods. I said, "I'll add to what He said,
regarding your laws and sin. Your people unjustly imprisoned people on
other worlds. That is in violation of your laws, and theirs. Your
people then transported those captured people to another location
against their will. That's kidnapping. Even if slavery were permitted,
acquiring those slaves would be against all civilized laws. Your
government aided in this, making them part of that criminal conspiracy.
As the justice system is corrupt and will not punish them, I am
empowered to do that where the violations are serious sins. For your
own criminals, your government would have been more severe in the
punishment than I have been, and I can still do more." He said, "Oh! I
see this in a new way. Thank you! We should tell them this." I grinned,
and said, "And thereby increase your relevance." He said, "As you wish,
as long as we deserve your support." I said, "I see I don't have to ask
you to be intelligent." Confusion, then chuckles. I said, "I'll provide
transportation from here as you request it. I don't need a body here to
know all. Ask, and I'll send you. Better be standing." Grins. I did the
light ball exit.
I said to CNN, "I've got an action available that would take some
setup. Well, people don't really need to watch me being a slave." He
read the crystal, and said, "Oh! This is going to be noticed!" I said,
"Got my people very nosy about it now." He grinned. He said, "Going to
show them before the show?" I said, "No. Ouch." He laughed, hard. Mario
said on air, "Solomon is with us to show an alien action. I haven't
seen it." I said, "The mission was to go to a primitive world, work in
a farm field, and allow myself to be taken into slavery on another
world. So I did that. I was a slave on a plantation on a high tech
world. I interacted with different kinds of people, and learned their
different characters so I could judge that species. Then I made the
species wide announcement in a healing broadcast, that they must stop
slavery." I played back what I said, and which also illustrated the
actions in removing the chains and things.
I said, "That was five years ago. I recently visited a friend there,
a scientist." I showed that discussion. We went to break. Back, Mario
said, "So they didn't change but the label." I said, "Happened in
America. Happens all over, when it's forced. And not just for slavery.
How many organizations do NOT comply with their names, and
deliberately?" He said, "True. Political misdirection." I showed what I
said to the leader, and then the new conversation I had with Chirtop.
Mario said, "Wow! You really did it! A planet wide series of serious
consequences!" I said softly, "They had millions of slaves." He said,
"I think you were justified. How does the public here feel about it?" I
said, "Public is shocked. A small number are kind of cheering me, some
for good reasons, some for bad. Some people are developing some fear.
Most just don't know what to think. Yet. Probably waiting for others to
tell them what to think."
He said, "I can hardly believe you said that!" I said, "I have to
tell the truth. YOU know. Your network, and other news outlets,
partially exists for that. You help them to understand, and so know
what to think. Most people don't have the time and energy, with all
they have to do in their lives, to learn the issues so completely as
you do, so your help in this is a valuable service. That's why we're
here, and doing it now." He said, "Oh. I should have realized that's
what you meant. I was just a little shocked at how you worded it." I
said, "Sure got your attention, if not a heart attack." He said,
"Right! Some of those consequences are er, unusual. The sexual things."
I said, "Consequences should be related to the offense. There was only
so much I could do of that for denying love, marriage, and children for
the slaves." He said, "I understand. Some might think it was a little
funny, but not for you. You were feeling all the bad things that caused
it." I said, "Yes."
I said, "The action didn't end there." I showed him the part with the
religion. He said, "Wow! You would really have done all that?" I said,
"Remember the action with the self injury religion?" He said, "Yes. So
we shouldn't be surprised. They were actually doing worse! You had to
do that!" I said, "Now you understand. They were promoting unjust
suffering in God's name. I knew I wouldn't be allowed to let that
continue, but I had to give them every opportunity to do the right
thing. Then I had to act. Could have been worse, as I said there. Yes,
I would have done that if I had to. I still can. They have two years to
make some progress. Will be more than a hundred before they fully
change. Laws don't change attitudes. Ex slaves still have to be
employed, and live as regular people. That will be resisted. We know
that from our own history." He said, "It's sad, but we do know that.
Your comments about their holy books struck home a little." I said,
"Even used us slightly as an example. There are so many societies out
there, that there isn't a useful number for them. All the bad and good
possible, is in them. We here are NOT at all unique in the problems we
on Earth have had, do have, and will have. I'm showing that in these
shows, and possible solutions. And you're helping in that. Thank you
CNN. Oh, you're going to show that?"
He grinned, and pulled a tissue from a box. The mic picked up the
announcement it made. He said to the camera, "Solomon gave us a lot of
boxes of these. Pull one out, it says one of our past recorded
announcements. Also has our logo on them. Different voice for different
boxes. We were totally surprised to discover that, which I'm sure is
why he did it." Grins. I said, "It was a thought." He said, "Thank you
Solomon for your gift of the unique tissues. And for sharing what you
do on other worlds." I said, "You're welcome. Hmm, has anybody sneezed
in one of those tissues?" He looked very strange as we went off the
air. I just grinned, and shifted out.
Hawk ported in, still laughing. Mom was laughing, too. Galya poked
me. We all hugged and kissed. George said in the air, "Religions are a
little more nervous than usual, now. I know you intended that, and so
did some of them. Isn't that great?" We laughed. I said, "Everything I
do makes them nervous. And yes, that's great. They NEED to be nervous,
to keep them from making the big mistakes that the powerful are prone
to make. Not that they do much while prone." Groans.
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