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Solomon's Private File #62
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 15 in this story, in the Fall of 2041.
Solomon's Private File #62 "Saudi Offer"
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There is still fallout happening from what the public knows about
what I've been doing. There is less noise about me and religion, and
less noise about religion in politics. There is less noise from Islamic
militants against America. A little less in public, and much less
private talking about attacking. Then the kids of the actor who mouthed
off about Jews, went public with what I said to them. They asked me to
share it. I said in a press release, only if their parents approved. I
watched. That involved a lot of unpleasant words, before social
pressure made that agreement happen. My approval soared after that.
Didn't displease my family at all.
Then the royal family of Saudi Arabia wanted to meet with me in
private. I ported to a conference room, We all greeted each other. We
sat. The King's chair was the most ornate. I said, "Is this meeting
private?" He said, "That is our wish." I said, "Recording devices?" He
said, "There are none." I grinned. He motioned to another man, and they
whispered. I said, "Pardon the interruption, but in politeness I must
tell you that I can hear what you are saying." They stopped. The King
said, "How is that?" I said, "Extra sensitive hearing has been in my
family for many generations. A blessing for the saving of our lives,
but a curse for those of us wishing to respect the privacy of others."
He said, "You have said that you can see and hear anything on this
world." I said, "That is true, but that is with my mind, not with my
body, so it is entirely voluntary. My ears are er, stuck to my head."
He tried not to grin
He said, "We are not aware of any recording devices here in
operation. Will you assist us in examining this matter?" I said, "Yes.
There is a man here who has such a device. Before that is revealed,
what is your intention with him for this?" He said, "You will not be
satisfied with my saying that is not your affair?" I said, "Correct,
because it IS my affair if I act on it. I feel that one of your
advisors desires to advise you not to underestimate my intelligence and
resolve. No, I did not see his thoughts. I can feel the emotions of
others, and can understand facial expression and body movements very
well. I have er, thousands of years of experience in understanding
that, and people." He nodded. He said, "He will not be punished." I
said, "I feel his reason did not include disrespect or harm to you, but
rather it was, er, this is embarrassing." He grinned and said, "I
understand. I have a similar feeling. I forgive him, in truth." I said,
"Thank you. The device is off, and the recording is erased beyond
recovery."
I said, "But there is another. I have disabled it. A spy device, long
established here. The ears involved will remember this day with very
little happiness." He laughed loudly. He said, "Will you tell me who?"
I said, "After this meeting ends, to reduce distractions." He said,
"Wise." I sighed, and said, "I've been called that a lot, and in past
lives, too. I dislike it, because it is only noticed in comparison,
because there is so little of it in the world. That makes me very sad."
He said, "Have you been wise in many of your lives?" I said,
"Absolutely not! In most lives, it was as rare in me as it is in the
world. In fact, with my other memories, I know more of how NOT to be,
than how to be good, I was good so rarely. But when I was good, I think
I was very good, but even that caused problems. Good is rarely
recognized in its time. Often, it is more opposed than is evil." He
said, "I think I understand."
He said, "You have become Jewish, and a Rabbi. Will you tell us why?"
I said, "I examined religions, and visited their services. I wanted
one. Buddhism was already taken in my family. Catholic Christianity I
found unpleasant, and actually repulsive." They tried not to laugh, but
mostly failed. I said, "Most had too rigid authoritative hierarchies,
and denominations that were fighting with each other. I would not
submit to any man in religion, and I would not fight in the name of one
religion or denomination over another. Judaism was the least
restrictive in that regard, and of my time as well. And there is my
humor. They er, loved it." He grinned and said, "That I understand.
Your choice was directed by your work and home needs, and personal
values." I said, "Well said. I became a Rabbi, so I could officially
provide religious counseling to people, and because when I do
something, I do it all the way. I've been in many religions. I couldn't
really have a belief in one over another. It is to God I owe my
allegiance, not so much to religions created by man. It is more reality
than choice in that, because of what I experienced when I joined my
father in a world love broadcast. I have to tell you, I have never even
heard of my father being so surprised as he was then, when I thanked
God for making me his son, and God replied to me personally, which had
never happened in a love broadcast before. Yes. You can say it. I hear
it all the time. Wow." They almost laughed.
I said, "Did you invite me here for a reason other than to have me
embarrass myself?" He said, "Ah, yes. We have a problem." I said, "You
have made many." He said with a sigh, "Yes." I said, "You have caused
the terrorism that you now must resist. You have used extremists to
promote your own version of Islam, and those schools became training
centers for fanatic militants. You exiled your religious fanatics,
giving them to the world, fueling more discord and hate. You have
played politics with nations and wars, and have satisfied nobody with
that, but actually made things worse. You could not have created more
of a disaster than if you had actually wanted to, and you have not had
the courage to even attempt to right your wrongs. When the truth makes
you angry, then you should know something is very wrong. Really, did
you expect me to lie?"
He said, "I did not. Would you tell us why, how this happened?" I
said, "How could I refuse such an invitation to be even more er,
outspoken?" Some chuckles. I said, "CNN loves me for that. I'll tell
you. It is because you are a King. Absolute rulers are historically
unwilling, often unable, to take good advice. Those who would give such
advice, feared for their lives to say anything useful, that would
contradict the King. This has caused you, and rulers before you, to act
without knowledge, often against your own interests, mostly unopposed.
Those who did oppose, either learned not to do that again, or became
unable to learn anything, ever. In this modern world, there are less
and less absolute rulers now, for that reason, among others. I can feel
the opinions of the others here, and their fear of expressing them. I
think, so can you. That is the major cause of your problems,
politically." He bowed his head in submission. He said, "Much as I
would like to, I can find no fault in your truth. I can see no solution
as long as there is such a political system here. And it will not
change." I said, "You know someday it will. If by force, there will be
rivers of blood, and the very foundation of Islam will be shaken to its
roots. Holy places will be destroyed. You know it almost happened
before. All this because there is a monarchy here, who wants their
version if Islam to rule. I've known for thousands of years, religion
and politics do not make good things together. Under my rule, the land
of Israel was almost destroyed because of that!"
He said, "So what we suspected of you is true." I said, "And not to
be made public. I have enough to deal with already." He smiled, and
said, "The public, all the world, likes you more than they did your
father. He was power. You are wise compassion." I said, "He was to the
public what he needed to be, to accomplish the task God gave him. He
didn't really like that, and it wasn't who he really was as a person.
Remember, it was he who first gave his love to the world, without a
need or order to do it, and risked his life and happiness many times to
save us. I haven't needed to be like that, so I can show more of who I
really am. Not that I want to show anything at all." He smiled.
He said, "We have problems with the Persians." I said, "Who doesn't?"
He chuckled, and said, "True. They suspect we are acting against them."
I said, "They are correct, for a change." He said, "Advice?" I said,
"You won't like it." He said, "I already know that." I said, "Partially
admit it, and stop it." He said "Partially?" I said, "Say it might have
happened in the past, but it will not happen now, because you just
don't care. Say they aren't worth your time and effort. You see, when
you give them somebody foreign to blame for their problems, they have
an excuse not to fix them. And fixing them is in YOUR best interest,
because that fixing process will cause so many internal problems when
they blame each other, they won't even look at you any more. Isolate
them, and sooner than you think, they might even ask you for help.
Well, Iraq is acting up again. You are the center of ALL Islam. ACT
like it, and do not play favorites, and you will have much less
problems, and more respect as a nation. Be the peacemaker for real, and
you might even be loved." There were unsaid wows all over the room.
He said, "But they have atomics." I said, "Right after my father
died, you might have heard on the news something about Israel." He
looked very interested. He said, "Something about an attack that wasn't
true." I said, "Keep a secret?" He looked around sternly, and said,
"Yes." I said, "It wasn't true, only because my mother stopped it,
after I told her it was about to happen. My being a Rabbi, we thought
it was best for her to do that, and not me. She was actually angry,
that they would use my father's death as cover for their attack. I tell
you this to show you so you can believe, that we will NOT allow ANY
country to use an atomic weapon against another country, if we can
detect it in time. We don't want the world to know this. We are not
your nanny. We do this to protect the world, not its misbehaving
people." There were a lot of different emotions in the room.
I said, "You have more problems. Your economy. More and more, there
is less demand for your oil. I caused some of that myself, and I do NOT
apologize for that." He nodded. I said "Strict Islam is not in favor of
modern economics. No interest, doesn't make a useful banking system.
You can't have both." He said, "That IS a problem. There is no useful
solution." I said, "In your mind, true. In mine, not so much. I know
more than most, that your version of Islam is not as what the Prophet
fully intended. There is NO version that now is. So, I have little
sympathy for those who would keep to what doesn't work now, because of
the purity of Islam that isn't there." They looked at me strangely. I
said, "Want more? NO originator of any religion ever intended it to be
completely unchanging. None were ever so stupid to not realize that all
things change, and should, within reason." More conflicting emotions. I
said, "Have I said too much?" He said, "I am not sure."
He said, "Our major reason for asking you to meet with us was our
decision to recognize the existence of Israel. Not its right to exist,
because we don't think any country actually has such a right, but that
it does exist, and has a right, as any real country does, to defend
itself. And we call on all of Islam to recognize Israel and Judaism,
our brothers in the true one God." I said, "How does that involve me?"
He said "We request that you present our credentials with that
declaration, to their government for us. We can think of no other for
this task." I said, "Er, try more thinking?" He smiled, and said, "We
are not bothered by your embarrassment." I said, "Oh, that's cruel. Too
much for revenge for my comments about the monarchy." He said, "Now
and from my own people, too." He said, "I don't doubt it." I said, "I
suppose you want it very public, too." He said, "As much as possible."
I said, "Even more cruelty. And I thought well of you. A little." He
laughed
I said, "I need to know. Is this sincere, or just to annoy Iran?" He
tried not to grin, and said, "It is sincere. That it might annoy the
Persians is a very welcome extra." I said, "I will do it, but only that
far. More negotiations after that are your responsibility, not mine.
For those of you and them, in cross country visits in those
negotiations, I will see that they are not physically harmed. After
that, you are on your own. Officially, I'm just the embarrassed
messenger." He said, "Understood." I said, "I will contact them, and
see how surprised they are, and then create a strange remote conference
between the respective representatives to coordinate the publicity. We
don't want either side to be embarrassed. Just me." He grinned, and
said, "True." I said, "One more thing. People are going to ask why. And
why now. LOUDLY. I dislike loudly. Care to help with that?" He said,
"Jews aren't the only people who enjoy your humor, and you may say
that. Our reason is that we have much in common in religion, in
military issues, and political views, and we find it foolish to deny
the reality of their existence as a nation. As for why now, well, we
could wait a little longer until that question isn't asked. There is a
time for all that happens. We are fortunate to be able to choose, so we
have." I said, "So I can say that. Fine."
I said, "You know English. Other languages?" He said, "French." I
said, "I can give you Modern Hebrew if you wish." He said, "Just give?"
I said, "Yes. Instantly, although it could take a week or more to
become fully integrated. How fast depends on how many languages you
already know, and how intelligent you are. For the average person, it
would take much longer. Please disregard the unintended possible
complement." He laughed really hard. When he could hear, I said, "Your
people didn't quite know how to react to that." He said, "I knew you
meant it to be humorous. Taken that way, and as you said it, it was
very funny. What you said to those politicians at the museum, I didn't
stop laughing until I had problems breathing. I then had to explain
what 'feathering their nests' meant." I said, "It must have been very
difficult for you, considering that while it is bad there, it is
expected here." He said, "Yes. Expected in much of the world." I said,
"Foolish all around. Pay the government employees well, and they won't
need to do that, and all will work better, but no, that just doesn't
happen. It's so bad in India, you have to pay them to wake up,
literally! Pity there are no mental health clinics for governments.
embarrassment." He laughed really well. He said, "The language. I
accept." I said in Hebrew, "When would you like to have it?" He said in
Hebrew, "Would it take a long time?" I said, "In answer, what language
are we speaking?" He said "Wow!" Back in Arabic, I said, "In about a
week, you should be able to read and write it, too."
I said, "Finally, I need to know who my contact man in your
government for this er, thing, is to be." It was the man with the
recorder. I said, "I have a complete memory. For those who don't, I can
help with that. Here are crystals that have a recording of this
meeting, that will only work for those I give them to. You put it to
your forehead to read it. Who shall have them?" The King said, "It
would be a kindness to deny no one here that gift." I said, "They will
be added to up to the moment I leave, and with any other personal
conversation I have with the bearer if they wish it. Any here want
Hebrew?" They all did. I said, "Even if you might not need it?" One
said, "It's knowledge!" I said, "I love that." I wiped a tear. I said,
"Each of you, tell me the languages you know." They all knew more than
one. I said in Hebrew, "It is done. It will take time to be fully
available for you. The comment about knowledge. May I use it?" The
person who said that, said, "Yes, please."
I said, "You have accepted my partially unpleasant words better than
most would have. I admire you for that. I would give you my love." I
stood and held out my arms. They knew what they meant, and were not
reluctant at all to come to me, the King first. I helped them to sit. I
said, "The unlawful listeners are from Syria." Then I said a prayer in
Arabic that they knew, and ported home. I got a lot of hugs and kisses.
Mom said, "I didn't see that coming!" I said, "One almost did. Had to
help him hide it." Laughter. Hawk said, "Is he gay?" I said, "Actually,
yes. Going to be er, hard for him to work with me." Giggles. I said,
"He already practically worshiped me. Why he had the recorder. Right.
Two lumps in his pockets. I really don't want to do this. But I suppose
I have to. Won't the Mormons be happy, a Native American is going to
Israel." Chuckles.
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