Past & Future Life Experiences
Where
are you? "I am outside, it is very warm and the sun is
shining."
What
is going on? "I am in the market place buying fruit
for my master."
Who
are you? "I am a slave. I work for an old woman
who owns me."
Are
you wearing something that says you're a slave? "No,
why would I be?" Are you allowed to move
about freely? "Of course I can! How else could I
do the shopping?" How do the shopkeepers
treat you? "With courtesy, if they want me to buy
anything from them. They treat me like they would anyone else." Can
you run away? "Of course I can just walk out of town,
but then where would I go? I'm very happy here. The old woman
has owned me since I was a child. She taught me to read and fed me
well. We're friends, she can't take care of herself properly without
me, why would I leave her?" Don't you want your
freedom? "Slaves move about like any free person
here. There is desert all around us. We are treated well.
There is no reason to leave. I am happy here, I like my life."
What
are you wearing? "I am wearing a light blue robe, I am
barefoot and I am carrying a woven basket." What
color are you? "I don't know."
Look
at your arm. "Oh, I'm brown." How
did you become a slave? "My mother and I were captured
in the last war." What do you do for your master?
"I do her shopping, cooking and cleaning. I help her take care of
herself and her home. I also read to her."
You
read to her? "Yes, of course, I read to her. She
loves to have me read to her. Especially at evening when she retires."
You
can read? "Of course I can read! Who couldn't read?
Even four year olds can read! Everyone reads!" What
do the houses look like? "They are made of mud with poles
sticking out from near the roof. The roof is flat." Go
to the end of this life and tell me how you die. "I just leave
my body. I'm old, but not as old as the woman who owned me." Why
do you die? Are you sick? "No, my master has died.
I lived a while after that, but I'm bored. It's not the same without
her. She was a good friend. There's nothing much to do and
I'm bored, so I decide to leave my body and go on to the next life."
Where
are you? "I'm
in a cave." What are you doing? "I'm
preparing to go down to help the villagers with a ritual." Are
you male or female? "Female" What
color are you? "A beautiful golden brown." Is
this how you make your living? "No" How
do you live? "I kill, I eat." What
are you wearing? Nothing. I don't wear clothes,
the villagers wear clothes."
Then
you are naked? "I'm
not naked. I have my fur." What do
you look like? "Like any of my kind. I have
long corner teeth that go below my lower jaw. I am a beautiful golden
brown. I am one of the most beautiful of my people. I have
a long tail which is a little darker than my coat. My back is slightly
darker too. I am a great shaman and hunter." Then
you are not human? "I am not human. I am a great
cat. I am what you would call a mountain puma." You
don't eat the villagers? "Heavens no, I'm not a savage.
They probably don't taste very good anyway. I'm a shaman. I
help the villagers do ritual and I teach them." What
do you teach them? "That all are One and there is no difference
between us, even though we look and act differently. I also teach
them to ask their intended food if it is willing to die for them, and that
they must take its spirit into their own. They must not take unwilling
food or they degrade themselves." Are
there any large cities around? "I don't know
what you mean. There is a human village in the deep forest near here.
There aren't any other human settlements close by here." Are
you alone in your cave? "No. I have a little mouse
I talk with every day." Do any other animals
help the villagers in this way? "Yes, there are many of
us who do this for humans. All kinds of the non human people, what
you call animals help with ritual." Go to the
ritual and tell me what you see. "The villagers are assembled
and the baby is on a robe on the rock." What
is happening to the baby? "Nothing." What
will happen to the baby? The baby will be named.
This is a naming ritual." Is the baby a boy or
a girl? "The baby is a boy." What
will they name him? "He will be named Breean." Go
to the end of your life and tell me how you die. "I am
very old and hunting is a chore for me. I lie down outside near my
cave. I look around, it is very beautiful, it has been a good life.
I leave my body." What does the body
look like? "It is laying on its left side. It is
old, but still quite beautiful."
Where
are you? "I
am in my ship coming close to the enemy transport." Are
you at war? "Yes, we saw them on our scanners, and know
of their intent. They will invade our system." Why
are you so close to them? Are you going to attack their ship?"Oh
no! I'm not large enough to do that. I am a spy. They
think I'm a trader. All I have to do is get close enough to download
the information in their ship systems, which will include their number,
placement and intent. The blueprint for their attack."Then
what will you do? Go back home? "I wish that would be
so, however I will probably be taken. If I can get close enough without
them recognizing me, I can blow this ship and they will not be able to
find out much about our technology. They still think I'm a
trader, but they are quite ruthless about interrogation and they are suspicious
of anyone who approaches them."
(I
rock back in my chair.) What just
happened? "They caught me, and I blasted the ship before
they could do anything else." (I'm smiling.)Did
you get their information? Why are you smiling? "I
got everything. They thought I had to download the information and
then send it. We have just added new technology to my spy ship that
allows the information to be sent to a backup as it is being gathered.
That's what I did. My backup has the information. We will win
now. What is happening now? "My
ship has blown and my body is in pieces. I am looking at my backup
and he has everything he needs to stop them successfully. He is closing
in at attack speed with our fleet and they don't see him yet. I am
happy I could do this for my home planet." Are
you in any pain?
"There was no time for that, the blast blew
the ship as I triggered the mechanism for it. Just a very large bang.
I could feel their surprise, I didn't feel any pain."
