Science Fiction - Meeting The Supreme Beings
The long and continuous streak of the falling star could be viewed clearly in the horizon. That was a mix of red and orange, with a perfectly and faintly balanced tinge of yellow, leaping forth in its sensual urge to kiss the vast expanse of the land at the farthest end, where my eyesight stopped, no longer able to see beyond that point. And as the trail of the white streak faded away, the falling star fell somewhere in the cosmic oblivion, to be forever trapped in another form of existence, and in an unknown dimension of reality, unknown to the star.
But as it fell, it also bore the kiss of my wishes with it. And I hoped, as the star dwelled in this new home, it would still somehow resurrect my wishes in a dimension of reality, that is free from the entanglements of time and fate.
I must have been immersed in these thoughts when I saw something appear in the sky, it hovered in circular rhythms, and finally, for whatever reason, chose to descend near the spot where I stood transfixed, staring at it. Then it was lit with twinkling blue dots all over its metallic surface, and a door slid open, and a hall like enclosure began gleaming with many brilliant lights, with nothing to obstruct my sight, an endless oval like enclosure where ones sight would get tired and return weary, to re-settle in the eyes of the beholder, who now worn out in his/her visual sense, tried to understand the mystery of this spatial object with his/her mind. But the mind too felt dizzied, and when the person no longer had the capacity to decipher the reality of this object, either with his/her eyes or his/her mind, the metallic walls changed their colour and turned transparent, where you could now see everything and everyone that was inside this astral object.
Then something mysterious happened, everything disappeared, the structures, the walls, the people, everything, except for the ground where it stood and three people who were staring at me and stood stationary at their spots. It must have been so for a few minutes, when one of them looked around, as if to make sure that everything that was harbouring them in the protective and metallic shell, had disappeared from the plain view of the human eye. Then, he looked at his feet and at the faces of his two other companions. And they started walking towards me.
I stood there transfixed. With a beating heart, with feelings that were generating mixed mental responses, and with their every step closing the distance between them and myself, I felt the pull of gravity exerting itself on me with double the intensity, it was so strong that for a while I felt I could neither lift my upper jaw upwards nor could I move my lower jaw down. I was stuck in the moment and right now stuck with three strangers.
Then one of them stretched her arm and placed her hand on my left shoulder, and the metallic capsule reappeared, and every structure realigned itself at the exact points. The only change being, that the hall was now accommodating the three strangers, and a stranger in their midst. Me.
As the capsule reappeared, gravity got lighter and now I could easily move my jaws, so the first three words I uttered were, “where am I?”
And the answer was prompt, “you are inside a ship that has arrived from another dimension to show you something you might be interested in. Only if we may have your permission please!”
I wondered, why would they even undergo the formality to seek my permission. Because they had made me board the ship without my consent. And I was there now, as much as they were there with me.
Yet, I answered, as a mark of respect to their courtesy, though it seemed a bit fake and masquerading to me. But somehow I managed to eschew my anger and suppress my feelings, to oblige the situational need. That for now was to answer their question in a way that in return I got an answer to my question too. That to know where I exactly was?
And I answered with the objective to address their question while being able to raise my question as well. “It would be interesting to experience the new dimensions of the universe, but to know it better I need to know where I am in the universe?”
Their answer was prompt, “You are where you have been, and if we do not get your consent the walls of the capsule will collapse and you can walk out, but if we have your consent we will ignite our principle engine and take you on a fascinating journey into the dimension where we come from. Its exact coordinates are a secret we refrain from sharing. We do not like being found unless we are sure they are the right species to share our knowledge of the cosmos. Your invitation to be our guest on the ship and our planet comes with a noble purpose. To help you see and realise the devastating effects of Climate Change and Global Warming. So, with your permission, may we!”
I looked at them startled, and answered, “please let us proceed!”
Then the thick base under my feet turned transparent and I could see Earth turning into a tiny dot in the cosmos that after a while became invisible. As my only familiar dot had vanished from the view, a new dot appeared and got bigger with every advance that we made towards it. And there it was, a new dot that got magnified as our distance from it shortened . And what a view of brilliance and pure beauty it was to behold. A planet that looked primitive in its forest covers, but ultra modern in its management of technology that coexisted with the nature where its creators’ lived and thrived.
And here is what I saw:
Huge spheres suspended in the air, wherein each sphere had another sphere within it. And the spheres rotated, and as they rotated they generated a lot of charge that got stored in grids, which actually were batteries, that could release the charge as output whenever there was demand. They consumed energy based on demand, with zero loss of charge during transmission, because they had learned to store this charge in batteries dedicated to each rotating pair of spheres. And these spheres powered their machines and industries. They used wireless technology to transfer charge from point A to point B. But these spheres used a lot of gold and copper based wirings for faster conduction of charge.
Based on what I saw, one, couple of spheres, could generate enough charge to power a city as big as New York. A brilliant innovation that left me suspended over the spheres for many days. And I thought, the London eye is a recreational wonder, but it too could generate enough charge when it rotated by using simple principles of physics and something I call precision geometry. It could easily power a town. But do we care? Ah no! We are recreation seeking beings, whereas these beings I was with were beings who harnessed energy from every activity. Even from washing clothes or dishes.
Now you might be thinking, I flew with them in my dream. But their cities were smart and I stayed with the three beings in their house, they utilised everything without allowing anything to get wasted. They had these huge sinks where they washed dishes, and the wastewater got collected in reservoirs teaming with engineered microbes that fed on the waste material in the water. Especially the soap based agents, along with dirt and fat. Then this water was exposed to solar light and placed in copper tanks. Finally pumped into the reservoir for last stage treatment, and then resupplied to wash dishes. It was like a wonderland of geniuses where I think Mr. Neil Bohr resided in peace , because he had found the secret of applicable Quantum Mechanics. Everything was in perfect and complete sync with the nature that surrounded it.
Nothing was wasted. Nothing!
They sensed I was getting bored locked inside. So, they took me out on a ride into the mountains. We sped along a long stretch of road. And it was different too.
The tyres of cars were fitted with light metal rings that rubbed against the surface of the road that carried magnetic dust, and this too generated charge that got stored in the batteries that were spread as small tanks flanking the sideways of the road. It was a simple concept, we on Earth have been generating electric charge by pedalling bicycles fitted with dynamos. They had taken this concept and put it to practical use and not the recreational use alone.
Ah the mountain. It was green, growing wild with trees everywhere. But when I looked at it closely, It was wild in its growth, but here too these beings had applied purposeful innovation and scientific genius to practical use.
This region received little rainfall, not that there was climate change, but only because this region had always been so since the formation of the planet. They had planted trees which grew tall and spread like an umbrella, and whatever little rainfall they received, they were still happy trees. Under the shade of these trees they had planted plants and shrubs that love shade, and not too much water. But these plants and shrubs had an unusual growth of leaves per square inch, and when I looked at one of the beings. Somehow she sensed my query and answered, “ we call these plants “plants from Eden” we have modified their genome a bit and this allows them to generate more oxygen, which in turn keeps the area cooler.
We are now experiencing more rain in this area, and in the mornings there is dew formation, which is enough to keep the shade loving plants and shrubs moist enough.” And few of the trees had large leaves with thick diameter and greener pigmentation, these too produced a lot of oxygen. It was a mountain which was formed naturally, but the growth of trees and vegetation was being managed by these intelligent beings.
I saw many other wonders too but every achievement of their scientific brilliance reminded me of what can be achieved with the right and wise utilisation of naturally occurring resources.
And here was one of the main surprise elements. Their females wore silk like clothes, with brilliant patterns and designs. They had mastered the technique of lotus flower being able to grow a wax like coating over its petals. And they were able to apply something similar over these clothes which did not require any washing, just a little bit of wiping was enough.
This was brilliant and I asked them if I could take one for my beautiful lady.
They looked at me, one of the beings smiled and said, “not yet, not yet. You too have lotus flowers on Earth. So we would like you to learn from it. Moreover lotus shoots have a silk like thread as well, do you know you can weave it into cloth? And if you fail, and we know you cannot do it, and Earth is in crisis, we will again find someone like you and issue our final commandments. In the final stage, we sometimes like to take matters into our own hands. Because to maintain the balance of the Universe it is important that the balance on Earth and its elements is maintained at all costs. At that time we may not be this benevolent. But we hope you know why and you will not blame us.”
With this she placed both her hands on my shoulders and we proceeded to have dinner.
Dinner. My taste buds are still there, even though many years have passed since I encountered these supreme beings. But they do visit me sometimes, still.
Well, let me get back to dinner.
There was science there as well.
I remember we had peas, a green leafy vegetable, something like cauliflower, chickpeas, carrots and a bird ( Haaa haaa a bird. Yes you read it correct. Because I do not know whether it was chicken, duck, turkey, but whatever it was, it was delicious.)
Hold your horses please. I know you are thinking about where science is in this menu. Superior beings, right!
Let me explain.
The Peas.
I have always loved peas with some tomatoes. They taste great, and with some homemade cheese. Nothing like it. Simply mouth watering. I still remember, I would go to school and my mother would place them in a pot and boil them until I returned from the school. They take long time to cook. Long cooking means wasting a lot of energy, because cooking too consumes energy. Correct!
These were supreme beings. Supreme in their thinking. They had done something unthinkable.
They had evaluated : cherries, apricots, plums, cashew nuts in raw form, almonds in raw form and tried to derive the exact gene that turned them ripe, but never allowed them to harden.
Then they had injected these gene combinations into peas, when the peas ripened in the pod, they stayed tender, and could be cooked in a few minutes. And that night when I had dinner with them, my belly felt light like a feather. No belching or thundering in the belly. That is advanced science.
They had invested once, but in the long run it saved a lot of energy.
Moreover, they had also partially edited the gene that offers gaseous nature to peas, for that matter to any lentil.
They had organically tenderised chickpeas. When dried, they did not feel like pebbles, instead they felt like dry apricots from kashmir, slightly hard but still chewy. And chickpeas also could be cooked in minutes, with no need to cook them for several hours. No wonder my mother could be found always meditating in her kitchen.
Now the green leafy vegetable. The green leafy vegetable was perfectly fibrous. And I think consuming them made these supreme beings look radiant and stout like a young lion. I am not sure what this green leafy vegetable was. But if it were spinach, they would turn it extra fibrous and nutritive by coupling it with nettle or radish greens. It gave it a punch of sour and nicely bitter flavour; that too with extra volume of fibre and nutritive content.
Cauliflower was my favourite. They had examined the lotus root that is quite popular in Kashmir. Edible lotus root is highly nutritious and it contains tiny, silk like strings within it. A great source of natural fibre.
Edible Lotus Root ( Nadru ) from Kashmir
They had introduced this silk thread like fibre from lotus root into cauliflower and it enhanced its taste while making it extremely nutritive as well. But this cauliflower needed more water to grow, because they were still unable to tame the tendency of the lotus gene that produced these silk threads under water, to operate with similar efficiency on dry land. And on the dinner table, I do recall they had referred to something where they were sure the genetic breakthrough achieved by their botanist would help them grow cauliflower even in desert environments. Because the botanist had modified the lotus gene responsible for producing silk, that grew underwater; to now achieve a happy state, by coupling the gene with edible cactus gene, that stores a lot of water. A brilliant modification, that they were 100% sure would work.
Carrot. Please do not ask me about it. They said, “Few things are best when left in the state as nature offers them. And one should manually interfere with nature only when needed. Especially when we are facing climate change, like Earth is. So, if you even alter the gene of carrots. That will not be counted as an act of disregard for nature. But we will take it as your love for nature and your step to preserve it.”
Now the bird. Haa haaa, I ate a bird! But let me remind you, chicken, ducks, turkey are all birds by the way. So please stop chuckling or giggling!
They seemed to love meat. And they confessed it was an important source of healthy protein with all necessary amino acids needed by the body to stay fit and vital. But to feed the entire population, they let these birds grow in their natural habitats, and in extreme cases, environments that best imitated their natural habitats.
However, they had done something that they warned should never be done at mass scale, because it had every potential to disrupt the balance of cosmos and may also invite the wrath of beings who were far superior than these benevolent beings.
They had removed their gene that helped the birds to sense pain. But there was a trick. If the gene became dysfunctional, at an early stage, the birds would tend to die. Because it is pain that acts as a sensor alerting living beings against danger. It has a purpose.
So their genetic expert realised most of the birds had started dying. With the pain gene missing they had become prone to accidents, the mortality rate had skyrocketed. Then the genetics expert modified the gene a bit more, and with this modification, the birds lost their feeling of pain when they had fully matured and had lived a happy and content life. Because meat consumed from unhappy animals or birds is not good for consumption, that is why they discouraged breeding and growing birds in artificial incubators.
They indeed were sensitive beings, thus supreme beings. That is what I understood while I was with them.
I had my fill. Now the peas were swimming in the lowest floor of my stomach, followed by: cauliflower, chickpeas, carrots, green leafy vegetable, and then the bird. I thought it would be good to let the bird peck on the food mixture. Just in case. But it was a good night, a good, good night!
Finally they looked at me and they could again sense my need. “You want to send an email to let your people know you are safe. But do not worry about that, because in this dimension, where you have spent almost a month with us, there they would just have spent a moment. It is just the opposite of the movie: InterStellar. So you see, we keep a close watch on Earth, we even know your movies. We even know you miss your girlfriend.”
Then one of them looked at me and took me away just to ease my feelings.
He turned to me and said, “We know you humans on Earth use computers a lot. And you seem to type a lot. Whatever you keep typing. On your smart devices. Let me show you my computer.”
It looked like an elegant machine, with a design that was sleek and so beautiful, it looked like apple computers on Earth. While I was still admiring the design of the computer, he held the tip of my index finger and asked me to hit a few keys on the keyboard, and as I did that, he asked me to watch the battery percentage display on the screen. Whenever I hit a key, the battery percentage grew. Slightly, but if someone typed 10 A4 sized pages, it charged the battery of the laptop by 30%. And I thought, oh my God this is brilliant!
How could we humans miss such a simple principle of generating power? Simple and within everyone's capacity. It works on a principle similar to bicycle fit with dynamo. Every key on the keyboard , on being hit generated charge that got stored in the battery. A brilliant and simple idea.
Then the supreme being looked at me and said, “The day you humans learn to use technology like we do, and you remove waste from your life and indulge in less vanities of life. You too shall become supreme. We have faith in you and do not let us down. Because when we take matters into our hands, things do tend to get a bit rough because we often act when we know there is no other resort left.”
I looked at the being and replied, “when I had first used a computer and a keyboard, I had discussed something like this - Generating power from keys on the keyboard, but he had pushed me away saying, “that is a stupid idea it can never be done so.” But I knew if it works with a bicycle it can work with keys on a keyboard too.”
The being looked at me, held my hand and asked me to look at the sky, where he pointed at the nursery of spheres always rotating and powering their cities. And he said, “It was my idea. Nobody believed me. But I did not give up. Sometimes, you do not have to give up. Even if that means the end of your life. Because if you do not live your life for a purpose. You live an inferior life, even lower than pea pods. And life’s purpose can mean different things to each one of us. To few it can mean creating music, to many it is about engineering, to a few like my daughter, it is about achieving genetic perfection in living beings, and to many it can mean simply exploring nature and being happy. But you have to have a purpose and always be willing to do anything in order to fulfil it.”
Now prepare to leave and make Earth the Eden it deserves to be. And do not miss the garden part in the “Eden.” That is why it is called Garden Of Eden. Because vegetation and maintaining balance of green cover on the planet is essential, if we are to enjoy the bounties of nature.
We have already given you so many hints, you just need to pay attention. If it is not only Eden, but the Garden of Eden, there is reason hidden in that too. Go and find it, we have left every sign there for you, but sometimes we have to descend from our Heaven to remind you that humans are a great civilisation capable of being a supreme cosmic civilisation one day. But to do that, you first need to convince yourselves. We are convinced you can do it!
Then the next day, I boarded the spaceship, the three benevolent beings accompanied me, and we travelled at an incredible speed and landed on the spot where they had found me. Here only a few moments had passed. They looked at me, while I returned the gesture by looking into their radiant faces, and as they disappeared in the self forming opaque walls of the spaceship, the craft flew higher and at a certain height when I had lifted my head to gaze at the spaceship in the sky, the floor of the ship turned transparent and the three benevolent beings, flashed a carrot each in their hands, smiled, and then vanished into the universe, to land on their cosmic dot, their only home, perhaps their entire universe.
And I too tread homewards. And next day, I began working on my science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, which is published now, and can be accessed on amazon.com. It is a great science fiction story which bears reflections from my conversations and meeting with the supreme beings.
In response to their hospitality, and as an expression of my gratitude, I wrote my science fiction novel, They Loved ion 2075. For there could not be a greater gift for the Supreme Beings, who lived beyond the territory of attachments to gold, silver and money. They just believed in love, loving someone forever. And in the boundless wealth of the dust, they often referred to in their conversations as “The Star Dust!”
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