Further than Before- Pathway to the Stars

by Matthew Opdyke

  “We could gain the technologies that could put scopes in the directions of Earth, and speedily travel toward our home planet giving us a solid and detailed history of its formation, the rise and fall of its civilizations, and perhaps resolve long-forgotten mysteries, starting with the Big Bang and recording details all the way through to the current time.

  “With those archives, we could append our knowledge of history to the Virtual Universe, or specifically, digital matrices that we can build for education, entertainment, and correctional needs, wants, desires, and even therapies. These matrices will provide physical enhancements, tactile interaction, and experiences that serve to impart wisdom and complete recall of memory replete with enhanced compassion and capacity. We can do more than we have ever dreamt of. Through our studies of quantum physics and gaining the ability to harness each aspect of quanta, we will find ourselves achieving the greatest feat humanity can achieve—we will be able to slow down the expansion of our Universe or travel to another Universe to avoid its deadly effects in trillions or quadrillions of years, or more!

  “Just as every ocean wave is unique, with complex algorithms that can be understood, yet vary in both shape and form—so unique and breathtaking to make each aspect of them seem non-repetitive, so too is every single individual on the face of this Earth. Just as every galaxy, filament, and region of our known Universe may appear similar, but is entirely unique in so many ways, yet to discover, so as well are each of you, my friends. Each one of you is a respected leader in one form or another, with unique skills and vision that allow the people who you serve to take on gargantuan tasks that help our civilization survive and enjoy life from day-to-day. Every individual I have ever met has so much potential and so much they can do to benefit our future. No matter where we are in life right now, we can all still make waves, be those unique galaxies in our Universe, and yet serve the same purpose, to preserve life.

  “The Universe can be ours to save, ours to enjoy, ours to explore, ours to colonize, and ours to improve, but only if we can protect ourselves from the malevolence exacerbated in society today by naysayers, ‘gloom and doomers,’ and preachers of death, chaos, and destruction, by striving daily instead to be benevolent and full of intrigue toward that which raises the quality and well-being of life itself. We must have compassion, we must have a vision, and we must work and study with and within every bit of ourselves, we can afford to invest.

  “From time to time I hear people as they unwittingly or perhaps overtly try to insult my intelligence, and by that, the intelligence of each person in this room, or even more profoundly, the intelligence of every human born into this world.

  “When these self-identifying adversaries speak of giving up or doing things to harm others, they burn our brain cells and scourge our neurons to oblivion. When someone ignorantly states their fatalistic views of reality, their abhorrent vision of the future replete with misery for all, rather than inspire hope and reason through increased understanding of our Universe and our comprehension on a deep level of advanced sciences, with the larger view of a better and more enjoyable reality for humanity and humanity’s friends, they essentially tell us the following:

  “‘I used to think when I was a child. I used to have common sense when I was young. I used to think about optimistic possibilities for the future. I used to dream big dreams and I used to hope good things for people.

  “‘But now, I have learned and have grown to accept that malevolence is the way of life in this world. We have to accept this morbid reality if we are to get by in this cruel world. Why be nice when that is boring, and when I can merely bully others, wield my power, or be a complete nemesis to humanity, with glee felt internally at the suffering of others? I have accepted a mediocre reality for a dismal and dystopian future for myself, so why not accept the reality where people continue to suffer left and right from all manner of malice, violence, disease, greed, and even apathy?

  “‘I enjoy misery, I lust for blood, and I enjoy all forms of entertainment that feed that lust, with no other purpose within it, but to sate my malicious and even insatiable desires. No one is special, there is no “Planet B,” we’re all born horrible, we’ll destroy this world and prevent the destruction of other worlds by terminating ourselves like the disease that we are. The natural order of things is brutal, it doesn’t care, so why should I?

  “‘The Universe doesn’t care about you, how dare you think there’s a purpose with you in it, and how dare you to assume we have the capacity to change it or change anything for that matter? We who fend for ourselves make a mockery of those who care about others, we chastise those who naively think life can be improved, we judge harshly those that mistakenly believe people have inherent goodness that exists within, and we ridicule those that think that people can get along and enjoy the bounty our Universe has to offer.

  “‘Don’t listen to all of that malevolent poppy-cock! It is not possible, nor will it ever be, so please stop trying. Instead, I will give you silliness, humor at the expense of others, a life of mediocrity, and the despair of a dismal future, replete with numbing agents to fast-forward through this emptiness called life. I am surprised more people don’t just up and take the easy way out, save the rest of us the pain of their annoying and meaningless existence, kill themselves, and end their misery once and for all. I doubt there is a god at all, and those that believe so are delusional, and if there is a god, that God doesn’t care, so why should I? I embrace the day when there is an EMP and I can show my survival skills, which involve murder for sport and limited resources. I embrace the day when an asteroid will pummel our Earth, or our human stupidity releases a zombie-like plague and ends our futile and meaningless existence.’

  “Yes, I have heard it all. When I hear this manner of thinking, in any of its ill-intended and horribly indoctrinating forms, the sentiments I just regurgitated are as plain as day! Please know, each of you here today, and anyone who will read this script in the future, that I completely, totally, and unequivocally refuse to become one of those that have given up!

  “There is nothing childish whatsoever about hope and benevolence. But the lack thereof is juvenile. There is a difference between being childish versus embracing the child within. Childishness capitalizes on the misery of others, it can be cruel, and it can be reckless, whilst embracing the child within opens our minds toward the beauty of life shared with all and allows for the gaining of further wisdom. Let’s embrace the child within, but not become childish.

  “Whenever a person chooses to accept mediocrity and a dismal future, they have lost the will to evolve, they have become childish, nay they have become as the wildebeest—only here to propagate the species and live a futile existence until they die, replaced by their offspring.

  “Yet, unlike the wildebeest, which provides nourishment to those within their circle of influence in need, they suck away your nourishment as leeches and place the burdens of their scourge on everyone else. They are the bringers of death, destruction, and the chaos that will undo the future of human civilization as well as the future of our Universe if we let them.

  “The truth is, though, I truly feel sorry for them. I do. I feel a wave of compassion toward people like this, for people who have lost a drive, hope, inspiration, and a desire to advance civilization by increasing the well-being of those around them. For, they are most unfortunately lost. I feel for them because they have given up. These naysayers walk around as empty husks of the potential they could be for a positive and hopeful reality—they could have been, and perhaps still could be, a part of so much promise.

  “By now, we all know, however, that people like this are indeed suffering from a host of neurological disorders. These are the kind of disorders that seem most rampant in the world today—a world where we are now becoming more and more capable of treating the misfires in genetics and even within the brain.

  “This is becoming an evolved world where we can cast off the shackles of the natural man and become a civ
ilization of great, powerful, and compassionate minds—of evolved human-beings. This is a world where more and more the possibilities are growing limitless allowing us to expand our horizons and bring love and beauty with us no matter where we go.

  “In many cases, people that have gone down the path of pessimism and negativity are not helpless to change themselves, but they do not wish to be changed. There are many who have ceased to understand that even whimsical personal achievement can lead to a better life for the rest of humanity. It is sad that there are many that are too far gone unless others can come along, identify the drowning man, and cast them a rope to save them. In some cases, they won’t see the rope, and in those moments, we can do as my father taught me, knock them out and drag them to safety.

  “Rather than send a perpetrator of malice to prison, why don’t we provide their minds the nutrients needed, the message needed, the healthy environment and the experiences needed so they can live with meaning in life and with hope for a better day? How amazing would it be if they could change, knowing they now possess clarity of mind as to how they too can contribute to prosperity through constructive behavior, clarity of purpose, and the progression of as well as the compounding of wisdom?

  “Neurological healing does not need to be the horror show that many try to make it out to be, non-invasive methods are available at every turn, from coaching to mentorship and counseling, and even down to the DNA level. Improvements ought not to be wrought with misery and suffering, rather from beginning to end they should decrease such. With healed minds wars could be diffused, torturers would no longer exist, other sources of ingenuity and economics could arise that are not brutal and instead are much more rewarding for all involved; the unproductive and destructive aspects of nature would be given productive and constructive means to overcome the chaos that will destroy our Universe and cause it to fade away into meaninglessness. We need to embrace and love life. We need to embrace and love each other.

  “While many are helpless to change the world for the better around them and while many may have forgotten that every new day brings promise for improvement on a personal level, perhaps with the proper treatment, with the proper care, and with the proper focus they will begin to understand the ripple effects of choices that can impact the environment in its entirety around them. Perhaps their choices can be done with the clarity that seeks to make life a beautiful thing rather than one of torture, misery, or greed.

  “Those few geniuses who are of a healthy mind and of a high moral character, replete with the kind of hopes, desires, and knowledge that will bring about the kinds of advancements that can heal the mind of those who are torn, heal the ailments of the body, and by virtue heal the suffering of the soul, those few geniuses are you.

  “You can drive humanity to amazing heights, you can heal this planet, and you can bring us to the Cosmos with an awesomely optimistic future. You can save the day. You are the heroes of tomorrow, for you will lead humanity to the advancements that can optimize physical health, neurological function, and increase not just your own well-being and quality of life, but that of many more for generations to come and throughout the stars, with the increase of our understanding of the world, the Cosmos, the Universe, and all of its complexities.

  “Through each of us here in this room today, and many more whose lives are impacted through our actions in a positive way, we will all have been bequeathed with the longevity of life necessary to discover, explore, innovate, and learn more, enjoy life more, and even understand each person even more in depth, and then develop the technologies that will enable us to connect to each other and share our memories, our thoughts, our hopes, and even our dreams that will inspire yet again the greatest advancements, adventures, and achievements.

  “We are at the dawn of a new revolution. This is the revolution I speak of, a scientific revolution of advancement, adventure, achievement, exploration, discovery, and promise. In this revolution, there is no room for pessimism; there is only room for optimism. There is no room for despair; there is only room for hope. Only those of a healthy mind can have that hope. Only those of a healthy mind has what it takes to lead us to a promising future. Only those with a healthy mind have the kind of hope that will lend to the survival of this world, the survival of humanity, and the preservation of life itself.

  “Only those with hope have a vision of a better future that will lead to the advancements that will bring aid to those suffering from the problems of today. Each of us here today, are good and kind people, people of immense character, and people who others need not fear because, with our achievements, no one will be left behind. No one stands in danger with what we are going to tackle. Everyone stands in safety. Together, we will help people discover just how exciting progress can be.

  “Benevolence and hope are the key ingredients of a better tomorrow; they are the key ingredients to our revolution. Benevolence allows us to go forward with the types of advancements that preserve life, reduce suffering, cure illness and disease, make violence a last resort to our survival, and then live with the longevity necessary for even greater achievements.

  “Hope is the vision that will see us through to that better day. Hope fuels the fire of benevolence and the fire of benevolence helps to shape the advancements that can give us the Universe. Hope allows each and every single one of us to enjoy every moment with peace in our hearts as we bring aid to the suffering, in its many forms.

  “Hope affords us the ability to cultivate an economy that will enable the tools of endurance, proper resource management, and the advancement of civilization. Just as every wave is unique, so are we. I thank you for being a part of this program and the many projects we will undertake. I appreciate each of your efforts in this great and peaceful revolution.

  “Each of us should know that there is no harm in having a shared purpose, a shared meaning, and a shared drive because the results of these motivations will, in turn, be found to result in both joy and abundance. As I bring this current speech to a close, and as you observe what will be shared with you throughout the rest of the day, please take what I’ve shared and allow it to fuel your hearts. Let’s do what we need to do so we can be victorious on our journey, let’s do what we can to make possible the freedom that comes from a mend to every wounded heart, mind, body, and soul, and let’s enjoy every moment along our Pathway to the Stars!”

  The scientists, visionaries, economists, generals, and investors each stood up and cheered Dr. Eliza Williams, as she stepped down from her speech. The air seemed to glow around her through each presentation until the meeting was brought to a close. When she got up again, every person in the room saw as she glowed, and they knew that the words she spoke were powerfully genuine and viscerally real.

  In many ways, Eliza’s after-lunch speech had been a pep-talk, but it was necessary. She wanted to instill the vigor and germinate the kind of thought in the audience necessary to mitigate the effects of so much turmoil, the turmoil that seemed increasingly prevalent as each year, month, week, day, an hour passed by. The age of turmoil would cave in harmony.

  There had been a lot of rhetoric in the news, violence, disaster, chaos, and suffering in the many neighborhoods throughout the nation, even throughout the world, and people were indeed becoming even more polarized than ever, to the point of completely abandoning common sense, intellectual thought, and civil discourse.

  This crowd was different, and Eliza had vetted each individual with good reason. Nonetheless, they too were very aware of the social, physical, and political environments prevalent just outside the doors, and hearing this gave them the affirmation they needed to begin the many projects about to take place in Pathway Industries and Associates, hereby known as Pathway. Things were going to change, and there was a pathway to get things to where they needed to be, safely, securely, and with optimum results. Every attendee, at the end of the event, was fully on-board with Eliza and her cadre and opted for maximum optimizations and agreed to juggle the responsibiliti
es of their own industries with those of Pathway, as they paved the way for a better future.

  Kindness and intellect needed to make a comeback.

  Chapter 27: Pathway and the UP, Section 2

  The day had flown by, and now it was the promised “extra” meeting following the festivities. The main speaking chamber auditorium had been cleared of elaborate seating to make space for biopods and simple seating, enough for each of the attendees present, to include those who had not previously been optimized to sit, listen, and enter their own biopods. Everyone in attendance would go into the Virtual Universe and there they would meet again. Instead of meeting in Eliza’s virtual backyard, as was traditional, on this particular occasion Eliza and Yesha had set it up so that they would meet in one of the tech cities on the dark side of the Moon.

  The first order of business in this “extra” meeting, was the preparatory speeches.

  Prior to entering the biopod with the world’s elite, Amber Blythe presented Erin Carter, who described in great detail the fight against aging. She demonstrated that, despite the fact that she was only eight years old, she had the mind of someone who had lived for thousands of years and that of a genius. She also talked about some of her cases, her missions, and even the trafficking-in-persons networks she had brought to an end, and how some of the victims and their families were doing now. She shared a few stories of other children who had been born with disabilities but were now cured. However, because the technology used was counter-productive to the needs of the current economic philosophies, they were given opportunities to live in the tech cities.