Further than Before- Pathway to the Stars

by Matthew Opdyke

  “Remember, together as we start with something as simple as kindness, we will find ourselves with purpose, promise, meaning, and the ability to go further than we have ever gone before. Our new motto here in the US is, “Heal, don’t harm.” Thank you!” With that President, Eliza Amber Williams stepped down from the podium, and at first, everyone was silent and awed by what they had heard. But the short pause was just enough to bring the listeners to their senses.

  The crowd got up off their seats and then stood to roar in applause. People all around the public world were astounded, intrigued, and anxious in a hopeful way to see what sort of reality this new president was about to bring to her own country. Rumors were out that she also had gifts for the rest of the countries throughout the world as well. The public world was beginning to sense an undying sense of excitement to what was ahead. Throughout the entire speech, there was not one mention of any “old matters;” instead everything was full of hope.

  Yesha smiled at Eliza as they met each other’s gaze. Yesha then stood up and they shook hands as the crowd continued to roar, and Eliza took her seat, next to Yesha’s.

  The Speaker of the House arose with her gavel and with much more excitement in her tone, she began the proceedings to vote for official approval of all of the changes for immediate implementation, “Ladies and gentlemen, senators and representatives, I motion that we put into effect, immediately, all changes, additions, and adjustments to law and order, the use of biopods, neural identifications, the Virtual Universe, entertainment and correctional matrices, tax code, employer accountability, and conveyances for transitioning as a nation to the new tech cities.

  “To all members in favor, say, ‘Aye.’”

  “Aye.” The vote was unanimous.

  To all not in favor, say, ‘No.’”

  The room was silent. After the allocated opportunity to abstain, the Speaker of the House closed the voting session with her gavel. “Please let us continue with the next three speeches and formal updates to policy. Thank you, President, for your enlightening and promising words.”

  She then sat down.

  Yesha stepped up to the podium, looked around at each member of the crowd, sensed their approval in every way, and began her speech. Just before speaking, Yesha’s interesting, feminine, lightly tanned, and exquisite frame, beautifully dressed, her curves, with medium-length hair in an up-do, a rainbow of highlights through her professionally groomed dark brown hair, emerald and hazel-eyes, with all of the features that suggested highly sophisticated youth, immediately summoned the attention of every onlooker. They were captivated.

  “President Williams and I have been friends ever since she was born. Less than two minutes after her arrival to life, she looked at me with her big blue crystalline eyes and smiled. She smiled at everyone in the room. Those beautiful moments were surrounded by other not so happy moments. Both of us have known immense tragedy in our lives, yet we had also realized that we were blessed in ways that many weren’t. We both decided, at a time when we were first capable of making decisions, and at a very young age, that we wanted to help reduce the misery, the suffering and overcome the obstacles that led to so much tragedy, or uncontrolled chaos.

  “There are many who have done horrible things, yet they too are victims of their own choices and everything that has surrounded them in life. The Correctional Matrix will coincide with the Judicial Branch’s mission, and through the proper and due process, as President Williams has suggested, perpetrators of crimes will be sent to the Correctional Matrix for a time-period agreed upon by the victims and their families, the Judge, and a Jury of their peers. During this time-frame, these individuals will have the type of coaching, mentoring, training, counseling, and experiences necessary to breed within them the virtues of empathy, compassion, consent, respect for others, and clarity of mind toward what they can do to increase the quality of life for not just themselves, but for others as well. They will have an opportunity to provide due vindication to society, to learn from their mistakes, and then reach a moment of contrition, where they will genuinely realize that it is theirs to serve society in a healthy and helpful way. Once that occurs, these individuals will be tested to ensure their remorse and their claims are true. In the event that their time in the Correctional Matrix has been successful, they will be assimilated back into society, both whole, forgiven, and with an opportunity to walk around as full citizens.

  “This topic is a tough one to consider, but the truth is, how can we consider ourselves healthy of mind if we would wish harm to an individual who has deliberately hurt us? I suggest that it is healthier of mind to desire to see them in a situation where they can benefit from the experiences that will allow them to progress while learning, gaining humility, and a renewed clarity on how they can cause their own uniqueness to unfold before us, as we observe their untold potential. I for one, would rather someone learn and apologize genuinely and then move forward doing great things, so that one day we can sit around a campfire on some distant moon, talk about what we have learned from life, the things we’ve seen and enjoyed, and then make goals for an even better future.

  “Earlier, President Williams talked about twenty-thousand new Tech Cities in the US and its territories and suggested more. I will now present to you the twenty-thousand tech cities throughout the solar system.”

  As Yesha said this, the area behind her brought even more awe to the multitudes of people watching the proceedings worldwide as each planet, their moons, and other spheroids came into view in a dazzling display of their new reality. “Each one of these cities began with a protective barrier, or a dome if you will. As time went by, the many individuals who were rescued, healed, and protected worked with Pathway both at home and abroad to help us to improve the shields you see that protect our Earth, the Twelve Database Moons you see, that allow us to back up our minds, travel instantly to anywhere in space, and communicate without any time-lapse. Theses Twelve Database Moons also have the ability to absorb and deflect anything thrown at them and in a manner that helps to increase the life-giving nature of the Sun and the rest of the planets of the solar system. The moons of this solar system and every planet, have been tamed, given a protective shield, and tech cities populate them in the most beautiful way. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and every spheroid throughout our solar system now have a similar climate to Earth’s. Throughout our infrastructural building phase, we found many microscopic and in some cases creature-like life on several spheroids, and their environments were protected and preserved as well, while allowing them an opportunity for sentience and the ability to participate with us, which they graciously and enthusiastically accepted, as we freely move around and prepare our solar system to defend itself for anything that is outside of it that may be hostile or forbidding to life itself.

  “There is a new planet that we forged and have yet to name, and this planet revolves around the Sun in such a way as to provide both the basic “food” the Sun needs to do what it does to provide life. This function also serves to extract the heavier elements, which if left within the Sun, would cause it to expand such that life could no longer exist on Earth. Instead, we now we have been able to mine the heavier elements, both raising the quality of life throughout our solar system and preserving our home world. We now, no longer need to stress over the loss of Earth or our solar system.

  “Around the sphere of the solar system, beyond where the Oort Cloud used to be, there is now an invisible and re-navigational Dyson Sphere that helps us to store or deflect any form of radiation or particle necessary for the preservation of an increased quality of life, as well as deflect anything that would reduce both of those qualities. In every city on every spheroid, there are museums filled with the historical aspects of every asteroid, comet, or other stray items that we have used to create each city. We were cautious of life, doing our research and due diligence before mining and building.”

  A visual of each mega-advanced aspect that Pat
hway had worked on was on display throughout the world. Everyone was in awe. Yesha looked around at the quiet yet entranced masses, and then she continued.

  “Behind me, you can now see the Moon, its oceans, its rivers, its streams, its green, blue, and brown terrain, and an atmosphere teeming with the ability to protect its occupants from harm and provide life. There is a lower amount of gravity, and this makes the Moon the ideal location for our solar system spacecraft hub. However, every single planet has its own unique beauty, and while Jupiter’s weather continues and has many more powerful gravitational effects, our breakthroughs with gravity and our own nanos help to mitigate those effects. We have developed Space Elevators and Bio-domes that are massive and capable of buffeting anything thrown at them. They allow life to exist. They enable us to conduct further research, development, and innovation. They allow us procurement of the resources that will help us to navigate the Cosmos and benefit further from the resources there. In each place we go, we will ultimately preserve and protect each solar system, rejuvenate them to ensure they too can provide life-giving nurture as well, and protect them from anything that would take that away. Eventually, each mission will be done on a macro-scale, such that preservation, rejuvenation, protection, and safety are standard throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, and we’ll have simultaneous missions going on in galaxies between Earth and the CMB Radiation.

  “There is a lot that we have done, but there will always be more we can do. Maintenance is one of the most valuable industries we know of, and much of that takes place within the Virtual Universe, by encoding large self-replicating clouds of nanos to become a part of a lifelike system within every bit of infrastructure we create. All structures are almost lifelike, healing themselves, updating, and upgrading their abilities to the advantage of all who live.

  “Our biggest mission now is to explore our Universe and understand everything about it, from Stars in all of their forms to Black Holes, Nebulae, Galaxies, and Galaxy Clusters, to the CMB itself. Our mission always is to preserve life, to heal and not harm, to exchange destruction and chaos for life with abundance for all, and to protect it.

  “Ladies and gentlemen of Congress, throughout the Nation, and throughout the World, may I introduce you to Sky Taylor and then to Vesha Celeste. Both of whom will provide a presentation, and Vesha will also share some new policies. Following that, the Speaker of the House will close this broadcast with an all-inclusive vote by the members of both Houses of Congress, and we will begin our break, followed by our due diligence. I ask that no matter whom you are with or who it is that is around you, that you do as Eliza has admonished, and that is to be gracious and kind always. That is how we can go forward, and it is the first step into the future!”

  Yesha stepped down, the crowd roared again. Sky Taylor stepped up to the podium after smiling and shaking hands with both Yesha and Eliza. The crowd was intrigued by her beauty, her youth, her iridescent and crystalline blue eyes, her blonde hair that was so light that it was like snow, yet she had locks and braids of iridescent colors that went down her angelically loose-curled hair with tips and highlights of pink and purple, and what appeared to be her make-up on every exposed part of her buxom physique were iridescent overtones of pinks and purples. Her wardrobe ensemble was extraordinarily ornate in embroidery, as well as form-fitting, bringing out her visual features in a pleasing way. Her audience was struck by her beauty, her power, and her graceful demeanor.

  As she opened up to speak, something almost as miraculous occurred. All of a sudden it was as if everyone in the crowd became aware that, just as the ground below was as steady and secure as ever, all of the walls and ceilings had disappeared. The holograph of the presentation behind her was now enveloped around them as though they were floating through space. All of the citizens who had gathered around the House of Congress, watching and listening from an outdoor projector screen were now able to see the proceedings as if they were in one of the front row seats to the proceedings, which was developing to become describable as a heaven-like space adventure. The crowds around the world, all of whom were watching, were now able to witness the space-like imagery enveloping them give way to a new reality. They then witnessed playing out before them the streets of Washington DC, and around Maryland and Virginia and then as they all of a sudden became as beautiful as the streets of South Otselic, where streets were widened, and the flora, fauna, and infrastructure complemented each other beautifully.

  In that fraction of a second, in an extended crackle in the air, everyone felt a connection one with another embracing a true and mutual understanding, a feeling that every single one of their neurons, synapses, cells, and nerves were experiencing a fiery bliss in a way they had never felt before. Once everyone had grasped their reality and looked toward the podium as if they were all in the front row, Sky began to speak with the glow and eloquence of an angel.

  “This is a unique setting, and I am glad to be here to witness the wonder of two dear friends as they plan to carry out something beautiful, something kind, and something loving. Beautiful, kind, and loving, those are words we hear sometimes, but I don’t think we hear them in a genuine manner often enough. Today, everything presented by Eliza and Yesha was all about just that, beauty, kindness, and love.

  “While there are many examples throughout history of those three beautiful words in action, unfortunately words such as pain, suffering, brutality, terrorism, greed, lust for power at any cost, sociopathic behavior, psychotic behavior, pompously malicious intent with full cognition, misery, disease, uncontrolled chaos, the worship of the mixed result rather than a desired one, war, murder, rape, emotional abuse, theft of hard-won gains, destruction of someone else’s well-earned belongings, gross negligence leading to misery and death, false witness, lies that harm another’s well-being, acting in a manner that tears other’s down without regard for anything or anyone else, and so much more are terms and actions used all too often in our news, in the shows we watch, in the games we play, and in how too many conduct themselves in many corners throughout the world; this all seems to be in far too large of supply. Let’s change that. As I look into each one of you, I know you have untold potential that is both rare, benevolent, and priceless. Things can be filled with kindness, love, and beauty. Let’s make that happen.”

  What Sky said was short, and as soon as she finished, certain aspects of her changes went back to normal, the walls and ceilings returned as they had been before. Smiling at Eliza, Yesha, and then Vesha Celeste as they passed each other, Sky angelically walked to her place on the stage and sat down. Scanning the audience, Sky saw that everyone had crystal clear awareness about them; it was an almost refined form of conviction toward kindness, beauty, and love. She then began to reach out beyond Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia with her mind and as she did, she beautified every aspect of the nation, both in function and aesthetic, in a manner similar to what she had done with Joanne’s hometown of South Otselic. People would notice the many changes made after they woke up the next morning, following their first night of training.

  Vesha Celeste then arose from her seat, smiled at her preceding speakers and presentation givers, made her way to the podium, and addressed the audience. As she stood there before them they were again awed by her youthful yet powerful presence. Her jet-black hair, her form-fitting smart-suit that was likewise black, with trim of iridescent colors and overtones of turquoise, blues, and greens embroidered into her smart suit that blended with perfection to her iridescent and emerald green eyes, as well as the highlights in her A-framed, spiral curled, medium-length hair, all captivated the audience with another display of unique beauty, authority, and vision.

  “Hello, citizens, ladies, gentlemen, children, and all who are present and delighted to be here. I am pleased to be here with you today. Thank you to our President, Vice President, and my dear friend, Sky Taylor, for your wonderful speeches. Sky Taylor is almost like a twin sister to me.”

  Vesha looked toward Sky. Both shared
a sisterly bond, felt throughout the audience. Vesha knew Sky had granted all attendees, near and far, optimized physiology and neurology, as well as neural identifications, nanos, and neural links, and she shared her story with all to ponder on later.

  “To begin with, and for brevity, as I speak, I ask that you also pay attention to what is in the space behind me? What you see, is the Intergalactic Mission Contingency, or IMC, which is located within our solar system just above the asteroid disk and in a safe and parallel orbit to Pluto. The IMC consists of thirteen Zonal Commands. Each Zonal Command has its own Command Spacecraft. Each Command Spacecraft is more or less the size of a tech city and has an environment similar to one. They are adorned with all of the luxuries, real-life aspects, and awe-inspiring technological advancements and capabilities expected of a high-class spacecraft, with balanced aesthetic and utility for navigating through space in a disciplined, safe, and quick manner.

  “Long ago, when Eliza and Yesha were finishing their high school studies, we talked together. We visited many times after that, before I passed away in December of 2016, after living on Earth for eighty-eight years. Before that and subsequently being reawakened in an optimized version of myself, we both came up with the idea for a new technology. This technology is what our jump gates, our ability for teleportation, and our Quantum Drives, or Q-Drives, which were designed by Dr. Luís Rodriguez, are all built around, and are integrated with Sensor Transceiver Technology and Robust Sensory Scout Nodes, both of which we now have combined into a succinct product that we simply call sensors. If you observe the imagery behind me, you will see that we have made it so that we can jump from one point in space to any other point in space with precision. With a micro version of these sensors, before every jump, we can and will comb any remote location that we wish to jump to and gather all sensory information relative to it within a one-parsec radius. Depending upon the information we receive and process within the Virtual Universe, near instantaneously, we can jump to that location or re-navigate to a safer location.