A Memory of Love, Chapter 1

The intention of this novel is to convey the nature and techniques of advanced telepathy. (Logically, these chapters follow the Islamic Life in the Spirit interactions).

Tend my sheep, be compassionate to the lambs, feed my flock.

From the Natural Telepaths own version of the Gospels, attributed to the Holy Spirit.

                        The "medicos" were of course aware of all and kept an eye on the Pastor. Sara,
                        sensing something in one medico as the image of Jarah had been seen, flowed sharply,
                        "excuse me....are you a medico?...I sense in you a certain interest in my sister's legs as
                        she spun about."

The Uniting Church Pastor had rarely interacted before. Only after an long interaction by members of the Islamic Life in the Spirit group did the pastor, through some mystery perhaps, suddenly interact more and more with the combined Life in the Spirit group.

It began with a purely Jewish style interaction. Using her will, Helen had formed the inside of their usual telepathy house, in the upper room, in the bedroom. The imagery was strong and "taller than life" feel, and slightly fluid feel to it. Helen had felt it was time Jim, who had been Darth's and Helen's adopted son, and a Jewish boy from Israel in ordinary life, was taught more about the "secrets" of his own people (i.e. the Jews). For reasons no one was too clear about, the major Jewish Life in the Spirit groups did not much like interacting with Jewish groups whose members were in Israel. Consequently occasionally it was a sole individual from that country who found a way to interact with a Life in a Spirit group.

Helen formed an image neatly dressed. She wore a shirt and a long skirt with a split, in her arms a baby in white, symbolic of many things but among Jewish Life in the Spirit often symbolic of a "birth" of a new "concept" or "spirit" between a Life in the Spirit group. Jim, with rather large looking glasses, formed an image near. He himself could not form mental imagery it was Helen and a few helpers who looked after mental imagery. Jewish Life in the Spirit was completely female dominant style of telepathy and a woman had to "allow" or "will' a man to include his thoughts into the telepathy else it could not be done.

Lana and Lisa-1 were also present in the setting, standing quietly to the side, Lana at one end of the large room and Lisa-1 at another. The three women were the mother to all their "natural telepath" children, and while both left most of the "parenting" to Darth and Helen, both had to know what a son or daughter had been taught in order not to teach the same thing. Later Lana went outside onto the large verandah and sat down at a table. Darth formed a mental image, as did Sara, she standing close to her telepathic father just waiting.

At first the baby in Helen's arms was fussy. This meant the telepathy among the group had some hiccups. Traditionally the easiest way to improve quickly this telepathy was to change the nappy on the baby or feed the baby. Why this worked was not all that clear but it did work. Helen at first tried to settle the crying baby by holding and swaying it gently in her arms. This did not seem to work so she put the baby down, imagined changing a nappy, then sat to the side, undid the top buttons of her shirt, exposed a breast, and put the baby to a nipple. She was sitting on the bed to the side, discretely, but where Jim was standing he could not have failed to see a rather visual image of a woman's firm breast. Jim turned his head down. Helen instantly sensed this and turned to him. Using her will, a technique any woman of faith learns from others, she suppressed all thoughts in Jim, and blocked Darth's thoughts from trying to explain why Helen did this. This technique was uncomfortable, it made a person feel they are frozen on a spot and unable to do anything. Most uncomfortable especially for a male. After about two minutes a tiny feeling, a flow, came from Jim's heart, "you are so very beautiful."

"Thank you", Helen smiled as she turned her head to Jim. Then she put the baby down, buttoned up her shirt, stood and walked to the side, sat on the edge of the bed, and patted the bed asking Jim to sit down next to her. She was wearing a long skirt with a split which somehow, as she sat, managed to exposed most of one of her legs which in the visuals were exquisite feminine legs. As Jim sat down Helen neatly and casually moved her skirt in such a way as to cover the exposed leg the best she could. To Jim she explained as she pointed to herself, "I am your mother in this world of mental telepathy. My will is strong. When I am not in a good mood even my husband", she pointed with a hand to Darth, "gets very cautious of me, knowing I can blast him with my will if he is a pest, causing him mental anguish until he settles down."

Jim glanced at Sara who was nodding her head as if trying to explain to her telepathic sibling that mum is not to be ignored lightly if she really is determined on something.

It was the way Jim glanced at Sara than made Sara curious. They were both fourteen years of age by now in ordinary life. Sara had been Darth's and Helen's child since she was adopted by them at age ten, Jim from age twelve but he rarely had interacted in the past, and when he did it was usually when Sara was online, so not much was known about him. Sara locked the will in the way a female is taught among Life in the Spirit groups. This was annoying to Darth and Helen too, both unable to do anything. Any child after the age of ten was given the right to lock their parents will in this way for a time, so they have a chance to get their "word in" or explain their point of view. However, locking the will in this way was not a comfortable experience for anybody. After a while from Jim's heart a flow to Sara, "I love her". Sara, not sure what the word "love" meant in this context, forced Jim's will deeper, searching deeper for truth, until she heard the flow, "she is such a nice friend to me."

"Thank you", Sara gave a curtsy to him, walked to him, gave him a kiss on the cheek, sat on his left on the bed.

Helen explained to Jim and Sara, "even if the truth was that Jim found you sexy and desires sex with you, I don't know how the hormones of a fourteen year old think, it would not matter. What is important is to get the truth out among a family, that way we don't waste time trying to work out, in the matter of mortals, what is someone fishing for, why do they seem so reluctant to tell the truth."

Sara felt embarrassed, turned her eyes down, and flowing privately to Darth, "dad...mum is sometimes so annoying with her ever so plain assessment of a situation...I am not into boys and the thought of...of...you know...I don't actually like."

This is when the Uniting Church Pastor managed to "break into" this strong telepathy. It was a leap of faith that Darth first felt - faith in a Life in the Spirit, faith or confidence that the Pastor could learn to understand this and possibly interact, that sort of faith. Instantly Darth's telepathy locked to his "medico' team who formed what might seem a precision sports teams each in a certain position - that is, each a specialist in how the human brain adapts at certain levels of thought to telepathy. Most of the "medicos" in ordinary life were in fact doctors in the armed services of a country. This was not really unusual in that a great many Natural Telepaths liked the "sense of order" that an army lifestyle offered, but on the other hand as s rule they abhore any notion of physical violence and were usually highly intelligent, consequently when they did join the military service they tended to become doctors. Some were Jews in ordinary life, one a Catholic, two Muslims, but most of the "medicos" were simply skilled psychics with no particular religious convictions. None were interested in religion or God per se, their task and mission to assist anyone online with the most natural adaptation to telepathy. From Darth's point of view, this group was possibly the most "Holy" in the sense they assisted children, Priests, Rabbi's, Reverend's, without any desire to be paid by God - so it seemed to Darth they were doing a most valuable of services to God's people.

With the assistance of the medico's, each linking with the Pastor using a different telepathy technique, it only took a matter of hours before the Pastor could imagine himself in his mind, or sometimes use real-life memory of himself, and walking with Darth along a street in Sydney, Australia. The Pastor was Australian like Darth.

Sara and Jim, they were aware of all mental imagery, could have faded out of telepathy but they were both interested in understanding this new person. In a vision the Pastor and Darth formed, both much like in ordinary life, they were standing outside a Uniting Church community services house. Sara helped Jim to form a mental image of himself in this setting, and together they too formed an image near Darth and the Pastor. Sara felt she ought to "apologize" for her mother and was flowing to the Pastor, "mum was not always so cross and bad tempered...when she had more than four children her patience reduced, before then she was soft in using her will and had a most loving approach, but then as the numbers of children increased, I am not even sure how many siblings I have but I can name them all, over twelve siblings I think, anyway, mum's patience just went sometimes and she just used this brute force will technique to clear a thought or feeling that was causing mischief when we interacted."

The Pastor looked at Sara. She was a lovely looking young girl but the Pastor was not sure how take what Sara just said. To him, any woman, in Life in the Spirit or ordinary life, who had twelve children, would have to be a Saint or a Martyr to remain as normal as Helen had.

The Pastor was not yet skilled enough to flow his thoughts easily. Sensing this Sara used her will to lock and help the Pastor release his deep secret and hidden feeling which was protesting about being revealed. Time passed, the Pastor felt as uncomfortable as any man when a female did this, but then from the bottom of his heart the soft gentle flow, "I think Helen is a Saint."

"Oh", Sara said as she turned to focus on the building the Pastor and Darth were looking at, "maybe...I suppose...she is actually especially nice as a mother when she is not cross, but if she is cross then watch out, she can lash out, not even dad can do much to calm her."

The Pastor had been most impressed with Darth's and Helen's children. He understood they were also Lana's and Lisa-1's, but like most non Natural Telepaths, he could not quite put his head around the precise nature of the relationship between Darth and Helen, Lana, and Lisa-1.

Now as the Pastor was interacting with Sara, something in him made him imagine her smaller and lift her up and spin her about her head. Then he put her down, and then she was her usual tall size. Sensing his uncertainty as to what caused him to behave like this in his mind, Sara explained, "don't worry...its a spiritual bind between me and you...it means you don't mind if I interact with you personally, as a friend, now and then, in the spirit."

The Pastor had read much information about Life in the Spirit and had understood the religious concepts well. But most of all, it was the children of Darth and Helen, their rather sweet manner so the Pastor thought, that had appealed to him. Sara, sensing the Pastor again was stuck hiding some secret, used her will, she more softer than Helen when doing this, until the Pastor felt from the bottom of his heart, "I wish I had a telepathic child to be with...such a special feeling for an adult to look after a child."

Jim said to Sara, "I like you using your will...its not like Helen...uhm...mum...her's is like brute force..yours is quite lovely even but I still sense the power in your will."

"Thanks", Sara was so pleased she gave a curtsy to Jim. Sara sometimes had ever so much sympathy for her telepathic mother - Helen, with so many children, when it was important to her, just used her strong will like a sledge hammer to quickly resolve a situation. This had not always been like that, as Sara had explained to the Pastor.

Sara imagined herself smaller and took the Pastor's hand, and with the other hand explained not in words but in gestures that somehow convey a very complex meaning, "well...mum does have a very loving nature to her too...its just when she is cross and we, her children, I do admit we get out of hand sometimes in our world of the imagination, are a touch naughty only then does she use that brute force "do or else" approach. And we all know what "else" can mean without ever seriously experiencing the "else"."

The Pastor was more and more warming to Sara - but Sara was and was not Sara. Sara was using her will to link to any woman whom the Pastor may have met in ordinary life in the past who experienced some kind of personal connection with the Pastor. This was one of the mysteries of the spirit, how this technique worked. If there was enough such females, an image of the soul of that female would be "born" in a sense, acquire a life of its own, and would replace Sara. This is exactly what was happening, it was the women of faith in the Uniting Church who had connected or clicked with the Pastor - all it takes sometimes is one good Sermon which really interests a female listener for this to happen - that were now slowly blending into Sara's image and in a way replacing "the Sara".

When the Pastor awakened to this, and a smaller image of Sara now formed in this vision, she holding and licking an ice-cream, "the Sara" laughed softly and stood back. She pointed to little Sara, "there, a child for you, a child from your flock - not a real child exactly but in time it might be, or a woman, as a girl or woman awakens to Life in the Spirit, begins to see visions faintly, and so on."

The Pastor, his intellect perhaps as large as his heart which had setup a soup kitchen for the homeless of Sydney, quickly grasped this mystery. To the bigger Sara he said, "you are so clever, how do you know this", and he knelt on one knee before little Sara and said, "may I be your guide?"

The little Sara gave a curtsy - of course, it was "the Sara" that was using her will to make it seem the little Sara did this. It was part of a custom - certain symbols and gestures had to be learnt quickly to speed up learning this style of telepathy well.

Jim, most impressed by Sara's gentle will, said to Sara, "if I get in trouble with Helen, can I get you to tell me off using the will?"

Sara, of late defending her mother, explained, "no, only mum can allow this..but look, I recall this which Lisa showed me which she remembered, look how nice mum was when she only had Lisa and Jarah to look after.

Sara projected into their mind a memory of a telepathy interaction. Inside a house a woman holding a baby in white swaying with it. The visions ideal but real-life. Two girls walk into the house, one about eight the other about fifteen. Both wearing what looked like a school uniform. As the girls say "hey mum" and start to go upstairs, Helen calls the older one, "Jarah...can you help your father with an Islamic riddle..a few Muslim scholars have been trying to connect to our project of a combined Life in the Spirit. They seem to be stuck or fixated on some Islamic contemplative step."

The eight year old stopped at a higher step, and looked with much interest how her older telepathic sister is going to respond. Jarah turned so quickly with fire in her eyes, she wore a dark blue skirt that was wide and not that long, and as she turned abruptly the skirt flew up showing her underwear which made the eight year old cover her mouth to stop herself giggling, and Jarah replied, "excuse me...mum...I am a Muslim in ordinary life and have enough heartache by being so, I don't want to have anything to do with this project dad is fixated on." (Jarah referring to the combined Life in the Spirit group across the telepathic plane).

Sara faded this memory which Lisa had shared with her, and explained to the Pastor and Jim, "well, see how mum was, she did not overreact, she did not lock Jarah's will and use brute force to tell her to do or else, she was nice and calm and adult about the situation."

The "medicos" were of course aware of all and kept an eye on the Pastor. Sara, sensing something in one medico as the image of Jarah had been seen, flowed sharply, "excuse me....are you a medico?...I sense in you a certain interest in my sister's legs as she spun about."

Whichever the medico it was, he or she quickly faded out of telepathy rather than risking being caught in Sara's will and trying to apologize or explain to Sara his "interest" in the elegant and graceful image of Jarah and her uplifted skirt.

Then a wait, as a more concrete woman image entwined into this setting, meaning she took control of the telepathy. Any woman who had faith and had connected with one of the Pastor's sermons, could easily and very quickly begin to interact with a Life in the Spirit group - if the Uniting Church had one. It was a new Church in that sense, a blend of Baptists and Methodists and others, and may not have developed much of a tradition of Life in the Spirit. On the other hand it could be any woman from any part of the world who was a member of this church who "clicked onto" Life in the Spirit.

It took a while, Helen and Lisa-1 and Lana, all aware of this, assisting Sara who was asked to be the main "manager" of this particular interaction. Sara had also explained to the Pastor that the Natural Telepaths like she was now, had a reproduction of ordinary life with schools and shops and many things, but it was ideal type of imagery and it felt like being inside one's head and actually living another life. Sara also mentioned it felt like heaven often, just to experience such an interaction.

The Pastor was also looking for what he considered his Uniting Churches personal contribution to the combined Life in the Spirit. From the information he had come across about the Natural Telepaths and Life in the Spirit, he had very much taken the concept of the project to heart, possibly because he was much in favor of a "united" approach to the Gospels.

In any more complicated telepathy, some people will exit telepathy differently to others, and if the brain is having difficulty understanding something, their thoughts may become dominant and a mental image may form from a prior interaction. This happened now and two small characters representing two Uniting Church Pastors, cute little images, were pacing around trying to make sense of something Darth had said. In this mental imagery Darth was a little small "Casper", a white goblin looking thing. What had happened before was that a disabled man party to Life in the Spirit had attained such a strong state of faith that he was convinced if he asked Darth to heal his crippled body, it would happen. This is something the medico group had feared, and banned the combined group from trying to step up to that level of faith in their interactions. Darth had tried all kinds of explanations as to why this was unwise, but the disabled man was not convinced, literally beginning Darth in his Holy Spirit mode to heal him. It was the very Pastor from Sydney who came up with an explanation which pacified the disabled man. His explanation was that Jesus strictly forbade the Spirit of Truth which was to come, or the Holy Spirit in the Catholic way of looking at things, from performing any miracles. This pacified the disabled man and he exited telepathy without loosing his new found faith and zest for life. Darth, as Casper, was so delighted at this he pointed to the Pastor image and said, "wow...brilliant...and you have some credibility being a Pastor to assert this."

Another of the Pastor images turned to Darth and objected, "you said before he had absolute credibility with you."

Casper opened his hands wide and leant to the other figure and explained in a child-like flow, "he did...an awful lot...until he said that...but not important...at least he has some credibility now to make that claim. I don't want to know if it is true or not either, let us not pursue truth in something so wonderful."

Among this uniting group it was the Natural Telepaths who were ultimately in charge. To them, their first-born was like an Ancient God-King of Egypt. Sensing how well Darth liked that response, suddenly more pressure was put on the Pastor than he could bear to be a "politician of God" among them, and find those impossible to explain explanations. The two Pastors agreed eventually, deciding that only once could a Pastor come up with an argument of that kind, after that their credibility was "shot to pieces" really but enough was left for them to still be seen as credible. So on the one hand the Pastors decided a Life in the Spirit especially for those Uniting Church members who worked for charities was their aim, but they also agreed they will chew and ponder over those most sensitive areas when a man or woman attains too much faith and demands what to others would be a miracle. A most troubling, sensitive, and delicate issue this truly was.

Sara was helping little Sara, who by now was clear was in fact a woman who was close to the Minister in his ministry, an adult but her image that of an eight year old in the spirit, to understand more about what was happening in her head. "You see", Sara was explaining as the two in their thoughts walked together among a path through fields of wheat, "dad, that is Darth, that is my telepathic father, has the force of life inside of him...the Holy Rabbis know this, two Catholic Cardinals and some Bishops know this, the two Muslim scholars felt it...but anything else to the God of Life inside of dad is death, in relative sense, hence no one can come near him when the spirit of "the God" who is Life itself intensifies within - that is his main reason for wearing the Darth Vader suit, to magnetically block the effect of the spirit...sometimes, according to Lana, he wears it just to impress too, and Lana does not much like that."

The new woman was having problems coordinating her will. Helen, Lana, Lisa-1, all were now helping this new woman, but mostly it was the "medicos" who were helping. The interaction slow and clumsy for some time, but technical problems aside, the new Uniting Church group was now in its making.

The most important thing, as far as the "medico" core was concerned, for any new member in Life in the Spirit to appreciate is the complexity of telepathic life and much of this had nothing to do with a particular religious point of view. In time, each Life in the Spirit under the umbrella of the combined groups could develop their own individual approach to the Gospels or whichever reference source they used.

The medicos suggested that just watching some of the "family" interactions was enough to teach a person many important points about relationships and group structures across the telepathic plane. For this reason different settings were used and these were Natural Telepaths, Darth and Helen and their group simply asked to discuss a particular issue.

In a setting of the Headquarters, a large modern building very much made of glass, in a large office on the lower level, an office overlooking a nice sunny enclosed yard with white steps and small trees, the Islamic Mullah entwined an image sitting in a "director's chair" which was Lana's usual seat in her office. Lana entwined next to him, she in a white blouse and long dark skirt. These were "ideal" ordinary life images and in these Lana's figure always caught the eye simply because she had long legs, a wait slightly more narrow than most women and breasts which were slightly larger than the average. The overall impression was of a very "sexy" woman. Lana was well aware of this, and sometimes even blushed and turned aside when a man she might have been interacting with began to take more than the usual interest in her - she knew this interest may have nothing to do with her charm or personality or Islamic point of view, just that slightly unusual but most appealing natural figure which she managed to also imagine as is when forming a mental image of herself.

It had been decided that Lana and this particular Mullah would be the heads of the new Islamic Faith Path under the umbrella of the Natural Telepaths. The Mullah wise and old, very refined in the "ideals" of Islamic Law. Lana a Holy Islamic Woman, married to the Qua'ran in ordinary life, and while Islamic Law was something she had some distaste for, she felt it was appropriate for Muslims in general, with some exceptions. The different views actually worked well together.

Darth was walking around as a man, or sitting down now and then, and listening and offering suggestions.

Elisha, aged fifteen, was standing in the centre of the room, she in her usual long red dress, satin, with exposed shoulders. Elisha was Muslim in ordinary life but ever since she was adopted by Darth and Helen and learned the way of the Natural Telepaths, she did not want to confuse Islamic Life in the Spirit and the reason she almost never among them wore a traditional Islamic gown among them. But Elisha, unlike Jarah, very much liked Islamic Life in the Spirit. Helen had also spotted in Elisha at an earlier age an ability to be a fine royal representative. To Helen, Lisa while the first born and usually a perfect lady, was touch too spoiled to represent the Natural Telepaths at some functions. As Elisha stood she had her hands clasped behind, her head slightly lowered, and the Crown of Andromeda, symbolic of the Telepathic Queen or whomever had a right to wear it for a time, upon her head.

The Mullah glanced at Wahid who in his Islamic white outfit formed near a corner. He was standing against the wall, finger in his mouth thinking, one leg bent and heel digging into the wall. His focus seemed to be on Lana. The Mullah turned to Lana and quietly objected, "Lana...I don't think a young man like Wahid is...is...someone whom you want as a manager among us at a high level...he...he..."

The Mullah was rather embarrassed and paused, wondering how to explain this diplomatically, but Lana understood after glancing at Wahid and replied to the Mullah, "he is your spiritual son technically...his sin is your sin technically...your decision."

"I see and agree", the Mullah replied after some good fundamental Islamic reflection and walked to Wahid and took him aside and explained his Dilemma. Wahid took a deep breath, glanced at the Mullah, and took him aside, "yes, my fault, sure, but...no man can stop himself looking at her you now...not a young man anyway...what am I to do? If she wore a proper Islamic garment...but she rarely does. What do you want me to do?"

The Mullah, glad Wahid was not offended but took his advice, offered him some suggestions and hints.

As this was going on Sara walked in. Then the Pastor who as yet had no name among them, and a woman of the Uniting Church faith whom they called Mary for now, and the image of little Sara, formed to the side indicating the three were listening and trying to appreciate what was involved.

Sara, her ability to sense well legendary among them, instantly sensed what the Mullah was cautioning Wahid about. Sara glanced at Sara, shook her head, felt she best explain to the Pastor and Mary so she walked up to them, sat at their feet, pointed at Lana, "that mum is rather sexy in her image...and age matters little among adults..and men tend to be drawn to her tits mainly."

Elisha glanced sharply at her sister, then said softly but with a tone of much authority, "Sara, I am ashamed of you...I don't think you are mature enough to be in on us, please leave and exit telepathy."

Sara glanced sharply at Elisha but listened to her sister and walked and left the room.

Lana flowed privately to the Pastor, "did you see that? Two teenagers but can they clash...that is just two...what woman in their right would want to look after twelve of their ages? While I might be the true wife to my husband (i.e. Darth) - but Helen is such a smart mother I need her more than anyone can understand. I can cope with more than two of my daughters when they start having a go at one another - about manners, protocol, or homework even if they really want to be nasty. It is like...like...a war between two galaxies."

Jarah walked in. She wore a darker light blue long dress with white buttons, it looked very much like a uniform of some kind, perhaps the kind she was required to wear where she worked in ordinary life in an office in Cairo. A trained and skilled psychic, and Jarah was such, could easily do something in ordinary life while maintaing in the back of her head a dim vision of a telepathy interaction. If need be, she could introduce her thoughts into this. So while she was filing or sorting paperwork in ordinary life, of sitting at her desk polishing her fingernails, she could still be aware of the telepathy.

Jarah walked past Elisha standing in a most dignfied manner but saying nothing, and placed a notepad on Lana's desk. Then she saw the Mullah was in Lana's spot. She glanced at her telepathic mother (like Helen and Lisa-1, Lana was considered as one of the mums) and asked in a rather crude way, "what is he doing in your spot?"

Lana narrowed her eyes but had never had a chance at seriously reprimanding Jarah - neither Helen or Lisa-1 had, but Jarah avoided Lisa-1's reprimand because Lisa-1 used a Catholic technique which Jarah did not like much. Lana shook her head, a look in her eyes suggested to Jarah, "charming and sweet as usual, dear."

Jarah shrugged, "your funeral, not mine", she said as she passed Elisha, gave Elisha a smile, and left the room.

Elisha glanced toward the door, then came to the Pastor and Mary and the little Sara image who as yet had no name but was licking on a lollipop as she sat on the floor and watached. Elisha sat down neatly on the floor, as she did she made sure her gown was nice and tidy, and explained using a soft mellow flow, "my sister, Jarah, had never much liked Islamic Life in the Spirit...I think she does not like much Muslim men...she can across as rather rude."

"I understand", Mary replied, glancing at the Pastor. She had already made up her mind to form a team with the Pastor to achieve the objectives he had in mind. She while knew and still not clear in the head what she was experiencing, was also starting to clearly appreciate the difficulty and challenge of putting together a "united front" Life in the Spirit group.

Then the Pastor and Mary became aware of another setting. Inside a house Darth as a man was sitting next to an especially attractive young girl and talking to her about "strangers". The girl listened patiently but was clearly annoyed. Eventually she said, "yes, dad, I will be careful when walking alone anywhere. She gave her telepathic father a kiss on the cheek and began to walk upstairs when she was called by Helen who was sitting in the kitchen listening to this father-daughter talk. Amy came, sat down neatly on a chair. Helen looked up, said matter of fact, "love...your father might be asking you...but I telling you...do or else..the mother who has control over your thoughts in this way, is a more terrfiying mother if you don't listen to good and genuine and sincere advice, than your mother in ordinary who at best just sends you to your room. You know already that while only thirteen you are especially attrative to boys and men." Helen paused, forcing the child's will, until Amy now had it set in her will the commands her telepathic father asked her to follow, commands such as not to walk alone at night or across a park regularly from school, to change her route if she has to walk alone from school, and to close the bathroom door when she has a shower, and things of this nature."

The setting focused on the office again. This time twelve year old Lisa formed, and instantly entwined the Crown of Andromeda on her head. Elisha took a step back as the crown faded. Lisa stood on the spot, swayed a touch, looked around at who was present, then read out from a notebook, "listen...all...I will explain this once and for all because I have asked my special team, I can command all our kind but no need for this, to explain clearly one thing. The true husband and wife of the faith is Darth and Helen, my telepathic dad and mum. Now, it is so that all other things being equal, had dad met the three women, Helen, Lisa-1, and Lana, now, he would probably ask Lana to marry him cause they get along as friends very well and have this chemistry...but father already has so many telepathic children by Helen that no one seriosuly thinks the will of God in this regard is not clear...I can Lisa-1 mum often, and Lana, out of respect, and I listen to them, but ultimately even I as the first-born only...only..."

Here Lisa hesitated, swayed, trying to find the right words on her own, then she flowed a deep feeling, "respect my mother Helen more than any other."

Lisa, slightly embarrassed by this secret she had suppressed for so long, turned to Elisha, "may I leave, your Highness?"

Elisha was taken by suprise but nodded and the Crown of Andromeda formed on her head while Lisa faded from the setting.

In the meantime the Islamic scholar who had been asked by Lana to form the strongest Islamic Holy Lock known, equivalent to a Rabbinic Lock or Catholic Holy Marriage bind between a man and a woman, suddenly imagined himself outside with Lana, who gave a curtsy and explained, "my Lord is One and in my telepathic husband I know him...sorry...you may think I am an Islamic Holy Woman and I am in a strict sense, but I have seen the power and majesty of the allmighty in the spirit of my telepathic husband...my holy marriage vow is to him alone...in my view most of our, I consider them mine too, of these telepathic children are spoilt and brats often enough but no woman can cope with such numbers of intelligent children so I don't blame Helen and I will share her burden." Then she made a bow, it seemed she rotated briefly in every direction in the image, and then a cross like made of lightning formed from her forehead and seemed to cross a barrier of time and space and locked into Darth's mind. On his finger a golden wedding ring formed."

As the imagery settled down Lana explained to the Mullah, "you see...the strongest lock you know...has no power over the Son of Man...listen to him, make you own decisions, but please work with me as a partner."

"I do", the Mullah understood what he considered a "miracle" and simply made a bow to Lana.

Darth was impressed but annoyed at what Lana had said about the children. He locked Helen's mind, and as they walked in the field he was objecting, "why did Lana say this? I have heard this before, as rumours, but explain to me how our children are brats or spoiled."

Helen locked his will, waited until he himself understood the reason he felt was the truth, and from his heart a feeling flowed explaining, "because I want them all to be individuals and encourage that."

Helen mused, turned to him, put her arms around his neck, flowing gently, "yes, dear, that is the reason, but I tend to agree with you...would have been much easier to brainwash them and tell them to behave or else...but no, your way is actually rather sweet if most difficult for a mother to cope with often enough when as individuals they clash. Look at Amy. You gave her such warm lovely fatherly advice and she knew it, even though both of you were a touch embarrassed, but she refused to accept it from you easily because she felt she knew all these things already."

The Pastor sensed he and Mary wanted to have some more insights into how Helen and Lisa especially talked things over when Lisa was younger. An Australian Amy medico, keeping an eye on all going on, recalled a situation which might show Lisa was not always such a "lady" as everyone seems to think. It was when Lisa was about eight. He then recalled the situation very vividly. It was like a camera moving in on different scenes as he projected this to the group. Darth as a man was sitting outside a large white oval building which was the White House as it was known among them, a place for official functions the groups organized. Inside a large hall, the images real-life but ideal and smaller than real-life, Helen in a black gown with silver specks, her blondish hair neatly flowing down, on her head the magical Crown of Andromeda, was standing talking to two Jewish women. Lisa in her usual yellow kind of old-fashioned dress was holding onto her mother's dress when she noticed a Muslim Mullah in a white outfit. For some reason Lisa took an instant dislike, walked to him, formed the Crown of Andromeda on her head, commanded to of the Black Guards to entwine and commanded the "false prophet" was to be escorted out. Instantly Helen realized what happened and tried to block Lisa's command but to no avail because she as the first-born could only be blocked by her telepathic father. Helen forced Darth to block the command, the image froze, then Darth realizing what happened negated Lisa's command and the Crown of Andromeda formed on Helen's head again. Helen came over, was very cross, took Lisa's hand, dismissed the Black Guards, was most apologetic to the Mullah, "I am ever so sorry...I don't know what to say...I will find a way to apologize but first I and my daughter need to go to the bedroom and have a long talk."

Darth by now had walked in. Helen marched off with Lisa who looked liked she was being dragged by the hand. In passing she gave this look to her father which conveyed, "why are you letting her do this?" In the bedroom which was at the back of the grand hall Helen made Lisa sit on a single bed, and said softly, "love, what is it? What harm has that man done to you? And you are Princess, born to command, don't waste your time just to show off."

Lisa was refusing to look at her mother so Helen gently lifted her chin, flowing using a mother love flow, "love...let's be friends...your father wants this of me and you...you know he does...please find a way to apologize to the Mullah."

After a while Lisa gave in, felt a tear swell, gave her mother a hug. The two walked back. Lisa saw Lana sitting at a table and came to her. At that time Lana was not married to Darth so Lisa understood her as an auntie. Lisa sat down, explained the situation most sensibly, and she and Lana came up with a way to apologize. Lisa, thinking she knew how now, walked to Helen and stood meekly (still feeling upset about being told off) with head lowered and asked if she could wear the Crown of Andromeda to make the apology. Helen leant, smiled, lifted her daughter's head, "love, you are the first-born, you don't ask for your crown with eyes lowered, you look me in the face." Lisa lifted her head and the crown formed on Lisa and faded from Helen's head.

Then the medico projected into the mind of the Pastor and Mary two different Natural Telepaths and their daughter who was about eight. In their mind the Pastor could see a house and a woman and man walk with an eleven year old with a white notepad. She rushed in a huff to the table and tossed it down hard, turned to her mother, "mum...this is stupid...those idiot telepathy groups think the Army is just imaginary, not real force across the telepathic plane."

The man and woman exchanged glances. The man walked to the kitchen to find something in the refrigerator while the woman in military uniform sat down next to her daughter. "Let's see, Ami...what are our orders about this." The word "order" instantly interested the eleven year old. She and her mother began talking about this in the context of orders and eventually the child decided, "that's true...I will order myself not to get annoyed with that particular telepathy group." The woman gave the child a hug then walked to where her husband was, and she flowed gently to him, "this is funny...we can discipline our daughter by reasoning with her, she loves order so much if she is sure an order covers a situation, she orders herself to behave."

The imagery faded. The medico was trying to explain to the Pastor that most Natural Telepath parents, but this was true of parents in Life in the Spirit, had their own way of teaching their children. The very tough will technique that they had seen shown with Jim was the most common except it was the last resort and usually mind - its just with Helen and so many children she had grown used to using a "brute force" technique sometimes with her own.

Another memory the medico showed the Pastor was of the time that Lana clashed with Harla who was only a few days "old" in the sense of knowing she was psychic child and using telepathy. In a large room Harla, who had already taken to Darth, was explaining something while Lana sat on the bed, her rather lonh sensual legs almost completely exposed because of the brief short skirt she wore. Harla was saying something then turned to Lana, sensing Lana wanted her to stop. "I don't want to stop", Harla replied and continued only to hear Lana clap her hands. Instantly the child froze, the turned to Lana and walked to her, "mum, that hurts!"

"Yes, so does what you are saying about your ordinary life parents", Lana replied. Lana had already put into place a technique by which one of Darth's, and since also becoming a wife she accepted all as her own, would respond and listen to her if it was very important.

The medico continued showing the Pastor and Mary a great many images, from Jewish to Catholic way of looking after children, stressing the variations were perhaps as many as in ordinary life.

All this time the Pastor realized Darth had only one objective and at this point in time he was keeping attune to how the Pastor and Mary and their new daughter whom they name Elie, were coping with telepathy and "in the spirit" visions. From time to time Darth would focus faith so strongly the Pastor almost fainted from sensing faith so strong. Then Darth would shift the setting to a Catholic will setting. In it Lisa in a light yellow and green dress, her light brown hair tied at the back, was with Sandra and appeared to be measuring her in the manner a dressmaker might. Darth imagined being at the table with the Pastor and Mary. This style of telepathy super strong, almost like being in the house. "Welcome to the house of God", Darth said to the Pastor then turned to Lisa-1, "what are you two doing?"

Lisa-1 and Sandra mused, came to the table, sat down, introduced themselves more formally to the Pastor and Mary. Lisa-1 explained, "I am measuring a woman", she glanced at Sandra, "who I approve as the other part of me, the flesh, the will, of a wife of the faith. She measures well."

Darth, for a moment thinking she is talking about her female figure, said, "I could have told you that, she has a great figure."

The two women exchanged glances, puzzled, then Lisa-1 who knew her telepathic brother (its how she often thought of him) hit him gently on the arm, "no, dear, it was a symbolic measurement...I was...testing...Sandra's ability to cope with a Catholic man with faith as strong as yours, love. Kara couldn't in the end, few women can withstand that power of faith in a man - in that regard Catholic women tend to think men are naive, in fact it is the other way around. I feel Sandra can."

Mary, now starting to take an interest and sensing she could introduce thoughts into this setting, asked Darth, "but do Catholics really use sex to consummate a Faith Marriage as I learnt about it. Surely that is still adultery."

Darth froze, refused to say one word, his mind completely silenced. Sandra was puzzled also. Lisa-1 explained delicately, "the golden law, and it is a law, that no Catholic Faith Marriage talks about adultery else a Catholic pit results, an experience that causes such an imbalance between the left and right side of the brain that it feels like living hell for a week or more. Men and women avoid anything to do with discussing adultery. Traditional reason, I guess, but it is a fear all Faith Marriages have."

"Sorry", Mary shuddered at the thought, recalling a spiritual experience in her life which might have been a taste of what Lisa meant.

Sandra explained something to the Pastor, "when he is among his own, the power of his faith breaches Golden Faith which is the highest faith a Catholic Religious (i.e. celibate Priest or Sister usually), attained by reflection on contemplation on the most deep mysteries such as the words of Jesus, "father, why have you deserted me". Darth ability to pass this is impossible for them to understand. This is the reason no Catholic woman of faith in the know is willing, and there are many eligible "singles" in their sense of that word, and wants to risk forming a closer bond with him. Kara came close, not altogether out of the picture. I on the other hand am a Muslim and while I sense something special, perhaps holy, about him", she pointed to Darth, "I don't have much of an idea what this Catholic Golden Faith is and why all are struck beyond belief when they come across Darth and he forces his faith deeper. In a sense I more than simply a virgin in the Catholic sense", Sandra said then leant toward Mary who failed to appreciate what this meant, "it means a woman who is a celibate or has only ever had sex with one partner, usually her husband, or a man like Darth in the same position", she pointed to Darth, "this one virgin in this sense automatically senses in the spirit about another. But, in my case, I am also a virgin in another sense, not being Catholic in ordinary life, but a Muslim."

Sandra stood and took Darth's hand and led him into the next room. They sat on the lounge, on her head a silver crown formed, symbolic of a force of "sanctity" now binding them. She leant against him. "Sweetheat, you and I are two individuals on a spiritual journey to what I believe is a Catholic heaven. Islam has one, so I am told, but it is the man who is the dominant in faith, the woman dominant in will, so I automatically become a Catholic wife of the faith at the will level. Do we need to explain this to our Islamic Life in the Spirit group?"

"The telepathy, these visions, at the Catholic will level", Darth replied, "are so strong that Helen and Lana fade from my memory. Not so much Lisa-1 because she blends with you through a mystery."

"Well", Sandra snuggled even closer, "that is how it ought to be...in the spirit they are your partners in the will of God...I will learn the Catholic jargon...uhm...in the divine plan...at the will level its me and you, will be, trust me, depend on me, I don't have...the..problem...uhm...other women might have in regards to consummation, I have my reasons, however that Catholic hypothetical turns out, it is fine with me. Answer my question please?"

Darth hesitated, not sure what the question was. Sandra suppressed or blocked his curiousity until he could hear a flow from her heart, "will you love me?"

Darth sensed by that she meant the Islamic Life in the Spirit group the Natural Telepaths had put together. Darth replied with a certain sadness, "you don't want me to do that...the Holy Spirit can suffocate love...but I will..."

Darth did not finish because Sandra put her lips to hers and kissed him for a long time then said, "wow...the perfect answer!"

They walked back, this time others formed in the setting, real-life images. Darth saw Lisa but perhaps was not at a most pleasant mood. He turned to her, "Lisa, its late at night in Australia, that is where you are, why aren't you asleep?"

"Sorry, father", Lisa replied and gave a curtsy and faded out. Sandra had to suppress a smile. The only time Lisa called Darth "father" and not "dad" when was annoyed with him, in this case for insisting she goes to sleep and does not play the telepathy in her mind. Sara, who had also entwined, also put her hand to her mouth, she too amused how Lisa reacted calling her "dad" whom she truly adored as "father".

Darth sat down. Sara had formed standing near so he put her arm around her and brough her closer. She kind of leant against him. "Can you cope with a woman who..who...is not exactly a Catholic but seems to have mastered how a CAtholic woman of faith is in these Catholic will settings?"

Sara glanced at Sandra then shrugged, conveying she was not certain.

Lisa-1 glared at Sara. "You trusted Kara for a long time, why not Sandra?"

Sara, instead of replying, whispered into Darth's ear, "can I go to sleep too father?"

The way she said "father" made Darth laugh, Sara rarely used that word except as a formality or respect honour.

"Sure", he replied. Sara gave him a kiss on the cheek, made a curtsy to Sandra, and faded out of the setting. As she did, a new image formed ever so strongly, a woman in what might be a position a Buddhist monk in thanksgiving might use. Darth glanced, "who are you? We are busy...we have so many angels now we don't know what to do cause we are lacking a management team...so if you want to volunteer to be a manager, by all means, else go away."

Sandra was most shocked by what Darth said and how he said it. Lisa-1 explained to Sandra, "I know, Muslims welcome all, so do Catholics really, but your new husband is a most particular servant of the Most High...those of no use to him, no matter how holy, he prefers to avoid, then its less confusion."

The will setting began to fade as a Buddhist (or Hindu, imagery only faith) caused a recall of a Hindu Temple in India to which Darth had been to. Then a recall of one in Australian in which Darth had to deliver a parcel. The a memory of a gardner he saw there, then a wait while the telepathy coordinated and a man, but image faint, asked, "is there a place for glory among your angels for one who is not after worshiping idols anymore?"

The imagery became stronger. The man in the image of the gardner Darth had spotted, stood while DArth walked around him, and he asked, "blow this Temple up."

"If you insist", came the reply after a while.

"You will do", Darth replied, "harm no one with your deeds or thoughts. Keep an eye on premises such as these if you are a gardner and report anything suspicious. The seal of the Prince of Peace is now upon you. This is your Catholic key, reflect, contemplate, when you solve the riddle we meet again using telepathy of this kind.

The setting in Kara's house returned. Darth took Sandra into the lounge room again, explained what happened, "your mission, should you choose to accept it...is to keep an eye on those who bind to me but are willing to do anything...those I don't want...at some levels, I think if I told a person to do something awful they just might...those I don't need near me or our Life in the Spirit groups."

Sandra pondered, "All right, I will define what is awful and keep a watchful eye...our new Islamic Life in the Spirit group...apparently its mine if I consummate the marriage properly, Islam is no fool, and is pressuring me in such subtle ways I am almost upset by my own. Suddenly the possibility of me having to make love to you is nothing to them, I am aghast!, suddenly they will do much to form a friendship with the Natural Telepaths. They might even be persuaded to worship the Devil if the right person comes along...your hold is complete over many Life in the Spirit groups, but what are you really like as a man? You can probably command them to do anything."

Then a spiritual image, Darth as a man, Sandra as a woman, an image made of dots, the figures small but ever so elegant. Darth looking down a mountain, saying to Sandra, "any man or woman who does not understand what the temptation of Jesus on the mountain was, I don't want, cause they are unpredictable. Jesus was about Peace, so am I, but I have a plan how to achieve this...and by peace I mean peace among those who are hungry, those who lack shelter, those whose children die from starvation...the wealthy had their chance, now its the turn of the poor."

Sandra, in the image in a dark long dress, paced about, fascinated by the power and dignity and spiritual sense in these Catholic images. "Yes, well...no one can on their own change much in the world...I agree we need a team, a management team, to guide our Islamic Life in the Spirit groups...else they can be capable of anything...so while Kara as wife of the faith, so Lisa-1 explained, would insist you stick to tradition, the cross-over principle, I will allow this also on the condition we do not forsake the infants in this much wider and deeper telepathy modes, the Islamic Life in the Spirit."

"Agreed", Darth replied. For a moment an image which looked like Satan formed in the setting, and coming from the chasm. Darth mused, Sandra asked what was so funny, he explained it was a Jewish Rabbi who somehow had worked out how to break into this particular Catholic faith image. Sandra stepped closer to Darth. The looming figure of Satan became large and dominating, and a flow so evil in a sense, "if you are a Holy Spirit, command these stones turn to sand."

"Bah", Darth replied, understanding the riddle, "only those who hunger have a right to see miracles...none other...are you hungry?"

Sandra put her hand on Darth's arm, waited, curious. The Satan image turned into a man and stood near them, the Rabbi thinking, "hmm....yeah....all right, a brilliant divine plan...I sign up to your combine groups as manager at the will level...if your lady approves?" He pointed to Sandra who smiled, gave a graceful bow, allowing the Rabbi to assume temporaty responsibility to the combined Life in the Spirit groups.

As the man faded and the Catholic will setting returned, Darth whispered to Sandra, "if anyone is a Holy Spirit I put my bet on that Rabbi...no idea how he can break through Catholic faith imagery like that...strength of Abraham my guess."

In the setting Sandra wanted to be alone with Darth, deciding it was time they made love at the will level. The Catholic Faith Marriage Faith Path to whom she was connected in the spirit explained it is a powerful effect on a man and a man can become unmanageable if a woman holds this will too long and does not go through with love. Lisa-1 understood, so did the few others who had entwined an image, and faded. The Pastor now quite capable of working in his mind with such telepathy, came to Darth and Sandra, "why do I sense the child Sara is an Australian?"

"She is", Darth replied, "but she has a friend in Israel who is like as one with her...its the way Jewish Life in the Spirit teach their own...the one in Israel is the stronger...the one in Australia is getting stronger...but that is something you ought to bear in mind...the moment a man or woman realizes they are seriously interacting with a child, all concerns of poverty and wars and whatever go out the window, the man and woman automatically concern themselves with the well being of that child. Maybe that was a safety net Jesus designed into Life in the Spirit, so it does not go to our heads. Whatever the reason, as Lisa and Sara are becoming more real...I am less and less interested in any big plans of any kind, just an immediate Catholic family."

"I understand", the Pastor replied to Darth and turned to Sandra, "but it would be a shame to loose him to a simple project such as a family in the spirit at the will level."

"Simple?", Sandra raised an eyebrow, "but I know what you mean and I will make sure he has time for other things."

The Pastor faded. Sandra gave Darth a stern look the walked to the lounge, and imagined switching the television on and watching. Darth came over, puzzled, sat down, "where is the sexy outfit?"

She smiled, leant against him, "where is the man who I can feel I can relate to, make love to even?"

"At the moment about twenty mental settings, complex telepathy", Darth replied, "so my mind is not that..that..focused on you."

"Ah", Sandra imagined a switch and switched the set off and turned to him, "so you want a quickie at this will level? I want to make love...not just sex...but I don't want a man who might be....dreaming...of twenty other women in his head."

"I wish...most are miliatary groups and not sexy at all", Darth replied.

"I am serious", Sandra toyed with a button of his shirt, "once we male love at this will level...nothing stops us going to the next level...I don't care about world order...who cares?...but I do care about this type of marriage I discovered."

Darth reached for the small table, took up the remote control, switched the television on, "all right...I will close these other mental images...they can sort that out without me...but it will take a few hours for my spirit to settle down.'

"I have time, I will make you something to eat", she replied as she stood up and went to the kitchen. Why eating was necessary at this level, in these imaginary settings, this no one knew, but somehow after a longer interaction in the mind people got hungry and needed to imagine eating.

As Sandra was preparing a meal, she was also helping to block telepathy that Darth was accidentally connecting to. After a while she asked, "trust me yet that I can be a helper, an angel, a friend, to a man who...who...can be so human at the same time as divine in his deeds from Saints point of view?"

"A friend of Jesus you mean? A Catholic in the spirit", Darth replied, and after some reflection said, "yes, you are very good at this, clever, your heart is in the right place..what if in ordinary life you don't find me particularly appealing? I am guessing who you are, I don't know for certain."

Sandra returned with a plate of snacks, put these on the coffee table, made Darth lean back and she leant against him, as she did she began to undo a button on his shirt, "I will take a chance...I don't sense I will be disappointed...I sense your body responds to mine in a sexual way so I don't think you will. What else matters the first time?"

The Pastor was still aware of all of this. If Darth and Sandra began some kind of sexual embrace, the telepathy would have faded from his mind, but as it is he felt Darth holding him through a bond of steel, of faith. In the end the Pastor managed to imagine being in his house with a man and asking Darth, "why hold on to me so strongly."

Darth leant forward, "the others don't need me...the spirit of God had formed in them in accordance with their capability...the real spirit...its power beyond explanation...but you my humble friend have not yet made the quantum leap from a human belief system, as strong as it can be, to the majesty and grace of Faith. That's the reason. Until you, your Soul in heaven rests while you struggle with me in a sense, and I struggle with a Man."

"I understand, thank you", the Pastor gave an appreciative nod, "God will thank you one day."

Darth quickly closed this image and was now with Sandra again. Sandra sensed he was restraining something like laughter. She sensed he was using a superhuman effort to restrain this. She puzzled, forced him to reveal his amusement, she rubbing his heart gently until the truth flowed from him, "I don't want my Father to thank me...I don't want him to know anything about life on this planet...it is a disaster from an evolution point of view...in fact, if I have to spend a million years avoiding him, just in case he asks about Earth, I just might. I wish mortals did not try to understand a Servant of God."

Sandra sat up, gave him a strange look, shook a finger, "stop that...your religious humour is so much of a blasphemy to Islam...how am I going to invite some of our scholars to dinner, in this setting, if you start talking nonsense?"

Darth was about to protest "what nosense!" but Sandra put a finger on his lips and shook her head, saying sternly, "I don't wish to know the depths of God, or his own, only you as a man to who I will marry at the will level. Lisa and Sandra need you and need a Catholic mother at the will level. Other girls are almost individual and will also entwine here, as will Jim and Adam. They don't need a crazy father at this level...they might think that...if you start talking like that."

"Yes, dear", Darth replied, most impressed by how Sandra had worded that and her determined flow.

Sandra relaxed, sensing in Darth a most normal man. She asked, "say a prayer with me before we make love?"

"All right", Darth was thinking of the way Catholics do it. Sandra sensed this, shook her head, "no, Allah's way, I will show you...in public when we have guests I will honor the Catholic convention, but in private I expect you to honor some of what I believe and practice."

She leant against him, he caressed her then said, "depends...how sexy a nightgown will you wear?"

Sandra gave him a look of a woman totally frustrated with a man, "just wait...when we are more intimate...I think you will behave...at this point in time you still think I will chicken out...sorry...I have passed the point of no return, you know why, the force of sancity binds me to you...I can be...I suppose...a pain to my husband in ordinary life if he...if he...if gives me the shits...I know you are not as strong as he, dear, watch it, a wife is a wife." (by strong Sandra meant a man who can contend with a woman determined to work things out and yet has deep respect and love for a man.)