CHOOSING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE BIRTH (cont.)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 9 (cont.)

I was sipping a glass of wine, when another young man came forward. His name was Charles Albert and he was fairly short but very handsome. He had pitch-black hair and big brown eyes with long lashes. He was dressed in a Navy dress uniform and told me that he would be in the Navy when he found me. Then he led me out to the floor to dance; he was very graceful and whisked me about the floor with wonderful rhythm.

"Ann," he said, "I am to be the father of your six children as you chose me to be. We have a fairly hard life before us as I will not make a great deal of money; however I will take two jobs when that happens, and we will raise some beautiful children. There will be things happen in our marriage that I am not proud of, but I will always love only you. Can you accept me as a husband and forgive my flaws? We will not be married forever, but can you overlook my weaknesses and accept me as your husband and the father of our children?"

"Well, Charles, what you say does concern me, but this new life game is going to have many challenges and I have already given my word to you. I will be true to you and bear your children, and I will love you all of your life; so yes, to all you've asked of me.

"Now, will you please take me back to my table, I have a lot of thnking to do."

Charles was so handsome and so innocent looking that I forgave him for any misunderstandings. He was, after all, the only husband that I would ever know, and he was the father of my wonderful children. He kissed my hand and said good-bye tenderly.

I sat down at the table and I felt slightly stunned. Glenna took my hand and said for me not to worry that there was a great deal more for me to see and experience on this night.

At that point, a very pleasant young man came up to me and asked me to dance. He told me that he was my third relationship and that it would be a very short but passionate relationship. He said that his name was Phil and that he would ask me to marry him but that I would turn him down rather harshly. He said that he would be in pain for some time after that.

"Phil," I said, as we waltzed around the room, "I do not choose to hurt you and I am so sorry if I do, you seem like a wonderful young man, and I would think that I would be able to see all of your fine points, but Phil, I will have five children to raise and I think that would be an awful burden on you."

Phil said that he had met all of my children and that he would have no problem raising them. Then I gently hugged Phil and told him that it would not be fair to him because I could never give him a child of his own. Then Phil gently glided me up to my table and we said a sad good-bye.

This dance was becoming very painful. I looked at my dance card and realized that there were still five other men who had asked me to dance; the last a surprise. Surely I wouldn't have five more relationships. That didn't seem to fit with what I thought my plan was; a simple plan I had thought I had.

A young man with long hair tied back with a ribbon approached the table next. He introduced himself as Burton, and said that he was a well known artist and that he would meet me in his old age. He took me out onto the floor and he was really a magnificent dancer, so light on his feet. He told me that we would know each other for a very short time, indeed that I would be his last relationship on Earth. He promised to teach me to paint, and that we would have a short but passionate affair. I thought to myself, my word, I sure do seem to get around a lot considering my goals for my life on Earth. Then I told Burton that I would love to have him for a teacher, and we would see where things led from there.

Burton then danced me to my table, bowed, and left me to my thoughts. Which were, man, things are getting interesting; do I even know myself?

I had hardly had these thoughts when a thick-set, shorter man came up to the table and demanded that I dance with him. I looked at him as if he were crazy and told him that he had a lot of nerve demanding anything of me. He asserted that he had signed my dance card and that that gave him a right to dance with me. All right I said, but this is going to be a short dance.

He rather stiffly took me onto the floor and danced in a perfuntory manner. Then he said, "You are going to marry me. I have a lot of money and property and I will be able to give you a lot of things, including peace and stability. You will meet me when I am very much older than you. You will need money to feed and clothe your children. You will be desperate, and I will sense that and take advantage of your desperate need. I will give you all that you need, but under my direction. Your children will be well taken care of and they can go abroad for schooling and experiencing life. You will choose me because you need me and my money."

To fight for time, I asked what his name was, he hadn't even introduced himself. He said that his name was Ben, and that I would be his.

I asked him to take me back to my table. I told him that I could not choose him ever; not with his rudeness and pushiness. Certainly, I would never marry him.

He took me back to my table with an air of absolute confidence, patted me on the behind, and said don't worry, you will marry me. Then he stalked haughtily away.

I got up and went to the punch bowl and filled my goblet up to the brim, then went back to the table and Glenna.

Tomorrow we conclude Chapter 9 with an answer to the "surprise"...

CHOOSING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE BIRTH

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 9...

The next building we came to, was a large, rectangular building with a Turquoise roof. In large gold letters over the entrance was a sign that said, House of Relationships. Glenna opened the door and we entered a large entry hall.

A huge archway had a sign above it that said, "The Heaven on Earth Ball." We could hear the music of a Chopin Polonaise. The windows along the sides of the entry hall were covered with white satin drapes. There were signs leading the way to both male and female dressing rooms.

I glanced over to Glenna where she was speaking to a hostess, and when she had finished, she told me to come with her for a great surprise. We walked down to the dressing room that had the name "Ann" on it, and entered the room.

Inside the dressing room was a mannequin wearing a beautiful red velvet ball gown.

"This is your ball gown, and you are about to go to a very special dance. During this dance you will be meeting several men who would like to have a relationship with you in  your new life game. You may accept, reject, or not-consider-until-later any or all of their proposals. You will have a grand time, so remember to just relax and let the spirit lead you, as you enjoy the dance," said Glenna.

With that said, Glenna helped me into the red velvet gown that had little golden bells around the hem. My shoes were covered in red velvet with diamond studs glittering in a lovely flower pattern. There was a diamond necklace at my throat, diamond drop earrings, a diamond bracelet on my left wrist, and a diamond and ruby ring on my right hand. Glenna fixed my hair and we were all ready for a night on the town.

When we were dressed, we went out into the entry hall again, and stepped into the ballroom itself. There were crystal chandeliers in a star pattern across the ceiling of the room. Red velvet curtains hung at all the windows; everywhere were immense bouquets of red and white roses. The tables were round and covered in white linen; crystal goblets, silver service, and white linen napkins adorned each table. We found a table with our names on it and found that we would be joined by three other women and their guides.

We took our seats and took in all of the beautiful sights, and listened closely to the Chopin that the large orchestra was playing.

There seemed to be several hundred people at the Ball, and as we all sat at all of our tables, several young men came by and signed the dance cards of the women they wanted to dance with. Eight young men, including Charles Albert, came and signed my card and asked me to dance with them, one of the men signed, "I am a surprise," but no Ed appeared. I responded that I would gladly dance with them.

Waiters came by with china plates to use for the buffet, filled our goblets with water, and made sure that we had all that we needed.

There was a fountain of wine, and one of pomegranate juice; there was also a huge bowl of punch. On the buffet table, which was thirty feet long, were all kinds of fruits and vegetables cut into little flowers and little animals. There were immense trays of breads and cheeses, and many types of dips and sauces. There were two large bowls of mixed nuts and trays of rich, dark chocolate. A huge cake stood in the middle of the table festooned in red and white roses, and crystal ornaments. At the end of each side of the buffet table were ice sculptures of Cupid with his bows and arrows.

It was all so beautiful that it took your breath away.

When the waiters had finished serving us, we all got up and made our way to the buffet table where we filled our plates with the abundant food. I also stopped at the wine fountain and filled my goblet.

The ladies at our table began to tell us of their experiences in planning their new life games. Everyone seemed content with the choices they had made so far.

After dinner, the noise level in the room quieted down, and the orchestra began playing Strauss waltzes. We all looked around and wondered what would happen next. Then a tall, large young man with blonde hair and blue eyes came up to me and said he had the first dance, and would I dance with him.

He helped me with my chair and soon I was waltzing in his arms. He said that his name was Herbert and that he would like to be my boyfriend during Junior and Senior High Schools. He promised me that he would always be honorable and protect my virtue for those five years. Something about the gallantry in his eyes moved me very much. I felt that I could trust him implicitly. I reached up and kissed his cheek, and told him that I would be honored to have him as a steady boyfriend for our Junior and Senior years of High School. He told me I had made him very happy, and then escorted me back to my table.

Tomorrow, more men come out of the woodwork to dance with me. Is HE the one??...

CHOOSING YOUR PARENTS BEFORE BIRTH (conclusion)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter Eight...

"Oh, yes, Glenna, I am very happy, thank you."

"Well then, let's get up and go to the Tapestry Room, I think you're really going to like it there."

So I arose and we left the wonderful little room and walked down a short hallway to a door with a sign over it that said Tapestry Room. We entered the room and saw a beautiful large tapestry on a giant loom. It seemed to be in the middle of the creation process; many people were involved with intertwining bright threads of brilliant colors.

"Wow, Glenna that is a beautiful tapestry! Who do you suppose owns such a beautiful tapestry!"

"Well, Ann, that is the tapestry of your genealogy, made up of all the points that your different families bring to it. You will notice, while you are on Earth, that there seem to be many 'coincidences' between all of the three families that make up your and your relative's lives. There is no such thing as a coincidence, what you will be observing is the outcome of the choices you are making right now."

"You say three families, Glenna? How three? I only have my two families that I chose."

"Well, Ann, you chose Charles Albert to be your husband, and the family you are going to create-a fourth family out of three-will also be made up of his family. Just think a moment and you will realize that when you marry you are accepting his family into your genealogy. It takes all three families to create the children that you will bear; your fourth family."

"Wow again! This is a lot to absorb, but such a wonderful plan. Can you tell me of some of the coincidences?"

So Glenna told me these stories: Shirley Loretta and Albert Martin, Charles' father, will be born ten miles apart in little towns in South Dakota. During the war, both Ralph and Albert will be enlisted in the Army; Ralph will be stationed in Iowa, where Albert has a home, and Albert in  El Cajon, which is on the outskirts of San Diego, where daddy has a home. Both Shirley's grandparents and Beverly's-Charles' mother-grandparents were early settlers of Iowa. Lee was born in Washington State, and so was your son, Charlie, as well as two of your grandchildren. Furthermore, you were conceived in the State of Washington, and your mother-Shirley-was sent from her home there-in Walla Walla-to live in San Diego. The 'coincidences' will seem to go on forever as you live your life on Earth. Do you need me to go any further?"

"No. Glenna, I get the idea, it is all so fascinating! It makes me think that I have been making good choices."

"Well, that's good. When you see so many 'coincidences' in families that join together, you have a pretty good idea that the families have been created well, and are meant to be.

"Now, let's return to the first room, the hall with the tree in it, and I will be able to tell you about some of the ancestors you are going to be related to."

We left the Tapestry Room and walked down the hall and into the entrance room. When we got there, we went up to the hologram of an oak tree and found it to be very different from the tree we had originally seen.

The tree had the scroll with my name on it, but now all of the boughs of the tree had scrolls that were covered in names.

I read, Ralph Warren and Lucile Harriet as my parents, and as my grandparents there were Charley Warren and Gertrude Roseanne, Ralph's parents, and Walter Mac and Pansy Berle, Lucile's parents. Glenna told me that Charley Warren's parents had come from Sweden, and that Gertrude Roseann's family included a first-cousin relationship to the Younger Brothers and the Dalton Boys, and a less direct cousinship to Frank and Jesse James. Walter Mac had come to the U.S. from Canada, and one of his grandparents had signed the Articles of Confederation. On Pansy Berle's side, there were ancestors from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, grandparents who had fought for sanity during the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and a grandfather who had spent the winter at Valley Forge with General George Washington.

Then a curious thing happened, the first oak tree disappeared and a second oak tree appeared in its place, with my name on the trunk of the tree. This time I read, Daniel Lee and Shirley Loretta as my parents. As my grandparents I read James Lee and Margaret Jones. James Lee and Margaret Jones were first generation Americans who came from Derbyshire, England. On Shirley Loretta's side were grandparents who had helped settle the State of Iowa, the Block's and the Shepherd's. The Shepherd's were originally from England and Scotland, and the Block's were German Jews.

I asked Glenna why there were two trees instead of one like most people have, and she explained to me that the first tree was my dominant side, as I had chosen them to be my parents, but that the second tree was also necessary because my physical ties were to them. I was, she said, a child of very mixed heritage; of very rich heritage.

When I had memorized my genealogy, which Glenna said was not at all necessary at this time, but which I felt compelled to do, Glenna said it was time to go on to our next experience which was the House of Relationships (relativity, joked Glenna).

We left the Genealogy Building and set off for the House of Relationships.

(Where you come from is not as important as what you send forth.)

Tomorrow we will explore: Do we choose all of our personal relationships before we are born?...

CHOOSING YOUR PARENTS BEFORE BIRTH (cont.)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell..Chapter 8...

I focused on calling my father. I was oblivios to my body, all there was in me was a drive and a focus to find out who my father was.

The bed gently swayed and the music led me up several levels to a point where all the world was laid out before me and I could see all the people in their daily lives. "Father, Father!" I cried. Then I let my mnd go entirely free and I could hear in the distance a name, Ralph, Ralph, floating up to my ears, and my heart was struck with love; a pure love so intense that my mind fell to its knees in awe.

A soft voice spoke, "Use your powers and put yourself where your father is, and converse with him telepathically; when you are on Earth and you hear a voice in your mind, know that it is someone who is talking to you; that someone has come in answer to your prayers."

So I went to Earth with my mind, and was in the middle of a large kitchen filled with heavenly aromas. There was a tall redhead singing his heart out to his Lord and stirring a vat of soup. I went up to him, he was Ralph Warren and he is my father. I said to him, "father, I am your little girl and I want you to choose me to be your little girl forever."

Ralph turned toward my voice and said, "of course I choose you to be my daugter. What is your name?"

"Ann is the name you call me by. Thank you so much for choosing me. I love you forever."

Ralph's eyes were so filled with love, and then a cloud of sadness came over his face. "Ann, I am married to a woman I love, and we cannot have children. Lucile had a hysterectomy three years ago; she'd suffered with endometriosis for years, and she is devastated that she cannot have children; she wants a little girl so badly."

"Daddy, isn't there some other way I could come to you?"

"Well, Lucile and I have been talking about adoption. You could come to Earth through another mother who has a problem with keeping and raising you, and then she would give you up to us on a permanent basis; that is called adoption."

"Will you wait for me to come to you?"

"I will, but how am I going to know you; how will I know which baby to pick?"

"Daddy you will know me because you will look into my eyes and recognize me."

Ralph went back to his vat of soup and tried to remember the strange "day-dream" he had just had, that had so moved him, "Oh well, it must have been nice; wish I could remember it better."

So my quest is not over yet. There is another element to this story. Ralph is my spiritual father and now I must find a physical father, one that I'll never be able to know; a "sperm donor."

I relaxed my brain once more, and focused on father, dear father, wherever you are!

Then I heard a gentle voice say, "Daniel. Daniel Lee."

My mind went out to be with Daniel, and I was on earth, in Walla Walla, Washington, in a young man's bdroom. He was sitiing on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands. He wore the uniform of the United States Army. He was thinking that he was afraid to go to war and hoped that he remained in Walla Walla, for a long while. There was a girl he had just met at a USO dance the other night, maybe she'd like to go out with him later that night.

"Daniel, Daniel, I am your little girl and I am asking you to choose me to be your daughter."

"What's that! I must be hearing things! Be your father? I'm not ready for kids in my life. Heck, though, I guess it wouldn't hurt to say yes, but mind now, I'm not raising any brats!"

With that said, he scratched his head, thought, I must be going daft, and went back to thinking about the dance tonight.

Well, that stung a bit, but at least he agreed to be my father and if I'm not too wrong, I think the redhead he is interested in tonight, will turn out to be my mother. Her name is Shirley Loretta and she is a married woman, but her husband is overseas in the Army.

Finally I rested and enjoyed the gentle rocking of the bed and the Mozart concerto, and I realized that I had come back into the room. I opened my eyes and Glenna was at the side of the bed with a smile on her face.

"You have gone through kind of a shock with having to choose two sets of parents. Are you satisfied with the results?"

Tomorrow, the conclusion of Chapter 8, the genealogical tree...
                                                                            

CHOOSING YOUR PARENTS BEFORE BIRTH

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 8...

As we walked out into the beautiful spring day, the breeze brought a heady aroma of roses, orange blossoms, and honeysuckle vines. We walked over to an outdoor restaurant and were seated at a lovely white table with an umbrella spread over us. We ordered ice tea and ate cucumber and watercress sandwiches and a bowl of delicious figs.

Maybe you wonder what I look like. I keep forgetting about looks and clothes and such things. Well, I have a body form, but I am, or would look to you like, a bright light clothed in a toga-like robe of rose and gold color. It is true that I am able to eat and run about, and "do things," but in matters like having to go to the bathroom, food and drink are just vaporized by my body as soon as they enter it, so I have no need to go to the restroom. I eat and drink for the fun and taste of it; because I enjoy that. Even though I am made of bright light, I have features that look like yours. You can see my narrow face and bright eyes; my arms and legs and hands and feet. I am of average looks, but I like to dress well.

After we had finished lunch, Glenna said that it would be a good idea to start going to the next building. She said that I could relax, indeed that my whole next journey would be in a state of relaxation.

The Genealogy Building was a large round building with a magnificent pearl adorning the roof. We enterd into a large semi-circular hall. Around the sides of the hall, flanked by floor to ceiling windows, were several large fireplaces. Facing the fireplaces were couches of such depth and comfort, that once ensconced in one, you would be loath to leave it. In the middle of the room was a hologram of a large oak tree with magnificent branches. Glenna had me stand in front of the tree and notice that the tree had blank scrolls on each of its branches. Then she showed me a scroll on the trunk of the tree, where the trunk met the boughs, and on this scroll was the name, ANN.

"That's my name on the tree, Glenna. What does this tree represent, and why is my name on it?"

"Well, honey, this is your tree of life. Right now only your name appears on the tree, but the choices that you make here today will fill out your genealogical tree, and your ancestors names will also be on the scrolls of this tree. I think that's pretty important for your life on Earth; to know who you are."

"That would be a great blessing to me. Could we start the next course soon?"

"We can start it in about as long as it takes us to walk through the next set of doors, dear."

Then Glenna walked me to the back of the room where I saw many doors, and finally came to a door with the name Ann on it. We entered the room that engulfed us with a feeling of comfort and joy. Suspended from the ceiling by some heavy cords was a small bed covered entirely by a black velvet blanket. The walls were painted a light golden color, but, besides the bed, there was only a small table, with a single white candle on it, in the room.

"Dear," said Glenna, "this is a creation room. You and you alone will lie on this bed and submit yourself to the Universal Intelligence. The Universal Intelligence knows all things and how they will be worked out. You will put yourself into a mind position where all things can be made known to you; but from which position, you alone will be able to make the final choices for this new life game you are creating.

"You will lie on this bed and clear your mind entirely. Then you will be able to hear a set of instructions. Do exactly as they ask of you and you will find your parents out of all the people on Earth. I will sit on a seat outside the door and if you are unclear about anything, I will be here to answer your questions. One clue, you will be looking for your father first because he causes a marriage, or relationship, to develop and he is the head of your family. Are you ready?"

"Yes, I am ready, I feel really good about this experience."

With all of that said, I climbed onto the bed and laid back and relaxed my mind and body. I felt incredibly positive. Then the bed gently conformed itself to my body and I felt as if I were in the arms of a lover.

The bed began to sway gently and the room gradually shifted to dark except for the light of the one candle. I could hear the soft strains of a Mozart concerto. I heard a soft and gentle voice say, "Ann, begin to relax your body from toe to head." 

"Now, Ann," the voice soothingly said, "you must clear your mind of all topics except this one: I must find my father."

Tomorrow I find my father and then my mother. To be continued...

CHOOSING OUR SEXUAL ATTRACTIONS (cont.)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 7 (cont.)

Suddenly, on a white sand beach were two young men locked in a passionate embrace. I felt myself becoming very aroused.

Then, two men appeared, one dressed in a suit, and one in a slinky sequined dress and high boots; the last man was pleasuring the first; but I felt very little.

A young man and woman appeared next, locked in the throes of coitus, and I felt my body writhing as I broke into a full joyful orgasm.

The scenes were coming so fast that I could barely catch my breath before seeing a beautiful woman posing for pictures for Playboy magazine. This also caused me excitement.

Then there was a picture of two women lying in a deeply cushioned bed; they were naked and deep kissing. No reaction from myself, except at their beauty.

And fnally, two women-half dressed in hunting gear-lying before a fire in front of their tent, making love before a roaring fire. This was a beautiful scene, but I felt nothing.

Suddenly, the scene returned to the lovely Puerto Rican beach, and the chair came to a full stop.

I felt energized, and it seemed like everything had happened in five miuntes. Wow, what a lot to see in so short a span.

I heard a knock on the door, and Shannon opened up the door and proceeded to help me out of the chair and helmet.

"How long did that take Shannon, it seemed like such a short while?"

"Well, Ann, it took quite a long time, relatively speaking. How do you feel?"

"I feel great! How did it all turn out?"

"We will know shortly, the printout should soon be out."

Shannon arose and walked back over to the dome. She came back holding a short piece of paper.

"Well, Ann, are you ready to hear whom you will be attracted to in your new life game?"

"Sure, Shannon, I'm very ready, what does the paper say? However, I must admit that I'm pretty sure of the results. Many things became very clear to me inside of the dome."

"Well, you know that you are 180 degrees woman and 40 degrees man in your new life game, making you a 220 degree composite, so I am sure you will not be surprised that you were chiefly and dramatically aroused by a man making love to a woman. You were also aroused somewhat by the sight of two men together, and also by a picture of a woman posing for Playboy. We see this because you have some male tendencies, and in at least one past life you were a male attracted to other males.

"So these facts add up to the balance that you are on the 220th degree of sexual and romantic attraction. Do you feel these facts to be true for you?"

"Yes, definitely I do. I could feel all the attractions you mentoned, and I feel that I must be very well balanced to come up with 220 degrees in my male/female makeup, and in my attractions makeup also. I am very content. Thank you for your help Shannon.

With this, Shannon led me ot to where Glenna was waiting for me, and I caught Glenna in a great big grin. "Was that so bad?" she asked.

"No Glenna, that was kind of fun, and I sure did learn a lot!

"Now where do we go next?"

"Well," said Glenna, "we are going to leave here and go for something to eat; a little rest and relaxation. Then we are heading to the Genealogy Building where you will have the chance to choose your mther and father, and their families. Does that sound good to you?"

"Yes, by all means!"

And we walked out of the House of Sexuality Building into an afternoon of pure delight.


Tomorrow we will ask ourselves the question, did I choose the parents and family I was born into?...

CHOOSING OUR SEXUAL ATTRACTIONS

THE GOD GAMES : Heaven & Hell...Chapter 7

The room we entered was lit with a soft, radiant light. In the center of the room was a large crystal dome with a door at one side. Light, hitting the dome, fractured into rainbow-colored rays.

On the walls were real-time pictures of several couples. A farm woman was putting hot apple pies out on the window sill to cool, while her husband and son were preparing to go hunting for rabbits. The man stood strong in the sunlight holding a breech-open shotgun over his shoulder. The boy and an old mongrel were tugging at his pants, hardly able to contain themselves with excitement.

On a wall to their right, two young men were tending a summer garden; bending down to pull weeds while a cocker pup yapped and nipped at the cuffs of their trousers.

On the next wall a young mother, sheltered by the arms of her husband, brought a new baby home to be inspected by his siblings.

The next wall showed two older women, astride magnificent horses, riding across an open meadow at the close of day.

I took a deep breath and relaxed into a soft, cushy love-chair, and Shannon took the seat opposite. Suddenly, all of my worries faded away and I felt comfortable enough to start asking questions again.

"Shannon, what will I learn in this room? What does 'attraction' mean?"

"Well Ann, let me start by saying that you have lived over two hundred life games, and in each game you have chosen to be a man or a woman; that much is clear to you by now. In every life game you were attracted to another person romantically and/or sexually. Certain scenarios caused you to react in a certain way.

"In some lifetimes you had children, and in other lifetimes you took care of children, or in some way protected them. In some lifetimes you chose harder positions of attraction because you were after the experiences you could get in no other way.

"Now, you must understand that there is no 'right' or 'wrong' way to love. ONE sends love in every type of package, in every mode, in every style, to all of his creations.

"Relax now, for today you will learn nothing other than who you are; who you have been; or who you will become, at some point in your growth toward spiritual advancement. Above all, always remember that you have the final choice, in all the choices you are going to be makiing, while creating this new life game for yourself."

"All right, Shannon, could you explain to me what I am going to be doing now?"

"You are going to be entering the crystal dome, sitting in a chair, and donning a helmet. The chair will turn around, degree by degree, inside the circle, while on screen around the inside of the dome will be shown scenes of people making love. The helmet will pick up your physical reactions to the lovemaking, and write them into a computer program. There is nothing for you to do but watch the screen and be who you are.

"When you enter the dome and sit down, you will insert this silver disk into a slot by the door, which I will show to you. The disk tells the computer the results of the testing you just completed, so that for the purpose of this test, you will be in the mind-set, and emotion-set, of your new life game. When you have gone around the entire circle, the chair will stop moving and the test will be done. Then you will know what your love interests and physical attractions will be on Earth. Earth is a very primitive planet, and for the most part, people keep the information they learn about themselves here, the deepest secret of their lives."

"Okay, Shannon, I'm ready to start."

With that said, Shannon opened the door of the dome and I stepped inside. She showed me the slot by the door and we put the silver disk into the slot. Then I sat down in a very comfortable cushioned chair and Shannon helped me on with the translucent helmet. All around me, on a stationary screen, were scenes of a beautiful coastline in Puerto Rico. How soothing I thought, and immediately laid back and relaxed.

Shannon patted my hand and left the dome, closing the door behind her.

Suddenly the scene changed and I saw a young man caressing a woman's breasts with one hand while reaching between her legs with the other. That's interesting I thought, as I realized that the chair had begun to move slowly, click by click, around in a circle. I felt excited.

A scene appeared of an older man dressed in a prom dress and heels; urgently stroking himself. I felt nothing at all.

To be continued tomorrow...