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A newspaper boy tries to help his family
A man driving slowly down the street in an old but shiny Cadillac called out to Bradley. “Hey, young man, would you like to make some money on a paper route?” “Yeah, when can I start?” said Bradley. He skidded his bike to a stop as the big car pulled towards the curb. The rule to stay away from strangers was forgotten the moment money was promised. “How old are you?” said the man, who introduced himself with a long name that sounded like Constantinople without the C. “But everyone calls me Mr. O.” He smiled and winked, which made Bradley notice the deep wrinkles in his face. He was…
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Apollo Commander or Superman?
The school bus pulled up outside the science and space exhibit in Los Angeles, filled with two classes of noisy fifth graders. Bradley pushed his way to the exit door so he could get off first, but it didn’t matter, he was stuck walking behind the teacher, who stopped at the entrance door for a head count. Once they were inside, he spotted the Apollo command module. It looked amazing, just like on TV, very big and impressive. He split off from the group and ran up a metal stairway to peer through the window and into the cabin where three Astronauts would spend days, maybe weeks on their journey…
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adverse childhood experience, astronaut, human psychology, maternal introject, personal development, UFOlogy
The boy who wanted to be an astronaut
Despite Natalie’s habits of drinking, smoking, and popping pills when they were available, Natalie had brains. She also had a passion for astrology, and had taught herself how to chart people’s destinies from data she would get from magazines. “Your moon is in Scorpio, and your ascendant is in Virgo,” she would say, and go on to make a prediction that occasionally came true. People would say it’s bull, or get excited, or be afraid. She liked them to react, which in turn got her obsessed. Sometimes she would stay up half the night to finish someone’s horoscope. “It’s retrograde Mercury, be careful, nothing’s going to go right for a…
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A Poor and Crowded House
Natalie’s 3rd baby was born in the back seat of an old Chevy on the way to the hospital. She named him Glen after the first U.S. astronaut to circle the Earth, which bothered Bradley. He wouldn’t wish anybody born into the mess that was his family to be named after his hero. But it was thrilling when his Dad Morris brought them home after a few days in the hospital. Glen had a rough start and the doctor had told them it was because Natalie drank too much. But Mo was strutting around the house like a big king rooster, and making phone calls to spread the news. “Hey…
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Fairies in the bushes
“Bradley, Bradley…..Braaaadlyyyyy,” whispered the soft voices around the side yard where a grove of flowering plants separated their small rental cottage from the neighbors. He had a warm feeling in his chest whenever he heard them which was happening every few days. He was always going out to the bushes to check, and sometimes he saw twinkling lights around the flowers and moving up and down the leafy stems. When he stood very still their murmurs would surround him, and they seemed to be telling him everything would be okay, don’t be sad, it will get better. He wasn’t sure if the sounds were coming through his ears or from…
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Earth Birth
Numan should have taken the time, but he didn’t. He should have explored the possible birth options, and located a stable, loving family where opportunities to succeed as a human would be all set. Mentally triangulating the planet with the two senior members they were empowered by the Law of Squares, which potentiated their three minds into a powerful scanning instrument. Many possibilities were identified, but the best ones would have taken some time because there was such competition among other souls who desperately wanted to enter those lives. The members couldn’t choose for him. It was Numan’s mission alone, and he was on it. There was also no need…
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Challenged to help humanity
Numan’s encounter with his lovely and radiant mentor from the higher dimension confirmed his decision to be born on Earth. In a strange way he felt he would miss her, knowing his human life would cut him off from any contact. Impulsive by nature, confident that his mental abilities and deep drive to succeed would make his mission as a human a cakewalk, he rushed into the Earth birth protocol. Some members of his local planetary group had incarnated as humans in the past, and not all with good results. A few were stuck there, old souls in human bodies struggling with the task of discovering their purpose in life,…
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A special gathering of beings
An alien being on a faraway planet toiled over his latest project. It was a 256 mile-long magnetized transportation tube that could shuttle humans faster and safer than the cars, trains, and airplanes that were popular on planet Earth. Sharing his latest invention at his group’s monthly gathering, nobody seemed interested. To dramatize how important and helpful his invention would be, at the next gathering he replicated a Boeing 707 jet crash. The plane made an awful nose dive, then smashed into the ground nearby, shaking it violently. It landed close enough to fling some engine parts into their food substance, a delicious and nutritional nectar that they specially prepared…