It appeared in front of me, a small shining light dancing in a blue sky. I wondered what it was? Almost immediately an answer came into my mind, “I am a starchild, as are you, but you are cloaked.”

I wondered at my thought.

“No need to wonder. It’s me sending thoughts to you. I am Rom.”

“What are you?” I asked.

“I am a starchild; an independent and free intelligence; a mind. I am an unveiled,organized thinking energy being. I am what is at the heart of all self-aware conscious beings: Thinking energy. Do any of those work for you?”

“You look like a miniature sun or star.” I said.

“I know. That is why we call ourselves starchildren. We are all starchildren in essence. You are a starchild. Your star is cloaked. You are in a human cloak. Been there; done that. Might do it again.”

“Why are you here talking to me?” I asked.

“I’ve been playing in the thought stream and picked up yours.”

“What are the odds?” I asked, not expecting an answer.

“The odds are good when you fine tune yourself. Thoughts are not just scattered. They vibrate at certain frequencies. To much junk out there to not fine tune. Like searching the internet, but no pop-ups and no bogus sites.”

“What was I thinking that made you curious?” I asked.

“More than curious.....I only engage when intent is genuine. And we have a history. You were thinking about the origin of life before matrixes. You want to know the fundamental construct of consciousness or intelligence. I’ve been following your thoughts stream for some time. You come up with some wacky conclusions. Some are not bad, but mostly they are incomplete.”

“I’m never surprised that I get it wrong considering this veil. I’m surprised anything comes through this body,” I said.

“Well maybe if you weren’t so polluted. You can’t see the full power of a light through muddy water. And the light you do see gets distorted by all the junk in you. If you quit smoking, quit drinking pop and eat less and better, you’d be fooled less. Remember that eleven day fast you went on years ago? You got some things right then. Maybe you should stop eating.”

“Since you know about that fast, do you know about the three day fast without food and water, and the guy I was with came out of the desert and became a polygamist and I came out thirsty and hungry. Zip to anything else,” I said.

“Three days don’t cut it. It helps, but you are not going to get real stuff in that time. Little effort, little gain.”

“My brother-in-law went without food for forty one days and got confused, thought he was going to become the richest man in the world; find gold. All he found was that he could go forty one days without eating and not die.” I said.

“Well there you go.....intent.....he wanted money. it’s a big deal you know. You are not after money; you really want to know what is behind the scenes, what the core of life is about.

That’s why I’m here. Shall we begin?”