| It's 1954. Yes, Mrs. Patricia Smith has been | | | | is over Canada and gaining speed. |
| a good teacher today. She has remained on | | | | |
| task and kept her Third Grade Pupils in line. | | | | |
| But she doesn't have to work too hard at it. | | | | |
| She weighs 200 Lbs and if she ever grabs you | | | | Moments laters, she is 1,000 miles high over |
| and shakes you, and you can see the buttons | | | | the North Pole and heading into outer space |
| on her blouse coming at you at almost the | | | | in an almost perfect straight line. |
| speed of light, so much so that you end up | | | | |
| hypnotized and your brain feels like a pea | | | | |
| soup - this is something you're not going to | | | | |
| forget any time soon. | | | | But she just keeps on moving. She doesn't |
| | | | know why. She only knows that she MUST. It's |
| | | | almost as if she has the energy of George |
| | | | inside of her to drive her forward like a |
| It can happen. Believe me. It can happen. So | | | | supercharged engine. It's an interesting |
| you had better behave. | | | | feeling! |
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| So the pulpils sit real quietly, very quietly | | | | Now what she doesn't know won't hurt her. |
| at their desks, and look at the clock 3 feet | | | | She's fast approaching the Speed of Light, |
| up the wall above the black board behind Mrs. | | | | 186,000 miles per second. She now has |
| Smith's large self. | | | | shattered the Speed Limit of the Universe and |
| | | | there are no Star Wars Cops to catch her or |
| | | | pull her over. |
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| Sometimes, Mrs. Smith, grows tired, sits in a | | | | |
| chair in front of the class, spreads her legs | | | | |
| just a bit so that you can see her thighs and | | | | But she keeps on running and running and |
| a thin sheet of white to hide her crotch. The | | | | running. Her body is now the size of a |
| pupils sort of smile at each other as they | | | | Proton, but with the same Mass plus the Door |
| lay their heads in their arms and peer away. | | | | - 239 lbs. She feels nothing, sees nothing. |
| | | | She just knows that SHE IS and that's all |
| | | | that matters. Now she knows, without knowing |
| | | | it, what Plato wanted. |
| To amuse herself and the class, Mrs. Smith | | | | |
| talks about her son George and what a good | | | | |
| boy he is. He's her only son, her only | | | | |
| beloved son, and they know it...have heard it | | | | Time and Space have been left behind and she |
| time after time after time. And this kid can | | | | is now approaching an Unknown quantity - the |
| do no wrong. AND THEY BELIEVE IT! | | | | Speed of Light squared. She is now located |
| | | | somewhere beyond the farthest galaxy 20 |
| | | | billion light years from earth and she is |
| | | | fast approaching the edge of the Universe. |
| About half-way through the school year, Mrs. | | | | |
| Smith brings her 3 year old Son to class to | | | | |
| spend the day, and that's an experience none | | | | |
| of them will ever forget. He's hyperactive | | | | Of course, as in any good movie, or in our |
| and makes a wreck of the whole day for | | | | Imaginations, she penetrates the hymen of the |
| everybody. And Mrs. Smith never punishes him | | | | Universe One Hundred Trillion of a Trillionth |
| even one time. How does he get away with | | | | of a Second before she reaches that magical |
| that? THEY WANT TO KNOW BUT ARE AFRAID TO | | | | threshold of speed. |
| ASK. | | | | |
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| | | | You know enough math to figure it out - her |
| The pupils, however, don't lack for amusement | | | | body mass plus the door, 239 lbs, times the |
| on the day when George is present. He's an | | | | speed of light squared. It's not much for I |
| Amusement Park Incarnate. But this is now on | | | | AM to work with, but it's just enough. Thank |
| a different day. It's now the future, after | | | | you, Mrs. Smith. Thank you! |
| George, and... | | | | |
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| | | | Suddenly, there is a Terrible Singularity. |
| It's 10:00am and recess is only 30 minutes | | | | There are no laws or rules or theories of any |
| away. Mrs. Smith gets up from her chair, | | | | kind, nor is there language. The temperature |
| picks up a piece of chalk, and begins the | | | | is so hot, it's cold, but if you want to know |
| most seminal lesson in all human history. She | | | | - its around 6 trillion trillion degrees |
| has already taught the class about | | | | Fahrenheit. |
| conjugating verbs and now she is going to | | | | |
| teach them how to conjugate the verb "To Be". | | | | |
| And she writes on the blackboard as follows: | | | | |
| | | | A brand new universe has just been born |
| | | | beyond the boundary of our own and it is |
| | | | growing temporarily, until the temperature |
| | | | cools down, at a speed much faster than the |
| Singular | | | | speed of light in any direction it wants to. |
| Plural 1st. Person I AM | | | | |
| We are 2nd. Person You are | | | | |
| You are 3rd. Person He/She/It IS | | | | |
| They are | | | | As this new expanding Universe cools down, |
| | | | 'ittle, bitty particles much smaller than |
| | | | atoms will form, and these will somehow find |
| | | | each other and get together and make hay, and |
| Mrs. Smith doesn't know it, but she has just | | | | you know the rest of the story.... don't you? |
| placed the name of the Creator of the | | | | |
| Universe on the black board and the Creator | | | | |
| is very pleased because He/She/It likes to be | | | | |
| seen, especially by children. | | | | No you don't. Neither do I. You see, the |
| | | | Imagination is Infinite. |
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| The Name is - I AM. | | | | |
| | | | I AM smiles at the Greek Man and at the |
| | | | Scientist and says, "You've done a good deed |
| | | | today and I sure do appreciate it." And I AM |
| However, Mrs. Smith is squeezing the chalk a | | | | is feeling much better already. |
| bit too tightly because she has just had a | | | | |
| thought about George and the Lord of the | | | | |
| Universe is feeling the pain. I AM has never | | | | |
| felt so much pain since the "Big Bang". Let's | | | | However, a second thought comes to MIND. I AM |
| just say that IT IS - right now - is having a | | | | looks around Himself/Herself/Itself and |
| case of upset stomach. | | | | wonders, "Where's George?" Then, just as |
| | | | suddenly, I AM disppears,as if HE IS is |
| | | | running for His/Her/Its own life. |
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| (This is only a metaphor, of course, but it | | | | |
| is as good as any. When it comes to I AM, be | | | | |
| careful. Just use metaphors) | | | | The Clock in the Classroom now stands at |
| | | | 10:30am. and the children have gleefully |
| | | | gone outside to the play while the Principal |
| | | | goes in search of Mrs. Smith and the school |
| Mrs. Smith feels the chalk getting hot in her | | | | custodian. |
| hand. She looks at the chalk and is | | | | |
| mesmerized. She trembles because IT now has a | | | | |
| light pink glow to it. | | | | |
| | | | End of Story, except that.... "Whoa!" to all |
| | | | you Marketers! Before you go out to the Play |
| | | | Ground of Life to do your business, I want to |
| Suddenly, like in the movie Star Wars, an | | | | make sure you have learned this lesson well: |
| image of a person appears on her left and | | | | |
| another image of another person to her right. | | | | |
| The person on her left is Greek. She's sure | | | | |
| of it because she has a replica of an ancient | | | | HE IS. Therefore, YOU ARE. |
| Greek Vase on her mantle at home with a | | | | |
| picture similar to his on it. | | | | |
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| | | | HE IS is in you; YOU ARE are in I AM. |
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| Because George is only 3 years old and can't | | | | |
| reach it yet, the Vase is still in one piece. | | | | |
| Mrs. Smith takes comfort in that remembrance | | | | What are you going to do with I AM? |
| even in the present moment with this | | | | |
| "stranger" standing to her left. Her focus is | | | | |
| amazing. | | | | |
| | | | More importantly, what is I AM going to do |
| | | | with you? |
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| To her right, again, out of nowhere, has | | | | |
| appeared an image of a 19th Century Scientist | | | | |
| with a head full of graying unrulely hair. | | | | How much POWER do you have? (You will need |
| She recognizes him too from his picture in a | | | | some scales to find out exactly if you are |
| recent issue of Life Magazine. Also, she has | | | | caught up purely in the physical world) |
| read about him in science books since her own | | | | |
| 5th grade. | | | | |
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| | | | What are you going to do with it? |
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| (Mrs. Smith likes to read and she likes to | | | | |
| read, of course, to you know who...) | | | | |
| | | | I have just walked out my back door. It's @ |
| | | | 7:00am. A fall Spider has woven its web. |
| | | | Trapped inside the web is a lightning bug. |
| She looks at them both, turning her head one | | | | The Spider devours the glowing bug. I have |
| way, then the other way. Then she looks again | | | | never seen this before. It is a Sign and a |
| at the chalk in her hand, which has now | | | | Wonder. |
| dissolved. It is now a thin film of white | | | | |
| spreading up her hand and arm beneath her | | | | |
| blouse and shows no sign of stopping. | | | | |
| | | | TEST: How much power does the Spider now have |
| | | | and what is She going to do with it? |
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| If this keeps happening, she is going to look | | | | |
| like Casper the Ghost and she knows it. | | | | |
| | | | (Answer to be provided in Meaning and |
| | | | Marketing: The WILL) |
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| The pupils meanwhile see nothing, hear | | | | |
| nothing, but do catch a wind as at an Exit at | | | | |
| the ground floor of a Skyscraper and an odd | | | | Resources: |
| smell. Still, they are watching the clock | | | | |
| very, very carefully, as they always do. | | | | |
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| The Scientist on Mrs. Smith's right whispers | | | | WILL, the Links, the Trigger |
| into her ear - "Hurry, you must run and save | | | | |
| the children." The Greek on her left says | | | | |
| nothing, but has a look of profound sadness | | | | |
| on his face because he would wish to take her | | | | Plato's "Apologia" Five Dialogues Plato, G. |
| place. But it is too late for that and he is | | | | M. Grube, Grube G. M. A. (Translator) |
| feeling very unlucky. But he is there to | | | | |
| grant her moral and spiritual support and to | | | | |
| be a witness to this great event. It's | | | | |
| suppose to be a privilege, but... | | | | The Bible, Exodus, Chapter 3:14 The Bible, |
| | | | Gospel Of John, Chapter 8:58 The Bible, |
| | | | Gospel of Mark, Chapter 10:15 (That's A.M. |
| | | | EST) |
| "Why could He not have been 'Chosin'?" (One | | | | |
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| | | | Famous Equation David Bodanis Einstein in |
| Meanwhile, I AM, back at HIS?HER?ITS? Castle, | | | | Love: A Scientific Romance Dennis Overbye |
| is doing some quick math. | | | | Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's |
| | | | Letters to and from Children Alice Calaprice |
| | | | (Editor), Foreword by Evelyn Einstein |
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| With not even a moment for thought, Mrs. | | | | |
| Smith bolts from the Classroom. The children | | | | |
| are in shock because their teacher has just | | | | Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War Eric |
| disappeared. Vanished! Also, the Door to the | | | | M. Hammel |
| Classroom has vanished! | | | | |
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| Did I AM borrow the door? | | | | |
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| | | | THE TRIGGER: Snell lives with his wife, |
| They are now feeling a slight tingling in | | | | Jean, and younger Son, Steven, and their dog |
| their ears, but nothing more, and there is | | | | Blackie, in Lexington, NC. He is a former |
| very little dust. Where is Mrs. Smith now? | | | | Presbyterian USA minister and has been in |
| | | | Network Marketing full time since 2002. |
| | | | Paul, at the age of 61, has recently been |
| | | | diagnosed as Bi-Polor with A.D.D as a minor |
| Mrs. Smith is free of the building and is | | | | component. He, with the encouragement of his |
| flying faster than Superwoman. In two seconds | | | | great Mentors at the PowerShift Loop, is an |
| she is over Pilot knob. Another five seconds, | | | | Advocate for the treatment of mental |
| she is over West Virginia; another five, she | | | | illnesses - all kinds. Go, Larry King live! |