Encompassing (29 page)

CHAPTER 75

“I came to know the cliff.  My cousin taught me to fear it and appreciate it.  I am greater because she taught me both sides of that coin.” – from the book of Brian

“It’s interesting to finally meet you, Mr.?”  He pauses awaiting a response he knows he won’t receive. 
“Well I suppose that doesn’t matter yet.  I’ve heard you talk a lot?”  The detective quietly asked while reading the file in his hand.

“Yup” The subject replies while reading the file in the Detective’s hand.

The Detective notes the attempt, but was sure to hold the file very far from normal view and purposefully held out of direct view.

“Not what I expected.”  Detective Brady says lightly at the response.

“Uh huh.” Renfield replies.  Then he continues, “The Old Testament is the foundation for the three major religions of the world today.  Yet, strangely, most people have not read it.  They don’t understand the foundations because they swear by a few sentences in that Testament, or the New Testament or the spin offs.  They do not consider the whole.  There are debates about the translations, specific quotes, etc., but rarely is it considered as a whole.  Sad, because when considered that way, it’s actually fairly direct.  In Genesis ‘God’ creates the world.  In some versions ‘God’ refers to himself as we, in other translations, ‘God’ refers to himself as I.  The final book of the New Testament opens early with ‘God’ saying, ‘I am the alpha and the omega. Consider that if the books are a whole, called the Bible, than surely it is possible that could be ‘we’ since it was more often translated that way in translations of Genesis, which begins as the beginning.  ‘God’ goes on to say, ‘I am the one who is, who always was, and who is yet to be. So, let’s consider that because that is the same thing that minor religions, in today’s time postulate.  Native Americans believed in the ‘oneness’, despite their polytheism, they were very direct about the concept of there being but one thing that was everything.  Buddha made several references to the concept of a whole.  Many other religions teach the same concept.  Ad infinitum, you’ll find there is not much difference between the core of most polytheistic and monotheistic religions.  How is it that people on different continents evolve to believe the same concepts?  Perhaps life, when pondered long enough is immutably true.  If you throw a rock in the air a thousand times and it keeps coming back down to the ground, would you not consider that gravity may be a truth?  Perhaps our perception as individuals, for the sake of solving that truth has gotten in the way of the ability to focus on that reality.  Maybe the lack of focus on that reality is what helps us solve what the ‘one’, ourselves, are.”

Renfield continues, “As in physics there is relativity so someone in a plane will age slower than someone crossing a street because of the speed they are moving.  In fact, the faster something moves the longer it actually physically becomes.  If you measured a plane on the ground, at a standstill, it might measure 750 feet.  At top speeds, around 575 miles per hour, it would literally measure much longer. The same is even true when you drive on a highway.  There is much to consider about our perspectives in life.  Life does not move at the same speed for everyone.  Therefore, our preconceived notions of time being the same for all things is based only on our observation of things that we are relative to.  Our own star is whipping through the universe at an insane speed, but galactically it seems slow, planetary view makes it seem not to move at all.  Just as if you are a being on a planet, you are incapable of noticing that the planet you are on is spinning at a rate of 1,000 miles per hour to complete a full rotation in 24 hours.  Pace and action are not the same for all things.  At the quantum level we see that effect clearly.  My perspective tries to see yours.  Yours simply doesn’t understand mine.  Perspective:  It’s all about the angles.  So important to always remember. ”

Detective Brady leans back in his chair. Brady combs his chin with his hand and stares at Adam Renfield.  “Well”, he taps the report in his hand, “that part checks out.  You do talk a lot.”

Renfield nods, “I’m hoping to clarify things.  I simply don’t want any misunderstanding this time.”