Time Restored: Chapter 13: The Bifurcation

In the last chapter of my novella. You will find a conclusion to the story but as many possible spin-off yarns are now open to me as a writer. Let me know by way of comment what you'd like to hear more about as this will act as my inspiration. You can listen to all the other chapters on the Time Restored playlist.

Transcript

Time Restored,

Chapter 13,

The Bifurcation,

5,

000 CE and 1 CE.

It was over two years now since the great Time Master,

As he'd been referred to for the last 1,

000 years,

Had given instructions for all temporal healing upon him to cease.

He'd been fading with dementia since then,

And kept calling Jono and Timo by other names.

Mainly,

Jenna and Tim.

They knew well that they were the names of their equivalences who were so instrumental in setting up the school just less than 3,

000 years ago.

They had both long passed.

For the last six months,

He had someone by his bedside 24-7.

Timo had been covering the night shift when Jono had awoken with a start,

And she raced to GMT's bedchamber.

He's still here,

Whispered Timo,

But his breathing is really shallow now.

Jono sat down and held his right hand,

With Timo holding his left.

Just five minutes later,

GMT took his last breath.

As he did so,

Two energetic bolts shot down both his arms,

Along theirs,

And illuminated their third eyes,

Before passing up through their crowns,

And upwards through the ceiling.

Apart from that very quick and unexpected jolt,

It was a peaceful passing,

And they knew it was entirely planned,

As they'd already been given his scroll to open and listen to immediately after he departed.

Everyone had a scroll these days,

A rolled-up sheet of e-paper on which they recorded their thoughts and movements.

Sotter had a whole underground library of them from previous students and tutors.

The owner used them to share their last will and testament,

Memories that they wanted to share,

And voice messages for those they'd left behind.

Some scrolls were set to be listened to,

Read,

Or watched,

Just the once,

As this one was.

GMT's scroll contained no memories,

And the shortest will ever.

The will,

Read.

I leave Sotter,

Its assets,

Archive and buildings,

Entirely to Johnna and Timo,

50% each.

The rest was a video recording he'd obviously made a few years back.

Please don't mourn for me.

I know you will have been concerned for me in what looked like my years with dementia,

And thanks for all that personal care.

I know it's not pleasant,

Having done it myself countless times.

Being near immortal is both a blessing and a curse,

And I have passed that curse and blessing onto one of you now.

I assume you both felt the energetic transfer.

I do not know which of you is to carry that baton,

And you will only know when one of you experiences one aspect of the curse,

Where you witness the demise of the other.

This is one reason I only married once,

To a wonderful woman called Martha,

And why I only ever sired five children,

Four girls and one boy.

Yes,

I know what you must be thinking.

Two of them were indeed both your equivalences.

Timo and Johnna looked at each other instantly,

Realising who their three sister equivalents must be.

They were both wondering what other secrets had GMT taken with him.

The non-immortal of you two now has the blessing of coming back again and again,

To enjoy more time in the density.

You both know of course that your timelines will intertwine over and over,

As ours have in this time loop.

I'm sharing this with you to prepare you for the next phase,

For humanity.

We have achieved so much in the last five millennia.

For two millennia,

We helped humanity get in time,

And since we set up SOTA,

We've changed the direction of the planet,

As you well know.

First by healing planetary rifts by stabilising and managing Lady Gaia's chakras,

But that was brought about by giving humanity the skills to heal and balance themselves individually,

The micro and the macro being intertwined.

We revolutionised transportation to use zero-point levitating drives,

So that no fossil fuels were ever needed again.

Having the ability to transmute matter meant zero waste and 100% recycling.

Humanity have now evolved to becoming planetary caretakers,

After being planetary abusers for far too many centuries.

As you know,

This all brought about the end to fear and greed,

And now you inherit a planet of guardians.

This is why SOTA was able to fully come out of the shadows a millennia ago.

Now you both have a new mission,

And are to open a new school whose existence must be kept secret for now.

It will be called SOLAR,

The School of Light Alchemy.

While SOTA taught mastery of the fourth dimension,

SOLAR will help humanity master the sixth dimension of light.

This of course is the domain of the stars.

It will open stargates to other sentiences in other galaxies.

I know this is a lot to take in,

So please pause the scroll now and go outside for some air.

I have to share some information that you will not find in our archives,

About what it's like and what it means to be near immortal.

It was like GMT were still alive in the room,

As they were both thinking they needed a break to process all of this.

They actually took a few hours,

As Timo needed to sleep,

And Jonna went for a long walk to clear her head.

She did notice the butterfly,

Who followed her the whole of the way.

Surely not,

She thought.

She also popped in to let the other twosers know GMT had gone.

There seemed to be no need,

As they all knew.

She plopped back early that afternoon,

To find Timo awake.

I didn't dream that,

Did I?

He has gone?

And we heard what we heard?

We did indeed,

Jonna said.

Are you ready to go again?

Back in the room they started to scroll again.

The rest of this message only applies to one of you,

But it will help the other come to terms with the decision of which one of you is to carry the baton.

Please understand that that decision was not made by me,

But one that will be made another five millennia from now.

As Master Temporal Alchemist,

They both sensed where this was going.

So how can I tell you if being near immortal is a blessing or a curse?

I have not known anything different.

I cannot also tell you if being mortal is any better or worse.

All I can really tell you is what it's like when you are about to loop back to restore rifts and imbalances in the fabric of time.

I cannot tell you how many times I've looped back and around.

I suspect it's a curse of an infinity of loops,

But when I go back I will have the blessing of not remembering that I came back once again from the far future.

This is known as temporal bifurcation.

While from the outside it looks like I was losing my marbles and identity with the external signs of what some call dementia,

Internally I have been completely converse-mentis and in bliss.

I have been reviewing the last 5,

000 years what I did well and what not so well.

I have been preparing also for the next loop.

And this is what one of you will do too when the time comes.

You can think of these last years of mine as being my pre-bifurcation.

I have been in communication with the wider cosmos through the planetary chakra system.

What I glean cannot be shared with you.

That will come from the experiences one of you will get from your next 5,

000 year loop.

Now I have seen what is coming,

I am sad not to be with you for it,

But also excited for you.

My role is to stabilize and restore the past,

So that your future can safely unfold.

You should also know that there are always 12 near-immortals in operation on the planet at all times.

I have only met with 3 others and only realized so after the fact.

All our time loops overlap to give continuity.

Pay attention to when they pop up for you,

And be minded that you may have already bumped in to two or three of them.

So today marks the end of the Common Era.

It took me till the 20th century to introduce it and have it widely accepted.

I initially brought in the year labelling of AD Anno Domini,

But I did that retrospectively at the First Council of Nicaea by presenting calculations indicating that that year was 325 AD.

By the time you hear this,

I have already gone back now to 1 CE,

And my essence is attached to the notochord of the fetus in my mother's womb,

So that I would forget what I came back to do.

Today you have no such restrictions on acceptance.

This is the start of the Light Era,

And this year is to be known as 1 LE.

You will know how and when to make it so.

So by the time you hear this,

The very first equivalence of me has started to experience this loop once more,

But with more finesse and grace.

Most things won't change,

So nothing in your timeline will now be different,

Just a little better.

Do check the archive though,

As a few new scrolls may have appeared.

I will finish now,

And so look forward to meeting you both again and again.

It has been such a joy and honour to work and play with you.

Don't be sad for me,

As I am still very much alive.

Your first task now is to make that phone call to the equivalences of you who funded the formation of this school.

Reviews

That just blew my mind!! Thank you for waking me up....

I was completely absorbed but a little overwhelmed imagining this kinder, gentler world. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the possibilities Tom. 🩵🙏

I really enjoyed this Tom. I’d be interested in hearing more about the person or couple that represent the chakras as we did the heart chakra.

I loved this book so very much! I was hooked after the first chapter. It was disappointing that it was so difficult to find my place when I came back to continue listening. I wish the app had a more organized way of presenting audio books. I'm off in search of my next listen. Thanks Tom!

Enjoyed your story and the way you presented it for us.

Everything about, in and expressed through each chapter is so captivating. Thank you for this beautiful transport into the brilliance that flows through you. 🙏🏼✨
Yes, more please!
Hand to heart, to yours. 🤍

What a great ending. I couldn’t imagine how it would go. Loved it!

Edited: you’re terrific!

My mind is blown! I’m going to go back and listen from the beginning again, every part of this novella has been fantastic. Where and when can I buy my hard copy? 🤩

Thank you Tom, for dreaming, writing and sharing, this has been timeless for me. Love, love, loved it!! ⏰❤️

Profoundly beautiful Tom 🙏💎💫🌀 Thank you for sharing this wisdom and knowledge. Particularly at this time on earth. Many Blessings to you dear one 🙏💚

Wonderful and would definitely love a sequel but I have to give some thought to the question in your description and will be listening to all 13 chapters a second time!