Rush's telepathic idiosyncratic sci-fi club

"What are we going to do tonight?" asked La as the green orb rhythmically oscillated in the

darkness.

"Be prepared for the journey of a lifetime " said a deep voice from the darkness.

"We are going to communicate with each other...." The green orb stopped and hung in

mid-air,the air around became still with anticipation, as the deep voice whispered 

"telepathically."

La gasped in the darkness.

"Do you really think we're ready for that? I mean, what if in our attempt to reach each other's

mind, we get lost?"

"But La, this is what we've been training for.... All the yoga and meditation. We will never

know if we are ready unless we try. I really believe we are ready. "

A thin strip of light at the end of the darkness became wider and wider. As the door swung

open, there was a short "CLICK!", and then there was light.

"It's dinner time!"

"Oh Ma! Why did you turn on the light? You interrupted our glow-ball game."

"Oh... sorry about that." she said with a bemused smile. "But you need to eat your dinner

before it gets too cold."  

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Rush balanced the glow ball on top of a ring and placed it in between La and herself. "Ok. Now

remember. Use the glow ball for concentration. Then close your eyes and empty your mind.

Make sure it's completely empty. Only then enter your mind. It's supposed to be infinite. Once

you've reached the stage where the mind has no limit, you should be able to reach other

minds. Try and find me after that.... and we'll see...." she said, her voice trembling with

excitement in the end.

La let out an anxious,hoarse whisper "OK. Let's do this!"

They looked at the glow ball. It was no longer just a glow ball now. It was a mysterious and

profound orb emanating a fluorescent green light. The green light seemed to expand and

contract rhythmically. The rhythm filled their minds. They closed their eyes and continued to

let the rhythm play on.

"No thoughts! " La thought to herself.

"No thoughts!" Rush thought to herself.

"oh no. No thoughts is a thought!" La and Rush realized.

"Okay breathe.......1.....2.....3.....4" they counted with the rhythm till they didn't have to

count anymore.

Their minds were empty. A state of ultimate peace had been reached.

Together, they entered their minds, opening all barriers that stood before them till they

reached infinity. They felt infinite. One with the whole universe. 

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"Rush?" La called out into the infinite. "Where are you?"

"La?" Rush called out into the same infinity. "Can you hear me? Respond if you can...."

Silence.

Rush moved forward going from one mind to the next. "Helloooo?" 

"Helloo!"

From the vicinity another voice spoke:"Is somebody there? Can anybody hear me?"

It sounded like a boy's voice. "Yes. I am telepathically communicating... Who is this?" asked

Rush, excited to hear another mind.

"Oh.... I'm Chuck.  And you are?"

"Rush... Well my actual name is Rashmi, but everyone calls me Rush. I'm looking for my friend

La. Have you heard her by any chance?"

"No.... You're the first mind I've heard."

"Well, she's got to be around here somewhere. We entered our minds together..."

"Alright then, let's look for her. What is the object that you are concentrating on?"

"A flourescent green glowing ball..."

"wow! Most people use a candle or a torch, never ever a glow ball."

"What can I say, we are an idiosyncratic duo." said Rush proud and candidly.

"Ok. Well let's look for it. If you and La entered with the purpose of talking to each other, you'll

subconsciously look for a place common to both of you. That means the glow ball might be

around here somewhere. We need to look for it because that's where La will come."

"Great idea! Let's go then!"

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"Is that Saturn?!" asked Rush unable to believe her eyes.

"Looks like it, doesn't it ?"

"I've always wanted to see Saturn up close " said Rush looking at it with a happiness beyond

her dreams.

"Well, you're not really looking at the real Saturn, you know that right?" said Chuck trying to

break the bad news to her in a way that she doesn't think it's bad news.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, this is your mind. Not the universe. You only see whatever's already in your mind."

"You mean this Saturn here is my imagination?"

"Yes. That's exactly what it is. " said Chuck waiting for the same heart broken reaction that he

gave when he first found out that it was only his imagination.

"Well, I have amazing imagination then! Kudos for me!" said Rush who stopped all of a

sudden. She was looking at a green orb steadily emanating it's hypnotic energy.

"I think that's it. That's the glow ball!"

Chuck and Rush headed towards it. Rush was hoping that La would be there, and, there she

was. "Rush! I knew you'd come here. The Saturn! The Glow ball! This had to be the place!" said

La looking extremely glad to find Rush.

"I had help. Chuck here helped me. Chuck, La, La, Chuck. "

"Hello... "said Chuck.

"Say Chuck, how would you like to be a part of our club? It's the Telepathic and Idiosyncratic

club! We could use an experienced telepath like yourself. "

"Sure! I've been waiting to meet other telepaths for a while now. Count me in!" said Chuck

quite happily.

"Great! So this can be our rendezvous spot. We meet every week, same time as this. See you

next time! " said Rush as the three of them headed back to the real world.