94 DATE WITH THE GODSBlanco Gonzales by telling him he was a fraud? No, you
certainly would not have. These were people who you
re spected for their knowledge and abilities. The swim
ming teacher, who you used to remind how good she
looked in clothes when you saw her outside the swim
ming pool-you swam 36 laps each class because you
liked her," she said laughing.
"You're right. I wouldn't have done that to them."
"So why do it to me? If you give me a chance, I11 tell
you things that will change your life, things more
important than any lessons you've ever learned." She
spoke softly, firmly, clearly and with much wisdom and
self assurance. I had to respect her.
We entered the wa ter together. Rama began mas
saging my feet. With each stroke of her hands I felt the
tension leaving my body. After awhile, she repeated the
reasons I wa s experiencing so many aches and pa ins: I
was eating too much meat and not wa tching my diet.
I mentioned to Rama that I had visited a friend in Lim,a
who had a library of books in English. Looking through
her collection, I had come across a book on foot reflex
ology which had included diagrams, charts and photo
graphs of the places on the foot one could massage to
restore health to va rious parts of the body. When I saw
she wa s impressed, I told her about the books on
homeopathic remedies and macrobiotics that I had also
read.
She said, smiling slowly, "Good boy, Chacho. See, I
never tell you useless things. The value of everything
I'm teaching you is already known here by some people"
"Rama, if you're from another world, why do you
know so much about this one? You're well read for some
creature who's only here on a visit."
"I'm an expert on planet Earth affairs. In your job,
your title is 'Latin American Relations." You're here on a
mission, a job, an assignment, whatever you want to call