The Education of a Non-Believer 135"No, not always. When you project both ananas and
anionites together, your spirit will take human form at a
dista nce, without a body. That would be your ghost or
your phantom. At that time you'll have full awareness
and the ability to feel, touch, smell and hear the
surroundings of that mass of energy. There will be no
need of possessing any living creature then. Your spirit
will take human form at a distance without a body. Does
this clarify it for you?"
"It's still confusing. We're going to have to get this
very, very clear."
"Don't worry, don't worry. I plan to convey this
concept clearly before we do anything."
"When will we do it?"
"We're going to do it today. Maybe this afternoon
when we come back from the fair. And when we start
doing it, I'll be giving you exact directions."
We drove for a while in silence while I pondered the
things Rama was saying. I thought about what it would
be like traveling around in the body of a bird or traveling
to the farthest planets in outer space.
"Rama, I want to ask you something," I said. You
mentioned life on the sun."
"The sun is a world like any other, except that it's very
big. There's no fire on its surface, no more than on the
earth or any other planet. In fact, even less, because it's a
very old world and its cooling process is greater. The
humanity living on the sun is similar to man on earth.
The only differences is people's weight and height;
they're lighter and taller. They're also more advanced in
knowledge than you people on earth, or even than the
people in my world. It may take you thousands of
terrestrial years to fully learn what an average sun
inhabitant knows about God as a Third Force."
"Where do they get their light from?"
"The sun has its own self-ignited light, reflected by