Suddenly I found myself surrounded by an inky blackness. And yet, it was not entirely black. I could see swirling mists of color in various places, yellow, green, purple, blue, and many others. My companion had become a yellow orb. Distraught and shaken, I attempted to reach out to him in order to steady myself. I found to my utter horror that I was now without form. I was now completely disoriented. What had happened to me? And what was going to happen next?
My companion told me that I was going to have to prepare for a trial. I was stunned. Was I dead? Was this going to be the final judgement? Would I have a lawyer to assist me? This was just too much for me to take in. No, he informed me (it was at this point that I noticed the answers were just coming into my mind as thoughts) I was not dead. This was no "final judgement." And they did not have lawyers. I had no idea how I was to defend at trial if I didn't have a lawyer. What I was told next was the greatest shock of all. I was the accuser.
I explained that I had always been taught that God, the Creator of our world, owned everything and had complete discretion to do whatever he wished with his creations. My companion told me it didn't work that way. They had rules in their society and the rule against oppression of sentient beings (even on created worlds) was exceedingly serious. If the stories of "everyone needing a savior" and "eternal fire and torment" were true, this being himself faced banishment as he represented a danger to all sentient beings.
My companion lead me to region in this strange place that he said was their equivalent to a library. It was a mass of objects that I cannot begin to describe. There were many other orbs there. Some of the objects would leave the mass and approach one or another orb. Objects would also leave the presence of the orbs and assimilate into the greater mass.
He led me to a small corner of this mass. It was empty except for a few of the objects. He informed me that this was where they kept the copies of the rules of the society. As the orbs were generally very cooperative, there was seldom any cause to come to this area. He also informed me that, because I was unfamiliar with this realm, he would help me to understand how to use the resources to make my case. He then stressed that it still be up to me to make my case. He could not help me with that. He could only help me learn how to use the resources.
He explained that to use the objects, I had to summon one of them with my mind. I fixated on one of them (they were all red in this corner) and it came near me. Suddenly, rules of the society entered my mind; and they weren't coming from my companion. Causing of pain for its own sake was not permitted. An amount of pain within a manifestation was allowed for the purpose of increasing the excitement of existence within the manifestation. This was going to take some time. I didn't really understand most of it.
UPDATE: I added a title
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