Chapter 11

"'I am right here my love' Hope said as she entered the hospital room. My Hope was carrying a vase with a single red rose and a single white rose. She said how much she loved me as she placed the vase in my handed. I began to choke up in tears. Never in my life had I believed someone could care for me so much. My heart seemed to grow that day and I openly cried tears of happiness.

I guess life has its own way of showing you the big picture. Everything that happened in the past week, from the fainting to the "dream" to Hope coming into that hospital room had an impact on who I was before and who I was to become. I became closer to Hope then ever before and even though I was apprehensive about what happened when we made contact, I thrived on thoughts of it happening again. I needed to practice the mental control over my gift that my brother had taught me.

I guess I should backtrack just a little. I can't tell you word for word what my twin told me that fateful day in the hospital. It was so long ago. He explained that meditation, relaxation, and control of my mind were necessary to my well being. I needed to filter the unwanted emotions and thoughts so they did not affect me in a way that was a danger to my self. I had learned about the part of my brain most people don't use. The average human uses about 10% of their mental capacity, but I was using approximately 24% at this point. The use of the extra mental capacity explained how I had my "powers" it also gave me clues on how to control it.

Normally the mind works on three levels, some refer to these as the ID, the EGO and the SUPER EGO. The id being the part of your mind that wants to always play, the ego being the part that always wants control, both of these operate on a conscious level. The superego, on the other hand, which manages them both, is the rational thought in between and usually works on a subconscious level. Right now, my powers were focused on the conscious level and I needed to be in a semi-meditative state most of the time to filter everything through my subconscious so I would not be affected by them.

Now that we have that out of the way ... where were we? Oh yeah.

When Hope entered the hospital room my attention became solely focused on her. As every one else slowly trickled out of the room and were alone, I began to explain to Hope what was going on. I half expected her to think I was crazy, especially when I told her about my "out of body" experience, the powers and my twin returning. Interestingly enough Hope just smiled and when I was finished she just replied, "I knew all along, I have the same abilities as you. Can we learn together?"

If it had been physically possible, my jaw would have hit the floor at that point. To say I was surprised, relieved and thrilled by the fact that Hope and I shared our gifts would be an understatment.