by S. Poulos
listen to him for he knows better. They have to, for he didn't spend his best years in a college, studying for nothing. In a sense, he is right, for he understands that he is at the zenith of his capabilities concerning intellectual matters. He is on a crest of a wave so high that the rest beneath him look insignificant. Absolutely nobody can challenge him. That is what he knows best, but he fails to realize he is a one-sided personality, and he looks at the world from the wrong side of his binoculars."
"Are we supposed to consider the intellectuals at 'lost' cases?" someone asked ironically.
"This does not mean an intellectual is a 'hopeless' case. As easily as he fell for the intellect by forcibly suppressing his spirit, so he can amend things, by slowly letting the spirit play its part in his life. It is not hard. The hard part is that they are unwilling to do it."
"Well," intervened once again the psychiatrist, but was cut off immediately by the chairman telling him firmly that there were more people in this room who also had questions.
"What is matter?" asked the representative of the International Geological Society. "In our field, we witness daily the deterioration of the Earth. What does the future hold for this Earth?"
"Earth, as everything that can be perceived by earthly means, belongs to the world of matter," said the Teacher. "This is the natural precipitation of the ethereal world, which in turn is the precipitation of higher spheres, which in turn, are the precipitation of the highest: God.
Anything that cannot withstand the pressure and the heat of the highest heat source must be ejected. The length of the ejection depends on the ability of the particles to withstand heat-pressure. Those with more inherent ability to withstand heat-pressure are closer to the source. The less able to withstand the heat-pressure are the furthest away. The closer to the source of light are the most fluid and transparent. The furthest from the source of light are the most cumbersome, and heaviest."
"And how far does it go?"
"So far they reach the outside barriers of creation, which we call the world of matter. Hence, matter is the furthest precipitation of substance from God, i.e. the heaviest, the more cumbersome. The material world, nevertheless must succumb to the laws of the creation, which has a beginning and an end. So the time will come that the Earth will have to go through the vortex of the black hole, in order to be rejuvenated, and to start the mega cycle of re-evolution again as I have already stated."
"I would like to take you back a bit, about this injustice that takes place in this world. Judging by what you say, all this corruption and injustices can be eradicated by starting all from new. Are we wrong to believe that everything must start from scratch?" the representative from a nihilist group asked.
"In the great law of evolution, there can be no gaps. You see this everywhere in nature; an apple when it is cut green cannot reproduce another tree. In everything the cycle of evolution must run its course uninterrupted. Interruptions are retrogression. There is no doubt necessary revolutions took place in the history of mankind, but that happened in special cases, and should not be the norm."
"By what you say," screamed someone deep from the hall, "there should not be revolutions in this world. Can you imagine in what state the Earth would be?"
"I am only stating the law. Besides, it took many revolutions for Earth to reach this state. Why you think one more would make the difference? It is easier to destroy something than to build; man should improve his environment through evolution and not through revolution. If you want to change the world, start from yourself."
"Do you repudiate the fact that communists round the world tried to better things by bringing equality, and by stopping man using his fellow man for personal gains?"
"Man incarnates and reincarnates on Earth in order to mature spiritually. By imposing restrictions to the free spirit of his fellowman, the only thing he accomplishes is stifling of the individual's unique expression, the ability to think and to evaluate for oneself. Besides, the idea of communism may appear feasible, even noble, but the fact is that communism could not stand the test of time. Sooner or later it would collapse, for the whole structure is mounded in fickle foundations."
"It seems the only way for a man to go is the populist way," a representative of the EU Philosophers Union said in a cynical tone. "And that is through democracy I presume. But don't these problems you just described derive from that freedom of choice; supply and demand?"
"I would say democracy is the best device of governing thought out by man, for it is more right, and gives freedom of expression to the individual, but his freedom presupposes responsibilities, for here the law of action end reaction applies. As you sow, shall you reap.
This law does not apply only to individuals, but also to masses. If people elected officials of questionable character, just because they happened to be good talkers, sooner or later they will have to face the consequences of their decisions. Generally people have the leaders they deserve, for the leaders merely reflect the state of the people of the given time."
"Can you describe an ideal party in a hypothetical democracy that you would feel comfortable with?" asked the philosopher. "Could you give us some hints of what the beliefs of a party should be?"
"As the word suggests, it is a part-y. A part of the whole. It cannot represent the whole, but part of it. Parties are ideas devised by man, and should be treated accordingly. Some of their followers have acted as though they have the ultimate truth in their hands, falling into the trap of an idea thought and devised by someone somewhere, with catastrophic endings. Like hungry fish they charged into the lines of the scripts someone thought out, and made it as the ultimate goal of their lives. Parties with the encouragement and the blessings of blindfolded followers brought so much misery despair and death. With more thought and alertness I am sure this would be avoided."
"Can you describe us an ideal party then? That is the question."
"How could I? Is there a party devised by man to uphold all the positive points held separately by each other party? Is there a party that advocates peace, taking into the consideration the wishes and the rights of the others? Is there one that espouses the beautiful of what other cultures hold, while also safeguarding their own? Is there a party that encourages the individual to bring to fruition the talent God trusted on him? To defend his rights and at the same time, to educate him that it also brings responsibilities for the individual? Is there a party that encourages a sustainable economy, rather than giving handouts in order to sustain its popularity, regardless of the consequences for the country? Is there a party that maintains with tooth and nails the good traditions of the country; their language, culture, and music, while at the same time respects and endorses the cultures of others? To take care of the incapable ones, and to encourage the rest to, serve according to each individual's capabilities? The list goes on, but then we would not have a party, but a wholeness; a unity. Show me a unity "party" and I would be the first one to endorse it."
At this point the chairman took over to converse with the Teacher.
"If we take as a base your assumptions that earthman do not mature uniformly spiritually, and that the many left behind, are hindering or slowing the development of the rest, would you oppose the idea of a counsel of spiritually matured elders to lead and govern wisely?"
The Teacher shook his head. "You cannot force a bud to bloom. Every individual matures in his own time. Some don't mature at all. Besides, who would select the wise ones, and what will happen to the ones that oppose the idea? Man should not impose his will on others, no matter how noble their ideas. They can influence, but not impose."
"What is your idea about capitalism?" asked the chairman. "Capitalism more or less coincides with what you preach about the importance of free movement. Is this the right way to go?"
"No. Capitalism, as the word suggests, is materially oriented. It is wrong for a man to spend his short time in this Earth aiming to accumulate more and more material. Material should be the tool to facilitate man in t
his Earth, but not become his sole purpose."
"Does it mean that you denounce the rich also?"
"I do not denounce someone that happens to be rich. On the contrary, I would feel easy with a rich man that provides employment in a just way to his fellow man, rather than with someone who waits under the shade of a tree for someone else to form the position, or with someone who would give away his riches overnight. Here the saying is applied; it is more important to teach a man to catch a fish, than to provide him a plate of ready-to-eat fish for a day. The problem is not wealth, but this mania of man to accumulate and to evaluate his fellow man according of how much material he has accumulated."
"Don't you see the importance of motivation for the movement on Earth? Without motivation everything would collapse, the financial institutions, the markets, everything."
"By now man should be able to distinguish between right and wrong motivation. Let me give you an example. Let's say two men are motivated for two different reasons and work hard to accomplish their goals. One is a boxer, and the other is a scientist. By brute force, the boxer managed to knock the brains out of his opponent, and becomes a champion. In the meantime, the scientist spends thousands of man-hours in a basement in his laboratory,