art, science, and the humanities, they considered themselves the eternal,
willing, and passionate students of knowledge. As such, they were deeply
puzzled that man's outward focus toward the world contained within it
great clarity and perception, but within the ir own lives man was unable to
see that which was directly in front of them. The vast evidence attesting to
the lack of wisdom in specializing in violence, as an evolutionary vehicle,
was everywhere, for no matter how profound the beginnings of a culture
had been, they knew that culture upon culture did not rise out of war, but
ultimately fell to despotism."
Bonnie opened her eyes.
"The Masters also saw that it was useless to blame the powers that
governed society for, in the final analysis, without the pub lic's support
devastating doctrines could never have evolved. The truth then became
startlingly evident; each person is an aspect of the society or culture,
therefore culture was not merely a word. It was something to be practised
with the discipline to do what is right regardless of whether it is
convenient."
She faced Elani. "The masters developed lessons designed to hold
each individual completely responsible for his or her own behaviour.
Judgement or prejudice against others, due to race, age, gender, or social
condition was tantamount to declaring war on yourself and your family,
since whatever it was that you gave to the world would be acted upon with
the momentum that all acts were found to trigger. That event-energy bore
the vibratory signature of its originators and participants, and thereby
catalytically sought out its source to complete the cycle of events."
"Are you talking about Karma?" Elani said.
"In terms of experiencing the underlying nature of what you do, we
are. But there is no judgement attached to the momentum of your
evolutionary development, by any source other than that which you
program into your personal choices." She faced me. "It followed that to
seed the future with hope the young must be taught and cared for in an
atmosphere of love and responsibility." Switching her gaze slowly from
Elani, to Meaghan, then to Rachel, she said, "To the Essene family, no
actions would be engaged that threatened the independence of spirit and
thought of any child or individual. And so it was that, e ncompassed within
what the Essenes called Lessons of Choice, it was deemed that each
decision was a catalyst for each successive one. In light of this, anyone
was a potential victim of someone else to the degree that the very spirit of
the individual could be damaged, as the momentum of a poor choice fed
upon itself to foster similar choices."
