The Manisis Chronicles Chapter 17

The Manisis Chronicles Chapter Seventeen

As much as we loved our home in Five Corners, we were rapidly outgrowing it. Our

three children were older now and each wanted and needed a room of his or her own. So we went to the local real estate brokers and told them that we needed something larger in the same area and to let us know when something matching our desires came along. Before long we received a call from one of the agents, assuring us that he had just what we were looking for. (After all, would he ever say anything else?) We all piled into our car and went to look at this new home. It was a large, rambling ranch style with an unfinished, but spacious, basement and an attached garage. This property was in what was called the Saint Bernadette area, so called because of the Saint Bernadette Catholic Church nearby. It most certainly had all the room we needed, the children could each have a room of their own, and we looked forward to having the attached garage, since we had never had one before in any of our houses. I asked the owner, a contractor who had built the house for himself, if he would finish the basement to my specifications for the asking price. He readily accepted this provision, and we signed an agreement of sale. It was only after we had completed the formalities of sale that we began to consider the downside of the new home. Unlike all our previous dwellings it was on a small lot, in a housing development with neighbors on all sides of us. Though the new house was near our old home, the school district was different, and as we soon found out, it was not as refined or as desirable as that for Five Corners. Once we moved into the new house (it never really became a home) we discovered more problems. While the interior could have made the pages of House and Garden, we found it sterile and unimaginative. When we had first looked at the house, we noticed this about the décor, but assumed in time we would come to appreciate its modern ambiance. The undeniable fact was that time only made it more irritating to all our senses. Despite our dissatisfaction, we had no complaint with the real estate person or the seller. It was a good house; everything worked just as it was advertised. It just was not our house, and so we began to look in the Sunday want ads for a new house that could become our home. From this episode in our lives Elaine and I, and the children, too, learned some valuable lessons, the main one being to “never settle for half a dream.” Our new house met several of our requirements for a home, but as we soon discovered was devoid of those most important to us. We also discovered that we had bought the house with our minds and not our hearts. Our minds told us the house had the modern conveniences we should have, but our hearts told us from the beginning that it was not our kind of place. The next time we were determined not to make that same mistake again. Lastly

we learned, the hard way, the truth of the real estate doctrine that the three most important things in buying a house really are: location, location and location. Fortunately, an opportunity to test all our newly gained wisdom came along shortly. Elaine found a house in the Sunday paper that sounded just like what we were looking for. The price was a little higher than we had paid for our present house, but less than we were willing to pay for what we wanted. She called the broker and he was willing to show us the house that afternoon. The house was in the Normandy Park area of the south end of Seattle, which was considered one of the most refined and exclusive sections in that part of town. We were not at all disappointed as we approached the property. This was an area of fine homes on spacious irregular large lots. No tract homes here. As we turned into the driveway of this house, we were overjoyed to find a long descending lane with beautiful plantings of roses and rhododendrons on both sides. When we arrived at the house itself, we discovered a rambling cottage style with a detached garage (you just can’t have everything) surrounded with more beautiful trees and plantings. Before we went inside, the realtor took us around the house to look at the backyard. The house was on an incline, and the backyard sloped first to a lovely fish pond, and then to a lovely babbling brook at the bottom of the property. This entire lower yard was bedecked with rare flowering trees and plants of all descriptions. I looked at Elaine and she looked at me and each knew what the other was thinking. We wanted this place and didn’t even care what the house looked like. Fortunately, the house was just as lovely inside as the yard was outside. The owner and his wife were at home, and when I met him I had only one question: “Why would you ever want to leave such a ‘Heaven on Earth’?” He assured me that neither he nor his wife, who I presumed was the motivating force behind all this beauty, wanted to leave, but he worked for Boeing and had been transferred to Wichita, Kansas. I said nothing, but two thoughts ran through my mind: (1) He will never find this sort of beauty in Kansas no matter how much he pays, and (2) I am glad to be self-employed so I can work where I want to and not where someone else wants me to. After we had seen the entire house, I called Elaine aside and told her that I was not going to leave until we had purchased the property. Knowing me, she did not seem surprised and, true to form, began to figure in her mind how we could make payments on two houses at the same time. I called the realtor aside and told him our decision, and he seemed a little taken aback and asked me if I didn’t just want to make an offer at a lower price first. I told him, “No, I feel the price is fair and I just want to purchase the property as soon as possible.” He went to the owners to let them know our decision, and they were delighted. The realtor went to his car, came back with the necessary papers, and the deal was closed in short order. Now that we were the proud owners of two houses, nay, one house and one home, we had to plan how to keep our heads above water financially. Fortunately, Elaine was an

excellent and frugal budgeter, and she soon found a way to keep us solvent until we could sell our present house and move into our little piece of Heaven. This was not long in coming. Since our present domicile was modern, nearly new and had all the desirable middle-income amenities, it sold quickly and for a profit. It did seem that while the Celestial forces were willing to let us get ourselves into an undesirable situation to give us an opportunity to learn valuable lessons, they were sufficiently lenient not to make us suffer unduly for our error. Once we were ensconced in our new home, all was well again. We all soon felt as if we had lived there all our lives, and Elaine and I were fully planning to grow old together in our little bit of Heaven. As you will see in later chapters, however, this was not to be. When I met with Dr. Claymore that fall, I could not stop talking about our new home. He seemed genuinely pleased, but quite amused at my ramblings. When I told him about the discoveries Elaine and I had made about our minds and hearts, he seemed to take greater interest. He smiled and said, “There is an old Italian proverb that goes, ‘Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.’ You and your wife are a perfect example of this.” I nodded my head in agreement and finally stopped my monologue, remembering the words of Democritus, “To do all the talking and not be willing to listen is a form of greed.” While it had been a busy year, with the moves and all, I had not forgotten my last session with Dr. Claymore. I had thought of many questions I felt still were not answered in my mind. Therefore, when he asked, as he always did, “Well, Dr. Bruington, do you have any questions before I begin?,” my response was a resounding “Yes.” I began, “I still am not quite convinced about the validity of the predictions of coming world changes. There are many peace groups organizing world prayer for international physical and emotional healing. May not these be able to bring about the Heaven on Earth without the destruction of life and nations that you predict?” Dr. Claymore looked at me as if to say, “Have you heard nothing I have said to you in sessions the last few years?” but instead of giving voice to his thoughts, he calmly began his instruction. “When you go to a bank and want to withdraw a thousand dollars and you have only fifty dollars in your savings account, do you really think that prayer and kind thoughts are going to convince the bank to give you the money? Even if you could convince them to do such a thing, where would they get the funds? Would they not have to take the money from the account of another person, and is that fair to that person? The Celestial Law is the bank. You are able to withdraw from it only what you have deposited there, no more. The Law always must balance, just like the accounts of an honest bank. I have to say ‘honest bank’ because today the entire business community is rife with corruption and dishonesty, as we have discussed before.

“The Chinese have a proverb that says it much better than anything I can add. It goes this way as I remember it: “If there is righteousness in the heart of the individual, there will be beauty in the character. “If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. “If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. “When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. “That, my dear Dr. Bruington, is the only road to the prophesied Heaven on Earth. All the prayers, fasting, peace marches and what have you will have nothing but negative effects until the heart of each individual changes to embrace righteousness.” “But,” I began to utter when he stopped me. “But, but, but, you always have buts, don’t you, Dr. Bruington?” Of course the next word out of my mouth was, “But,” and he just rolled his eyes, as he let me continue. “But how can we expect to create a Heaven on Earth if we first have to make all the present inhabitants of the planet ‘righteous’?” “Ah,” he quipped. “You’re finally getting the point. The answer is we can’t. It could take hundreds of thousands of years for some now on this Earth to develop righteousness.” “But,” I started, but changed my words as I saw him wince, “If we can’t expect such righteousness for eons, how is the Golden Age you and others predict going to occur?” He didn’t answer for a few moments. Then he slowly rocked back in his chair and began his dissertation with, “Dr. Bruington, I really don’t know how I could have made things clearer, but-—there’s your word again—I will try for the last time, and I mean that. Remember what I said when we first met about the fact that patience could be a sin.” Although I felt thoroughly chastened, I was still riveted to my seat by his gaze as he continued, “We live in the time of the Separation of the wheat and the chaff or tares. Scripture tells us to let the wheat and the chaff grow together until they are mature so that they may be easily identified and separated. We are now in the process of this maturing. We have more individuals in the world now than ever before, and they will continue to increase until the Soul World is nearly empty. This is to give every Soul, no matter how young and undeveloped, a chance to be part of the wheat, for when the Separation comes, the Celestial forces do not want any Soul to be able to say, ‘You did not give me a chance.’ “The unfortunate effect of this great leniency on the part of the Celestial forces is that it has filled the world with a great many nearly wholly carnal individuals. This is one reason why the world is as it is, and why it will continue to get worse during your

lifetime. This is referred to in Revelation as the unleashing of Satan for a season. Eventually the days of reckoning will come, and the Great Separation of the wheat from the tares will begin in earnest. You should live to see this. “Now I know that most of this is not new to you, Dr. Bruington. After all, we have gone over this matter several times in past years. However, it seems that you have missed a vital component of this process, and that is the fact that the only way to the prophesied Heaven on Earth is by the elimination of the chaff or tares. This will leave a much smaller world population, but one that is far more inclined to be righteous, because they have developed these qualities within themselves. They have ‘put money in the bank,’ as it were, and during the days of trial and tribulation will be able to withdraw it.” “I think the light is beginning to dawn,” I said. The expression on Dr. Claymore’s face was one of “It’s about time.” I continued, “The young Souls and the more developed Souls have both been given a chance to be a part of the New Renaissance, but only a very few of the young Souls are likely to survive the Separation of the wheat and chaff. But, I know there’s that ‘but’ again, but what will happen to the young Souls that were a part of the chaff?” “First of all,” he replied, “it is not only young Souls that will be taken away as chaff, but all Souls, no matter what their ‘age,’ who are not able to meet the requirement of righteousness. Many of the individuals from the nations of the Old World are very old Souls that have made little progress during incarnation after incarnation. On the contrary, many have become more wicked with each new incarnation, but have not reached the point where they have forfeited their right to reincarnate. It is the influence of these Souls that has kept the nations of the Old World in turmoil and hatred, and this is the main reason that these nations will be destroyed and entirely new lands and nationalities emerge. “Now this is not the doing of the Celestial forces, but rather the automatic reaction of the Law due to the long-term degeneracy of these nations and people. The Karma of a nation is only a reflection of the combined Karma of its citizens over a period of time.” “What will happen to the people who are destroyed in the Separation of the wheat and chaff?” I asked again. “You want to distinguish between temporal individuals and Souls,” he replied. “The temporal beings will be returned to ‘dust’ as always and the Souls returned to the Soul World as usual. However, if the person while on the Earth destroyed the substance required to develop the Soul, or Celestial Seed, then on the death of the temporal body, the person’s eternal individuality is lost and is known no more.” “Does that happen very often?” I asked. “Much more now than in the past,” he replied. “The newer technologies have made it much more common than before, but that is for another session. At this time I want to

get back to our still-functioning Souls that are the chaff of the Great Separation needed to produce the prophesied Heaven on Earth. As in the days of Atlantis, the Celestial forces have the power to hold these individual Souls back from reincarnating for a very long time, and that is what they will do. This is not an undeserved punishment (there is no such thing under the Celestial Law), but only the reaction of the Law to their previous activities. “By holding these Souls back from incarnating soon to the Earth, they give the ‘wheat’ a chance to so reorganize the world that when these ‘chaff’ Souls are eventually allowed to return, their ‘evil’ natures can be controlled and restrained by those who by that time will have truly built a Heaven on Earth.” “How long might it be before these Souls are allowed to reincarnate?” I asked. “The Bible speaks of a thousand years of peace before Satan—Satan, of course, being the generic name for the evil these ‘chaff’ Souls have within them—will again be released into the world, that is, until these Souls are allowed to return. Now the times given in the Scriptures are only relative. That ‘thousand years’ may be more like five thousand in actual temporal years. It may take that long or even longer before the Celestial forces feel it is safe to release these Souls of the destroyed chaff back to Earth. They will wait until they are certain Satan’s return will be as short as the Biblical prediction and that he eventually would be ‘bound’ permanently.” “I’m sorry I’m so difficult. I guess that as a doctor, I just don’t like seeing people perish. It is my desire to help and cure all possible,” said I. “I understand,” said Dr. Claymore, “but at best we can only catch a glimpse of the future that the Celestial forces have planned. If we have faith in them and their wisdom, all will be well. Remember what Jesus said when he went into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. He ended his prayer with, ‘Nevertheless, thy will, not mine, be done.’ As far advanced as he was, he still would not take it upon himself to secondguess the Celestial forces. He was always willing to acquiesce to their will, and so should we.” Dr. Claymore seemed to indicate that we had covered the subject, which gave me the opportunity to inject another thought. “I have another question,” I hesitantly said, “one from Elaine” At this his ears pricked up since this was the first time Elaine had ever asked me to relay a question for her. “Well,” said Dr. Claymore, “I am most interested to hear what your wife has on her mind. What is her question?” I hemmed and hawed a bit since I did not know how he would take Elaine’s question, but since I had promised her I would ask it I knew there was no escape. So I mustered my courage and stated, “She feels that we are too matter-of-fact about something that most people would consider a terrible tragedy. She wants to know why the Philosophy

doesn’t seem to show compassion for the millions of people who may be destroyed in the coming years by the action of the Law during the Great Separation.” Dr. Claymore seemed to be amused at my obvious discomfort in delivering this message when he replied, “What about you, Dr. Bruington? Do you think you and I have lacked compassion in our approach to the coming events?” “Well, to tell you the truth,” I replied, “I have been so busy trying to figure out how I was going to help those we might be able to save as wheat that I’ve not really given the others much thought.” “And so you should not,” he assured me. “They will be taken care of by the Celestial Law.” “Elaine says that in the Bible Jesus wept over the transgressions of the people of his day, but I find that hard to do. Am I just too hard-hearted?” I asked. “We each show compassion in our own way, Dr. Bruington,” he replied. “Take Manisis, for instance. He is a very advanced Celestial who had a near-idyllic existence in the upper realms, but for love of mankind he volunteered to come back to Earth, as did the Nazarene, to endure the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ in order to help deliver a new interpretation of the Law. This really is compassion, a lifetime of dedication, not just a few short-lived tears. Not that I decry such show of a compassionate nature, but it does little to correct the underlying problems that encouraged the tears.” “But Elaine also wants to know if we are going to do anything to alleviate the suffering of those who form the chaff. Don’t these individuals deserve our compassion for what will happen to them?” I asked. “I think that you have an incorrect view of what is happening to those who may end up as chaff, Dr. Bruington,” he replied. “The Celestial Law is most compassionate in its management of their future. Many of these are young Souls that have been given a rare chance to partake in the New Order of the Ages. However, the Celestial forces also realized that only a very few of these young Souls would be able to improve themselves sufficiently in the time allotted before the Great Separation so that they would, or could, be included among the wheat. “For most of these Souls, the longer they remain on Earth the deeper they dig themselves into the morass of Karmic indebtedness. To protect them from adding Karma on top of Karma, the Celestial forces will remove them to the Soul World for a few thousand years while the more advanced Souls are able to complete their Heaven on Earth. In the Soul World these Souls are not able to incur any more Karma and so are held in abeyance to contemplate their past and to develop resolve to improve their future when they are again allowed to reincarnate. “By the time they do return, the wiser Souls on the Earth will have restructured civilization to the extent that they will be able to advance under their guidance and avoid the pitfalls of previous incarnations.

“Now I see,” said I. “This is really a win-win situation. What an ingenious arrangement! Both the wheat and chaff will come out winners in the long run thanks to the foresight of those above.” Dr. Claymore smiled, “That is why we call them the Celestial forces. They know how to do things right. So you see, the Great Separation is the most compassionate event that is possible under the circumstances. We have little reason to weep over the functioning of a Celestial Law that in the end benefits all.” It all made good sense to me. I only trusted that I could explain it to Elaine as well as Dr. Claymore had to me. After a moment’s reflection I said, “I think I finally understand what you are trying to tell me. The coming prophesied events are not really to be looked at as a catastrophe, but rather as an essential part of the Celestial forces’ plan to help man to achieve the Heaven on Earth that he has dreamed of for so long. It is the only way to bring this desired event about.” Dr. Claymore smiled that special smile of his that said, “You finally got it right.” “I guess death on the temporal plane is never really a great tragedy; it is only a way to create a balance in both the temporal and Soul worlds,” I continued. “It’s not quite that simple,” replied Dr. Claymore. “Death can be a real tragedy to those left behind. Children without parents, wives without husbands, husbands without loving wives—by these death will be perceived as a tragedy.” “But isn’t this only the working of the Law?” replied I. “That may be, but that is a difficult thing to tell a young child whose parents have just been killed in an auto accident.” “I see your point,” I admitted. “You see, Dr. Bruington,” he went on, “philosophy is one thing, the realities of temporal life quite another. You will find this in your medical practice. You will hear tales of woe and tribulation that will tear at your heart and make your mind reel, but it will be your job to trace the working of the Law in all these events and then to find what needs to be done to begin the process of fortune reversal.” “I never looked at doctoring exactly in that way before,” I replied. “Of course you haven’t,” he continued. “That is because you are young and only recently learned how to discern where each patient has broken the Laws of Nature and/or the Celestial Law and then how to help each one to understand these Laws and what each must do to come into harmony with them.” “But most doctors don’t do this, do they?” I asked. “It is not for us to judge others, but it does not seem to be an integral part of most medical training. But remember, Dr. Bruington, you are a student of the Philosophy. As such you have a greater responsibility than most doctors. How do you ever think

that you will be competent to teach the Manistic Law to all humanity if you are not willing to teach it to your patients where needed? “But,” he said as he changed the subject, “that is a discussion for another session. Let’s get back to the coming changes. Two things you need to remember: One, these catastrophic changes are not coming because they are the whim of the Celestial forces; they are the inevitable reaction to the previous actions of those involved, whether they be individuals, ethnic groups, nations, continents or races. Second, while the Celestial forces may not, under the Law of their own being, initiate these events, they do have the power and the option to direct and manipulate them in accordance with the Law.” “And this means what?” I interjected. “It means,” said he, “that the Celestial forces can arrange the timing of these reactions to coincide with their desire to give the men on the Earth one more chance to prove that they can really live in peace and harmony. This is the last chance, however. If we fail this time, mankind as we know it will vanish, and a new life form will have to emerge in time to attempt once again to use the power of Free Will and Personal Responsibility to create a civilization on this planet that emulates that of the Celestial forces.” “Is it possible that mankind may fail?” I asked. “I sometimes wonder if we have any real chance of success when I watch us devour one another like so many jungle animals,” he replied. “But let me get down to specifics as they have been prophesied for centuries by the Great Masters. As mentioned, many if not all the nations of the Old World have been so decadent for so long and the Karma of both the nations and the people so great that the Celestial forces do not see any possible regeneration of these nations and people as such. Therefore, the lands of these nations and peoples will be destroyed, and new lands will arise that will eventually be inhabited by new peoples. Not exactly ‘new peoples,’ though; rather the survivors of the destructive Earth changes. There will be no Germany, no France, no Spain, no Italy, no China, no Japan, as such. “Those who are able to survive these changes will be those who possess the least of the qualities that caused this destruction in the first place. Their hearts will be as free from the Karma of the former nations as is possible, given the circumstances. They will need to establish new nations once the ground and oceans have settled. Since those individuals who made up the degenerate mass of the Old World will not be allowed to reincarnate for thousands of years, the progeny of these ‘new people’ will not bring with them the Karma of the Old World nations, but may well be advanced Souls from previous ancient civilizations. By the time those of the Old World and their Karma are once again allowed to reincarnate, that is, after a few thousand years, it is expected that the established society will be so much in harmony with the Celestial Law that even the former Old World nationals will not be able to degrade it. They will either grow into harmony with it, or destroy their own individualities and

thereby lose any chance of further incarnations. In either case their influence will be neutralized.” “Are we talking about America now?” I asked. “No,” said he. “We are talking about the changed lands of the Old World. The surface of the Earth will change, old lands will disappear and new lands arise. This is nothing new for the Earth; it has happened several times before. The flood of Noah is not a myth, or rather it is a true event that has been depicted as a myth in the Bible. This same thing happened in the days of Lemuria and Atlantis. In each instance the people as a whole had become so destructive and corrupt that the Celestial Law brought about their physical destruction. Their crimes were so great, like those of our present Old World nations, that not only were the physical bodies of the people destroyed, but their lands as well, so that they would have no chance on their return to Earth to repeat their evil ways in the exact same environment. “More than this, all these peoples of the past lost civilizations were held in the Soul World for five to ten thousand years, not only as a punishment, but to allow the memory of their past decadency to fade from their consciousness. Only after this period of enforced memory loss were they allowed to reincarnate.” “And this is what is going to happen to most of those who now live in the Old World nations?” I asked. “That is the prediction,” he replied. “But now where does America come in?” I asked. “That,” he continued, “is where the Celestial forces changed the ‘script’ of their past practices. In the past they have just destroyed the old civilizations and waited until, with his gift of life and Free Will, man would build a new one. With each new effort the Celestial forces trusted that man would learn from experience and that this new effort would be the one that produced the Heaven on Earth. Again and again they were disappointed. Apparently, man has an almost infinite capacity for evil and an irrational desire to flout the Celestial Law. Therefore, a new plan was created by the Celestials to give man one last chance before he is to be thrown into the limbo of forgotten things as a failed experiment. “But let me tell you the real behind-the-scenes story as Manisis confided it to me. One of the more ingenious Celestial beings, Brother Viavay, decided to give mankind one last chance by establishing a new nation that had no debilitating Karmic background and to place in this land—or rather to allow them to place themselves—the best and noblest individuals from the various nations of the Old World. The laws governing this special nation were to be based on the Celestial Law and so would appeal to those individuals all over the world whose hearts were pure enough to resonate with the Celestial Law as codified in the American Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.

“The plan was that once every individual throughout the Old World who wanted to come to this New World and who was able to harmonize his heart with the Soul of America had come to this new nation, the Old World Order would be destroyed, its degenerate peoples held in the Soul World for thousands of years, and Americans allowed to create the true Heaven on Earth.” “But what about Washington’s Vision of the devastation of America?” I asked. “Well, now, don’t get ahead of me,” warned Dr. Claymore. “This was the original plan as advanced by Brother Viavay. It was a good plan and was much applauded by all, except for one wise Elder by the name of Brother Entroll. ‘It won’t work,’ said he. ‘Don’t you know that once this new nation becomes prosperous, all the decadent knaves from the Old World nations will attempt to seduce it to the old ways? And if they can’t do that to their full satisfaction, they will rise up to destroy it, since if it holds firm to its principles, it threatens their control of the Old World.’ “These were very sobering thoughts for the rest of the Celestial beings, and they pondered them carefully. Finally one of the other Elders, Brother Derigon, began to speak. ‘Brother Entroll is correct. As this new nation prospers, and it must prosper if it is governed by laws similar to the Celestial Laws, it will become the target of all the Old World rogues. There is probably nothing we can do to prevent this. We just have to let it happen. This new nation will not be the pure entity that Brother Viavay envisioned, but it can be made so in time with our help. This is my suggestion. We establish this nation with the help of those on Earth who understand the Celestial Philosophy, just as Brother Viavay planned. We will help them write into the laws of this nation a true reflection of the Celestial Laws. We will let the nation grow and become the dominant force in the world. This it must be, since its philosophy, unlike any of the Old World nations, is based on the Celestial Law. As its fame grows, it will attract individuals both good and evil. In the latter days the evil immigrants will undoubtedly overwhelm the good since there are so many more of them.’” “Now this is some story,” I interjected. “Dr. Bruington, why don’t you keep quiet and let Brother Derigon continue?” Dr. Claymore admonished. I put my hand over my mouth as a sign of obedience. Dr. Claymore continued as Brother Derigon, “‘Now if we don’t help these new people, the Old World influences will corrupt them as they have done over and over again throughout the rest of the world. If at the time we are to carry out the expected destruction of the Old World we do nothing about the subversive forces in this new land, they will simply take over, and Brother Viavay’s new land will become a decadent polyglot copy of the Old World Order. If we let this happen, we might as well destroy it with the Old World, let mankind perish completely and start over with a new, and hopefully more desirable, species.’”

“‘But,’ said Brother Viavay, ‘is there nothing we can do to preserve this new nation for the glorious outcome I have envisioned?’” “‘Yes,’ said Brother Derigon. ‘Here is my addition to your plan. We help to create your nation as you envision. We will help to inspire those who are acquainted with the Celestial Philosophy to do the work necessary on the temporal plane. Since, as I understand it, this new nation-to-be is now a colony of a powerful Old World country, it will need our help in throwing off this yoke, but that should not be too difficult for us to do. As it matures, it will meet other challenges, but we will help it to find the right man at the right time to meet each one. “‘Once this new nation becomes wealthy—a magnet to scoundrels—the influx of undesirables will come, and we will do nothing to stop them. These knaves will do their best to enslave this new people, and by their cunning, will do it in such a way that the people will think they are receiving favors. Your new people, Brother Viavay, may be good, but not too wise. “‘We will let the chaff grow with the wheat as it will, and eventually it will outweigh the wheat. The Old World influences in your new nation will see to it that this nation does all it can to entangle itself with the intrigues of the Old World. In this way the Old World mavens will be able to control both the political and financial establishments of your new country. These Old World influences will try to create a feeling of hatred, envy and fear in all the Old World nations relative to your new nation. Their purpose in this is twofold: first, to sap the moral and financial strength of your new nation to enrich their interests in the Old World, and second, to weaken this new nation to a point at which the combined forces of the Old World may invade and try to destroy it forever. By such an effort they hope to eliminate all semblance of the Celestial Law on Earth, since they recognize its acceptance by the people as a deathblow to all their selfish enterprises. “‘However,’ Brother Derigon continued, ‘we will have something to say about the plans of these Old World rogues. Because of the Celestial input into the formation of your new nation, Brother Viavay, there will be many good people in this nation, even in the latter days. They are naïve and ignorant of the Law, but good at heart. To help these dear Souls I suggest that we send our Brother Manisis to Earth to help teach them the Law. While they may not listen to his voice at first over the cacophony of Old World voices, when the partial destruction of your new nation begins, they may listen more intently. “‘Next we will allow the weakening of your nation to the extent that the Old World powers will decide to invade and destroy it utterly.’ “Brother Viavay shuddered visibly. Brother Derigon noticed and assured him by saying, ‘It must be, Brother Viavay, since it is the only way to rid your new nation of those who do not belong there, that is, those who in their hearts still belong to the Old World. When the time is right, the Old World forces will invade from Asia, Europe and Africa. Your nation will have to defend itself against the entire Old World. As

these Old World forces spread out over your land, they will effectively remove from your land all those who are not in harmony with our objectives. It is undoubtedly true that some of those loyal to the Celestial concept will perish as well—I think on Earth they call this collateral damage—but these will be allowed to reincarnate rapidly so that they will be ready to help in the Reconstruction period that follows. But I am getting ahead of myself. “‘Now, once the Old World component of your new nation has been destroyed by the Old World invaders—an ironic touch, don’t you think?—those true Souls left will be hard pressed to defeat the remaining invaders without our help. This is where the great land changes come into play. Just as it seems that the Old World will win this battle, we will give the signal for the Earth changes to begin in earnest. This will have such a demoralizing effect on the invading forces that they will be easily overcome, and once your new nation is back on its feet it may finally become your center of the prophesied Heaven on Earth. Well, what do you think, Brother Viavay?’ “‘I don’t like the idea of all that destruction in my nation, but I will acquiesce to your superior understanding of human nature,’ replied Brother Viavay. ‘One thing, though: Couldn’t we give the people of this new nation some warning of what is to come?’ “‘That’s possible. Brother Entroll, what do you think of my plan, and do you think that we may give the people some warning of the events to come?’ “Brother Entroll came forward, and after a bit of mumbling said, ‘I really think it is time to start over again. These men we have created are not to my liking. But Brother Derigon’s plan is the best I can think of. As far as a warning, I see no harm; only you should realize that it will probably go unheeded. These earthlings are not very wise in such things.’ “‘Just what kind of a warning did you have in mind, Brother Viavay?’ asked Brother Derigon. “‘I was thinking of creating a Vision for one of the Founders of this new nation that would give him an insight as to the coming events. He could then tell the others, and, I trust, the people of the latter days would gain some guidance from this Vision.’ “‘That sounds fine to me,’ said Brother Derigon. ‘Is there any dissension from the other Brothers?’ “No one uttered a word, and so Brother Derigon continued, ‘As I remember, this is what we are going to do. We will give the present species on Earth with our gift of Free Will one more chance. Brother Viavay, with the help of any of the other Brothers who may want to assist him in this effort, will create a new nation in what is called on Earth the Western Hemisphere. Those involved will see that its laws are in harmony with Celestial Law as much as is possible, given the eccentricities of the temporal sphere. Early on in this endeavor Brother Viavay will see that one of the main human Founders of the new nation will have a Vision that will give him a human view of what we have planned for this new nation’s future here today.

“‘For some time we will allow this new nation to develop naturally, allowing both good and bad elements to enter without our interference. I trust that Brother Viavay’s choice of Founders and the Vision he gives to one of them will help the inhabitants of this new land realize the difference between the good and the bad and not allow the bad to become a majority too rapidly.’ “‘We shall certainly try,’ interjected Brother Viavay. “‘I’m sure you will,’ said Brother Derigon as he continued. ‘Finally, when this new nation reaches the point where it has become offensive to most of the Old World, it will be invaded and ravished. All this is within the Celestial Law because it did not stay true to its mission but allowed elements and forces of the Old World to pervert its destiny. These elements must be removed, and the best way to do that and to teach those who remain an unforgettable lesson is by such invasion and ravishment. “‘Once the Old World element in this new nation has been removed and the remnant properly chastised, we will take control, make the needed changes in the Earth’s crust to eliminate the Old World nations and create new lands for the new people to expand as needed. Have I forgotten anything?’ “Brother Entroll started to frown, and as this was observed by Brother Derigon, he added, ‘Oh, yes, just in case this plan does not work and mankind does fail utterly, Brother Entroll has been working on a few new Earth species for our consideration and I’m certain that he will be overjoyed to discuss these with any of the Brothers or Sisters who may be interested.’ “Brother Entroll’s frown turned into a big smile, and Brother Derigon knew it was time to adjourn the meeting, which he did. And that, my dear Dr. Bruington, is what is going to happen and why.” Dr. Claymore had discussed these matters before in our sessions, but never in such depth and with such candor. I was somewhat taken aback by his story of the Celestial beings. It was as if he had been there. “Does this mean that Manisis is a Celestial being?” I asked. “He is a Celestial Messenger,” was his only reply, “When do you think that we can expect these events to happen?” I asked. “Which events?” he queried. “I mean the invasion of America,” I replied. “Not in my day,” he answered. “When I was younger I was certain it would occur in my time, since I could not see how America could get much worse, but it has, and I’m fairly certain that it will continue to do so until you’re older than I am now. It seems that the Celestial forces want to make the difference between good and evil so obvious that only a true idiot—that is, one completely incapable of telling right from wrong— will not be able see what is going on in the nation. The corruption has been subtle, but

ever-expanding. What we consider as evil today may well, by the time you’re my age, be accepted as standard fare.” [I have thought much about these comments in the ensuing years and remember them whenever I see a program on the popular HBO network flaunting sexual perversity in a way that in Dr. Claymore’s day would have landed all concerned in the production in jail.] The session had been long, and both Dr. Claymore and I were looking forward to our suppers. We said good-bye and he wished me well in my practice, letting me know that if there was ever anything he could do to help me, I had but to ask. In consideration of his time and age, I availed myself of this kind offer very seldom, but when I did he was always of great help. When I arrived home, I found Elaine working on one of the many rhododendron bushes we had in our new yard. This is the state flower of Washington, and this plant grows more luxuriantly there than in any other environment. Elaine and I had much to talk about for the next few days. She found Dr. Claymore’s story of the coming events fascinating but disturbing, although she seemed satisfied with his answer to her question. In some ways I am pleased that she returned to the Soul World once again before the attacks on America begin in earnest. She was such a gentle Soul that I know they would have troubled her greatly. Being of a more philosophic bent, I trust I will be able to take them in stride if I am still on this planet at that time.