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"The name, Israel, identifies us in the sphere of the Principle of Universal Love," I said to her. "In the sphere of this principle there is only one relationship possible, and that's the one that Jacob had established for himself by which he became Israel, which he described to his brother, his former adversary, by saying, I have seen thy face as though I have seen the face of God. So it is all about relationships, isn't. But it mostly a question of relationships with ourselves. How we see ourselves determines all relationships. When Jacob changed, his relationships changed. His wives had remained stuck in their rut and so had most of his children. While Jacob's inner advance had pioneered a new definition for humanity, the highest ever established up this point, he couldn't dictate this renewal onto others, and he certainly couldn't turn it into a national emblem. This does not mean that the Israel Principle is insignificant. It is highly significant. It has not been superseded to the very day in its significance except by a few who vastly expanded it in applying its profundity. I am thinking of the great spiritual pioneers of the ages, especially Christ Jesus who defined himself, and thereby the whole of humanity, as both the "son of God" and the "son of man," simultaneously and synonymously."
"So you think it is really possible for the whole of mankind to come of age on this platform and for it to recognize itself as human beings, and to do this swiftly as if born on the wings of angels?" said Indira.
"That's what I am expecting. As Jacob had discovered, we are all married to one another as human beings by our divinity as we share a single universal humanity in our hearts. I think we can get to this point, Indira. What else have we got that can head off head off the greatest potential crisis in the history of mankind that we are presently rushing towards hastily, that has the potential, militarily, to cause the extinction of the whole of humanity. That what we face in the age of nuclear bombs and dirty uranium bombs stacked up by the tens of millions. I would say that there is no miracle required for us to get out of this trap, and for society to have its new renaissance, because no inertia exists in the realm of thought that would hinder our freedom to move mentally and retard the spontaneity of mankind's movements towards the truth, the very truth that we are all human beings together."
"Ah, now I see what is happening here," Indira interjected. "It seems that Fred sent you here to prove to me that this is possible, while he really wanted you to prove this to yourself. In this case we both have quite an adventure ahead of us. There's nothing simple and superficial about discovering what it means to live primarily as a human being with all the conventions, mysticism, and artificial emotions stripped away. That's been my project all along without it having been defined that way."
"Who said it is an easy project?" I said with a smile. "Universal love in a world that is deeply divided by sex and by marriage-isolation is the greatest paradox that I know. It can't get anymore paradoxical. Every bright period in history had been rooted to some degree in the Principle of Universal Love. But on the social grass roots level society has always said NO! It seemed too difficult for a people that were stuck up to their neck in the rut of time-honored dogmas that had been created to get them stuck. It won't be easy even now, to get unstuck. It took Ross and I 12 years and we still haven't fully succeeded. If that isn't a paradox, what is? However, I do say that it is possible to resolve the paradox and to leave the rut behind us. And at least, theoretically, this isn't a matter of time. Thank God it isn't, because mankind's time is fast running out in its race for building evermore potent killing machines."
Indira shuddered at the thought. She changed the subject of the conversation back to the exploration of our humanity. We are the children of a universal humanity with a common universal human soul. We are all human beings, nothing more and nothing less. That's the bottom line. And that makes the exploration exciting, doesn't it, Peter?" She stood up and went inside to make us more tea.
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