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I also explained to Anton that this woman had founded a metaphysical college in which she had taught this new interrelationship between Truth and humanity that is facilitated by science, and that she provided for two academic degrees, CSB and CSD, which correspond to a bachelor and a doctor degree, respectively.
"Here it becomes interesting," I said to Anton, "because the woman provided two options to obtain such a degree. One way is to receive instructions and earn the degree. The other option is for one to simply take the degree. I explained that this woman courageously broke the time-honored chain that demands that a person must be authorized by another person or institution to own an academic degree. But she provides the option that one take the degree rather than receive it. This option of taking the degree, naturally, involves the deeply honest recognition that one has done the scientific and spiritual development by which one becomes that scientist that the degree represents. It literally demands integrity, honesty, and responsibility.
"This fine distinction makes a big difference," I said to Anton. "It tells me that the true scientist is inherently self-authorized by the authority of the principles that are understood. The key factor that makes this possible is one's honesty with oneself, ones integrity in embracing what is true, and ones responsibility to assure that there will be no rape. The woman who opened this unique portal evidently accepted that ones scientific honesty with oneself should be legally sufficient within her organization to be so recognized."
Anton laughed suddenly. "This means you can claim yourself the title CSB if you fully understand the science of our universal humanity. Peter VanDerMeer, CSB, how does that sound?"
"Yes," I agreed, "provided that I fully operate within that model that she has established, where science is the gateway to truth. The question is: do I recognize and acknowledge the fundamental principles of universal Truth, and their imperatives, even if this involves great challenges? Am I totally honest with myself about these imperatives? These are some of the questions that I must ask myself. These can be tough questions, especially in the domain of our relating to one-another as sexual human beings."
"I can certainly see that this honesty can be a much tougher thing to muster than just sitting in a class room and receiving a degree for it," Anton responded, "but it also opens much wider avenues, doesn't it?"
"It certainly does that," I replied. "It enables one to break new ground. It allows one to open the Pandora's box on issues that challenge the doctrinal perceptions to the deepest levels and break new ground there too."
"Like what, Peter?" she asked.
"Like sexual issues for instance," I replied cautiously. "Like the issues of sexual intimacies that we couldn't deal with when we met in Russia many years ago, that you didn't want to touch then, that society can't deal with rationally even now. Sex seemed to have become an element of a legally certified marriage, so to speak. We were told that a person can't have the one without the other, or apart from it. All the doctrines told us the same thing. But how could we have known then, when we met in Moscow, that the doctrines aren't scientifically correct, that did divide us and isolate us? Nevertheless, we also all knew that these doctrines were nonsense. When Sylvia and I got married, we didn't marry each other for a penis and a vagina, we married each other as human beings for our wit, and fun, and our intelligence and commitment to our humanity. I fell in love with her for her singing. She sang for me and for a thousand other people, and I was proud for the applause she received. We had exciting times together, Anton, going to operas, concerts, plays, and yes, sex fitted into all of this, but it wasn't the center of our marriage. Still, we didn't challenge the doctrines which say that it is."
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