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"So it all boils down to the question of choosing," Ross continued. "But, do we really have a choice?" He suggested that we really don't have a choice in this matter if we want to survive and life and prosper. "One may eat an apple for breakfast, or a banana, or a piece of bread. One may freely choose one or the other without vast differentials in consequences. But the same cannot be said about rape, versus development."
He spoke about three types of rape; soft rape, hard rape, and murder as the extreme case of it. He said one can deal with soft rape quite easily. It causes little more than mental anguish. He spoke about his experiences when he formed his church. The right to do so was clearly defined in the constitution of his chosen denomination. The keepers of that constitution, however, were clearly operating with a black hole mentality. This created a paradox and a conflict. He said that he was told by the central administration that his newly created church did not exist unless it was permitted to exit, by them, and for gaining this permission unconstitutional demands were made that could not be fulfilled without violating what the church stood for. From these demands, which were really demands for an acknowledgement of their power, a battle ensued that lasted for years. Then Ross told us that one day the thought came to him that it doesn't really matter whether or not the central organization recognizes his church to exist. It did exist. The only thing that really mattered to him was what he recognized about it. As a consequence, he just stepped away from the war and let it be. This gave him the freedom to do the work that he wanted to do for the good of all involved.
"This kind of choice is not possible when it comes to hard rape that is powerfully destructive," Ross continued, presenting a more severe example of the black hole mentality. "It is extremely difficult for a person who is subjected to hard rape to step away from such a subjection unharmed. In the political context hard rape is manifest as deindustrialization, destructive environmentalism, financial speculation that is looting entire nations to the point of their collapse. No one can just step away from that. One has no choice, therefore, but to overturn the mentality that causes the rape. If one doesn't do this, the very foundation of one's existence becomes destroyed. The same applies to the extreme case of rape, which is murder. In the political context this murder manifests itself as nuclear warfare, or biological warfare, for the purpose of depopulation. There is no technological protection possible against this. No technological defenses were allowed to be created while these weapons were being build in ever-greater numbers. One has no choice, therefore, but to overturn the thought process that generates the supposed need for depopulation weapons. In other words, mankind's thought process must be outwards oriented, like the outflow of the light from the sun. It must mirror that process. It must reflect the model of the sun. Its mentality must become such that it enriches its object, develops the human potential, broadens the mental horizon, beautifies living, and brings light to the world. We have no choice but to establish this kind of thinking, honestly, vigorously, sensitively, and this undeterred and in every imaginable context. And it must begin individually, with us, all of us, at the grass roots level, because we are humanity. We are a part of it and share that responsibility. This goal must be achieved. If it is not achieved, society loses its ability to survive."
Before Ross left the stage, Sylvia appeared with a bouquet of roses that she had evidently bought for the occasion. She thanked Ross for his contribution and added a story of her own, an experience she had on an airplane.
The plane had been full. She had a window seat. The seats beside her were occupied by an insurance secretary and a gentleman with a baby in his lap. She told us that she couldn't help but overhear their conversation. They first talked about the baby, then about their occupations. He was an evangelist student, studying for the ministry. Soon, the conversation shifted from the baby to religion.
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