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Ross restated what Steve had said before, that science becomes our gateway to Truth. Truth becomes knowable, and demonstrable, through science.
Ross said, "In this higher model, which may be called the infinite development model, science becomes an intermediary between our Christianity, that is our humanist intellectual tradition, and reality. This intermediary, our science, therefore constantly enriches our Christianity, our intellectual tradition. This documented development process, therefore, constantly elevates us to ever-higher levels of thinking. That's the universal trinity: a model for the scientific and spiritual self-development of humanity."
Ross pointed out that in both of these models, both of which operate in every one of columns, the key element is always science. "In the confrontational model it is science that creates the ontological paradox that causes us to pull ourselves out of the rut. Without it, there is no confrontation that gets us to think, and we remain forever in the rut. Nor can the infinite development model function without science," Ross pointed out, "because without science, Truth remains isolated, unknowable, unprovable, and the world becomes a Roman pantheon of conflicting opinions."
"This means that the key element of civilization is science," said Ross emphatically, "and in the total matrix designed by the most advanced scientific and spiritual pioneer we find four unique domains of science pre-defined for us, which were evidently deemed fundamental to the development of civilization."
Ross defined the four sciences for us, which were deemed to be fundamental to civilization.
He raised one finger. "Number One, is the science of marriage," he said.
He raised another finger. "Number Two, is the science of the 'ecology' of man. Number Three, is the science of dialog. Number Four, is the science of our constitution for self-government."
He kept his four fingers raised and gave the floor back to Steve.
Steve pointed out that none of these four domains of science are presently taught in any university, anywhere in the world, although they have been recognized as far back as a hundred years ago as being of fundamental importance to human development. Steve said that we should commit ourselves to rectify that shortcoming by introducing these four types of science into China's university system.
Steve told us, that with a five-thousand-year history in cultural development, China is uniquely qualified to get this project off the ground, and then to act as a catalyst for world development. "This means that we will be teaching China's university teachers," Steve concluded, "or students who are daring enough to work with us at the leading edge."
Steve called for volunteers from among us to take on one of the four scientific disciplines.
After breakfast was over Steve presented what he understood about the four disciplines, with the exception of the science of universal marriage, which he said needed no further explanation as a scientific discipline. He pointed out that we had developed this specific science very far already, in our own lives, during the past dozen years or more. He only added that the key element of this science pertains to a much higher sense of marriage than just a bond between people. He called it "the marriage of good," or "the principle of the indivisibility of good," or simply, "the principle of universal good." He said, "good cannot be divided or be privatized. It is a manifest of divine Principle, which is universal in its manifestation." He cautioned us that any attempt to privatize good, amounts to a denial of the very nature of good. "That amounts to nothing less than a slap in the face of God." he added. "Good is indivisible! That's what universal marriage means! If we bring this into the realm of social marriages, humanity will recognize itself as a community of principle. It will end its countless divisions; especially its social division into an endless sea of micro-empires, bent of the isolation and privatization of all that is good."
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