The professor, who initially intended keeping his presentation as brief as he could manage, was currently lost in the moment and continued to counsel the crowds, who listened with endearing patience.

‘In this time to come’ warned the professor ‘you must be cautious of your countrymen who, in following their human nature, choose to make use of the deceptive power offered by the knowledge of bad. In their hearts lies wickedness - and they merely reserve themselves for Judgment.

Beware of men - products of the natural world - who come with teachings and philosophies that on the surface appear good but are tainted with the knowledge of bad. For they will raise your self-image and self-worth with twisted reasoning that is borne from selfish interest and ignorance. Your fall is certainly coming! And those who led you down that road are sure to desert you at that very time.

Don’t let them fool you, or even try to school you! Philosophies stemming from the natural world all contain a mix of good and bad, while the teachings of God stem solely from what is good. The Word of God will raise your self-esteem with truth.’

Be wary of men who promote war instead of peace, hate instead of love, and exchange bad for good and good for bad. Be cautious of those who makeover the truth to suit themselves. Many will twist the Word to their preferences: to be lazy and avoid their duty to God, to maintain a life of luxury in the face of widespread poverty, to justify their greed in the face of famine.

Men will continually make themselves seem wise and God seem foolish. You, however, must not seek out ingenious ways of not facing up to the truth to merely continue on a sinful path with a clear conscience.

Do not adopt the mentality of the natural world where the principle of the fittest survive overshadows care for the weak, glamour is admired more than mercy, wealth takes precedence to compassion, and a show of force is preferred to peacemaking - for these traits find favor with the wicked one who introduced the knowledge of evil into the world.

The professor positioned himself closer to the crowds.

‘Avoid the traits of the world that existed before this one’ persisted the professor, feeling somewhat weary, ‘for there many greedily raced to the top of the hill of financial success.

When your financial systems come online, do not be like men of former times who strove to have more money than God, but did not have the mercy or compassion of God. It is fairly easy for successful ones to forget God, being taken in by the deceptive power of riches, and believing themselves to be self-reliant.

Ensure that your lives are not all about the money for these are the things that the nations of the world were eagerly pursuing. Let all of your trade be done with love and do not center it on the dog-eat-dog mentality of the rat race of the past.

Let your lives be free from the love of money and work to eliminate inequality among yourselves. The manner in which you make use of your wealth will display where your priorities lie. Many who usurp prominent places in general society do not necessarily sit well with God, and many of the things held in high esteem by men are detestable to God.’

Professor Ranjith now moved closer to the crowds sitting before him.

‘Keep checking the Library and learn from the evil of sin and its hurtful nature - it leads to ruin. Continue to lean on God’s Word for true knowledge and maintain your faith in the principles of justice, mercy and righteousness.’

Professor Ranjith paused momentarily, walked over to the nearby table and took a sip of water from the glass stationed on top of it, caressing his dry throat with new vigor. He then unconsciously strolled back to the same spot in which he was initially standing.

‘Keep in mind that you will need strong faith and a resolution to swim against the tide of natural human tendencies and appear for God, even if everyone else refuses to do so. Noah did this in his day when all kinds of sin were found among men. They corrupted God’s worship and sin filled the earth with violence and lawlessness. Wickedness spread like a contagion and when it became general, the ruin of the world was not far off. This, in turn, served only to justify God’s resolution to destroy the world.

When there is a remnant of righteous individuals in a nation, to cause God to empty out his cup of anger before it overflows, then judgments may be long kept off. But when all hands are at work to break down the fences, with wrongdoing, and no one stands firm in building up, then a flood of wrath should be expected. If the harvest of the earth consists of nothing but chaff, then there is no option left but to scorch the earth and burn up the weeds. So you, do not do as was done in the world of before. You must continue doing what is good, not only for the fear of wrath, but on account of your conscience.

You must place God and His interests ahead of gaining the approval of the world, men and even your neighbors. Produce fruit and fine works that befit righteousness. Then, at the harvest, you will be a crop worthy of the storehouse of God.

Do not be like the generations that came before who could see right from wrong but didn’t listen to their hearts and reason. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil! All forms of sin will have a ripple effect on your society for generations to come. So, follow the discipline of God and make yourselves over to the truth, bearing peaceable fruit and acting according to the faith and the belief in righteousness.

A constant pursuit of sensual pleasures will dissuade you from righteousness. Do not attempt to escape the effects of the knowledge of bad with licentious living, wine, drugs or drunken revelries as many did in the past. These sins let in a multitude of sins that can deeply scar your inner-image. Look at the consequences of what you do. If everybody took the action that you were taking, would your world situation improve... or regress? Continually look at the consequences of your actions.

If what you do is not good for you, not good for your neighbor, not good for the planet or not good for righteousness then it is not good for God. Make your mind over to the things of benefit to all and your happiness, not resorting to sinful, self-gratifying distractions. God will look down with an eye of favor only on those who look up to Him with an eye of faith.

God is proving Himself to be both righteous and truthful. If you are mindful of his ways, then your world will develop, grow and prosper, as it should. Fail to do this and your world will start on a downward spiral of disharmony. Either path will reveal that God’s ways are higher than your ways and His thoughts than your thoughts. All of God’s purposes will be realized so, while God is fulfilling His part, do yours! Then you can share in His joy when the knowledge of bad is permanently removed from the world and righteousness prevails to time indefinite.

God is Supreme and will have the Final Word, so make use of the opportunity on offer to be recognized and saved by Him. God holds righteousness above all things and it is only through the power of God and His spirit that you continue to walk the earth. If you persist in using that power for unrighteous purposes, do you honestly expect God to hold back His wrath from you and indefinitely tolerate such abuse of His spirit? What will you pay in exchange for its use? And what can you pay?

Every unprofitable act that you perform, if you do not repent of it, will be etched in stone and held against you at the judgment. Therefore, when you have committed wrong, repent of your sins so that you are forgiven your debts and your slate is wiped clean. For, if you do not, your debt will pile up, leaving you unable to settle what is owing to God for the lease of your life. What will you pay in exchange for it? And what can you pay?’

Professor Ranjith paused at this point and walked to sit down on the nearby high stool positioned at the start of the conference address. The cameras followed and quickly moved into position as he continued.

‘Be aware that the constitution you are presented with exists for all men, both the righteous and the unrighteous. It is based on logic, not love, and will therefore fail to properly serve all of your physical, social, mental, psychological and spiritual needs. A two-thirds majority will be all that is required to effect laws that conflict with those set forth by God. In allowing you to do things that conflict with what is required to develop the harmonious society required by God, it could jeopardize you developing a harmonious relationship with God.

Thus, for your own sake, when you’ve acquired the knowledge of good and bad, adopt instead the Constitution offered by God. Imprint it in your mind and write it on your heart. In this way, all of your needs as a people will be met. This Constitution was there in the beginning and will be in place at the end. It is the first and the last!’

Professor Ranjith, realizing the need to wind up his conference address, made his final points.

‘Men who formerly lived in the natural world strove to be civilized’ he declared. ‘You, however… do not settle for being civilians. Instead, live within the knowledge of good in evidence all about you and be counted worthy of being citizens of the kingdom of heaven. Citizens have love and the courage to make the well being of their neighbor their personal responsibility.

The natural world with its values grounded in the knowledge of good and bad will leave you branded with the nature of a Beast. Don’t settle for being a citizen of the animal kingdom. Accepting the values from the natural world with its knowledge of good and bad introduced by Satan, will incline you to things earthly, animalistic, devilish.

Satan only offers you freedom.

The pure world with its values grounded in the knowledge of good will leave you branded with the nature of the Lamb. Become instead citizens of the heavenly kingdom and strive to be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect. Accepting values from the divine world with its knowledge of good introduced by God, will incline you to things pure, righteous, holy.

God is offering you the true freedom that is everlasting.’

Professor Ranjith, having successfully managed to keep the crowd’s attention for the length of his presentation, moved on to his final point.

‘Now, in all things, after you have acquired the knowledge of good and bad and can decide for yourselves what is right and what is wrong, you must strive to be Truthseekers. Formerly you have been known and living as Traditionalists; but as of now - for your future well-being - you must become Truthseekers.

Look… I could stand before you and tell you to believe in any ideal I choose to present to you, but that would not bring you any closer to what is the truth - so examine the facts, search yourselves, observe the world around you and find truth in every action and everything that you do. The principles of the kingdom are for man and rank higher than the principles of men and the world. Do not allow anyone - even those closest to you - to tell you a truth that proves fruitless. Search the truth for yourself - always supporting the truth ahead of man’s narrow-minded ideals.’

Having now proposed the Truthseeker movement, Professor Ranjith paused to take a sip of water, once again shifting his focus.

‘Together as Truthseekers, we will gather in support of one another to put these principles into practice. In forming support groups we can provide a refuge that serves and aids everyone to learn a way of life that is beneficial to both them and their communities. You must henceforth practice traits that will prove helpful at the end of this year. Make immediate preparation for the harsher world to come by strengthening your minds and yourselves. For the things that you freely do now will not be as simply done when you reside in the natural. In making preparations though, you will develop good habits that will persist and see you through these difficulties.

In the future, when you’re living in a world in which there’s not enuff love to go round, make sure that you don’t let this cold, cold world get you down. Assemble regularly, developing, building and practicing good traits. Also, it is important to inform and encourage others to work together with us because if we can motivate others to someday join us, then the world will live as one.

Realize that all of the future generations will be born with the knowledge of good and bad. Thus, to ensure that your children have an understanding of the knowledge that brings forth righteousness, instruct them in the morning, and in the afternoon, and in the evening before they go to bed. How else are they supposed to grow up when they’re aren’t raised?. If we learn now and continue into the future to practice these important traits, while daily giving gifts of mercy, then peace and goodwill will reign on the earth. These are the essential actions that will serve to preserve the world that you live in now.

The professor now plainly laid out his plan of action.

To fulfill this objective in an orderly fashion’ he explained, ‘all of you who want to participate in building such a future will be divided into teams of twelve. Each team, selected at random off the Library, will thereafter select the wisest or eldest man from within their group to serve to direct activities for them…’

The crowds gathered together on the open fields now listened to the professor with keen interest, paying careful attention to his every word.

‘Those of you who choose not to get involved are free to leave the conference area at this point. If, however, anyone listening from outside of any of the conference areas wishes to participate, they should make their way to a conference point closest to them. We will, in the interim, take an hour long break before we commence.’

While the crowds at the conference made their decision, the androids walked about handing out luncheon packs, which had been ordered via their Signal Bracelets. Many of the planet's inhabitants, who would not normally attend a function being held by the former Traditionalists now streamed in, having watched the professor’s nationwide broadcast, joining those on the open fields in the various cities. As a result, the crowds swelled tenfold.

The professor stepped out of the spotlight to join Rosita who was on hand to congratulate him on his fine delivery. She hugged and then kissed the professor on the cheek, knowing full well that public speaking was not his strongest point. Eventually she relinquished him to the Traditionalist grouping that had gathered to compliment him for his fine contribution to their cause.

One of the studious Library reporters vigilantly approached professor Ranjith. Library reporters could always be identified by their specialized headbands, which had sixteen separate embedded holocams that presented a panoramic view of the surrounding scene to their global audience.

‘Professor Ranjith, professor Ranjith...’ she frantically gesticulated. ‘How do you and the other newcomers deal with these instances of negative feelings?’ she inquired, holding her wrist closer to the professor to get a clearer audio feed into her signal bracelet.

‘In such instances...’ Rosita heard the professor replying over and above the commotion, ‘...when your thoughts and emotions give rise to the desire to act out unsavoury options, you must arrest your heart and mind and deny self. As your thoughts fuel your emotions and your emotions fuel your thoughts; you will in this way simultaneously subdue your heart and mind, and then, by altering your thinking in accordance with the truth, you will reap the benefits of the converted heart, which is self-mastery...’ his voice trailed off as they all moved along.

Masilo, during a lull in his discussions with Ho Ling and Adam in the Library conference room, patched into professor Ranjith’s convention.

‘Hey, the professor seems to have drawn quite a crowd!’ he exclaimed in astonishment, speaking aloud.

Ho Ling rolled his swivel chair alongside Masilo and looked deep into the holographic image emanating from the Signal Bracelet.

‘What a waste of time…’ moaned Ho Ling, shaking his head from side to side.

‘What do you mean?’ asked Masilo puzzled.

‘We are sitting here with the latest technology and he’s out there giving these worthless seminars’ he complained. ‘The professor should be in here with us making the meaningful decisions that pertain to our future! It’s such a huge waste of a great scientific mind…’

‘He could be of help to us, Ho Ling’ suggested Masilo. ‘He is after all inculcating worthwhile values into this society.’

‘Oh please… The last thing we need is the reintroduction of religion into this world. We have sufficient resources to deal with any crisis we are faced with’ rebuffed Ho Ling. ‘We do not have the time to deal with a bunch of fanatical lunatics who’d be happy to believe that the sun revolves around the earth.’

‘I’m not so sure about that’ queried Masilo. ‘Moral values are important in any society.’

‘Get real, Masilo!’ he shrieked. ‘Awaken to reality mate! - Religion is the opium of the people!’

‘I don’t see that it can hurt’ rebuffed Masilo.

‘Spare me!’ retorted Ho Ling, dismissing him offhand. ‘Religion is poison!’

The conference resumed with the crowds now greatly increased and professor Ranjith returned to the platform, getting himself ready to go on air.

‘What you are embarking on is a lifestyle change…’ commenced the professor. ‘On the Library, to aid you in your endeavors, we have set out a room for you to visit for guidance and support. This is the Way of Life service that has been set up for you and is available to serve all of you’ he pointed out.

‘While formerly you were members of the Traditionalist group you cannot be members of the Way of Life ministering service, as you do not require any form of membership tag to declare your allegiance. It is by means of your actions that you will identify yourself as being part of the Truthseeker fold. If we're gonna survive, then we've got to identify.’

The professor paused for a moment to give the crowds a chance to absorb his intentions.

‘I will present to you some of the traits that you will require to be Truthseekers ’ he continued, ‘while you can receive more information by accessing the Library network. You must realize that many of these traits will only be of value to you once this year is up.’

‘As a Truthseeker you must leave the past behind. Do not emotionally link yourself to your past experiences whether they be good or bad. Sufficient for each new day is its own badness; so start all your days with a level playing field, continuously looking forward - never behind!

Secondly, you must consciously shape and define your character, imbuing strong values into your self-image and thereby raising your dignity; not acting in a mindless fashion that is in accordance with the desires and urges of the flesh. If you do not adhere to this guideline, you will adopt whichever lifestyle is most fashionable at the time and not one that strengthens your character, taking care of your mental, emotional, physical, social and psychological needs.

Life is for learning - so don’t you throw it away… or give it away. Instead, shape your character to the one recommended by God. Let sound knowledge be your guide as you journey on in your quest for spiritual perfection; not relying on your own real beliefs and real feelings, which can mislead, but on the true beliefs and true feelings encouraged by God. Be aware that in many instances when you follow your heart, you do the will of and become an agent of, the devil.

Finally, as a Truthseeker you must work to do what is good towards others. Continuously follow the Unseen Law of God and give up the impulsive pleasure of activities that bring down your health, your self-worth and your dignity or that are detrimental to the earth and your neighbor. It is by means of your works and your words that you will be judged - so advance towards the front in the race for a righteous reward.’

The professor now addressed the crowds collectively.

‘As Truthseeker teams we will work together, giving full support and co-operation to one another. On your Signal Bracelets’ he continued, pointing towards his wrist device, ‘you will receive a message that will reveal the grouping to which you have been assigned.’

With that the professor gave the instruction and the Library randomly selected individuals from the crowd, dividing them up into groups of twelve. Using their Signal Bracelets as a homing guide, all the separated people now sought out those in close proximity to them and team servants were selected. The professor thereafter instructed the various individuals in each team to greet one another in a brotherly fashion. Having concluded his public address, he requested that they gather together the following day for further instruction.

With that the conference was concluded and the crowds, after establishing their respective meeting spots, gradually dispersed.

Rosita walked up to the professor who had stepped out of the spotlight, the former Traditionalist members behind him already having started to gather up all the camera and projection equipment for storage.

‘So which team are you leading’ she asked enthusiastically.

‘Lead?’ queried professor Ranjith. ‘No, the group that I’m assigned to has a competent figure to serve us’ he exclaimed nonchalantly. ‘But, as a consolation I’ve arranged for the two of us to be placed in the same team’ he quickly reassured, in response to her puzzled expression.

With that they made their way over to the ten others sitting in the open field and introduced themselves, deciding to meet at the same spot the following day. The professor and Rosita thereafter went to sit down at a table specifically set aside by the Traditionalists for their guest speaker.

‘I think this whole conference went rather well professor’ grinned Rosita. ‘We’ve managed to get such a huge response in just one day...’

‘Yes we did, didn’t we’ he consented. ‘Nevertheless, we have to sustain and build on this before this year is up. If we can get everyone to work together with us, we will garner a strong resolve and not fail in the future’ he emphatically stated with such a rigid determination that Rosita was taken aback. ‘All we need is one righteous generation before this virus takes effect and we’ll have a chance of perpetuating all that is good for many generations to come. Just one to...’

‘A sort of a Generation Z’ proposed Rosita interrupting.

‘Yes!’ responded the distracted professor, ‘that’s exactly it - I couldn’t have put it better myself’ he conceded. ‘We must ensure that the generation with the knowledge of good and bad passes away and is reborn again with the knowledge of good - and we return to Eden.’

‘Well, as much as I hope that that’s a real possibility you must keep in mind that all it takes is one rotten apple to ruin the whole bunch.’

‘Well, that is precisely why we will do everything in our power to ensure that we succeed in bringing all of this about’ the professor stated, raising his finger. ‘And succeed we will, by putting forth the greatest possible effort or if not… I’ll have to knock sense into every person on the planet.’

‘C’mon professor, you’re getting ahead of yourself!’

‘Ahead of myself?’ retorted the professor undaunted. ‘Rosita, do you want a return to a world where men in steel coffins launch rockets at each other and die in the smell and heat of melting molten metal? Or do you want to return to a world that incarcerates men and women in prisons - creating a playground for the devil? Really, do you honestly want to return to a world of people living in united states of collective captive stupidity?’

‘Well no...’ she thoughtfully responded shifting her position. ‘So you want to set the captives free...?’

‘Yes… We have to put forth the greatest effort to achieve exactly that!’

‘Well... for now,’ declared Rosita, ‘the two of us are going to grab a pot of tea and watch one of the live bands playing in the park.’

‘We are…?’

‘That’s right’ she reaffirmed, grabbing his arm. ‘C’mon, let’s go an’ get us a table...’

***

The following day the crowds again gathered together and stood ready to hear the professor’s address. Professor Ranjith went about explaining that it was up to them to go out and make their world what it should be. Making use of the Library, he had studiously mapped out various areas for the separate Truthseeker cells to go out to.

The professor decided that, in the interim, each of the task teams would go out and make a positive contribution to their community by helping to round up the various animals and visiting the various households to distribute clothing. While clothes were being manufactured in large quantities and could be freely collected for future use, none of the inhabitants took much heed to this. So while the Truthseeker teams went out in pairs to distribute these clothes, they made the inhabitants aware of the professor’s address if they had not seen or known about it. While discussing the events of the future that would befall them, they encouraged the householder to bookmark the link to the professor’s recorded speech. This was a popular topic amongst all the people in any case and the inhabitants had a keen interest in the message of events to come.

In light of the fact that his planned production targets were being successfully met, Ho Ling decided to legislate the first four days as the official working week. Thus from Sunday to Wednesday the inhabitants were required to fulfill their necessary work obligations. While most of the planets citizens would indulge in leisure activities for the last three days, the Truthseekers would gather together in teams and could be seen roaming about engaged in various activities that extended beyond what was required by the town planners. Their Saturdays were set aside as a day of rest to give the Truthseekers time to recuperate and to prepare for the official working week ahead.

As the inhabitants were being paid daily via the Library Banking Network, professor Ranjith set up an account to enable the Truthseekers to make donations to the Way of Life ministry. Thus from the first fruitage of their first day's labor, each Truthseeker could make their coming week's contribution, collected via the Library network, of as much as he or she wished to donate on each Sunday after work.

While all of these preparations were taking place the professor organized a special conference via the Library for all of the selected team servants. In it he explained that while each independent Truthseeker cell could fundamentally operate on its own, they needed common direction in order to be most effective.

Hence, each of the selected team servants would have to sequentially serve a three-month term on a Council of Twenty-Four. This Council would undertake the task of drafting various proposals for a vote and make decisions for the benefit of the Truthseeker organization as a whole. As the Council servants would still be required to fulfill their full set of duties as both council members and team servants, they would be rotated quarterly.

The Library then went ahead, randomly selecting twenty-four of the team servants for the first term, at which point professor Ranjith relinquished all control of the Truthseeker organization to them.

In the first matter to be handled by the Council, a request was put forth to have professor Ranjith’s team redo their vote on the issue of choosing a team servant. In this way they felt that the professor, who would almost certainly be selected to assume the role, could use his superior knowledge in a more effective capacity. His cell would then be given the task of monitoring all Truthseeker activities, together with an additional five cells that would be assigned to work alongside his.

***

In the tenth month the Truthseeker family had grown, comprising up to fifty percent of the planet’s population. They could be seen roving about doing landscaping projects, building play centers, recreational centers, gardens, parks, constructing communal dwelling places and holocinemas. In these huge circular structures the Truthseekers would repetitively play life-size holomovies of the full range of Biblical stories, which could be freely viewed by all attending inhabitants anytime of the day or night.

Rosita had also succeeded in setting up meditation centers across the entire planet. Open twenty-four hours a day, the inhabitants were encouraged to freely attend these for spiritual refreshment. Individuals could enter and leave at half-hour intervals throughout the day or night. After changing into one of the available white gowns attendees would sit cross-legged on the floor with hands on knees.

These sessions would begin with all of the attendees, under the guidance of an instructor, chanting: ‘I expect to give to the world, not receive from the world.’

This was repeated three times after which the Library would play a twenty-minute reading from the bible, selected at random. At the close of the half-hour session the attendees would end off the service by once again chanting together in the same manner as they had done in the start.

Truthseekers would, at different times during their working day, slip away from their duties and gather at these centers for meditation.

In a privately arranged meeting the professor managed to convince Masilo to agree to extend a similar service into the newly constructed prisons. Masilo was willing to let the Truthseekers set up an audio broadcast link from the Library to all the various prisons around the planet. With these structures in place, the Truthseekers would be permitted to play biblical recordings, which would be heard throughout the prison, for eight hours of each day.

When this suggestion was presented to Ho Ling, he enthusiastically agreed to the proposal but only on condition that they broadcast sixteen hours a day.

‘Anybody who is foolish enough to commit a crime in our new society deserves to be tormented by this religious garble’ he firmly stated in an unforgiving manner.

‘In light of all this, Rosita suggested to the professor that they should, to keep their presentations lively and fresh, include additional material in their broadcasts to the prisons and for the meditation centers. Professor Ranjith however was adamant in his rejection of this proposal.

‘The bible consists of sixty six books’ he would say, ‘we don’t need to expand it into six hundred and sixty six books of theoretical rubbish!’

The scheduled election had taken place. Ho Ling divided the various towns into constituencies and meticulously fielded candidates from the firstborns on the planet, inviting opponents, via the Library advertising network, to stand against them. The inhabitants, however, failed to respond to these calls, feeling that the individuals who were already in charge of the planet should continue as they were. Amid all his appeals, coaxing and many personal tours of the towns, Ho Ling was unable to get anyone involved or interested in this process. The inhabitants were far more concerned with getting on with the business of living out their own lives. On the scheduled Election Day, as there were no competing candidates, the fielded candidates took office by default. Ho Ling, infuriated, complained to Masilo.

‘We’ve gone through all this trouble and they don’t even bother to participate’ he moaned. ‘I even set aside time on the Library for some lively electoral debates. You know, nobody appreciates what we do around here. It’s just like that darn corporate fiasco all over again…’

Ho Ling and Masilo, eager to get their new economic system in place - Capulism Ho Ling called it, envisioning a nation of social entrepreneurs and a policy of market-socialism, which the inhabitants were doing in any case - had together meticulously gone about setting up both corporations and businesses for the inhabitants, creating management and employee structures, painstakingly working out a Library model that fairly scaled salaries and wages for everyone in accordance with the total number of employees in the specific entity. The inhabitants, in turn, simply chose to ignore their salary arrangements, agreeing instead to pay every member of the company the same wage, feeling that they all contributed to the productive output.

‘I just don’t understand these people’ ranted Ho Ling, fuming. ‘They just don’t get it! They do everything back to front.’

‘Let them be’ countered Masilo. ‘Let them work things out for themselves. They do after all have a right to self-determination. Anyway, what are you complaining about? Since the people we’ve been working with fill all the positions in government, everything will continue as it was and it will be far simpler for us to achieve our objectives. Wait for the election in four years time after that virus has taken effect. Then the people will have a reason to take an interest in electing different leaders; after we are plagued by corruption, governmental mismanagement, bribery, secret deals, scandals - all those good things.’

‘I suppose you’re right’ conceded a somber Ho Ling, ‘it’s their loss…’

After the electoral fiasco Rosita humorously joked with professor Ranjith.

‘Hey professor,’ she asked, ‘do you recall that old movie - I think it was called: Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?’

‘Yes!’ said the professor in surprise, feeling that it was a production suitable for a generation of his era. He was taken aback by the fact that she, as a young person, knew of it. ‘I remember that one.’

‘I think we should do a remake,’ she continued ‘…except we’ll entitle ours: Suppose they gave an election and nobody came?’

With all of the necessary production targets having been exceeded the newly elected parliament gave the resident Edenites - as the professor commonly referred to the inhabitants; Ho Ling preferred Edenese, while Masilo vied for Edenians and Rosita felt that the men were all just been silly - the following week off, leaving the huge production team of androids to continue with the preparations for the following year. Ho Ling and Masilo took advantage of this festive mood to initiate their secret reduction program by decommissioning and shipping off unneeded androids to the fiery furnace situated in a remote part of the planet. Their program was well concealed as they had constructed a few makeshift storage facilities, leaving the leaders believing that the androids were being shipped for this purpose.

The Truthseekers made use of this vacation time to arrange gatherings amongst their partner cells and the professor was actively praising and encouraging the various groups in their endeavors. Now a strong spokesperson for the movement, he had made a discernable impact on their growth.

At a meeting of the Observer cells, the ones who were given the task of monitoring all of the Truthseeker progress, Rosita called professor Ranjith aside to converse privately with him.

‘Say professor’ she started ‘I think we’re doing quite well, don’t you…? We’ve gathered fifty percent of the planet into our camp and there is tremendous support from all the other sectors. Don’t you think that we should consider taking the rest of the week off and, you know - soak up the sun?’

‘Take this week off!’ screeched professor Ranjith, appalled. ‘With only two months left to go before the virus takes effect, we have to do a lot better than fifty percent. We have to redouble our efforts to reach one hundred percent. If we can only manage fifty percent while conditions are perfect, what kind of percentage will you settle for once the knowledge of good and bad is prevalent in society?’

‘We’ve been working so hard at this,’ she moaned, shaking her head. ‘And a higher target may be unreachable.’

‘If we do not put in a concerted effort now,’ he reminded ‘then we will never see a day when there's no more crying… no more bias violence… and no more dying - where people are treated fairly, living life as one… So c’mon Rosita, we cannot get this wrong!’

Rosita, however, was not totally satisfied with his response.

‘You cannot expect us to sacrifice everything’ she gloomily protested ‘in order to try and reach some kind of revolutionary ideal.’

‘But that is precisely what is needed here, Rosita!’ emphasized the professor, compassionately looking into her saddened eyes. ‘Rosita, do you honestly believe that I am simply going to abandon this Revolution after all the work that we’ve put into it? - I will never do that! Even if everyone on the planet were to abandon this Revolution,’ he emphatically reiterated, ‘I will not abandon the Revolution! - I will be the sole revolutionary!’

‘While I’m sure that your intentions are noble professor’ she sulked, looking as though she would burst into tears at any instant, ‘attaining a figure of that magnitude - that falls into the realm of a fairytale!’

‘Well… we’ll simply have to keep at it’ he pounced, ‘until such time that the Prince in shining armour arrives on his white horse and kills the Dragon and marries His Bride and we all live happily ever after in the Kingdom!’

‘Very funny’ smirked Rosita, in response to professor Ranjith’s opportunistic analogy.

‘Listen, all you people!’ summoned the professor, looking towards the members of the six Observer cells that were responsible for monitoring the activities of the entire organization. ‘While I know that many of you feel that this week should be one of relaxation, I am telling you that it is imperative that we continually press forward.’

The crowd turned toward professor Ranjith.

‘You are the ones responsible for your world and your survival. While evil may never entirely be rooted out of any society, it can be countered and subsequently suppressed only by espousing the purest form of good.

You are the light of your world. You do not take a lamp and conceal it from view, do you? Of what benefit is it those in darkness round about you?’ he questioned. ‘You are the salt of the earth. If you do not season the earth, who will be left to do so? And if you lose your saltiness, of what use will you be?

Continue to shine your light into the darkness and bring hope to the hopeless when there is hopelessness and faith to the faithless when there is faithlessness. If you can manage this, more will be given to you - but if you cannot even manage this then even what you imagine you have will be taken from you.

He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much. If you are idle, indifferent or neglectful with the unrighteous wealth, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Do not leave your neighbors as dead men walking. Win them over heart by heart and call them to righteousness. For those who do not gather with us, scatter.

Men are but trees that walk about. Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit will be chopped down and cast into the fire. However, any of you who turn a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

We will accept nothing less than success! Either you are part of the solution or you are part of the problem! God will not support you as a nation if your society is filled with lies, deceit, dishonesty, chaos and disorder. It is well known that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man fears him and does his will, he will hear that one. God backs the righteous, the blameless and the upright ones. Make no mistake! By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. So, do not cast away or despise the law of the LORD of hosts.

Either you make the tree fine and its fruit fine - or you make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten’ he stressed. ‘Therefore, work to make your path straight.’

‘To succeed in all things your society must work to display the nature of God and establish righteousness! Every man must try to lighten the suffering of others, instead of adding to the sorrows around him. Look out for the good in others. To triumph in building a strong foundation, follow the Unseen Law and prevail in all things.

‘This generation can collectively succeed where all of the previous generations have failed. As there is only one way to raise your children with good traits and values, there is only one way for God to raise men and women with these same qualities. Actions have consequences! - If you do not listen and are defiant of His ways you will be counted as sons of your stepfather, the devil and suffer the discipline of God’s wrath’

Professor Ranjith paused for a moment to ensure that he had the full attention of his audience.

‘Get off the highway to hell by taking the narrow exit and ensure that your righteousness exceeds that of all the unrighteous generations that have gone before. The knowledge of good and bad will ultimately serve to separate those who are making major moves towards righteousness from those who are frontin.

So guard all of your hope with a passion and try your utmost to get in through the bottleneck - for many are called, but few are chosen! Keep on marching, marching, marching… and if you are stumbled, keep a tear in your heart as you keep on moving closer to the light!’

Pausing again, Professor Ranjith took one step closer to the crowd, softening his tone.

‘Once you’ve obtained the knowledge of good and bad, because of resultant sin, you will fall short of God’s perfect Standard of Good. Yet, due to an underserved kindness and His mercy those of you who turn away from bad to do the will of God will receive a pardon and be declared worthy. It is this very Standard that will eternally secure your safety in an indefinite future. If righteousness does not endure, then Absolute Power becomes corrupt, and there exists no future for anyone!

Make a fresh start as the Generation of tomorrow. You do not have to follow in the footsteps or carry the burdens of the unrighteous generations that have gone before. You have a unique opportunity to overtake all of the generations of the past and to achieve so much more.

Without mutual co-operation you will not build anything of value - you will instead corrosively sow the seeds of your own destruction, wind up with very little of true worth and be forced to endure much in suffering. With co-operation though you will strengthen each other, satisfy your physical requirements, enhance your spiritual resolve and keep on living.

Sidestep the stresses and strains of an unmanaged life. Live in a society and a world that is each and every day filled with the fullness of moments that are born of beauty, peace, joy, harmony, tranquility - on an earth that is furnished with love, where apple trees and honey bees grow underneath the warmth of a righteous sun.’

Pausing momentarily to highlight some of the conditions that existed in the world gone by, professor Ranjith resumed his address with passionate resolve.

‘You have the opportunity to build and live in a world where the beaches are always free - a world full of heartwarming moments of hope, contentment, compassion, kindness, faith, tranquility, joy, humility, inner peace, gratitude, trust, caring and where there is an overflowing of affection.

‘Why should you put yourselves in economic, social and philosophical prisons? Prevention is not only better than cure - prevention is the cure! Use your talents wisely and take an interest in investing in others’ he advised, his tone once again calm. ‘Make yourself over by being refashioned and remodeled in the ways of God.

If you have no inner life you will be a slave to your surroundings. Don’t let this world cage you and keep you from gaining your true freedom! Be happy and content from within yourself and love each other, letting your spiritual growth exceed your physical wants and desires. As your deliverance is by means of your spirit; do not live your life by means of the flesh. For in this way, from deep within, the truth will set you free…

You are a generation that can free yourselves from the mistakes of yesterday. The world will only offer you a shallow, superficial freedom - a freedom that is free of true righteousness. And if you take it, you will blow about in a storm of evanescent, ever-changing emotional turbulence.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, as none but ourselves can free our minds. Live, not as victims of mistrust and fear or jealousy and hatred - but with love and honor. Live within support groups that keep you spiritually strong and all of your fears at bay. In this way you will be the defeaters of all that is bad and work to establish righteousness.’

The professor took a step toward the crowd and spoke with a renewed vigor.

‘You’ve got to understand people; the world is not for long! We don’t have the time to wait - You’ve got to pray and meditate! Let there be peace… and love… until the scheduled day arrives in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise; and the heated elements, being on fire, melt away with fervent heat, and all things are thus dissolved - at which time there shall be a restart, a refining, a restitution, a renewal, a rebirth, a renaissance, a revival, a reformation, a reconciliation, a rectification, a replacing, a restoration, a regeneration, a recreation and a remaking of all things new, as new heavens and a new earth come into being - and you gain your promised inheritance! For God is not the maker of imperfect worlds full of misery and strife; but the maker of perfect ones - in which righteousness dwells.

This is your life!’ emphasized the professor. ‘There is no rehearsal, no second chance, no false start and no better circumstance’ he enunciated. ‘This day is for living your own life! Don’t let this world capture your heart and find your passion lost to a thousand fears. Remember your hopes… and your dreams… or they are no longer your own!

You cannot start on this journey and look behind. A Truthseeker perseveres and never looks back! So c’mon - Don’t come back empty handed! Get up, go out… and come back with a people who demonstrate the joy and glory of a God delighted in his creation!’

With that the professor waved the crowds away, signaling them to resume the tasks that they were doing.

Rosita turned to attend to her duties but, catching sight of a bright, shimmering light beaming down from the heavens above, she gazed up. The professor in response to her action followed suit, together with the nearby crowd.