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THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE IN THE WORLD TODAY areas. The environment that you will emerge into is a very competitive one. The need for resources is experienced every- where, and many technological societies have outstripped their world’s natural resources and must trade, barter and travel to gain what they need. It is a very complicated situa- tion. Many alliances are formed and conflicts do occur. Perhaps at this point it is necessary to realize that the Greater Community into which you are emerging is a difficult environment and a challenging one, and yet it brings great opportunity and great possibilities for humanity. However, for these possibilities and these advantages to be realized, humanity must prepare and come to learn what life in the uni- verse is like. And it must come to understand what spirituality means within a Greater Community of intelligent life. We understand from our own history that this is the greatest threshold that any world will ever face. It is not some- thing, however, that you can plan for yourself. It is not something that you can design for your own future. For the very forces that would bring the Greater Community reality here are already present in the world. Circumstances have brought them here. They are here. Perhaps this gives you an idea of what life is like beyond your borders. We do not want to create an idea that is fearful, but it is necessary for your own well-being and for your future that you have an honest appraisal and can come to see these things clearly. The need to prepare for life in the Greater Community, we feel, is the greatest need there is in your world today. And yet, from our observation, people are preoccupied with their