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chair, and looked deeply into my eyes. | shall never forget the expression of great kindness and compassion in his gaze. It was like a benediction, and at the same time | felt a new Strength rise within me. With a gesture of farewell which embraced all present, he turned then and left the room. The silence remained unbroken for several moments after his departure. | still could find no words. It was Kalna who broke the stillness by saying softly, ?For us, too, it is always a privilege to listen to this great being speak.? Ramu, the Saturnian, deliberately, | am sure, broke the tension. ?Now, before we return you to Earth, an interval has been allowed for you to ask questions that may be in your mind. These need not be confined to the serious subject on which the master has just spoken,? he added with a smile, ?since nothing that interests you will seem trivial to us.? http://web.archive.org/web/2001090503301 6/http://www.universe-people.com/ | looked at him gratefully as we all resumed our seats. It seemed to me that Ramu had meant that | could put my questions orally now, in what was likely to be a general conversation, and not rely on mental telepathy. | voiced the one uppermost in my mind. ?Could the drastic changes in our atmospheric conditions, in many places since the bomb tests, have anything to do with the release of that energy?? ?They have, indeed!? Ramu replied, ?and we are not guessing. Our instruments have registered those results. We KNOW!? ?1| wonder,? | said slowly, ?if you would care to comment a little further on the reason why, even though war on our Earth would endanger the traveling through space of millions who live on other planets, you still feel it wrong to hurt the few in order to benefit the many. 2?We will try to explain,? Orthon answered. ?To all of us who have from birth been instilled with a vision of the whole, itis unthinkable to disobey what we know to be the universal laws. These laws are made by no man. They were in the beginning, and will endure throughout eternity. Under these laws each individual, each group of mankind, all intelligent life on each world, must decide its own destiny without interference from another. Counsel, yes. Instruction, yes. But interference to the point of destruction, never.? His questioning look seemed to ask if he had made the principle clearer. Firkon, the Martian, spoke for the first time. ?You understand the power of thought forms. Apart from our physical missions on Earth, all of us must hold firmly to the belief that the peoples of your Earth will themselves awaken to the disaster toward which they are moving.? ?1 see,? | said slowly, as the issue did indeed clarify itself in my mind. 2We know that the power of this thought continually sent out to all our Earth brothers has changed the hearts of many,? Ramu stated. 2We also are aware,? Ilmuth pointed out, ?as are you and many other people on your Earth, that your air forces and your governments know that our ships seen in your skies are coming from outer space, and that they can be made and piloted only by intelligent beings from other planets. Men high in the governments of your world have been contacted by us. Some are good men and do not want war. But even the good men on your Earth cannot entirely free themselves from