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At this point Ramu was interrupted as the waitress came over to fill our cups with hot coffee. When she had left, Firkon said, ?Man is a strange creature! And this is true wherever you find him throughout the vast Universe. Although the race of man as a whole prefers to live in peace and harmony with all creation, here and there a few will grow in personal ego and aggressiveness, and through greed will desire to assume power over other men. This can happen even on our worlds, despite the teaching which bids man live in accordance with the Divine laws.? ?Yes,? Ramu said, ?and even though we know the evil toward which such attitudes lead, in conformity with the universal laws, we are not free to bind these brothers in any way. So, centuries ago, in a meeting among the teachers of wisdom on many planets, it was decided to ship such selfish ones to new planets capable of maintaining human life. In such cases, the planet of slowest development in many systems was selected for the exile of such culprits. 2So, for the reasons that | have just mentioned, the Earth in our system was chosen for the new home of these unruly ones from many planets inside and outside of our system. These exiles were what you on Earth calJl ?trouble- makers.? We could neither destroy nor confine them, since that is contrary to the universal laws. But as these people were all of the same arrogant nature, it was felt that, since none would yield to the other, they would eventually be forced to work out their own harmony. These are the true source of your original ?twelve tribes? on Earth. ?And so they were gathered in ships from the many planets and transported to Earth, without equipment or implements of any kind, such as volunteers are given. All had been well educated on their own worlds to know the soil, the minerals, the atmosphere and the many other things necessary for physical maintenance. Here on this new world they must use their knowledge and start with nothing more than nature herself provided. This was for the purpose of forcing them to work and draw upon their own talents, in the hope of bringing them back into the fold of all who do the will of the Creator. ?These are your Biblical ?fallen angels??the human ones who fell from a higher state of life and sowed the original seeds for the conditions whic2i you now find existing in your world. ?For along time after bringing these people to Earth, our people of many worlds visited them often, helping and guiding them as much as they would permit. But they were a haughty and defiant lot, and did not welcome the help we offered. Nevertheless, after the early clashes, for a long time they managed to live well enough with one another. At that time Earth was indeed a ?Garden of Eden,? since everything was plentiful and nature was lavish with her gifts of food and the necessities of life. ?In the joy of the new world, these newcomers began to dwell in peace and happiness with one another, and there was rejoicing on other planets. Then, as your Bible relates it, man ate of the fruit of the tree of ?knowledge of good and evil,? and divisions entered where before there had been none. Greed and possessiveness again became rampant amongst men and they turned one against the other.