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P: So they cameback and they saw thatthis species had become more or less contaminated. Would thatbe the rightword? Not the species. The life-forms? Incorrect. The soil itself had been contaminated. There was accidentally given to the planet a stock of... (Searching for the word) genes, genetic material which then caused the breakdown of bodily functions. And so disease was given to the planet Then before this contamination there was no disease? That iscorrect This is, in fact, the root or the source ofdisease. Itwas necessary toreach consensus on the proper terminology to use. For we oftentimes must refer to our "experts," quote, unquote, who are familiar with human perception. And so we can now speak to you of the source of that which you call "dis- ease." That is the origin of disease on your planet For originally, had the plan not been fouled, there would have been no disease. There would have been natural death. But there, however, would have been no disease which has caused such pain and suf- Latin nee tht Te ne fering on this planet : Allright, thatmakes it easiertounderstand. Then theseare the weeds you spoke of. That iscorrect. This is why we were worried about how to present it and how it would be received. For can you imagine trying to blame the prejudices on disease? We were concerned that the impression would be that the "inferior" races, and we speak only from a human point of view, would be considered the weeds. . LikeI said,1I didn'tsee it that way, but othersmight One ideal was getting was thatmaybe the contaminationcaused some kind of physical deformity in the human beings. We wish to say that disease can cause deformity. There is no doubt in that regard. That is not the sole source of deformity, however. For the most part that is correct. However, we hesitate to say "all," for some diseases are man-made. They were caused by ignorance ofthe use of natural elements and so were self-made. But for the most part disease originated with this meteor, that is correct. We find trouble in translating this, for we are expressing the concept wrong. Please understand that there would have Weeds inthe Garden 149 D: Then thisiswhere allthediseasesofhumans camefrom? This one meteor which contaminated the soil?