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occurrence the knowledge would not be passed down in entirety. And with each succeeding generation, the practice became cor- rupted and was distorted into aform ofworship. In time it became the actual cutting out of the heart as a presentation to the "gods," as they perceived these beings to be. D: Well, ifthe beingskept watch on this and they saw thatthe knowledge was beingdistortedas itwas beingpasseddown, couldn'tthey come bad and give the knowledge again? P: Itwas not possible to do this, for reasons which are beyond the scope ofhuman comprehension, for the reasons are not translatable. D: I thought ifthey came once, they could simply come again. P: That would be a very simplistic human perception; however, there is amuch more complex mechanism at work in the univer- sal plan which would not allow for outside influence to manipu- late the natives. . Ithoughtmaybe they could come andsay, "You're not doing this right. It's not the way we toldyou." That would be manipulation and this was not allowed. But thy hadalreadydone it once. Wasn't that considered manipulation? It was given as a gift once. To correct would be to manipulate. There is a difference between giving knowledge as a gift and " a a coe c : directing the affairs of a society. D: Isee. Thenafterit was giventhey hadno controloverthe way it was used. P: That would be somewhat accurate. It would be against the That would be somewhat accurate. It would be against the policies to manipulate these societies. It was, to put it in earth terms, up to the society to create its own destiny. Then the societieswere supposed to protecthis informationand see that it was handed down correctly. This seemed to be a subtle difference, but apparently it was an important difference to them. They were allowed to give knowledge for the betterment of their creations’ lives, but to direct the contin- ued use of that knowledge was viewed as interference and not allowed. He continued with more examples. P: Agriculture was perfected to a high degree, in selecting those crops which were most appropriate for that particular region and diet. For it was not only a climate orclimatic (had difficulty with that word) consideration but a nutritional consideration which 168 The Keepers of the Garden P: That would be again a somewhat accurate statement