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In some cases itis not possible to help these other planets, as they have regressed to such a point that any effort and assistance would be considered interference and would be met with hos- tility. And so, in these instances itis best to simply let the planets evolve as they would, until such a time as itwould be appropriate to begin feeding into the races an expanded awareness, such as is being done to your planet now. They will evolve upwardeventualy then? One would hope; however, it is not unheard of in the galactic annals of history for a planet to completely obliterate itself. To self-destruct such that there is literally no physical planet left. In Earth's case, were the nuclear holocaust, which is sometimes projected, to occur, it is probable that the planet would not be broken apart, merely disfigured. However, ithas occurred. Itis not unheard of for planets to self-destruct to such an extent that the entire planet breaks up and is lost to the cosmos as nothing more than fragments. There is then nothing left to record the passage of such arace as the destruction is total and complete. Ofcourse thespirits of these entities would still survive, wouldn't they? For even a destructionlike that could not destroy the soul or the spirit. That is accurate. However, there would be no physical remind- ers of such acivilization. There would be nothing to recall. Well, those ‘civilizations thatwereinsuch a bad state, werethey also seeded the way we were? It would be possible to say that all life has been seeded from the very beginning of time on through the end oftime, in one form or another. D: You toldme beforethatusually ifewas not allowedto evolve by itsefand take i its own direction. That was why the beings seeded the planetsand 4 te eneer) guided them; is that correct? This would not be entirely accurate in all cases, as some life-forms or civilizations which are being started need far less supervision than others. There are many forms indigenous to some planets. It becomes a matter of-we are searching for the word-relativity tae woes ot as to what is called indigenous. D: Well, if they were seeded the same way we were and begun with thesame high-minded ideals. How did they get to sucha state ofnegativity? P: Through many of the same mistakes made on this planet. This planet is not so unique, as it has simply progressed to where it is now through many of the same accidents and defaults which 178 The Keepers of the Garden