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seek. We revere the concept and vision of God, but God seems far away. We, in our world, get no more response through our meditations or supplications to God than do your people. Yet we get much more response from His vital and dynamic universe than your people of earth. Therefore, you can see that in the eyes of the Fatherhead we all stand equal, but His creation, the universe, its heart and motions, respond much more to our advanced 1 4 a c a knowledge than to the primitive awareness of your earth. Therefore, Adam, as you already suspect, the straightest way to the Fatherhead is by the path of knowledge—knowledge of the truth, which is no more than knowledge of actualities. Not dreams; not fantasies; not traditions, which are nothing but stalemates; not swashbuckling abandonment to new adventures, which often goes in the name of progress, but adds nothing to it; but the love of pure learning. That is the only pathway toward true ascension. “T feel that you already sense by intuition that Launie will not be the adventure you may secretly desire. But she will be a problem to you, and in coping with the challenges she presents you will have climbed another rung on the ladder of understanding.” Suddenly, Adam felt the fear of space again. Space, he sensed, was all about him; so vacuous that it seemed to be drawing at the vitals of his being. Only this gallant little craft was between its two occupants and the instantaneous explosive dispersion of their bodies to the hungry vacuum. This little ship; this elegant, strong, protective little ship. So silent, yet so treacherous was the fathomless space around him just outside the little ship. Vega sensed his fear instantaneously, and quickly reassured him. “Remember, Adam, even a meteor could not harm us. Do not be uneasy. Not once in centuries has any of our ships met with damage or failure, other than those that bore into the core of some star. But you will learn more of that during your visit with us. Let us think of and speak of more interesting things for the time 1 » being.” Her « explanation, made him feel given 69 VEGA ALERTS ADAM in simple words,