in the 20th century one out of three children was permanently damaged by poor nutrition alone. Beyond food, though, were the three psychological requirements: loving acceptance, verbal stimulation with intelligent older children and adults, and opportunities for unrestricted exploration. These last two were frequently summarized as 'richly varied mental and physical stimuli.'
Yes, I thought, the knowledge for Macro growth had been available in the 20th century, but micro man neither desired nor believed in its development. Even psychologists and psychiatrists were often unable to provide loving acceptance to their very own children. This was largely due to their unquestioning acceptance of the limited micro theory that we, as adults, are the pawns of our early experiences.
I smiled as I recalled the standing comment at our universities that anyone who got a Ph.D. had to really hate himself to put up with all that crap. And it was certainly true that a person could get a Ph.D. and still know practically nothing about how to actually live a healthy, balanced life. What's more, with a Ph.D. he could avoid practicing therapeutic mental-health concepts by spending the rest of his life teaching them to others. I remembered another famous line that said, 'Those who can, do... and those who can't, teach.' After twenty some years of formal micro education I was inclined to believe there was some truth in this saying.
While wandering about the play area I had received telepathic messages of welcome from all the older brothers and sisters. I was surprised at the intelligence and physical dexterity of these youngsters of the first triad.
'It's hard to believe,' I said to Carol, 'that none of these children is even three years old.'
'Yes,' Carol nodded, 'we have proved that with adequate nutrition, plus generous amounts of the three psychological requirements that you were just thinking about, both mental and physical growth can increase many times faster than micro man ever supposed possible.
'But now let's go on to the second triad learningplay area,' she suggested.
We walked through another opening in the densely growing hedge that surrounded the first triad learningplay area and walked about a hundred yards through the park until we came to another seemingly impenetrable hedge. Finding an opening, we entered the second triad area, which I discovered was at least twice as large as the first triad learning-play area had been.
Again I was struck by the wide variety of learning devices scattered about this huge recreation area. Of course, the devices were generally much more complicated and included construction materials for making miniature Gamma complexes, complete with materials for constructing extremely complex dolls. The junglegym type of climbing and swinging apparatus was more extensive and covered with small children swinging with the agility of monkeys through a maze of bars reaching over fifty feet into the air.
With an area fully three hundred yards square there was no crowding for the hundred second-triad students and two hundred of their older brothers and sisters. This time as we wandered about I was surprised to find myself frequently greeted telepathically not only by the older students, but also by the younger ones. I turned to Carol to ask her about this.
'How is it that so many children are demonstrating telepathy?' I inquired, feeling somewhat retarded as compared to these gifted children.
'During the last ten years the Macro society has attracted no soul who did not demonstrate at least second level awareness by the end of the third triad.'
Wow! I thought. That meant that their nine-year-olds -without exception-had all demonstrated a greater level of awareness than I had. 'When did you demonstrate third-level awareness?' I asked Carol.
'Not until the end of my fifth triad,' she answered. Then smiling impishly she added, 'Don't worry, I am sure that having you as my Alpha mate will increase my rate of learning and I should demonstrate fourth level very soon.'
'Does anyone remain at second level for their whole life?' I asked.
'Actually,' she replied, 'we haven't had anyone less than third level by the time they completed the tenth triad for over fifty years.'
'This means that you are attracting more highly evolved souls,' I said. When she nodded in agreement I pointed to several groups of children who were obviously participating in highly competitive sports both individually and in groups.
'I don't understand,' I said. 'I thought the Macro society was opposed to competitive activities.'
'We're only opposed to competition when it's destructive to the welfare of others.'
But isn't losing in games destructive to their self-concept?' I asked.
'Not at all,' she answered. 'In fact, it's absolutely necessary to learn how to accept failure-successes in order to attain a Macro self-concept.'
'However,' she continued, 'the kind of micro competition that plundered and polluted your 20th century, allowing a few to live in luxury while the majority of the Earth's population suffered a scarcity of essentials, is destructive competition. It's the kind of selfish micro behavior that destroyed your society and stimulated the desire for a better one-the Macro society.'
I studied the responses of the older triad students to the winners of the games. I finally decided that both winners and losers were accepted equally in terms of being loved, but that winners did receive positive psychological reinforcements.
'We recognize,' Carol continued, 'that life would be deadly dull if we avoided all successes for fear of failures. That's only a problem for micro man-not the Macro society.'
While I was thinking over what Carol had just said, we walked over to a large swimming pool. I immediately noticed that all the children in the pool seemed to be excellent swimmers, and I commented on this.
'All of the first-triad children,' Carol explained, 'learn to swim by the age of two, and by the time they are in the second triad everyone is almost as at home in the water as on land. Of course, everyone swims at least once a day all year round, so we get lots of practice.'
'And we learn by practicing,' I added. 'Speaking of practice, what other Macro powers can I start working on?'
'Now that you've asked,' Carol replied, 'I think this might be a good time to start developing your Macro vision, clairvoyance. Look at the children and tell me if you can see the auras colors that surround their little naked bodies.'
I peered about, checking my perceptions. 'I don't think so,' I told her, 'but maybe I don't know what to look for.'
'You probably can't see the human aura without a tunic to reflect and magnify it,' Carol answered, 'and it's probably because you lack the necessary predisposing belief. Let me tell you something about it.'
'First of all,' she began, 'the aura is produced by the electrical emanations of the human soul which are clairvoyantly seen as colors. We can tell by examining a person's auric colors what his level of awareness and emotional balance is at any given time. For example, if anyone gets caught in a micro perspective his auric colors tend to run together and become muddied. Then if he becomes angry his aura gets very red. If he gets jealous if becomes a sickly greenish-yellow which is similar to the auric color of a person who is deliberately lying for selfish purposes.'
'Since you, obviously, can see auras, how about describing mine?' I suggested.
'All right, Jon,' she replied. 'Your aura extends about twelve inches from your body-this distance will increase as your awareness expands-and is now predominantly a lovely sharp blue-green with some purples, yellows, and greens. When I first met you, before your first Macro contact, these colors were not so clear and sharp and there were more gray tones and more orange pink. You also have– the beginnings of a white, which is the dominant color of our level tens, reflecting perfect balance.'
'It's interesting to look at me through your eyes. Thanks. Now how can I learn to see auras without the help of a tunic reflecting them for me?' I asked.
'First try to recall your last Macro contact experience, and that will raise your vibrations or awareness level so that you can use what the ancient mystics called the third eye. This is associated with the pineal gland, which permits us to see high-level vibrations while still enclosed in our low-vibration physical body.'
'Then,' she continued, 'practice looking around people, not directly at them, and perhaps you will begin to see the colors emanating about their heads and shoulders.'
I felt several questions fighting for expression, but before I could ask them, Carol suggested that I get the
