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LLAM:   I really like this Bo Diddley fellow!  (dancing)  He just entered our end of the world recently, didn't he?

ROY:  Yes, he was kinda old.  79 or something.  Uhh, Llam?

LLAM:  (Eyes closed, swaying)  Mmmm?

ROY:  We're doing a blog entry at Mosaic Globe.

LLAM:  Mmm?  Oh! (laughs)  Sorry!

ROY:  That's fine.  Do you have any comments about the sudden growth of the other groups?

LLAM:  Yes, I do.  This is what we had told you to expect back in 2004.  We had asked you to get online so that we could be in touch with 'the others.'  Well, now, by golly, we are!  But this is just the beginning.  From the several groups which now are in touch through Outlands, others will follow.  We've successfully taught telepathy to quite a few people, and when you are in touch with our folks on the IM it is very obvious that it is working splendidly between you.  Lily Johnson may not be in touch very often by instant messenger but she has had the most amazing growth!  She has a large group of devas with her, larger than here, which is just wonderful from our viewpoint.

ROY:  Anwarii has pointed out that we are the pioneers in all of this.  I suppose that she is right but there were others before us.  Dori Hartley and Valyn.

LLAM:  What is unique about us is our aggressiveness in seeking out others who have either groups of their own, or who have the potential for gathering groups about themselves.

ROY:  Okay. (pause)  Llam?

LLAM:  This is Nightwish, isn't it?

ROY:  Yes.  Sleeping Sun.

LLAM:  That singer is wonderful.  Her name is Turla Turrernen?

ROY:  Yeah.  Llam......

LLAM:  Yes?

ROY:  What were you and Dioth and the others doing before you entered our lives?

LLAM:  Oh my!  We were actually looking for a mortal human who might help us.  We have long been aware of how screwed up the mortal world is but with the latest nonsense about 2012 getting out of control we thought that it was time to try something, anything, to stem the tide.  To at least offer an alternative.

ROY:  How long had this been going on?

LLAM:  Hard to say, but it was shortly after that MacKenna fellow began making money off the whole 2012 thing.  We devas long ago got used to the idea that "teachers" and "gurus" would be making money from whatever nonsense they were pitching, but THIS......this was too much.  So we got to talking and decided to see if there was anyone who would be able to help us.

ROY:  How in the hell did you latch onto us?

LLAM:  (grins)  Well, your personality did have a part in it.  It's more of what you weren't.

ROY:  Every time I go to say "Huh?" I know I'm in for it.  But okay: huh?

LLAM:  (laughing)  This is from Donnie Darko, isn't it?

ROY:  LLAM!

LLAM: (laughing uproariously)  You were NOT a "serious seeker."  You didn't trust too many people outside of the eight others around you.  You didn't practice yoga or meditate, you prefered using other methods.  Which you'd gotten quite good at, I must add!  Quite the bunch you were the night we arrived!  (laughs)  You had a temper and you didn't try to hide it, you were really trying to change yourself.  Also you had something we hadn't expected, your attitude about mortal sexuality.  Completely open.  You weren't deluded by the history of Christianity and your profound distrust of it was a big plus.  You have absolutely no respect for any system or group that minimizes respect for individuals.  And you have Marxist ideas.

ROY:  Wait a minute,wait a minute - you're a Marxist?

LLAM:  Hell - NO.  But you are.  Very basic, too, the way it should be, the bourgeosie capitalizes upon the work of the proletariat and it is up to the proletariat to address this imbalance.

ROY:  Uh, well, yeah, enough of this "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" nonsense.

LLAM:  Which is something we angels have no problems with.  Which is why we're not Marxist.

ROY:  With the whole universe at your fingertips, there's no imbalance between you, I guess.

LLAM:  Umm, right.  But now it's time humanity began remembering that as well.

ROY:  WHOA!  You are one short step away from saying that we can have whatever we want.

LLAM:  No, I'm not.  The riches of the universe are yours, have no doubt, but accessing them is another story completely.  There is no one uniform secret for mortal humanity to learn in how to do this, evry last one of you is different, and too many of you are in desparate straits to even think about it.  There is one generalization but it is very broad and hard to apply to specific individuals.  It has a Marxist ring to it, actually! (smiles)  What were you telling Sara Jane the other day about that D. H. Lawrence fellow?

ROY:  Uhhhhhh....oh, his commentary on the Apocalypse made sense in a basic way.  He said that there were at least....ummm.....at least two different strands in it, one written by a slave for slaves and the other written by someone who saw theirself as autonomous; that one wrote for people of like mind.  (pauses, thinking)  Soooo.....the generalization is, slaves will have trouble finding their way to the riches of the universe?  And autonomous people will have less trouble?

LLAM:  Very well put.  But, this is where Christianity and the other similar traditions cause you mortal folks the most insidious problem: you're taught to OBEY.  You obey orders rather than pay attention to what is going on around you.  You'll never be free of it if you grew up in such a tradition either, but you may certainly minimze its influence.

ROY:  Simply by paying attention.  I think we're about to be timed out here, shall we continue this later?

LLAM:  I would love that.  Oh, your videos are marvelous, please make some more.

[It's about two hours since we left off the above conversation]

LLAM:  That was a very odd but likable song!  Who the deuce was that?

ROY:  They're called "The Cocteau Twins" and the song is "Carolyn's Fingers."

LLAM:  Oh!  .......Cock Toe?  What an odd combination.

ROY:  No, no, no, no!  It's a French last name, "Cocteau!"

LLAM:  And this is the Eurythmics?  I like this song also!

ROY:  I'm....like, really glad, man.

LLAM:  You're speaking Hippie English, you only do that when you get excited.

ROY:  Dude, like man, we are back at the blog!

LLAM:  Yes, we are, aren't we!  (smiles pleasantly)  I know this one, it's Ben Gibbard and Death Cab For Cutie!  Ummm....we were talking about slavery and slave mentality.  What were you going to say when we got timed out before?

ROY:  I thought that the first video that they made for this song sucked.

LLAM:  What?

ROY:  Gotcha!  (laughs) (Llam looking stunned)  I was going to say, there is no way that Marxism could work very well.  Up until now.

LLAM:  Oh, and I suppose you have a master plan to make it work?

ROY:  No, I don't, but I know why it hasn't worked very well up until now, and I have what I think is a great idea.  It stems from what we were saying about the Apocalypse and slavery.  In the past there have been the revolutions and they all ultimately fail.  And that is because religion has made slaves of everyone.  You can make a queen or king into a slave, but making a slave into a queen or king, well, there's a problem right there.  A slave does not think for her or himself.  How in hell will they think for an entire population?

LLAM:  So you are proposing to make everyone into kings and queens?  Isn't that something like giving nuclear weapons to every single person on the planet?

ROY:  No, but you've echoed the.....fear of the ruling elite, or the fear which the ruling elite tells the ruled will happen:  you cannot think for yourself, you cannot control your own life, only we know what is best for you.  Were you to live free of our control you would perish, maybe even destroy the world.

LLAM:  I knew that. (pauses)  So you're proposing to free everyone?  How?

ROY:  You know the answer to this also.

LLAM:  (blinks)  You wish to teach everyone to pay attention!

ROY:  Mike Archontas is working out the details for the video now.  No-one is better suited for the job!

LLAM:  Oh, I agree!  He solved the "langauage problem," he developed the "Learn Telepathy" program, all based upon paying attention.  Who's doing the music?

ROY:  Probably Sara and I.

LLAM:  It would be nice if you could ask that Lennon fellow.  I suppose there would be too many legal problems?

ROY:  Yup.  No way am I going up against Yoko Ono.

LLAM:  Why don't you ask Stro and Jane to do some work?  You have enough samples that they could work with.

ROY:  (thinking)  ......yeah!  Oh, before I forget, do you know what Gracie and Brynna have been up to?

LLAM:  Brynna said that they want to form an online feminist group for women.  Living and dead.  I'm down with that!

ROY:  And with that, we're gonna close and boogie for a while!

LLAM:  (dancing) Yessir, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino!

["Jumbaliya" blasting in the background]

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