October 6, 1978

October 6, 1978

Aka is here.

“Good evening, Aka. Where is Ray?”

Soul Ray stands with God.

Yes, we see thy need. And we shall answer in this manner, glory be the name of the Lord; glory be the name of the people, forever and ever.

And we say unto thee, you now have the knowledge and the location of the Round Valley. And we shall say unto you, it shall take much preparation.

And we shall say unto thee of the two physicians who traveled the country, each administering great healing unto the multitudes. And each of the physicians had assistants. And soon, as their work grew more and more abundant, they increased their assistants.

The two physicians would come together from time to time to discuss their problems in treating the sick. As they came together this day, both had very glum faces. As they chose a tree to sit beneath, it seemed like the sunlight had gone from their lives. But soon they began to observe each other as they would observe a patient. And one said unto another, “What is your problem?”

And the other said, “My assistants are beginning to quarrel. They quarrel so much that I can no longer do my work.”

And the second physician began to laugh. And the first said, “Why should you laugh over such a serious matter?”

And he said, “For I have the same problem. What shall we do?”

He said, “Let us trade. You take my assistants, and I shall take yours. And we shall return in one year and see how all things have worked out.”

The year passed, and they came back to the same tree, both with glum faces.

And the first said unto the second, “All we have done is exchange problems.”

And the other said, “If thy have a cancer cast it aside. But which one shall we take out? They have all been loyal, and they have all worked long and hard.”

And then, a stranger walked into their midst, and said unto them, “Change their positions. Each thinks the other’s position is better than the others. Change them. Alternate them around. And you shall soon find they will appreciate the job they have been doing, for your nurses are poor clerks, and your bookkeepers do not know how to merchandise, yet each looks at the other and thinks what an easy job they have.”

The two physicians thought, and thanked the stranger and left, agreeing once again to return in one year.

In one year they returned. With them came all of their assistants, for they had prayed that they would meet this stranger once again.

And so, he came before them. And each tried to talk, all at the same time. The stranger said nothing. He let them talk and talk until the daylight had gone. They talked and talked until the night was gone, and back into daylight again. Finally they became weary. And they said to the stranger, “You have not helped us at all.”

He said, “Yes, I have helped you. You have talked yourselves hoarse. Now you might listen. If you are to work and perform your work, you each must do your jobs, that that you should do best, that God has gifted you in, and do it well. If you cannot do that, and do it as you would stand in the eyes of God, and He as your witness, then as the Lord has said, it shall be cut away, for you shall cut yourself away. For the others shall not listen to you, to your bickering and your quarreling. Now go, and take this knowledge with you, set in your day-to-day toil, in your laughter and in your dreams, the Lord dwells with you, and within you. Do not these things you would not do, leste the Lord should observe.”

They left again, promising to return again in one year.

At the end of one year there was a majority standing with the physicians. A smaller group stood aside. The majority was smiling and laughing. The other group were very glum.

And the physicians began to speak to the stranger, and the stranger said, “Nay, you need not speak.” And his assistants that were happy and joyous, they began to speak, and he said, “Nay, you need not speak, go on your way. Leave these here.” And he said, “I will take them, and they shall work for me.”

The stranger took a stick and drew upon the ground -- circles, squares, and triangles, octangles. And he said, “Choose that among you of these that you like the best.”

And they began to quarrel about this.

And finally the stranger said unto them, “Here, let you take the triangle, and you the octangle, and so on. Now you shall draw, each of you, and not speak unto the other, until you yourself know you have done a good job before God,” and he left them.

Days passed. Weeks passed. And gradually, one by one, they began to walk toward the hill where the stranger stood. And the stranger did return them back unto the two physicians, for they had learned that the lowliest of jobs done well in the eyes of God is the greatest gift man can achieve.