Our very familiarity with common things often prevents us noticing such treasures as they contain, particularly people treasures. We always underestimate what is always near and familiar. As a great Master once said, “A prophet is nowhere without honor save in his own country.”

I have mentioned the psychological phenomenon of skitoma, a form of blindness that prevents people from seeing what they don't expect. This happens in life as well as art.

Everybody who reads this is very likely a veteran of many lifetimes spent on this planet, the lunatic asylum of the universe. All of us have been here together many times in various combinations and sub groups. You may have realized that this time we are honoring a contract to be here on Earth in the same generation during a time of apparent danger to the planet in order to hear something very important about our spiritual quest and our destiny.