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As WE CONTINUED on, Katie walking by an to realize that Albert’s robe and sash connoted soinner’s" status
He knew ain "It all depends on what you make of yourself," he said "What work you do"
"Work?" I asked
He chuckled "Surprised?"
I had no answer "I guess I never thought about it" "Most people haven’t," he said "Or, if they have, they’ve visualized the hereafter as so could be further from the truth There’s er as I started to speak "--work that’s undertaken freely, for the joy of doing it"
"What kind of work should I do?" I asked
"That’s up to you," he said "Since there’s no need to earn a living, it can be what pleases youmore useful than scripts," I told him
"Do it then"
"I doubt if I’ll be able to concentrate until I know that Ann is all right"
"You’ve got to leave that be, Chris," he said "It’s beyond your reach Plan on writing"
"What would be the point of it?" I asked "For instance, if a scientist, here, wrote a book on soood would it do? No one would need it here"
"They would on earth," he said
I didn’t understand that until he explained that no one on earth develops anything revolutionary alone; all vital knowledge emanates from Summerland--transmitted in such a way that more than one person can receive it
When I asked him what he h scientists here are constantly atte to devise a system whereby the earth level may be contacted directly
"Youlike that"
The concept was so incredible to ain
"So when do I start working?" I finally asked What I had inmyself so completely in some endeavor that tiain Albert laughed "Well, give yourself a little tiround rules first"
I had to sain "Not the best phrase I could have chosen," he said He pattedto work Too s easy Since there are no needs, this can easily be accoh One can even be bored here"
He explained that all kinds of jobs were available with obvious exceptions There’s no need for a Health Department
or a Sanitation Depart industries, transportation systems, doctors, lawyers, realtors "Least of all," he added, s, "morticians"
"What about people orked in those professions?" "They work at so else" His s Not here, of course"