hen and live fully! '4. George: ' "...Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we are. What we do is like wind blowing on the grass." ' 5. An alien speaks to George: 'Jor Jor, please forgive warranted interruption. You are human capable of iahklu as previously noted. This troubles self... We also have been variously disturbed. Concepts cross in mist. Perception is difficult. Volcanoes emit fire. Help is offered : refusably. Snakebite serum is not prescribed for all. Before following directions leading in wrong directions, auxiliary forces may be summoned, in immediately following fashion: Er' perrehnne !...If desired. Speech is silver. Silence is gold. Self is universe. Please forgive interruption, crossing in mist.'6. George to Haber: ' "Iaklu is too much for one person to handle alone," George was saying, "it gets out of hand. They (the aliens) know what's involved in controlling it. Or not exactly controlling it, that's not the right word; but keeping it where it belongs, going the right way... I don't understand it. Maybe you will. Ask their help. Say 'Er' perrehnne before you... before you press the ON button .'7. George: ' Weariness took him over, picked him up like a current in the sea into which he was sinking slowly. "Er' perrehnne," he muttered surrendering to sleep.... Orr slept. He dreamed. There was no rub. His dreams, like waves of the deep sea far from any shore, came and went, rose and fell, profound and harmless, breaking nowhere, changing nothing. They danced the dance among all the other waves in the sea of being, Through his sleep the great, green sea turtles dived, swimming with heavy inexhaustible grace through the depths, in their element.Suggestions for discussion based on the above synopsis and quotes:1. Haber and George Or...
