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It has been days since our last [[communication]] by paper and pen, but I have [[enjoyed]] our [[interaction]]. You have [[acted]] upon our suggestion to return your [[attention]] to [[work]] and [[school]], yet you may have less unscheduled time than anyone else in the [[group]]. Yet all of you are [[busy]], far too busy, for [[ideal]] [[mental]] [[health]]. No matter what your pursuit may be and no matter who has [[engaged]] your [[services]], it is inhumane to run yourselves so hard. No [[compensation]] is enough to justify pressing yourselves to the brink of [[exhaustion]].

It has been days since our last [[communication]] by paper and pen, but I have [[enjoyed]] our [[interaction]]. You have [[acted]] upon our suggestion to return your [[attention]] to [[work]] and [[school]], yet you may have less unscheduled time than anyone else in the [[group]]. Yet all of you are [[busy]], far too busy, for [[ideal]] [[mental]] [[health]]. No matter what your pursuit may be and no matter who has [[engaged]] your [[services]], it is inhumane to run yourselves so hard. No [[compensation]] is enough to justify pressing yourselves to the brink of [[exhaustion]].

In your [[material]] [[careers]], you must learn to say no to many [[temptations]]. When work demands become unreasonable, you must likewise [[learn]] to say no to that also, else you will be ensuring a repeat demand on the morrow. Your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North American] [[civilization]] has [[progressed]] so far in so short a time chiefly on the [[contributions]] of its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_%28person%29 casualties] and not on the [[abilities]] of the [[successful]]. This unrestrained consumption of the [[participants]], typically labelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_darwinism social darwinism], is better named by its more virulent [[critics]]: dog-eat-dog. This is no [[path]] for [[aspiring]] or [[enlightened]] [[seekers]] to continue to tread. While it is useless to rewrite [[history]], it is equally useless to repeat it. We say to you that it is fundamentally inconsistent with the true search for [[the Father]] to [[tolerate]] or contribute to the [[exploitation]] of the people -- and this is as true where you yourselves are [[exploited]] as it is of your [[brothers and sisters]]. There are only so many days allotted to each and it is [[piracy]] to take away all of the people's time.

In your [[material]] [[careers]], you must learn to say no to many [[temptations]]. When work demands become unreasonable, you must likewise [[learn]] to say no to that also, else you will be ensuring a repeat demand on the morrow. Your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North American] [[civilization]] has [[progressed]] so far in so short a time chiefly on the [[contributions]] of its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_%28person%29 casualties] and not on the [[abilities]] of the [[successful]]. This unrestrained consumption of the [[participants]], typically labelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_darwinism social darwinism], is better named by its more virulent [[critics]]: dog-eat-dog. This is no [[path]] for [[aspiring]] or [[enlightened]] [[seekers]] to continue to tread. While it is useless to rewrite [[history]], it is equally useless to repeat it. We say to you that it is fundamentally inconsistent with the true search for [[the Father]] to [[tolerate]] or contribute to the [[exploitation]] of the people -- and this is as true where you yourselves are [[exploited]] as it is of your [[brothers and sisters]]. There are only so many days allotted to each and it is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate piracy] to take away all of the people's time.

For months now we have requested you, generally and specifically, to make time in your lives for [[the Father]]. Only 10 minutes of daily [[silent]] [[prayer]] has been asked, although those with spirit minister [[communication]] will know that such [[dialogues]] typically consume triple that amount of time. Finally, after months of [[interaction]], we see that you are all [[practicing]] daily -- for the most part -- and that is good to see. Yet it can also easily be seen by all involved that there is insufficient time available in your lives to [[engage]] in [[the Father]]'s good work, if such an [[opportunity]] presented itself. It is enough, then, to say that [[problems]] exist over the [[horizon]].

For months now we have requested you, generally and specifically, to make time in your lives for [[the Father]]. Only 10 minutes of daily [[silent]] [[prayer]] has been asked, although those with spirit minister [[communication]] will know that such [[dialogues]] typically consume triple that amount of time. Finally, after months of [[interaction]], we see that you are all [[practicing]] daily -- for the most part -- and that is good to see. Yet it can also easily be seen by all involved that there is insufficient time available in your lives to [[engage]] in [[the Father]]'s good work, if such an [[opportunity]] presented itself. It is enough, then, to say that [[problems]] exist over the [[horizon]].