Before Ross stepped off the podium, he suggested that it has become imperative that all in society establish that higher platform for relating to one-another that is anchored in truth, in order that further failures in people's relating to one-another become preempted thereby, before society dies as the result of those failures. He said that the cost to achieve that, might be high in terms of individual commitment to establish a wider, more honest, and more meaningful unity among the whole of human society, and that this cost would have to be born without a whimper if civilization is to be protected. "The cost will have to be born to assure our survival on this planet," he said. "No other options exist than to uplift our relationship to one-another as human beings."

     He spoke about these things in a clear and authoritative tone. "No technological solutions exist that can shield us against a nuclear war," he said, in an almost shouting manner in order to emphasize the gravity. "Nor will political treaties provide this safety. Only we ourselves can obsolete the platforms on which these weapons have been built, and continue to be build and deployed. Anything less than an honest and daring commitment to this goal will precipitate our doom."



      When Ross left the platform a great silence ensued. No one cheered. There was a little applause after a while, but no standing ovation erupted. Ross told us afterwards that he felt this was a good sign. He felt that he had achieved what he had set out to achieve. He said the people were quiet at the end, because they were convicted by their own conscience for contributing to the failure. He suggested that they were most likely trying to search for a way out. "That's a good start," he said.

      Naturally, his speech didn't become famous, like Tony's speech had become who spoke before him, who had struck a familiar chord in everyone's heart. The response to Ross' speech was an agonizing self-conviction. It was actually remarkable, against this background, that there was any applause at all. Nevertheless, I felt that Ross had accomplished far more than Tony had accomplished, and I congratulated him for his victory.



      Heather and I had spent the evenings together during the time when Ross and Sylvia were preparing for this grand presentation. The honesty that unfolded from it had opened up a whole New World for us all. When Heather and I told the others of our group about our affections for one-another, and the need to allow them to unfold, no one objected or made a sour face. Perhaps it didn't seem extraordinary anymore, or nobody knew anymore what was up and what was down.

      A great overturning had begun, so it seemed, and that promised to continue to unfold.



      After Ross' speech became history, I recognized that the development that had occurred during the days in which Tony's, and Ross' speeches unfolded, was more profoundly related to World Peace than anything that had been presented at the conference up to that point. Nevertheless, all of this turned out to be just another beginning for still greater developments.

      I realized during this time, that in real terms, Heather, Ross, and Sylvia and I had achieved nothing outstanding since the unfolding of our affections towards another hadn't ended there. We had merely responded to the spiritual renaissance that had somehow been set into motion by the new focus at the conference that we all had created and contributed to in our own way. It was only natural, therefore, that everyone would benefit by it and continue so, evermore.

      It was fortunate for us all, especially for me, that Tony had been successful in getting his girl watching speech onto the agenda quite early. It had made waves that could be felt as far away as Russia. He gave a powerful speech, as Ross had correctly forecast.

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