Chapter 8
To the Chief of architecture, Tae said: Your duties shall be one with your group, and what I say to you shall apply to them also. You shall not only build houses for Shalam, providing them comfortably with rooms and wholesome conveniences, but you shall teach our adopted infants, by models and otherwise, the art and science of architecture.
At a very early age you shall explain to them, by blocks and with tools, the sciences and measurements of architecture, as to their names and kinds, and as to the place and use of braces, beams and roofs.
Moreover, as soon as they are capable of holding a pencil, you shall teach them to make drafts of houses and its various parts. And when they are old enough to handle tools, you shall teach them to make models of houses, and to estimate the strength of the parts required.
To the Chief of clothiers, Tae said: Your duties shall be one with your group, and what I say to you is to them also. You shall not only provide clothing for Shalam, wisely as to comfort, design and beauty, but you shall prepare the way to teach these, our adopted infants, the art and workmanship of clothing the human form in the way most conducive to health and comfort.
At an early age you shall teach them the art of sewing and cutting, providing them with models (mannequins) in human form, so they may learn everything from a hat to a shoe, as to the material used, the strength required, and how to determine the same.
To the Chief of dietitians, Tae said: You and your group shall be one; what I say to you is to them also. You shall determine and provide the diet for Shalam; as to the best herbivorous foods, and how to prepare them, and how to preserve any surplus.
In this matter, you shall determine and explain the constituent parts of the human body, and shall find and provide herbivorous elements adapted to development and purity, so that the best, strongest and healthiest of men and women may be made out of these, our adopted infants. Neither shall you follow whims or fancies; but support yourself by facts collected from the different nations of the earth.
You shall teach these infants the properties of food, the art of preparing food, and all things pertaining to food and diet. And explain to them the bloodthirsty character of carnivorous animals and carnivorous people, giving them facts and figures, so that, in all you teach them, they shall be learned wisely, and not in merely subjective notions.
In that manner Tae spoke to all the Chiefs, explaining their duties to them. And after he had finished with them individually, he spoke to them collectively, saying:
The greatest of all education is to learn how to live in the best way, so that we may be happy here and hereafter. There is no other learning as important as this.
Jehovih provided man neither wool nor fur nor feathers to cover his body; and yet He created him too tender to live without covering.
In sexual relation, man and woman alone, of all the animal world, can be taught shame.
Whatever dress attracts the least thought to sex is the most modest dress; whatever dress gives the fullest, best development to all parts of the body, with adaptation to comfort for the seasons, is the best dress.
Next to dress is diet. As to what is best to eat, for the best, healthiest corporeal man, and the best for the wisest, holiest spiritual man, is the best diet.
These, along with houses to live in, comprise the chief requirements for the corporeal life of man.
And yet, to produce these, and prepare them for man’s service, many trades and sciences have been developed on the earth.
Now, behold, in this day, Jehovih has provided us amply. He has opened up the nations of the earth to us, where we can go and witness many things, especially the habits and dispositions of man as to his mode of life, food, clothes and houses.
Now, behold, you have taken a great work upon yourselves; which is to raise up these little ones according to your highest light.
You have bound yourselves to follow your own highest light. And you know that all light is progressive. You cannot settle down, saying: I know enough!
But you are bound to investigate. And how can you do this without acquainting yourselves with what has been proved among other peoples?
In some countries, infants are whipped for crying; in other countries, they are held up by the heels; and in some countries, infants do not cry at all.
The Chief of nurses shall discover these facts, and appropriate them.
In like manner, every Chief shall take his part, and develop the highest proven and possible standard.
As much as you fulfill your places thus, so shall your satisfaction and happiness be afterward. As much as you neglect your parts, so will you censure and accuse yourselves afterward.
As Faithists, you accept all people as angels; mortals are simply undelivered.
All mortals are in an embryonic state, preparing for birth (commonly called death).
Heaven is now, and is near, even within all who will accept it.
At an early age, infants can be taught that to serve Jehovih brings happiness; to serve mortal inspirations and surroundings (satan) brings unhappiness.
Therefore, though you teach our infants about diet, architecture, clothing and all other things, you will still be only a minor improvement over Uz, unless you teach them that the chief aim of life should be to develop the spiritual man that is within.
Using this system of education in Shalam, there shall be two branches, one relating to corporeal things and one to spiritual things.