Stefan (AKA Cosmic Observer) has asked me to write something here. I don’t really know what to say. But he’s right. I need to say something. Let me start by thanking Stefan. He has done a heroic and largely thankless job setting up all the electronic and etheric machinery, the contacts and networks, the websites, the publisher. Without him no one but my closest friends would ever have heard about this book. While I wrote the words, Stefan created the project. He is the power of enthusiasm. He deserves my/our gratitude.

Now, about the Letters. I’m sorry if this sounds shocking to you—whoever you are. But I don’t actually believe this stuff. I wrote it. Yes. But when I take a long, hard look at it, it seems pretty hard to believe—the end of humanity, a new species, a peaceful world. I mean really!

I ‘believe’ we get to choose our beliefs, and our not-beliefs too. I have decided it will be much easier if I choose to not be a ‘believer’. Don’t get me wrong, I love the book and what it tells us; I love O and the Old Man and the new civilizations. I love the whole idea of a future that is Now. But when it comes to believing it, or believing init, I don’t have to. And O would back me up on this, I’m sure. She told me, ‘It’s not about belief,’ and ‘It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not.’ What matters is the ‘resonance’ of it all.

I’m really just taking her notion one step further. If O is correct, and we get our beliefs out of the way, the resonance will be clearer and truer. Belief won’t help us get any closer to the truth. It’s a substitute for truth, for knowing. I want no substitutes. What do you want? What will you choose?

Robert