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WHICH TEMPLE SHALL GOD BE IN
the hope that God would hear them and answer as before.
“Answer us. Why has it happened that our orchards yield wormy fruits?
Why don’t vegetables grow in our gardens every year? Why do people quar-
rel among themselves, fight, and argue, but cannot choose the best faith for
all? Tell us, in which of the temples built for you do you live?”
God did not answer their questions for a long time. When His voice was
heard in the dimension, it was weary, not cheerful. God replied to those
gathered, “My sons and my daughters. In your houses, surrounded by gar-
dens, there is today desolation because there was too much for me to do
alone. Everything was conceived of initially by the dream that only together
with you could I create what was beautiful, but you turned away in part from
your own garden and house. I cannot create alone, the creation must be
joint. I also want to tell you all that love and the freedom of choice are in
you yourselves, and I am prepared to follow your wishes with the dream. But
you must answer me, my dear sons and daughters, which of the temples
should I take up residence in? You are all equal before me, so where should I
be so as not to hurt anyone? When you decide the question of which of the
temples I should reside in, I will follow your collective will.”
Thus God answered them all and then fell silent. The people of the settle-
ment, which was once beautiful, have continued their debate to this day.
There is desolation and decay in their houses. Around them, the temples rise
higher and higher, and the debate grows ever sharper.
