Zol went on to tell me that young Lemurians like Xendo and Solari would visit the Temple in the same way as the young people in Atlantis would go out clubbing. The bonding, the sexual energy, was much deeper, much more creative, and was felt more sensually when shared spiritually in the Temple.
'Here in Lemuria,' he said, 'one does not try to be good. If you say, 'I must be more spiritual', you are a slave to your ego. Life doesn't work like that. There are no social obligations in Nature. Even when you say, 'I love you', to your partner, you devalue that love because real love has nothing to do with the 'I'. Yes, I can anticipate your question; your people need to be reassured, don't they? But when your source of expression is real love, there is no self; when your source of expression is self, there is no real love. Matter and mind are one; the body is a product of the mind. Physical pleasure is a spiritual pastime.'
'Does it make it easier to merge spiritually when there is less of an obvious distinction between the sexes?'
'The fact that we Lemurians are not polarised beings is reflected in our sexuality; there's much more to being human than we think. We children remain undifferentiated until puberty. As lives are longer here, the innate need to procreate rapidly is not an issue. Individual souls have a choice to be male or female at that period of their development. Later on in life, they can also change sex if they so wish, or if they regard it as a preferential mode of self-expression. Naturally, they would also change their names to reflect this biological and spiritual shift.'
It struck me how incredibly evolved the Lemurians had become. Back home, people would still be shocked and frightened at the idea of being able to choose their sex, even though they may pretend to be open-minded about it.
'At the moment of ecstatic union between male and female, one may make a wish. It is the most enhanced and favourable moment for a wish or intention. Also, the energy of that union will be fed into the Grid which can be used for healing.'
'Talk about multi-tasking!'
'The true purpose of the sexual union,' he continued, 'is to achieve a higher state of consciousness. Attraction, as you may know, is about vibration. Couples of similar vibrational frequencies are attracted to one another. In sexual union, the vortices of energy generated by the lower chakras rush upwards through the heart chakra to the higher chakras and up through the crown, so that the two light bodies merge together in ecstatic union, creating a powerful energy field in which there is total surrender to the Wholeness.'
'Phew! That does sound ecstatic!'
I asked Zol about marriage in Lemuria.
'In the Temple, you celebrate a life-long spiritual union of unconditional love.'
'Life-long union sounds familiar! But as you probably know, most of our expensive weddings in Atlantis end up in expensive divorces! Is there no divorce here?'
'In a partnership based on unconditional love, you may, indeed, be 'unfaithful', as you call it in your culture. But there is abundance in the union. Abundance means doing whatever you need to do when you need to do it. Of course, you remain in alignment with your higher self and fully aware of the Prime Directive, so hurting or harming others is unthinkable. After all, when you hurt others, you hurt yourself; everybody in Lemuria knows this intuitively. Without even thinking about it, we know that we are all interconnected. So the very thought of divorce is impossible. It makes no sense. Jealousy, possessiveness, betrayal, these are terms that do not exist here. Love is unconditional.'
'So you can have an affair?'
'Human beings are naturally curious, so why not? We may also enjoy the sensation of being close to someone else other than our spouse. The term 'affair' for you implies dishonesty, jealousy, deceit, betrayal. These negative terms relate to the false self, to possession. They have nothing to do with love. If a married person has a sexual union with another person, there is no deceit involved, no subterfuge or associated feelings of guilt or betrayal. The experience can have no effect whatsoever on the deep and unconditional love that one has for one's life-partner.'
'But people can make a mistake, surely? They may realise that they married the wrong person?'
'Mistakes are only possible if the false self is involved. Marriage unions in Lemuria are not ego-based. These 'affairs', as you call them, are uncommon here because they are unnecessary. However, occasionally, married people will meet strangers and find that they have a strong attraction to them, which is usually based on a mutual relationship in a former life. Both parties will be aware of this, so the sexual encounter is a natural response to this attraction. If anything, this access to abundance creates an even stronger bond between the spouses of the married couple.'
I asked Zol about the procedure involved in giving birth in Lemuria. We had recently been receiving correspondence from maternity hospitals at the QSA in connection with the necessity to upgrade facilities, so I thought I might learn something new I could recommend to the Government. Little did I expect what I was about to hear!
'For birth to take place,' he told me, 'it is a conscious outcome, not only for the parents but for the community as a whole. It has to be unanimous. Of course, the child's soul would also need to ask for permission to become part of the community.'
'Oh. I see. How does that happen?'
'Very simple. We listen.'
'You listen.'
'Anybody can get in touch with the implicate order. You just have to believe it.'
'Of course.'
'Birth is a very serious commitment for the couple who might spend a long time together in spiritual realignment. First, they empty themselves of all ego by going within, so that they can be a pure vessel for the new life form. The vibrational frequencies of the couple need to match energetically; otherwise they will not go through with the birth. When the frequencies match, they use sound to tone the child into being, focusing on the energy of love.'
Our own clinical, epidural-assisted births under dazzling lights sprang to mind.
'Lots of people help,' Zol continued. 'The focus is communal. In fact, the child is now a communal responsibility, with parents having a key role, of course, in overseeing its development.'
'No chance, then, of a child being born into a dysfunctional family like mine? Just kidding. Or maybe not! Ha-ha. So, one is never born unwanted in Lemuria? Everybody starts out with equal opportunities, right?'
'That is correct.'
'It reminds me a bit of the old primitive, tribal societies. They all chipped in to welcome the new Earthling. No clinical or professional interference. Everything jived with nature.'
'Indeed, Jordan, our model is based on the primitive model, as you call it, which in turn, is based on love.'
