Phree Personality Type

 

Phree: Those laborers who couldn’t swallow the idea of a paradise replete with endless luxuries and civilized conveniences without anyone working to manufacture these commodities or to provide public services gravitated to an alliance with the citizenry of Lemuria. The noncitizen laborers who could not tolerate the priests of the Katholi churches banded together and called themselves the Pfree.

 

 

“It was in the formative years of the Lemurian Empire that the seeds for its destruction were sown. The nation’s early growth was much more rapid than its mechanical and scientific development; and the persons who had earned citizenship felt such a pressing need for manual laborers, that others who were not trained in Universal Law and the high precepts of citizenship were allowed within the nation. With typical magnanimity, the citizens allowed these laborers to share equally in the abundance of the economy. Eventually noncitizens lived on a scale exceeding that available to present‑day millionaires. The citizens’ original expectation that the noncitizens would soon aspire to citizenship never materialized. The laborers wouldn’t bother with the effort of schooling since they could expect nothing more in the way of physical comfort. Only citizens could vote; but the laborers seemed to like this arrangement, for then they didn’t have to share in the responsibility or administration of the nation.

 

“Before long there were more noncitizens than citizens in the empire; but because the citizens were those striving on the path to immortal perfection, the power inherent in their aggregate advancement far outweighed the lower masses. From the citizens arose the Egos who have already earned Mastership.

 

“The laborer class could not comprehend the religious philosophy of the citizenry and therefore was not attracted to it. In hopes that the laborers Could be enticed to study Universal Law and come to an understanding of the vast advantages of striving for perfection, the citizens set up ‘churches’ for the laborers. Breathtakingly beautiful buildings were provided, rituals employing fascinating symbolism were instituted, and the church leaders were provided with magnificent robes and other trappings. The laborers eventually were attracted in droves for much the same motivation that people go to a parade or a circus. The plan was to arouse the curiosity of the laborers and then unobtrusively implant the desire and incentive toward concerted soul uplift.

 

“The plan was a miserable failure; for not only didn’t the laborers seek to understand and advance, but with the passing of centuries the `church’ leaders succumbed to the delight of being literally worshipped by the laborers. The nation was so abundantly prosperous that profit was not the motive of those who later became known as priests; it was public adulation and the delicious control over others that made these priests seek ever greater power for themselves. Noncitizen laborers were attracted to the priests’ promise that they would return the empire to edenic paradise if the priests could achieve control over the government. Not all the laborers, however, were taken in by the priests’ claims, but these exceptions were in the minority. The priests promised that no one need ever again work if Eden could be re‑established. All that men would have to do is to pick food from the nearest tree and have all day free to play or rest. The unthinking, impractical believers of this vision of paradise were told by the priests not to try to reason out how this return to Eden would be accomplished but merely to put themselves into the hands of the church and have faith that it would work. The highest motives of spiritual good were mouthed by the priests, and for generations their followers clung fanatically to this dream of endless bliss. Every effort by the government to stamp out the perverted lies by which the priests enthralled their followers only made martyrs of the priests and drove them un­derground. The priests promoted sedition, and their followers were eager to die in defense of their priests and lofty ideals. These impractical laborers gave themselves the name Katholi and believed themselves to be highly spiritual and idealistic.

 

“On the other hand, the practical‑minded noncitizen laborers realized that a return to Edenic conditions would put an end to civilization and all its advantages. The Lemurian Empire enjoyed an abundance of labor‑saving appliances and luxuries which are beyond your present understanding, Richard; yet the Katholis had been duped into wanting to trade civilization for a labor‑free paradise. The priests had freely implied that none of the material comforts would be given up in paradise and that their God would provide everything for the Katholi believer in return for his true worship. Because the great Angel, Lucifer, had been responsible for the abolishment of Eden so that men could begin on the road to spiritual advancement, the Katholi were led to believe that this Angel was the most loathsome Ego ever associated with the Earth.

 

“Those laborers who couldn’t swallow the idea of a paradise replete with endless luxuries and civilized conveniences without anyone working to manufacture these commodities or to provide public services gravitated to an alliance with the citizenry of Lemuria. The noncitizen laborers who could not tolerate the priests of the Katholi churches banded together and called themselves the Pfree. They were usually craftsmen and highly skilled metalworkers who enjoyed their skill in building things. These practical laborers even adopted Lucifer as their patron in order to strongly differentiate themselves from the Katholis. Their natural ability to become foremen and leaders in their crafts brought them into close contact with engineers and administrators who had the education entitling them to citizenship. This contact provided a natural opportunity for the Pfrees to learn the advantages and philosophy of the citizenry.

 

“The idea that men might enjoy a paradise of plenty without effort is absurd. The Angels provided every possible raw material which man can use to further his understanding of the physical plane, but not until man expends effort upon raw material can it serve him. In this world there is no such thing as something for nothing! Man has a built‑in desire to visualize and to achieve goals. To achieve anything necessitates the expenditure of human thought and energy. When a man is working toward a goal, he is happy; when he has no goal, he becomes dissipated and feels cast adrift. To create is the basis of man’s joy. To build is to bring wealth into existence.

 

“The Katholis and Pfrees came to be poles apart in their philosophies, and yet both were wrong. Each faction of laborers lacked the citizens’ proper balance between blind faith and skepticism; the Katholis prized idealism and the Pfrees prized practicality. The obstinate onesidedness of each group of laborers inevitably led to open conflict between them, which was much to the distress of the citizens and to the detriment of the empire. Finally, the citizens began a movement to encourage the emigration of the Katholis to hitherto unpopulated continents by offering extraordinary inducements, and hundreds of millions of laborers became enthusiastic enough to colonize other lands. The thought of being able to found their own nation according to their religious beliefs strongly appealed to the Katholis. The principal Katholi colony was India, where the Katholis’ priests established a hierarchical rule over the settlers and readily enslaved them. Meanwhile, multitudes of Pfree laborers set up their own nation on the Poseid group of large islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Because of their long friendship with the citizenry, the Pfrees invited citizens to administer their new country and establish industries. To this plea many adventurous citizens responded.”

 

 

 

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