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We ll continue to achieve higher and higher levels of energy and vibration, Dobson said, finishing his sentence. Yes, Sanchez said. That s it. Excuse me for a minute. He got up and walked several yards into the forest and sat down alone. What else does the Ninth Insight say? I asked Dobson. We don t know, he said. That s where the part we have ends. Would you like to see it? I told him I would, so he walked to his truck and came back with a manila folder. Inside were twenty typed pages. I read the manuscript, impressed with how thoroughly Dobson and Phil had captured its basic points. When I came to the last page I understood why they said it was only a part of the Ninth Insight. It ended abruptly, in the middle of a concept. Having just introduced the idea that the transformation of the planet would create a totally spiritual culture and would raise human beings to higher and higher vibrations, it suggested that this rise would lead to the occurrence of something else, but it didn t say what. After an hour, Sanchez stood up and walked over to me. I had been content to sit with the plants, observing their incredible energy fields. Dobson and Phil were standing behind their jeep talking. I think we should go on to Iquitos, he said. What about those soldiers? I asked. I think we should risk it. I ve had a clear thought that we can make it through if we leave right now. I agreed to go with his intuition and we walked over and told Dobson and Phil our plans. Both men supported the idea, then Dobson said, We ve also been discussing what to do. We re going directly to the Celestine ruins, I think. Maybe we can help save the rest of the Ninth Insight. We bade them good-bye and drove north again. *** What are you thinking about? I asked after a period of silence. Father Sanchez slowed the truck and looked at me. I m thinking about Cardinal Sebastian, about what you have said: that he would stop fighting the Manuscript if only he could be made to understand. As Father Sanchez made this statement, my mind wandered into a daydream of actually confronting Sebastian. He Was standing in a courtly room looking down at us. At that moment he had the power to destroy the Ninth Insight and we were fighting to make him understand before it was too late. I finished the thought, I noticed Sanchez was smiling at me. What were you seeing? he asked. I was just thinking of Sebastian. What was happening? The image of confronting Sebastian was clearer. He was about to destroy the last insight. We were trying to talk him out of it. Sanchez took a deep breath, It looks like whether the rest of the Ninth Insight becomes known will depend on us. My stomach drew into a knot at the idea. What should we say to him?