((My comments in double parentheses - Homer))
 
                           THE STORY OF ADORE
 
                 Copyright (C) 1985 Homer Wilson Smith
       Redistribution rights granted for non commercial purposes.
 
     ((I apologize for the weird capitalization.))
 
     A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away there lived a great
race of people who called themselves ADORIANS.  They called themselves
ADORIANS because of their religion ADORE which stood for A Divine
Operating Religion of Excellence.
 
     ADORE had some very important OPERATING PRINCIPLES the first of
which was that the PURPOSE of CREATION is TRADE in EXPRESSIONS of
DISCOVERY.
 
     What GOD CREATES, the SCIENTIST has to DISCOVER.
 
     What the SCIENTIST DISCOVERS, the ARTIST has to EXPRESS.
 
     What the ARTIST EXPRESSES the BUSINESS MAN has to TRADE in FAIR
CHOSEN EXCHANGE.
 
     This was the PROCESS of LIFE, of finding a job and supporting
yourself.
 
     For example after God CREATES the land and the sky, the farmer has
to DISCOVER how to grow corn.  Here he is being the SCIENTIST.
 
     Once he DISCOVERS how to grow corn he then has to grow it.  Here he
is being the ARTIST (ARTISAN) and EXPRESSING his KNOWLEDGE of DISCOVERY.
(You will notice that once a farmer has succeeded so well and grown so
much corn he doesn't need to grow any more, he sits around all day long
and PAINTS it.  Ever see a still life of fruits and vegetables on a
table?)
 
     Of course once he has some corn he has to TRADE it with other
farmers for other things that he needs like bread.  Here he is being the
BUSINESS MAN.
 
     Thus ALL of LIFE is contained in these four basic operations of
CREATION, DISCOVERY, EXPRESSION and TRADE, corresponding to RELIGION,
SCIENCE, ART and BUSINESS, and in reverse order to Body, Heart, Mind and
Soul.
 
     This very great race of people knew that WISDOM was not defined by
the ANSWERS that people BELIEVED in, but by the QUESTIONS that they had
ASKED, for they knew that many of the ANSWERS that men held near and
dear to their hearts were not worth the time of day.
 
     In fact ADORIANS held that the CALIPER of the CALIBER of SOULS was
the QUESTIONS they had ASKED and the ANSWERS they had REJECTED.
 
     CALIPERS are used to measure CALIBER.
 
     CALIBER is WORTH, via HARMONIES and KINDSHIP, SENSITIVITY and
INTELLIGENCE, STAR CAP(TAIN)ABILITY and OPERATING KNOW-HOW.
 
     (EX means WITHOUT.  EXCALIBER means WITHOUT CALIBER, without WORTH.
EXCALIPER means WITHOUT CALIPER, WORTH beyond MEASURE.
 
     EXCALIBUR was the TWO EDGED SWORD of EXCALIPER and EXCALIBER, the
sword of KING ARTHUR.  ARTHUR was able to pull the sword from the rock
because he was willing to put it back in again so that others might try.
The others would not have been so willing, so they could not pull it out
at all.)
 
     Great WISDOM was allowed to SURVIVE for a very long time because
ADORIANS never allowed ANSWERS to stop them from ASKING QUESTIONS.
 
     In fact ADORE was defined as the SCIENCE of KNOWING QUESTIONS to
ANSWER and ANSWERS to QUESTION.
 
     This was summed up in their second great OPERATING PRINCIPLE.
 
     ADORATION is FAIR CHOSEN OPERATION of QUESTIONS and ANSWERS with
MAJESTY, CLASS and PRIDE.
 
     MAJESTY is ETERNAL GOOD HUMOR born of MASTERY.
 
     PRIDE is INTENTION towards OPERATING CRAFTSMANSHIP of CLASS.
 
     CLASS is an ATTITUDE.  That ALL should LIVE FOREVER and be our
FRIEND.
 
     (COOL is the ABILITY to MAINTAIN CLASS.)
 
     MASTER CRAFTSMANSHIP is also an ATTITUDE.  To be the BEST in the
LAND for a while at anything you do.
 
     The ADORIANS held a THIRD OPERATING PRINCIPLE.
 
     That DESIRE is SOVEREIGN.
 
     If you really want something you can have it.  But you have to
REALLY REALLY want it with PURE and PERFECT CERTAINTY.  No DOUBTS, no
WAVERING, no WISHING and WASHING, no SHAME, BLAME or REGRET.
 
     But they also understood that all great things are obtained by FAIR
EXCHANGE with others.  To PRODUCE and TRADE things of VALUE and lasting
QUALITY.
 
     They understood that PERSONAL INTEGRITY was NOT CORRUPTION,
TEMPTATION and SEDUCTION towards DELUSION about ILLUSION.
 
     They understood that FAIR EXCHANGE was the FOUNDATION of all LIFE.
 
     For every RIGHT there is a DUTY.
 
     For every DUTY there is a RIGHT.
 
     RIGHTS are FAIR CHOSEN EXCHANGE for FAIR CHOSEN DUTIES.
 
     You CHOOSE and are RESPONSIBLE for BOTH.
 
     You have a RIGHT to have DUTIES.
 
     You have a DUTY to have RIGHTS.
 
     They never told it to you that way before.
 
     This and only this allows OPERATING HONOR.
 
     HONOR is the ability to MAKE, KEEP, and TRADE FAIR CHOSEN PROMISES.
 
     Basic Duty is Honor.
 
     Basic Right is Dignity.
 
     Dignity is being the Sole Operator of yourself.
 
     Basic Promise is always to Adore Operation.
 
     Adoration IS Operation.
 
     If you ADORE something, OPERATE it.
 
     REPUTATION is for those that EXCEL in this FIELD.
 
     (In Excelsis Deo.)
 
     REPUTATION is for SCOPE, SPAN, DEPTH and FIELD.
 
     SCOPE is how much SPACE and TIME you can AFFECT and EXERCISE GOOD
CONTROL OVER.
 
     SPAN is how many OBJECTS in that SPACE and TIME you can OPERATE.
 
     DEPTH is how much you KNOW about each OBJECT.
 
     FIELD is other people's consideration of your SCOPE SPAN DEPTH and
FIELD.
 
     These four comprise REPUTATION and ABILITY.  From REPUTATION comes
EXCELSIOR REGENCY.
 
     EXCELSIOR comes from EX CELESTIAL which means OUT SIDE of the
HEAVENS.  The BEST of the BEST.
 
     REGENCY is UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE by OTHERS outside of your own
NORMAL OPERATING JURISDICTIONS by virtue of NEEDED, WANTED and
ACKNOWLEDGED SUPERIOR OPERATING KNOW-HOW.
 
     To the ADORIANS, ADORE was BEYOND THUNDERDOME.  It kept them alive
and it kept them well.  And they made many friends as the PATHS of
LOVERS CROSSED in the LINE of DUTY.
 
 
                    So listen now closely my child,
                   There is a sign MY story is TRUE.
              One WORD is the PROOF and the WORD is PRIDE.
                    I ADORE you FOR EVER, for FREE.
 
                              From ADORE.
 
               A Divine Operating Religion of Excellence.
 
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Homer Wilson Smith           This file may be found at
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