NOTE: This is a fictional account, but is based somewhat unloosely on future prophesied events and promised conditions, as clearly as I can imagine them unfolding and being realized. It will be interesting to compare these prognostications of mine one day to how far off I was in some of my ruminations, and possibly how close I was on certain others. It is written in first person, with Frank Calloway as the protagonist. See Chapter 1 (there’s a link to it at the bottom) for more information.
As for specifics about work, most professions from the old system are no longer needed. As everyone enjoys perfect health, there is no more need for doctors or nurses. There are no hospitals. There is no medical industry at all, including pharmaceuticals, not to mention the insurance industry: No health insurance; no malpractice insurance — and no lawyers to wage those proxy wars in court.
There are no more guns, and thus no manufacturers of guns or other weapons. The “Defense” industry has gone out of business forever.
There are also no more policemen — because they are no longer needed. Everyone lives by the only two laws necessary for perfect peace and harmony, those that Jesus Christ emphasized and personified: First and foremost, to love Jehovah God with our whole hearts, souls, minds, and strength; and second, to love our neighbors as ourselves. When these two laws are followed, every crime is avoided. We don’t need to specifically be told not to steal from others, or harm or take advantage of them in any way, if we simply follow those two laws. Due to everyone following these two laws, or principles, there are no jails or prisons, probation officers, or anything to do with incarceration or criminal justice because, again, they are no longer necessary.
There are also no divorce lawyers, as there is no divorce. There are no lawyers of any type, in fact. Also, there are no politicians, and nobody is working as a telemarketer or in any other profession which harms or annoys other people.
Now let me tell you about things we still have, and in a better way than ever before: We often gather to listen to and play music. Almost everybody plays — or is learning to play — at least one instrument, whether it be piano, organ, guitar, sitar, balalaika, bass, banjo, bagpipe, saxophone, violin, accordion, ukulele, cello, harp, trumpet, flute, trombone, clarinet, ocarina, glockenspiel, drum set, congo drums, bongo drums, flute, harp, xylophone, or what-have-you.
In each community, there is a town hall or community center with a large stage, equipped with a full array of musical instruments. Once a week at a predetermined time — and any other time people feel like it, really — residents (and visitors) in each community gather there after dinner to play and/or listen to music. Of course, it’s not mandatory to attend (very few things are mandatory), but it seems that we always have the majority of local residents there, as well as at least a smattering of those who are on Jubilee (more on that very special arrangement later).
As to who plays what, the instruments are available on a ‘first come, first play’ basis: The person who sits down at the piano plays it until when and if they want to surrender it to another tickler of the ivories. The same goes for the guitars, drums, saxophones, etc. A person might even start off behind the drum set, and then — provided the bassist is willing — move to bass after a while, thereafter maybe to trumpet, trombone, triangle, tambourine, timpani, tuba, or . . . whatever! The quality of the music varies, of course, depending on who’s playing — and who are playing which instruments — but it’s always fun, and the musicians are always learning, in a non-threatening environment, from one another. We play ‘classics’ or ‘standards’ but also experiment, with one musician starting off playing a few improvised notes and others soon joining in once they get the gist of where he or she is going with his musical idea; in other words, we jam. It’s sort of a combination hootenanny and musical workshop. Those who opt to just listen will often sing along when we play the familiar songs, or dance when the music moves them to do that.
What makes it better than ever — that is, in addition to the camaraderie of collaborative creativity — is that we have full use of our mental faculties. The result is that it’s easier for us to learn songs, determine the key a song is in, detect and even anticipate the chord changes without having heard a tune before, and remember a song clearly after having (quickly) learned it. Some of us know thousands of songs by heart. Our cognition, memory, and creativity are all greatly enhanced by the unlocking of our brain’s potential which has taken place as we grow nearer to perfection and are free of the worries, cares, and pollution (of all types!) that saturated the old world.
Now back to something referred to earlier: Something else that we enjoy immensely, and is new to the world: our Jubilee Years.
- To be continued tomorrow
Chapter 1 is here.
Chapter 7 is here.