Here we have a circumstance in which this sudden responsibility and its rewards have been literally laid in your laps. You might say, “Well, look at how extreme things are becoming in the Middle East and Africa and all kinds of terrible things happening in other places.” I could say, “Yes, that’s true.” However, your communication system is also so good now that even a skirmish that happens someplace is discovered very quickly. They can no longer go unnoticed for many months as in the past. Your physical day-to-day life waking life is no longer sufficient. You have to become functionally operative on the other levels.
