"Master, I spoke with Gu San O, the other day and he asked about my religion."
"Did you answer in the standard, regular way for stupids, that yours is the Church of the True Word?"
"I did Master but then he started mentioning 'heathen' and communists and the like. I answered standard manner, that members only speak about these things to fellow members (See Sinclair 'Oil'). Then he wanted to know how we regard other religions like his and so I simply had to tell him that whatever True Words a religion or ideology contain, belonged to our Church of the True Word. Was that right Master?"
"It is true, and therefore you spoke truth. It was well spoken. But you could have quoted Seneca's 'Whatever is true is my property' (Letter 8), and 'the things of greatest merit are common property'. One thing of great merit was the founding of the Church of the True word by Upton Sinclair. It is specially designed for people who are not able to imagine a Free Thinking man, people like Gu San O. Remember the cow and the horse behind bars, the bird in the cage. They cannot imagine freedom when they never have been free. Thus you explain freedom to them as a very large stable or cage."