The King was looking serious and said nothing until The Judge finished. Then the King spoke up and said:
”See, all this is new to me. I never wanted to offend anyone, neither Spirit nor my citizens. And you yourself are respected, since you are old, and I have given you the role of a Judge. So, continue with the subject matter and let us end this.”
And here, the judge began to explain what he had been told.
”You see, a man has two bodies: one is Spiritual, and the other is physical. We all know very well that we see with the physical body and suffer from it too. But, if we look, neither of the two bodies had been made by us. Therefore, I am asking now – who made these bodies? The parents made the physical. But what about the Spiritual? Who is he, with a disposition of the physical world, to condemn the body which the Spiritual world inhabits? Do we not carry the obligation to protect our body from suffering for the Spiritual one to find rest in?”
The judge posed more questions, some of which seemed to be intended to help, and others to condemn. He continued:
”The Judgment is as follows, and it will depend on the scenarios that I am going to discuss. If the children or people who are in charge of the elderly have benefited from the elderly person’s resources, which they acquired during their life, they should welcome them with love and readiness. If this were not the case, or if they had been mistreated, the Authority would remove the elderly. It would also remove their assets and give them to someone who wanted to host them.”
”If the old man has no assets, neither the children nor relatives are obligated to look after him. But if he raised someone or contributed towards someone with what he generated throughout his life, in the name of Justice, that, who had received these benefits, will be the one who has to return it, when the need arises. This includes the Kingdom that gets the taxes from its people.”
”See, there may be many different circumstances, but I will only refer to three. The first being that which I just laid out. The second is the one where one has children, but they do not want him. Because he is a hindrance, or they want to kill him because he occupies space in the house, or because his mind is not what it used to be. In those cases, the King, in the name of Justice, with the help of the judges, should intervene. The situation will be heard and remedied.”
”All citizens will be able to go to court and ask for justice when they feel harmed. And when they do not have resources, Justice will be free. As for those who make a living from justice, they collect the taxes. So, if they need or want justice, they will have to pay for it, as it cannot be charged to the Kingdom by a request of a wealthy individual.”
”If a Judge hears a case of an old man who is not wanted at home – or if he incidentally finds out by himself of an old man who is being mistreated – he will visit him, talk to him, and will always hear him out. He will also listen to the family because the elderly can also sometimes not be in their right mind. It is, indeed, the reality that they can become strange and selfish.”
”But if he sees that it is true and that it is the children who do not want him by their side and who mistreat him or want to kill him, the Judge will determine that he is better off being cared for elsewhere, by a family that wants him. The costs of his care and maintenance will be borne by the children.”
”The children might not have received any assets, but they do not seem to know to pay back the life they were provided with by the old man. They do not know what it took from the old man when they were children. The sleepless nights, the care it took when they were both healthy and when they were sick. And, sometimes, the protection. Without ever thinking once that, one day, when he needed it, it will have to be paid back to him.”
”But there is also the third scenario, you see. And that is the responsibility of the Kingdom to those who have been paying their taxes throughout their lives. So now that they need assistance, and nobody wants to help them, the King, as Lord of Justice, has to intervene and help the one who has been helping him his whole life.”
”For this reason, a system should be formed, which would create places where they would be accommodated and looked after with kindness. These unique places should be built thinking of them and the difficulties they face, and good food, as well as good clothes, should be provided.”
”The meeting of the needs that the elderly person has, such as food, hygiene, and medicines, as well as other things, must be guaranteed. And those who will care for these elders, the specially dedicated people, will also have to be remunerated and required to do their job well.”
”This will have to be paid by the Communities because they had also benefited from that helpless old man’s work, their love, as well as their help when it had been necessary. When a fire occurs or when heavy rains arrive, or when The Communities are attacked by gangs of assassins, who defend them? The soldiers, yes, but they are not enough. Those who live in the Community contributes. So the Community is in DEBT.”
”So that this does not serve as a surcharge to taxes, it would only be fair that, when someone receives an inheritance from their elders, they contribute to the Community a third of the inheritance. This is to cover the expenses of those who have nothing. After all, those who receive it have done nothing themselves to have earned that wealth. It had been given to them. So let that gift also to be distributed among those who have nothing.”
”And it needs to be ensured that it will not be surrendered to someone in particular but, instead, given to the King. He will ensure that money is always available to cover the needs of all those who have lived under his rule. Thus, he will be in charge of collecting this part of the inheritances from those who receive it. Everything will be paid to the King, and the King will give it back to the Community, which will be responsible for the wellbeing of its people.”
”Thirdly, if someone hasn’t contributed anything that they would have to be paid back for – because they were foreign or because all their life they did not receive a salary and, hence, nothing was paid to anyone, which in itself is something very strange since it could be seen as if the collection does not work, but it is well known that it does – the Kingdom will be the one who has to pay and assume as a debt what the old man had spent. He has been in his land before he turned old, and he has been eating and spending, and with it, he has negotiated his right, and the owners of the land have allowed it.”
”It creates an obligation in the same way as when one allows someone to enter their home. And, if this results in expenses or losses, one must assume it because he allowed them to come in. If one did not want to assume the responsibility, one should not have let them in.” The judge continued. ”Now, I will announce the final Judgement. And since we are all going to end up in those kinds of situations sooner or later – if we do not disincarnate before – it is better that we build these places where the elderly can be looked after.”
”This will be especially suited for all the Capitals and large cities, where the number of people is considerably high, and where there will be many similar cases. It is not very common in rural Communities, where the elderly are respected and cared for in a particular way, where their wisdom is considered to be helpful to all.”
”There will have to be a farm where no rent needs to be paid. Not too close as to not be disturbed, but not too far either so that everyone can come to parties and celebrations and take part in everyone’s joyful occasions. As well as have dedicated places for celebrations built in these farms.”
”These places have to be planned giving regard not to someone’s taste and the foreseen duration, but to those who are going to be using them. These buildings will be adequate and made of suitable materials, both outside and inside, keeping in mind the cold weather, which can affect the elderly so much. Good food will be served there. And they will be given the help of employees, who will be more responsible than
