Chapter 18
Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:48
The life of a single human, as the life of a family or an entire people,
persists as memory. My people must come to see this as part of their maturing
process. They are people as organism, and in this persistent memory they store
more and more experiences in a subliminal reservoir. Humankind hopes to call
upon this material if it is needed for a changing universe. But much that is
stored can be lost in that chance play of accident which we call "fate." Much
may not be integrated into evolutionary relationships, and thus may not be
evaluated and keyed into activity by those ongoing environmental changes which
inflict themselves upon flesh. The species can forget! This is the special value
of the Kwisatz Haderach which the Bene Gesserits never suspected: the Kwisatz
Haderach cannot forget.
-The Book of Leto, After Harq al-Ada
While crossing the sand from The Attendant back to Sietch Tabr, Stilgar couldn't help but think of Leto's comment on how beautifull the young women are this year. They often don't wear stilsuits anymore and villages are being made of mud bricks. He feels like part of a dying breed, but he feels this is a sign that the Fremen are becoming more like people on other planets in the Imperium. People had always dreamed of starting a new life on another planet but to the Fremen, this had never even been a possibility. The old ways forced them to look inward, not outward. Leto had spoken of limiting migration but to the Fremen this had always been but this new outward vision was causing his old beliefs to crumble. He realizes this could be a danger to Alia's plans as well. Durring the Jihad he had learned that Arrakis was a model for how Shaddam IV wished to mold the rest of the Imperium; supress the people to hopelessness. Stilgar fears the comming changes, sameness and stability are the goals of government. As they reach the entrance to Sietch Tabr, Leto stops Stilgar and says tradition isn't the absolute guide that he thought it was.
persists as memory. My people must come to see this as part of their maturing
process. They are people as organism, and in this persistent memory they store
more and more experiences in a subliminal reservoir. Humankind hopes to call
upon this material if it is needed for a changing universe. But much that is
stored can be lost in that chance play of accident which we call "fate." Much
may not be integrated into evolutionary relationships, and thus may not be
evaluated and keyed into activity by those ongoing environmental changes which
inflict themselves upon flesh. The species can forget! This is the special value
of the Kwisatz Haderach which the Bene Gesserits never suspected: the Kwisatz
Haderach cannot forget.
-The Book of Leto, After Harq al-Ada
While crossing the sand from The Attendant back to Sietch Tabr, Stilgar couldn't help but think of Leto's comment on how beautifull the young women are this year. They often don't wear stilsuits anymore and villages are being made of mud bricks. He feels like part of a dying breed, but he feels this is a sign that the Fremen are becoming more like people on other planets in the Imperium. People had always dreamed of starting a new life on another planet but to the Fremen, this had never even been a possibility. The old ways forced them to look inward, not outward. Leto had spoken of limiting migration but to the Fremen this had always been but this new outward vision was causing his old beliefs to crumble. He realizes this could be a danger to Alia's plans as well. Durring the Jihad he had learned that Arrakis was a model for how Shaddam IV wished to mold the rest of the Imperium; supress the people to hopelessness. Stilgar fears the comming changes, sameness and stability are the goals of government. As they reach the entrance to Sietch Tabr, Leto stops Stilgar and says tradition isn't the absolute guide that he thought it was.