In an idle moment while doodling, something about the Biblical creation story occurred to me. It’s hard for me to imagine that the all-wise Creator should have created just one planet with one type of living human. What would be the point of creating such a totally immense universe as stagecraft for one little planet led by a self-absorbed, cantankerous species, supposedly endowed with rational and moral abilities?
It’s far more probable to suppose that the unspeakable vastness of the universe is a sign of equally vast forms of life and consciousness spread out around the cosmos. And in ways we can barely imagine now, although all the authentic reports about alien visitation suggest a considerable variety of types of conscious entities interacting with us.
One story running about is that aliens are living among us. There is a program in action about us somehow biologically merging with the aliens, supposedly, to the benefit of each species. This story is at least conceivable and might resonate with some souls in distress.
But there is enough evidence to support the belief that there are intelligent beings in our midst. Clearly, they possess superhuman powers and come from who knows where?
The question is, what are they doing here? And why so devious, sneaky, and too often brutal? They may of course be quite frightened. Humans can be trigger-happy brutes whose first reaction to something unknown, is to lunge for the AR-15 and aim to kill.
There is evidence that explains in part why they are here: They are interested in our weapons systems, nuclear, for sure. They are also concerned about the catastrophic effects of overheating the planet, a consequence of our technology and addiction to consumerism.
They have terrified the military by temporarily turning off, disengaging our weapons systems, thus temporarily killing our billion-dollar defense systems. Letting us taste a moment of exposure, of vulnerability. It surely must gnaw away at U.S. belief in its God-blessed empire to know there is an unknown agency daily violates with impunity our airspace and cannot be shot down by ace jet fighter planes. The technology that haunts our airspace is a complete mystery. Moreover, where they come from and exactly why they’re here is unknown, other, it would seem, than being worried about nuclear annihilation and climate catastrophe wrecking the planet.
The question is: if these highly evolved aliens are here and monitoring us as we continue to wreck the planet and kill each other in endless wars, why not make a public appearance and announce their presence? Why just hang around and carry on as cosmic peeping toms? Any ideas, reader?
Michael, what follows represents bits and pieces that I have picked up from others who have speculated about the nature/origin of these alien (?) visitors. For instance, one issue that comes to mind is the notion that the intelligence and various socio-cognitive functions of these alien beings operate like our own intelligence and cognitive functions or even whether they possess some of these abilities and traits. Are their visits driven by some master plan, or perhaps idle curiosity? Do their memories function like our memories? Are they even capable of experiencing empathy like we do?
ReplyDeleteIt is possible, for example, that these visitations may be unrelated to each other, not necessarily because there are aliens from different planets (or ‘countries’ within a single planet) visiting us, but because there is no centralized system or social structure that guides their behavior nor even a specific mission for their visits. The situation may be analogous to people who go to the beach for a wide variety of reasons: Some go to look for shells; others go because they collect sea glass, others go to find coins and other lost valuables with a metal detector (BTW, that might be me), others go to just sun-bathe, fish, etc. Regarding fishermen, some fishermen fish for sport while others fish to eat. Regarding the latter, some fishermen show empathy for the fish and, for example, immediately behead their catch to minimize suffering. Others simply throw unwanted fish in the sand to die a slow death without a single care in the world for the suffering of the fish. After all, some such fish might not even be fun to catch (e.g., skates [fish]). In sum, yes, I wish these visitors were a little more sociable and share with us why they are here.
Miguel, these are all interesting speculations, and I much appreciate them, but at least two things stand out, for me, a role in the history of religion and an element of concern and curiosity over our nuclear weaponry and industries. I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteIf, as some speculate, aliens have been with us for hundreds or thousands of years and travel through time, then they would know about the danger of these weapons and would want to keep an eye on them. But a couple of other possibilities comes to mind: For instance, it is possible that they may derive some unique benefit from the nuclear material contained in these weapons and/or are tapping (or perhaps avoiding!) whatever it is that they need/want from them (or don't want) in ways we are not aware of. Many of us would like to believe that their curiosity of our nuclear weapons underlies some benevolent motive, but the fact is that we really do not know. Their curiosity may be driven by some neutral or even malevolent motive that we have yet to discerned. As for their possible role in religion, one can speculate creatively about their true motives, other than benevolence. After all, consider how some view trump as a Christ-like figure; the savior of America whereas others would love to crucify him. Sadly, in the case of trump, some of us are fairly certain about his true motives, but there is always a chance that we could be partly or even completely wrong.
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