Fact or Fantasy...
Greetings All.
Realm, dimension, kingdom, sphere, domain; interchangeable terms, or is each specific to a particular place or, mayhap, those are only imaginary places? Depends upon one's personal views; how one conceptualizes, as it were. While we are told that other planets exist, scientists would have us believe that other inhabited worlds, or realms and the like, are nonexistent. To each his own but if that were the case then most certainly one would have to give up the idea of Heaven and the Netherworld. 'Twould be a shame if all were to agree with the nay-sayers and the non-believers claims, hmm?
Most oft, fear is the culprit that leads one to disclaim the existence of other realms outside the natural order. For who wishes to believe there is some other place inhabited by terrifying creatures who can sneak into this modern world and wreak havoc and mayhem then return to their own dimension, safe from the possibility of capture? It is fear of the unknown, coupled with the mindset that those who do not look like humans and behave as such cannot be.
Odd that, since humans are supposed to be the most intelligent species. Mayhap, if one were to recognize the fuel that feeds the fire of fear, one could begin to consider other possibilities. The fuel of which I speak is a boiling, noxious brew of many ingredients. Descriptive terms; books and movies designed to instill fear; the powers that be who command obedience in thought, word, and deed and thus promote narrow mindedness; those who preach that nothing can be considered 'real' without valid proof one can see, hear, and touch; those who distort facts to suit their beliefs, and on and on.
I find it extraordinary that an intelligent species discredits the possibility of the existence of otherworldly species, yet, they will pay the price of a cinema ticket or a book to indulge the possibility. Some will explain that away as desire to indulge in fantasy without paying the price of believing. Others describe it as human nature; the desire to test the limits of one's imagination. Still, others call it the intelligent searching of another's incredible imagination, to discover the outer-limits of the minds ability to create fantastic impossibilities. All plausible excuses, if it were not for the fact that such shoots down the theory that humans are an intelligent species and begs the question: Why would an intelligent species need to enter the world of fantasy in the first place when, supposedly, intelligence is grounded in pure fact?
The afore-mentioned thought provoking questions I've posed are not all products of my wondering mind, but some posed to me by e-mail. I have to admit I gain pleasure with the knowing that not all humans are part of the flock of sheep led by the so-called experts. While you might think them nuts, insane, or merely folks out of the mainstream, I consider them individuals who refuse to be led; told how to think and what to believe. Individual is the key word here, for these individuals have the intelligence and the confidence to think and speak for themselves. Ponder. Blessed May You Be.
Realm, dimension, kingdom, sphere, domain; interchangeable terms, or is each specific to a particular place or, mayhap, those are only imaginary places? Depends upon one's personal views; how one conceptualizes, as it were. While we are told that other planets exist, scientists would have us believe that other inhabited worlds, or realms and the like, are nonexistent. To each his own but if that were the case then most certainly one would have to give up the idea of Heaven and the Netherworld. 'Twould be a shame if all were to agree with the nay-sayers and the non-believers claims, hmm?
Most oft, fear is the culprit that leads one to disclaim the existence of other realms outside the natural order. For who wishes to believe there is some other place inhabited by terrifying creatures who can sneak into this modern world and wreak havoc and mayhem then return to their own dimension, safe from the possibility of capture? It is fear of the unknown, coupled with the mindset that those who do not look like humans and behave as such cannot be.
Odd that, since humans are supposed to be the most intelligent species. Mayhap, if one were to recognize the fuel that feeds the fire of fear, one could begin to consider other possibilities. The fuel of which I speak is a boiling, noxious brew of many ingredients. Descriptive terms; books and movies designed to instill fear; the powers that be who command obedience in thought, word, and deed and thus promote narrow mindedness; those who preach that nothing can be considered 'real' without valid proof one can see, hear, and touch; those who distort facts to suit their beliefs, and on and on.
I find it extraordinary that an intelligent species discredits the possibility of the existence of otherworldly species, yet, they will pay the price of a cinema ticket or a book to indulge the possibility. Some will explain that away as desire to indulge in fantasy without paying the price of believing. Others describe it as human nature; the desire to test the limits of one's imagination. Still, others call it the intelligent searching of another's incredible imagination, to discover the outer-limits of the minds ability to create fantastic impossibilities. All plausible excuses, if it were not for the fact that such shoots down the theory that humans are an intelligent species and begs the question: Why would an intelligent species need to enter the world of fantasy in the first place when, supposedly, intelligence is grounded in pure fact?
The afore-mentioned thought provoking questions I've posed are not all products of my wondering mind, but some posed to me by e-mail. I have to admit I gain pleasure with the knowing that not all humans are part of the flock of sheep led by the so-called experts. While you might think them nuts, insane, or merely folks out of the mainstream, I consider them individuals who refuse to be led; told how to think and what to believe. Individual is the key word here, for these individuals have the intelligence and the confidence to think and speak for themselves. Ponder. Blessed May You Be.
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