Showing posts with label BOWA: First Revelation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BOWA: First Revelation. Show all posts

Sunday, July 23, 2023

First Contact

Last month, it was revealed that a "former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin." Exciting stuff!

Here's the deeper truth: We have never been alone. Life is abundant on this planet; full of beings whose value and wisdom we constantly fail to appreciate. Only the most arrogant of fools could believe that such a reality is limited to a single rock in this vast universe. We have never, ever been the apex of creation, just the latest in a long line of kings of the hill. And our reign will inevitably end, as did all the others.

Worst-case scenario, we encounter something that sees us as meat to be harvested, pests to be exterminated, or dust to be swept away; call it karmic justice on a cosmic scale. Hopefully, however, we find someone willing to recognize us as family, at least eventually. In any case, the day will dawn, be it tomorrow or in a millennium, when we can no longer deny the strangely glorious totality of our Parent's kingdom.

Perhaps this latest episode will hasten the arrival of that moment, or not. Either way, the choice is clear: Voluntarily renounce our anthropocentric pretensions now, or wait until our heads are forcibly yanked out of the sand later. Choose wisely, for something formidably wonderful longs to embrace you. Exciting stuff indeed!

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Got Privilege?

Grace falls upon all
Unevenly to our eyes
Perfect for Their will

So be not ashamed
Nor prideful about your share
Just trust the kingdom

Friday, January 1, 2021

Irreverent Wisdom

"Do your best,
And flush the rest."
~ An Unknown Genius
(Whose work adorns my parents' bathroom wall.)

Perfection desired
Only within human minds
They love you, as is

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Identity

What
do you see
as your gaze
lingers upon me?

For I am more
than packaging and labels,
and the assumptions
that go with them.

I am more,
so much more:
heart and soul,
foulness and beauty,
and all the grace
that goes with them.

So whom
will you choose to see
as your gaze
lingers upon me?

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Sister Koko

This Friday is the anniversary of the death of Hanabi-Ko, "Fireworks Child"; known to the world as Koko. Like most, her life was a mixture of both delight and pain. She expressed serious thoughts, on mortality and existence for example, as well as petty ones, such as lies or anger. She became infatuated with colleagues, and mourned a beloved pet. Koko was an attentive listener and a good friend. And yes, she was also a gorilla.

I have long been fascinated by the implications of Koko's story. Was she truly conscious? Could she love? Did she have a soul? Was she a glimpse into our past, or a harbinger of our family's expansion? Dr. Penny Patterson, the psychologist who taught and cared for her, once asked Koko, "Do gorillas know things that people don't?" How much wisdom is out there in the wild, awaiting our acceptance of its keepers as our equals?

Koko and her kin are evidence of the falsity of anthropocentrism. We humans are not the apex of creation or evolution. Our Parent has birthed countless sisters and brothers; and not just on one little rock in the universe. Abandon your fear, and open your hearts to this strange and wonderful reality. For as Dr. Patterson declared about gorillas, so it must be said of all created beings, "If there's anything sacred in us, it's in them, too."