I listened to the Chauncey DeVega podcast last night, of the talk of UFOs then in the collective news consciousness due to balloons, and I decided to state my position in my way of certain uncertainty,
Chauncey has always a unique perspective, with this topic it was no different, here is a take from this human, unique or not it may not matter,
The thoughts of the UFO, and aliens, is it not this the same process for which arose in human minds to arrive at the Greek and Roman gods,
We know our mortality, we know that our control is only human, we know that actual superiority must exist, we seem to have this collective humility, as we once were but leopard prey,
And we look to the winter night sky thinking out there are those who could eradicate us if they wished, they could own us, we fearfully think,
Like Zeus with his lightning bolt, these unknowns exist, and we think in terms of humanoids, as that is our default setting, but this could be only our ego at play, they may look more like a land crab.
I have never seen an UFO, but know of others who have,
Honestly I always think of terms of an overactive imagination,
Like as in my youth, alone at our Montana ranch, the sky was an unusually hue, the clouds looked odd, I imagined that the USSR had bombed us, and panicked,
Was the air force base near Great Falls or Rapid City hit, I thought,
The television station captured by a roof antenna had no alerts, I was less anxious, but still fearful,
It was a natural atmospheric light phenomenon no doubt, no radiation fell, I was relieved, and a little self-embarrassed, I told no one until now,
So I associate a super-imagination to these UFO claims often, but I too know there is something much better than I, supernatural, as I can’t comprehend its true nature,
Skepticism has its drawbacks, its imperfections too.
And now I am within a group which has answers to this puzzle, mystery of UFOs,
It is the energy of creation within us all, I’m told, the energy to create a baby, the same thing, able to be harnessed by a fully enlightened human,
I’m willing to contemplate this possibility, but may not be earnest in expressing it honestly to my friends.
But I’m skeptical within my problem solving mind as to its actuality, known science that I know well is my hammer, and the UFO mentality my nail, it makes no sense to my empirical experience,
For one does not do well in playing God, as it’s beyond us to know, some mysteries we’re not able to handle,
And the UFO may be but a true form of higher power, for which we are incapable in truly grasping,
So I do not study this so, I like ideas I can take hold of, it’s not my right, I oddly think, to spend my efforts here,
I am a human man, my path is in the step of this moment, stay in my own lane,
And I do not think there will be alien visitors within my lifetime,
The gods need a good reason to visit, we are actually an unruly species, bent on self-destruction,
If they have been observing us, they probably know this well.
Epilogue
A question:
If indeed extraterrestrials were to threaten Earth’s humanity, would we earthlings forget our differences across country boundaries, ethnic backgrounds, religious diversity, and national political polarity - all our human feuding for which to earnestly forget or let go of, to actually unite?
I’m rather certain we would not, such is our state,
With our condition of shared angst and hatred among our ranks, spreading near and far,
The inability to work together beneficially,
This may be the very reason why the aliens let us be,
To them, we’re only warring fire ants, of little practical use, only being headaches to avoid.
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16th posting, February 27, 2023