Sunday, November 14, 2010

How Strange Can the World Be?

Someone wrote an article questioning our ability to handle meeting aliens. It is a valid question that he raises and one that I had raised in a previous post. A separate article discusses Biocentrism. This is the theory that we are part of the evolutionary equation because we are sentient. I have also posted my thoughts on this matter although it had no name or proponents at the time. Heck, the title of my blog sums it up, you matter.

The problem I have with both of the articles, and I do think you should read them, has to do with their perspective that you are not unique or special. You are, you matter, every sentient being is unique and matters. Without sentience there is no truth, the truth truly is inside you. We may lie to ourselves about many things; but, only inside us can we find the real truth.

There are those who believe that life is nothing but a dream or a hologram (as scientists are increasingly believing). Life is neither, it is very real even if objects are not as they appear, that is not life. Life is what goes on inside our minds and our souls. Your life is your experience, that is pretty real.

I Miss My Dog

I have just returned from Nevada. I went to look at a house for a relative. A four hour drive isn't much for a guy that travels two hours to work and two hours back on a daily basis. Still, the Nevada ride seems more rushed and I am a bit tired. While in Nevada I visited my sister and left my dog with her. She has two dogs and my little puppy needs to learn to be with others.

My dog is a one and a half year old Chihuahua. He is male and he is not going to be fixed. He is also not going to be chipped. He is the bravest little idiot in the world, nothing scares this dog. Everyday when I leave for work he cries, he actually sobs. When I return he pounces on my legs to drive me up to my bedroom and he does not calm down until I take my shoes off and he knows I am staying.

My little dog sleeps with me, he loves to snuggle against my legs. When I am on the computer he lays under my chair, happy just to be with me. It is good that I do not know who had abused him, I would not like them. My problem is that he does not like other people, he doesn't trust them. He tolerates some. He does like my sister, we picked him up together and brought him calm. He likes calm, he is the perfect dog for me and I miss him. I will have him back in a week or two; but, I am lonely without him.

Sometimes we have to be apart to grow closer together. Sometimes we need to learn to be with others to be with our other. Growth requires separation. If my dog can cry when I go to work, I can certainly shed a tear when we are apart for weeks. If we do not feel the pain of separation, it is because we have failed to love.

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Not long ago I read a post about a man who lost his dog, it was old and passed away. The man was very sad and this is very understandable. Dogs are just animals; but, they love us like nothing else. They love us more than they love their own kind. That is a lot of love. We need to learn to love like that. Dogs love us more than the cookies of this world, we are their cookie.