We've got telescopes on earth and in space looking at the surfaces of Mars, Moon, and many other bodies -- so far -- eh, let's count, eh, hmmmmm, not a single crop circle.
If the aliens are trying to get our attention, earth is the wrong canvas -- for every alien Michaelangelo, there's 1000 Earthling pranksters, er, make that 10,000 pranksters. Not sure I agree that spaceships are DOS-esque. Could be many reasons for having such vehicles -- especially if faster than light travel is possible. It may be that a siddha can teletransport to another planet, but at what cost? There's plenty of scriptures that speak about the diminishing of one's "storehouse of energy" when doing a bigass siddhi, so spaceships could come in handy! There's one theory that intelligent species are naturally destined to leave their home worlds and become permanently space-borne and products of low gravity environments. Lots of theories, very little facts though. The thing that bothers me a lot is that despite the thousands upon thousands of practitioners over thousands of years who garnered Vedic Jyotishi Expertise, despite all the spiritual practice that they supposedly must have done to become seers of God-like refinement, despite the claims of astounding abilities to cognize the entirety of the universe -- to visit other lokas, listen and see events in the past, the distant now, and the yet unmanifest future, despite all this, not a single scripture on earth talks about Uranus or Neptune. These planets could not be seen without a telescope, so they weren't part of the "mix." I mean, come on you scammers, 5,000 years of naval gazing and star gazing, all that, and yet no one ever had God whisper in even ONE seer's (um hearer's?) ear about two giant planets that could eat the earth for lunch -- giant planets that surely would have been incorporated into the Hindu works on Jyotish. What???? Here's one guy's way of rationalizing this very big issue: http://tinyurl.com/36rw4m I don't buy his conclusion at all, but click on the link for its entertainment value. So, nope, cropcircles are almost certainly entirely human-made unless Masters of Space are also creepy types who, despite their incredible knowledge about physics and the laws of nature, spend their time mystifying Earthlings with designs in food crops, instead of, you know, landing, for instance, and saying, "Hi." To tell you the truth, if you want real aliens to talk to, why consider that famous parrot that died a few days ago. That bird did more to me than any cropcircle -- that bird made me believe in animal minds being, as if, whole alien worlds that need traveling to, need understanding. Even with the astounding evidence of animal minds that are very sophisticated -- apes, birds, dogs, elephants, dolphins, etc., the tabloids are trying to invent these whacky goofyass foci of attention for the purpose of selling newspapers. To hell with, you know, anything real. Where's the billions put into animal research? What could we learn about the alien worlds of dolphin cultures that would impact our own cultural sensibilities? What if the dolphins are actually speaking a language that is as rich as our own? What if dolphins create artistic masterpieces of holographic sound that on the other side of the world a group of whales pause to appreciate? These opportunities are left unexplored, but, hey, we'd better try to contact aliens we've never contacted yet to date. I say, better for us to try to understand the species we already have at our doorsteps -- try to understand what's right here, right now. For all you new agers out there who believe the gossip about "the whales are leaving the earth now cuz it's a whole new phase the planet is entering" -- at least you could put your attention on whales right now before they leave -- but to spin your wheels on space alien speculation is, well, tawdry and telling. God gave us whales, and we're, like, um, don't you have something more bug-eyed, something more tentacled and ooky, something with, say, a starship? Waste your time out there all you want, but don't bother me about cropcircles again. Same deal for angels. Same deal for gods. Same deal for the promises of most gurus. Penny Wise R Us -- it's so last semester. Edg --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the article Nab, I enjoyed it. For a guy like me > > such a belief gumbo is very entertaining. I guess once you've > > bought the Masters of our Spiritual Hierarchy, crop circles are > > a slam dunk. The distinctions between Martin and Venusian space > > crafts, and the ones from Venus that were really made on Mars was > > a great touch. > > It's all a way of saying, "Aren't we cool because > we have all the answers?" > > > Seems to me that if they can construct space ships on uninhabitable > > planets to make crop circles on earth out of pure thought, they > > should be able to just do the crop circles the same way. Why the > > middle step of making a spaceship? > > That's always been my problem with the belief in > UFOs, period. Spaceships are just so *low-tech*, > man. Since it is (as reported by numerous seers > over the ages, at least) theoretically possible > to "see" anywhere in the universe instantaneously > with no nagging have-to-travel-1000-years-to-get- > there problems, *why bother to do it mechanically*? > It seems to me that any species limited to travel- > ing via low-tech spaceships couldn't possibly be > terribly evolved in the first place. > > And *then* you throw into the mix that they're > interested in Planet Earth. Guys!...have you looked > *around* lately? This is a DOS planet, so unevolved > on the whole that any space tourist coming here to > check things out would be the alien counterpart of > people who book an intensive, hands-on tour of the > slums of Calcutta. > > Ok, so everybody's got the right to believe in what- > ever inspires them...that's a given. But I really > think there is an undercurrent of *self importance* > underlying a lot of these beliefs. "I'm so impor- > tant that the earth is going to go through mighty > physical changes during *my* lifetime." "We're so > important that space aliens from galaxies far, far > away want to come here and watch us, and do homage > to us by painting pictures in corn fields." > > > At least they should be able to come up with > > something so strange that there would be no doubt? > > That's another part of it. It's been a dictum of > science fiction for years -- if you *really* tried > to paint a picture of what the future is likely to > be, you won't have any *readers*, because they won't > be able to *identify* with how different it will be. > So you fake it, and paint a picture of something that > is a little bit different in small ways, and the > readers suspend disbelief and think they're catching > a glimpse of a real possible future. > > These crop circles are the things that we'd see kids > doodling in their notebooks in class instead of pay- > ing attention to the teachers. > > > But what do I know. In any case if you get a hold of one of these > > space guys will you please ask them to cure cancer or shrink the > > size of the avocado pit. Either one will be much appreciated! > > Watch yo mouf, dude. The size of the avocado pit is > determined by Natural Law, and thus is an expression > of God's will. You don't wanna mess wit dat. > > On the other hand, if you could get these apace aliens > to draw pretty pictures of circles *on* an avocado pit, > while it's still inside the avocado, now *that* is a > mystery I could get into... >
