Learning to be Human

I consider it mistaken thinking to believe that we have learned all there is to learn about being human. The great irony of the Cosmic Age is that technology is presently the best illustrator of the more we know the less we know. What is happening in Iran right now is being communicated to the world in ways that were not available even a decade ago. Thank God that the Iranians are using whatever means are at their disposal to enable and defend their sacred freedom of expression. How differently recent history might have been had Americans exercised their same sacred freedom on November 4, 2000. The hawks need to sit down, be quiet, and nurse the wounds suffered in their resounding defeat of last November. The progressives need to support President Obama in his efforts to lead the world into what may one day be spoken of as the New Enlightenment. The New Enlightenment of the Cosmic Age. This is today’s lesson, and those who want to disrupt class are invited to leave before they are expelled.

What a strange compulsion to work with words. Language. Thought. I am told that most humans comprehend visually, in words and symbols. Where a word does not exist, the human propensity is to invent one. We have a story to tell, and for some words prove the way. The challenge before us now may be to discern what distinguishes the individual from the whole and vice versa. Protecting personal privacy and liberty while ensuring that all is for the larger good is an incredibly complex paradigm that historically demands to be understood. The voice of God. The Word. Logos. Perhaps we are at that threshold of transcendental Oneness, our dawning realization that every single One is aboard this spaceship Earth as it navigates the Cosmos.