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eclective doesn't mind that I'm quoting him, but I found this truly fascinating:
"Why are people so arrogant that they think they can presume to understand the universe completely - that anything that doesn't make sense to them can't be real? Why do they presume it's going to make sense? "Because the universe runs on scientific laws," they bleat. "Science proves it." That's like saying that mathematics proves that one plus one equals two. Of course it does, within the rules of mathematics. If you're going to measure the world with a ruler you'll only ever see it in terms of feet and inches (or centimetres and millimetres); if you measure it with a set of scales you'll see it in grams or ounces, and so forth. Even all those complex methods of measurement put together are just a collection of complex methods of measurement. They are all we have to measure the universe with. Don't imagine for a minute that they define the universe. How many billions of variables, of interactions, of phenomenon operate on a level that we simply cannot and never will be able to measure? "I can't see it, so it's not true." Who gave you all-seeing eyes?"
(Thank you for saying this, eclective, by the way...)
It makes me think. A lot.
It seems I've stirred up some dissonance in one of the paganism communities, because I talk too much about the possibility of humans being able to manipulate psychic energy in varying degrees, and now some people, but not all, consider me a "fucking fluffy bunny" with my head in the clouds too much. Hmm. What a wonderful insult. I am far from a fluff bunny. I can't stand the way bunnies talk and preach, so why the hell would I want to be one? All I wanted to say was, "I've had some experiences with people. I never asked you to believe, accept or embrace. I am just sharing stories. Perhaps no one else knows any of it, but it doesn't mean I don't have the right to talk about it."
And yet, some of the other communities I am on fully embrace this world, like empaths, healers_circle, 6th_sense, extended_mind, and kinesis_kids. These are full of people who are having fun talking about ways to bend reality, sense emotions, move objects mentally, predict the future, and so forth. Whether or not all this psychic stuff really exists is, of course, debatable. Always has been, always will be.
I see now that the pagan communities are not the places to talk about these things. I sound idiotic there. So I'll no longer mention anything to the pagans who don't like me, how about that. But for the pagans who do believe and like me, I apologize that I won't be entertaining them anymore.
Someone very wise told me that sometimes, reality is kind of like turning a page. One person's reality is not necessarily the same as someone else's. Whether or not certain people are actually mentally ill and need help is something else. Perhaps they are. Perhaps it has nothing to do with being psychic and everything to do with being schizophrenic or psychotic. But you know, call me crazy, stupid, or a freak, but I enjoy the possibility. There are things I have witnessed that I cannot explain. True, I may have stated my sightings and experiences in a way that many people took offense at. Maybe I did come off as sounding crazy and loony. Maybe I don't deserve to be pagan or to even write science fiction. But I agree witheclective in that everyone sees the universe differently. Leave us sad, sick, poor bastards to our delusions. We're not hurting you, are we? No, we don't even know you.
eclective doesn't mind that I'm quoting him, but I found this truly fascinating:"Why are people so arrogant that they think they can presume to understand the universe completely - that anything that doesn't make sense to them can't be real? Why do they presume it's going to make sense? "Because the universe runs on scientific laws," they bleat. "Science proves it." That's like saying that mathematics proves that one plus one equals two. Of course it does, within the rules of mathematics. If you're going to measure the world with a ruler you'll only ever see it in terms of feet and inches (or centimetres and millimetres); if you measure it with a set of scales you'll see it in grams or ounces, and so forth. Even all those complex methods of measurement put together are just a collection of complex methods of measurement. They are all we have to measure the universe with. Don't imagine for a minute that they define the universe. How many billions of variables, of interactions, of phenomenon operate on a level that we simply cannot and never will be able to measure? "I can't see it, so it's not true." Who gave you all-seeing eyes?"
(Thank you for saying this, eclective, by the way...)
It makes me think. A lot.
It seems I've stirred up some dissonance in one of the paganism communities, because I talk too much about the possibility of humans being able to manipulate psychic energy in varying degrees, and now some people, but not all, consider me a "fucking fluffy bunny" with my head in the clouds too much. Hmm. What a wonderful insult. I am far from a fluff bunny. I can't stand the way bunnies talk and preach, so why the hell would I want to be one? All I wanted to say was, "I've had some experiences with people. I never asked you to believe, accept or embrace. I am just sharing stories. Perhaps no one else knows any of it, but it doesn't mean I don't have the right to talk about it."
And yet, some of the other communities I am on fully embrace this world, like empaths, healers_circle, 6th_sense, extended_mind, and kinesis_kids. These are full of people who are having fun talking about ways to bend reality, sense emotions, move objects mentally, predict the future, and so forth. Whether or not all this psychic stuff really exists is, of course, debatable. Always has been, always will be.
I see now that the pagan communities are not the places to talk about these things. I sound idiotic there. So I'll no longer mention anything to the pagans who don't like me, how about that. But for the pagans who do believe and like me, I apologize that I won't be entertaining them anymore.
Someone very wise told me that sometimes, reality is kind of like turning a page. One person's reality is not necessarily the same as someone else's. Whether or not certain people are actually mentally ill and need help is something else. Perhaps they are. Perhaps it has nothing to do with being psychic and everything to do with being schizophrenic or psychotic. But you know, call me crazy, stupid, or a freak, but I enjoy the possibility. There are things I have witnessed that I cannot explain. True, I may have stated my sightings and experiences in a way that many people took offense at. Maybe I did come off as sounding crazy and loony. Maybe I don't deserve to be pagan or to even write science fiction. But I agree with
eclective in that everyone sees the universe differently. Leave us sad, sick, poor bastards to our delusions. We're not hurting you, are we? No, we don't even know you.