We are paranormal.
There are creatures similar to us who live among us, that have churned down a different evolutionary path and perception, that which we cannot see nor associate with but in glimpses.
This animation with its limited sensory awareness—unable to see, hear, or even comprehend much of the environmental spectrum, are not normal in the vastness of this cosmic game. We are the anomaly too—short lived, temporary forms who occasionally capture a peek into what is normal of the cosmos, yet beyond our divergent evolution.
It’s all around and yet we can’t see it. We have not evolved to see reality, but to not see reality. If evolution is true, throughout history selection pressure to achieve one thing has distracted our senses from the very beginning to achieve reproduction using shortcuts. The cheapest, most direct route that adaptive behavior could do to replicate our genes.
With biological evolution, from the time of the single cell to now, we have seen nothing outside of the most direct path to achieve this. Reality is far too much a distraction for evolution to allow us stop and notice.
Now that we know that nothing can be fully known… now what? Certainly there are many theories that are useful—even without our understanding it, but with our limited range of perception and reliance on this quirky, temperamental, three pound blob of fat, reality would overwhelm the senses like an acid trip, productivity and longevity would cease, and those that saw the fullness of the universe teeming with trillions of distractions would be virtually paralyzed.
Well, THIS is certainly an easy subject to dive into and discuss! 😄😉
No, wait! Where do we start, that’s tangible… really tangible? 🤯
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Just think “paranormal” … 😵
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Oow! You’re making my brain hurt Nan! 🤕🤭
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It is the hard problem for a reason. Whether consciousness evolved or not, some of them don’t mesh with other perceptions. You know some women have a fourth color cone and some birds have dozens. If you could see like a pigeon you’d see like you’d see on an acid trip.
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When I get the kinks worked out of my x-ray vision, I’ll have a rejoinder for you.
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Easy for you to say because you’re already super!
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Right on, seeing is prone to error. Yesterday I saw what I expected to see, and was wrong. ‘Believing is seeing.’
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Believing allows one to ignore the outcomes of their actions—like well intended missionaries in the Amazon and elsewhere. Believing is the blind spot
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Generally we act out our beliefs in real life.
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Well, much of what you say is true but one doesn’t think “reality would overwhelm the senses like an acid trip.” It’s a tremendous visitation, and when it leaves, it leaves a mind that is different and changed for the better.
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