Paranormal

How glimpses of reality spawn religion

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.

Author: jimoeba

Alternatives to big box religions and dogmas

10 thoughts on “Paranormal”

    1. 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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    1. 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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