ALIENS. it is a pretty popular topic these days. you see on infotainment, movies, tv. the more we develop technologically and get to know more and more about space and beyond, the more we want to find some semblance of an intelligent life form out there. i am not suggesting that the idea that there is life out there is impossible, but there is every possibility of it being just the opposite. we couldn't be the only ones after all.
the idea that these life forms are more intelligent than us is probably based on the fact that they are the ones that are supposedly "visiting" us and not the other way round. maybe that's why these so called new age "Ancient Astronaut scientists" have once and for all declared that they are the ones whom we refer to as GOD. i don't know whether i believe in UFO sightings or abduction theories. but i do know that there are things that happen in life sometimes that are incredibly difficult to explain.
let me share my own experience from when i was a kid. it was just before twilight.we were playing outside. suddenly one of my friends pointed at the sky. we saw that there was this sort of ball of light in the sky moving from one direction to the other in a horizontal line.we were giddy with excitement. since it was Christmas and none of us had any idea of something called an "Unidentified Flying Object", and no knowledge of astronomy whatsoever, we naturally presumed it to be the Star of Bethlehem which guided the three Magi to the baby Jesus. we watched it for a good 3-4 minutes. then as suddenly as we had spotted it, it disappeared.
to this day i am dumbfounded as to what i saw that day. it could very well have been an asteroid, which burned up as it entered the atmosphere.or it could have been a planet. but it doesn't seem that way. and calling it a UFO just sounds ludicrous even if i try to keep an open mind about the whole thing. i am sure that i saw what i saw because after that i thought that the Star probably showed itself on every Christmas.
but that was more than 20 years ago. nowadays these flying saucers have become the Vimanas that Raavan had, the "Aliens" themselves have taken the place of Gods and their supposed technology has replaced faith and metaphor and not to mention the human intellect. they have grand mythologies of their own and are the supposed creators of the human race.
conspiracy theories are all well and good. and not to mention extremely entertaining. but collectively what does it imply? whenever i watch these shows, all hear is, humans couldn't have done this, humans couldn't have done that! why not? everything else aside we apparently did not even evolve naturally. some grey alien with an idea and need for a slave race had to do it for us. why has it become so easy for us to accept the idea that we are at the mercy of some other material entity? maybe it is presumably more easy to comprehend and explain.
i don't believe in perfection outside nature. the idea that something as complex and perfect as a human body and mind can be artificially "manufactured" is completely beyond me. even if i keep my mind open about this so called intelligent life out there, i can never give in to the idea that something as abstract yet simple as a human mind can be "produced". how can i when i see such stupendous and awe inspiring examples of it everyday in the simplest of things? and i think it has a profound effect on all of us.personally, it makes me believe in myself. it makes me believe in my capabilities and my strengths. and to a large extent it makes me believe in my existence.
i don't know if it is just me, but when i watch or read about such theories, all i can see is weakness and fear. fear of something that is difficult to comprehend. fear of looking inwards and facing ourselves. fear of the vastness and infinite expanse that is our universe.
well, aliens or no aliens, i am not losing my faith in humanity yet.
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