WHAT IS STRANGE?
(Some thoughts about normality in honour of Masatomo Sakurai)

	Time travel
	is nothing extraordinary.

	Reading minds from a distance
	is actually no surprise.

	Sensing things before they happen
	is a skill anyone can master.

	Healing through energy 
	is 'normal' if we opened our minds.

	However,
	what's truly weird 
	is seeking a 'golden future'
	when the present is adequate,
	or fretting over past mistakes
	long after they have ceased.

	What's laughably odd is
	repeating old habits   
	while realizing they are fruitless
	or making sacrifices to
	sources of misery.

	What's comically queer 
	is believing one set of dogmas 
	can explain all phenomena,
	or pretending to be 'normal'
	in a universe filled with mysteries 
	that are wonderfully & inexplicably strange.


Wan-Sze: A typical brain is merely 1,400 cubic centimeters, yet remarkably it can 
        conceive the vastness of space. Imagine conceiving of something that is 
        156 billion light years wide! 

Will:    (nodding). I believe the human capacity for insight is nearly as amazing 
        its capacity for stupidity. At times our depth of ignorance is astounding. 
        Despite that, nearly all of us can gain insights into higher dimensions 
        when operating optimally. Don't most of us intuit realities much deeper 
        than daily ho-hum life?

Nadia:   Perhaps so. Moreover, from the perspective from a cosmic timespan aren't we mere children?
        In a few aeons our species might evolve into creatures that are wise and ethical. 
        Right now, we are too often  brutish and foolish.

Kasim:   (frowning) If our species has any chance of surviving, we need to make a 
        evolutionary shift. Our current system of nation-states and overconsumption is unstable.
        Mass extinction is an probable outcome. 

Will:   (pausing) That thought is sobering. We don't have to worry about aliens from 
        outer space killing us. We are quite capable of destroying ourselves.


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from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields
Summary: Some thoughts about 'normality' and 'queerness.'
Keywords: normality, paranormal abilities, strangeness, deep-rooted blindness

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan ☆ Finished: 2025 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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