Maybe
tomorrow, said the orthodox. Yes, if not tomorrow then
soon,
very soon. But our concern is Aquarius, not Jesus. We will
swim
unchartered waters. Our life’s experience will move
beyond
our beliefs so that we will hail the 11th
sign of the zodiac,
and look
to a constellation in the southern hemisphere, if we wish
to exalt
the coming age in the manner that has directed our
existence
for the last 100,000 years.
If
a new age approaches, which the gods might call a rational
state, I
suspect no meaningful dialogue can ensue, for we did not
evolve
from such a history, and we cannot reason without
reference
to our irrational past. While our immediate successor to
the
earth’s dominant position will, of necessity, still retain some
marginal
elements of our “rationalized behavior”, much like our
remnant
of a now irreverent tail, its superfluous nature will likely
be
expunged in time.
Whether
humans will be viewed as valuable to what-or-whomever
follows
in our wake is only of mild interest to this writer. Of
course, it could make for a fascinating
curtain call.
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