March 18, 2021
Funny, I actually have learned a couple of lessons during my time on the lovely blue-green planet. That fact does not dismiss or mitigate the ways in which I still ignore the lessons learned. Ha. Like an ordinary fool, I go astray the mark once in a while. Occasional slippage notwithstanding, I am learning and have learned ‘a thing or two’. At times, I do look in the mirror and behold/admit that I am human. I have learned that, as a human, I have ‘Good Bob’ and ‘Evil Bob’ as part of my construction. I have learned that, while being one of Earth’s most powerful creatures, I must accept those two certain aspects of life. Though I would wish the two reconciled in favour of good, I must accept that I can’t change everything, bend everything to my will. I must also accept that each of us bipedal smart-asses have enormous power and that our power carries with it responsibility. And…I learned I must accept that there is much we cannot learn, know, understand. We ‘all gotta re-lax’.
I have discovered, through trial and error, that I am and there exists, good and bad. Those are two most important ideas that Adam and Eve allegedly learned but weren’t supposed to know. I am sorta Christian, so I got to hear about them. Good and bad get talked about a lot down there at church. In my limited knowledge of other religions, the same concepts occur. Everybody seems to have figured out we are each two folks in one. According to my early Sunday morning listening when I was much younger, A and E learned those states of being whilst eating fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Tasty stuff, apparently. In the story book, it was a snake caused all the fuss and enticed our hero/heroine with apple pie. Damned snake, anyhow! He probably opened massage parlours and made potato chips, too! If you have heard the story of A and E, you will understand my upset at the sniveling voiced reptile. Jaysus! Can’t we humans catch a break? Can’t even go for a walk in paradise without some kind of shit distracting us!
A and E passed down the lessons and I learned ’em, kinda. (…by the way…I am naked and you and the fish and fowl and other fauna are, too! Did you know that? hahahahahahahaha – so naughty!) I am one of the many capable and cunning creatures that inhabit this time and space. I am a partner and I am equal. The other creatures don’t have to learn much stuff, what they know is mostly fed to them by genetics. I don’t think they are aware of good and evil, they are innocent and just work to rule without screwing stuff up too badly. The other kids didn’t listen to that ol’ snake. They were busy just doing what it is they are born to do and not bitchin’ too much about it.
I had to learn things, because of A and E. So, I learned and I think I know about Good Bob and Bad Bob (and Naked Bob..hahahahahah) and that a part of my job is helping myself, along with all else that creeps, swims or flies. I have to find good/evil balance and we all have to work together to balance the ship, keep ‘er spinnng. Balance is important, without balance we might flop over on the heaviest side and carom off the sun or something. Without thinking about balance, everybody would try move someplace warm and easy, like the left side of the boat, where they could just slough off and chill. That’s where the buffet is. The poor innocent creatures living there would be pushed out of the way and/or eaten up for lunch.
I guess I learned, I know that my responsibility is to observe, learn, try to keep what I believe is good from being oppressive, restrictive and try to keep the bad from being too exciting or enticing. I shall try to stay in my lane and stop honking so much while all the other earthly creature traffic whizzes around me. I am not always successful but we just don’t want accidents. That won’t be in our best interests, personally or as a group. We run the lights, sometimes but we have to try. It would be nice if nobody got hurt, including us and it would be nice if we keep all other breathing things around. Their help is needed and we can’t afford to lose so many on our way through the universe. If we play it smart, if I keep my lessons learned in mind, there won’t be a lot of explaining to do when God (the manager, judge and referee) calls the match.
Uhoh…
no absolute proof of God exists, empirically or forensically. The big guy didn’t leave any measureable foot prints. There is no consensus. Science can’t prove ah-yes-or-no. My understanding of God is not yours, etc. The guy/gal/entity is pretty much subjective and chimerical. Oh, remember? I did mention that there is a lot we cannot learn or know or understand. Even our best scientists can only guess at this entire magnificent display we call living, life, world, universe. There must be fifty opinions about reality, where we come from, where we are going, how best to get there and what is all of this exactly. Well, sir.. I think if we take responsibility, try to do the right thing, try to learn our lessons, accept that we can’t know and fix everything, know we won’t be good to ourselves or others from time to time, accept that we will stop at the Green Hat on a school night and that apple pie is fattening but pretty damned enticing… it will all work out. What needs to be revealed will be. Forget you screwed up and carry on. For everyone and everything, the lights will go out and the door will open. “The main thing is to not get too ex-cited!” (old hillbilly aphorism)
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