The Moon Catches Up to Mars
October 19, 2005
Sometime
today the moon will catch up to Mars. I saw the moon gaining on the
planet last night and I know it will happen sometime this morning and
when we look into the sky tonight the moon will be to the east of Mars
instead of to the west as it was last night.
Out here in the desert
such events are news. I am always looking up to the sky to see what the
moon, planets, and stars are doing. The stars don't change perceptibly,
but the earth is always rotating and revolving, so that makes a
difference in the view from hour to hour and as the seasons progress.
A
few months ago I got several emails saying that Mars was going to be
brighter than it has been in thousands of years. According to the
emails this was to occur in August. Unfortunately the emails were two
years out of date. This event already occurred in August of 2003. At
that time I was looking up at the sky and beholding Mars in its bright
red splendor. Those who saw the email and passed it on, probably have
an interest in observing the sky, but have not actually done it enough
to know what is going on.
Some of the emails had photos of Mars and
the moon next to each other. The photos were sized so that the planet
and lunar body appeared to be the same size. The caption was something
to the effect that Mars was going to be so prominent in August that it
would rival the moon in brightness. Could readers of that email really
have thought that Mars would grow so large that it would seem the size
of the moon.
As Br. Carl used to tell me when I said something that was by his estimation outrageous, "You worry me!"
It
does seem to be cause for concern when I receive so many emails with
incorrect and even outrageous information. Does it mean that we don't
think about what we read? Or does what we read really not register in
our brains? Or is it that we don't have much knowledge of certain
subjects so just assume that what other people say about these subjects
is correct?
I know that the Internet and email are fairly new events
in our lives, and we all go through a learning curve. At first it is a
new mysterious world. After a while an understanding comes that we have
a responsibility to ensure that we pass on correct information.
Oh
well, we live in an imperfect world. Perceptions of reality are colored
according to the predispositions of each individual. I think it would
be a good idea to get together and discuss different things about the
world we live in, to share some experiences of nature and the world
around us. At least them maybe our illusions could be in common. A
consensus of delusion, so to speak. However I think that by combined
exploration of truth we have a much better chance of approaching
reality.
The night sky is indeed brilliant out here in the desert.
So many things I missed as a young person. I did look at the sky once
in a while but I didn't find anyone to point out the different
constellations. Now that I have learned a few of them, and how they
sweep across the sky in different patterns, a whole new world is
opening up to me.
Our educational system falls down in so many ways.
I have been and still am in rebellion against the general education
that most of us have to go through. We do not learn basic things about
the world around us, nor do we learn basic life skills, nor the deeper
meaning of what life is about.
I am trying to get a handle on
integrating what I have learned about the nature of reality, so that I
can present it to others in meaningful ways. To this end I have started
the Fun and Joy University. I hope I can join with others who have
similar ideas so that we can revolutionize the way that we and our
children perceive the world and especially the way that we perceive
ourselves. We have all the information available to us. It is a matter
of making it available to everyone in ways that connect with the
reality of their lives.
I hope you will be able to come out to the
desert where we can look at the stars. There is a lot to talk about, a
lot to think about, a lot to manifest in new ways.