This is what I know…

Human Arrogance abounds!

April 12, 2009 at 2:35 am (what I know) (aliens, environment, ghosts, global warming, human arrogance, natural disasters, plate techtonics, volcanoes)

Humans who inhabit this world I know have an sense of entitlement that never ceases to amaze me.  I cannot escape the arrogance that humans, as a species, embody.  It is evident in so many issues that we face on this planet.  It blinds us and it guides us – a frightening marriage.  Although on an individual basis, we would deny it, humans actually believe that we are all-powerful and entitled to this planet.

Aliens.  What an exercise in arrogance to believe that humans are possibly the only ‘intelligent’ life forms in the universe.  Do we really think that we are that special and entitled?!

Ghosts.  Why do we think that because we can’t always see (read: register it in our brain) something, that is doesn’t exist?

Nature.  We build, we decimate, we abuse, we over-use, but do we honestly think that we control nature?  Plate techtonics, volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and other acts of nature suggest otherwise.  Yellowstone is a super-volcano that is overdue to erupt.  We are not in control, nor are we entitled.  Humans may have caused global warming, but how arrogant are we to believe that we hold the fate of the planet in our hands.

As a species, humans need to get over themselves and take a lesson from other animals.  We have created a hierarchy with humans on top as the ‘evolved’ and the ‘intelligent.’ However, we are so far-removed from our animal instincts that we are disconnected from the oneness that other beings enjoy.  Humans think we know, but it’s the animals, plants, and other organisms who actually do know; they have mastered the art of being.