WHERE DID IT GO?

How very amusing it is to see a human walking in a public place, suddenly stop in its tracks, search franticly and worriedly through an enormous carry-bag or leather rectangular case of some sort. If they find what they are looking for, they relax and continue on their way. If not, they go on looking even more worried. It appears that they are not searching for an item which is required for immediate use, but for something that they just happened to think of and want to make sure it is where it should be.

[Sheena says that she was once walking with a woman companion in a large city who suddenly stopped and performed this action. A mounted policeman was at the curb and his horse suddenly tried to mount the curb in a frightening manner. The officer quickly reined him in, explaining that women often carried apples to bestow on such working animals and his horse must have thought that this was what was happening. This seems a benevolent act which humans might emulate more often.]

Are not all humans frequently noting the absence of something out of place or which they have just put down? I believe this to be true and it causes them much frustration and anguish. Sometimes they become angry and accuse others of taking, moving, or removing their property. Others believe themselves the victims of spiteful pranks by invisible (there we go again) creatures who delight in pestering mankind. Sometimes the lost items reappear, perhaps in a different place and unexpectedly, perhaps replaced by the mischievous thieves.

If a lost ring turns up after many years in the innards of a fish, it may mean that it has passed from smaller fish to bigger fish through many generations tasty dining -- or it may indeed have been placed there by a sprite. I suggest that you concern yourselves less with what seems reasonable and scientific, and more with what is the simplest explanation.

Unfortunately there is no all-inclusive answer for sudden disappearances. There are human pranksters and human thieves, and perhaps some of you are besieged by invisible pests. Remember, everything is in a state of flux. As I was told by
a being who found itself recently departed from the plane of the living:

"Life is a disappearing act."

GODS - DEMONS - FAIRIES

I have been surprised by the great number of invisible inhabitants of your dimension. Perhaps I must "believe" to be able to see them? That may be, since most of the human inhabitants are unable to see them either, even while they believe "something or someone" is there.

The way it works apparently is that since early humans appeared on Earth they noticed such events as rain, thunder, lightening, sickness, accidents, and beings they either saw directly or out of the corner of their eyes. Each effect had to have had a cause, and the imagination of the human mind being well-developed in many individuals, a large array of forest sprites, ghosts, and powerful nature gods began to inhabit the land.

Or, perhaps a race of mostly invisible creatures began to emerge to reveal itself to the evolving human brain. A class of trained professionals, who also had much natural talent, began to arise as intermediaries between humans and the spirit world. (Correct me if I am wrong. I am here to learn.)

Although in many parts of this dimension large groups still hold these beliefs, often alongside belief systems imposed on them by powerful invaders, the descendants of whom inhabit today less powerful nations, these two systems do not marry well. Also the older belief systems are and have long been despised by the professionals who brought them the blessings of their own beliefs. Ironically, their own systems are deeply rooted in the same "superstition" that they claim is inferior. They usually claim that there is no connection between, I believe it is called "monotheism" and ancient beliefs, but to me the similarities are extremely striking. Belief in invisible beings, for one.

The characteristics of the Supreme Deity vary in different cultures, such as possessing wisdom and mercy. Yet It is reported in history that It has sometimes been merciless, even bloodthirsty. Perhaps calling the Deity merciful is a desperate attempt to persuade It to actually behave that way.

These points puzzle me: the Supreme Deity is considered to be eternal, but no humans have been around long enough to be certain of that; It is wise, awesome, magnificent, all-powerful, perfect, and unchanging; mankind was created in Its image. Hold on a bit, no human has been or will be in existence long enough or has even caught a glimpse of the Deity, to be sure of any of that. They believe what they have been told or read.

The Deity is perfect. But there is no such thing as perfection, or even perfectibility. Now if the Deity is perfect then it presumably never changed and never will change. If It does change then will human believers still find It perfect? I have been taught that everything in the universes is changing. But you say that the Deity is immutable? That may mean It is not of this Universe or any one I have ever heard of! Also, if It is all-powerful it may certainly be able to change Itself, if only Its Mind.

It is said to be conscious of everything existing and happening on Earth, but It reacts to these creatures and events haphazardly and capriciously with a logic (if any) that is not clear to mankind. The more I learn of the Supreme Deity I have the impression that it is, in a sense, on auto-pilot, although perhaps this is a temporary state.

I realize that you, my friends, are a sensitive race, and I hope that you have not been offended by suggestions that the Supreme Deity has been programmed, thus implying that It has been created by some other entity.

In truth, I do not "believe" one way or the other, I only love to muse and ponder.