In the Earth Dimension it seems that the inhabitants never have enough time, even though their life spans often are much longer than other species which do not care to communicate or are unable to. Such as those known as "Insects" and "Fish." I have tried to comprehend humans' attitude toward Time by their many accustomed expressions about it, such, "I have no time for [that]", "Do not put off until tomorrow that which you can do today," or even, "It is time to eat" or "It is time to work," etc. And I have been told that "Time is the enemy of neurotics."
I particularly like to learn expressions which attempt to qualify, describe, or somehow take hold of time, limit it, and turn it into a possession. "Time is a river, time is a hard taskmaster"* I do not understand such terms. I only know that I exist in space and time. It does not exert pressure upon on me and if at any point there is no more time, I probably will not be aware of it or of anything at all. However I do understand that my human friend's time is limited and I will try not to use up too much of it before there is no more left to spend with me!
*I have not of course commented on time in scientific studies such as cosmology and physics, nor do I interest myself in more practical applications such as time and motion studies. I have preferred to begin a superficial look at the more human aspect as reflected in colloquial speech.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sunday, September 9, 2007
We Are Not Here to Help You
One thing that I have noticed about humans is they often look at the sky, either to see if they can judge if the weather will change, or because they admire the different manifestations of the atmosphere, or to watch animals flying in the sky. There are other reasons too I believe. For example, aggressive humans attack each other from the sky or drop destructive weapons on their enemies. And the reason which is most curious to me is that they are hoping to see creatures from other planets which often land in their machines, communicate with humans, and sometimes abduct them from their home planet and take them … who knows where …
I know this and although I have never seen either the other-worlders or their vehicles, I know that usually those who return from their enforced flight often complain that they have been mistreated by the travelers humans call “aliens.” They say that the aliens “study” them and subject them to painful or uncomfortable tests. I and others from Dimension X are certainly are not here to hurt you. Nor are we here to help you.
What a strange and unpleasant race these aliens must be! I, Pico, have personally invited several humans who were curious about Dimension X to cross through the portal and see it for themselves. Rest assured that we never harm them, although they do complain a bit. About the food that all tastes the same to them, the inhabitants who all look alike to them, and what they think is monotonous landscape. One asked, “what if I saw someone I thought was a domesticated pet and tried to stroke it in a friendly way. Would I get into trouble if it turned out that I had stroked some important personage instead?”
How amusing. Of course not, but the human might never want to do it again because contact with our bodies produces a slight electrical charge which humans seem to dislike very much. To us, however, it is the equivalent of kissing.
As to studying you, no fear of that. All the studying I do is by observation in your own dimension. Most of my co-Xers are not in the least curious about you. (I am one of the few exceptions.) They can learn all they care to at a single glance. And there you have the major difference between us and those Aliens who won’t take no for an answer: we know that there is nothing to be gained by force and have learned that you will eagerly tell us everything we might want to know … and so much more.
I admit that one of my major aims in traveling here is to find harmless amusement and I and a few companions find it in the following way. We have observed that humans have a tremendous curiosity about the Aliens and their UFO vehicles and have learned from you what their appearance generally is, enabling us.to produce spectacles for your enjoyment and amazement by means of projecting holograms* in the night sky, sometimes over a remote desert area with few inhabitants, sometimes over large cities like Mexico City or Berlin. Sometimes I cause weather balloons to fall to the ground where they can be found by humans and somehow they find non-terrestrial metallic objects, often with mysterious signs on them, which are found among the balloon wreckage. I like to observe what humans make of these remains.
However, I must admit that I sometimes learn on subsequent visits here that there have been similar incidents in our absence which we know nothing about! That calls for further study.
*Pico objects to my resorting to "holography" to explain these images. He says it is the result of reading too much science fiction in my youth, but it was the best I could do given my non-existent grasp of physics and difficulty in transcribing his highly technical and largely non-verbal communications. I looked it all up in Wikipedia, submitted my suggestions, and at last he found the term "volumetric 3-D displays" acceptable.--Sheena
I know this and although I have never seen either the other-worlders or their vehicles, I know that usually those who return from their enforced flight often complain that they have been mistreated by the travelers humans call “aliens.” They say that the aliens “study” them and subject them to painful or uncomfortable tests. I and others from Dimension X are certainly are not here to hurt you. Nor are we here to help you.
What a strange and unpleasant race these aliens must be! I, Pico, have personally invited several humans who were curious about Dimension X to cross through the portal and see it for themselves. Rest assured that we never harm them, although they do complain a bit. About the food that all tastes the same to them, the inhabitants who all look alike to them, and what they think is monotonous landscape. One asked, “what if I saw someone I thought was a domesticated pet and tried to stroke it in a friendly way. Would I get into trouble if it turned out that I had stroked some important personage instead?”
How amusing. Of course not, but the human might never want to do it again because contact with our bodies produces a slight electrical charge which humans seem to dislike very much. To us, however, it is the equivalent of kissing.
As to studying you, no fear of that. All the studying I do is by observation in your own dimension. Most of my co-Xers are not in the least curious about you. (I am one of the few exceptions.) They can learn all they care to at a single glance. And there you have the major difference between us and those Aliens who won’t take no for an answer: we know that there is nothing to be gained by force and have learned that you will eagerly tell us everything we might want to know … and so much more.
I admit that one of my major aims in traveling here is to find harmless amusement and I and a few companions find it in the following way. We have observed that humans have a tremendous curiosity about the Aliens and their UFO vehicles and have learned from you what their appearance generally is, enabling us.to produce spectacles for your enjoyment and amazement by means of projecting holograms* in the night sky, sometimes over a remote desert area with few inhabitants, sometimes over large cities like Mexico City or Berlin. Sometimes I cause weather balloons to fall to the ground where they can be found by humans and somehow they find non-terrestrial metallic objects, often with mysterious signs on them, which are found among the balloon wreckage. I like to observe what humans make of these remains.
However, I must admit that I sometimes learn on subsequent visits here that there have been similar incidents in our absence which we know nothing about! That calls for further study.
*Pico objects to my resorting to "holography" to explain these images. He says it is the result of reading too much science fiction in my youth, but it was the best I could do given my non-existent grasp of physics and difficulty in transcribing his highly technical and largely non-verbal communications. I looked it all up in Wikipedia, submitted my suggestions, and at last he found the term "volumetric 3-D displays" acceptable.--Sheena
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Friends
I have observed that earthlings, or humans as they seem to prefer being called, often live with other species which owe their existence mainly to their human admirers. Humans keep one or more individuals or species in their residences, feed them, entertain them, lavish affection on them and talk to them. These creatures have been observed to speak to each other and to humans but I have not yet discovered discernable patterns of language in their "speech".
Often these beings have long soft hair or fur and very flexible ears. Their senses are much more evolved than humans' and they are usually, but not always, of smaller size, and can be carried much as very young humans are. I have also seen humans ride on the backs of large ones. Some humans seem to prefer these favorites to their own offspring!
In Dimension X we also have favorites. They look exactly like us but are easily recognizable. Just as earth has species which are not favorites but which prefer to live independently, usually in places avoided by humans, X has some beings which prefer to live apart, alone or in groups of their own kind. The difference is that we do not fear them, nor they us. We do not kill each other, nor do we place them in enclosed areas where they can be admired by others.
I am trying to comprehend certain variations of this behavior. Here is an example. I have observed humans to extremely prefer another human, usually but not always of a different gender, and treat them like the small furred or feathered ones. They have them in their personal residences and treat them like pets, feed them, talk to them, and lavish affection on them. I am not sure what role this behavior plays in your society.
Please be free to add to my knowledge and also to ask me questions. Aus weidersehn, amici.
Often these beings have long soft hair or fur and very flexible ears. Their senses are much more evolved than humans' and they are usually, but not always, of smaller size, and can be carried much as very young humans are. I have also seen humans ride on the backs of large ones. Some humans seem to prefer these favorites to their own offspring!
In Dimension X we also have favorites. They look exactly like us but are easily recognizable. Just as earth has species which are not favorites but which prefer to live independently, usually in places avoided by humans, X has some beings which prefer to live apart, alone or in groups of their own kind. The difference is that we do not fear them, nor they us. We do not kill each other, nor do we place them in enclosed areas where they can be admired by others.
I am trying to comprehend certain variations of this behavior. Here is an example. I have observed humans to extremely prefer another human, usually but not always of a different gender, and treat them like the small furred or feathered ones. They have them in their personal residences and treat them like pets, feed them, talk to them, and lavish affection on them. I am not sure what role this behavior plays in your society.
Please be free to add to my knowledge and also to ask me questions. Aus weidersehn, amici.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
I Will Now Introduce Myself
Hello, earth inhabitants. My name is Pico. I am an occasional visitor to your world. My world? It is closer than you think, for it is in a parallel dimension, accessible only through portals known to a few, and sometimes entered (although not always departed) by accident. It is not possible to transliterate the name of my world and for you it is unpronounceable -- say xzctskiiikstk! There you have it! For convenience I will call it X
I will explain how I, Pico, (name simplified for earthlings) travel to this plane. Think of an elevator, or lift. Every day you use it to travel from level 8 to level 1, and later back again. The numbers are on buttons on the wall and pushed according to the level a passenger wishes it to stop, say 1 to 12.. But sometimes the elevator stops between 2 levels. The door may open. Someone may enter the elevator from outside or someone may exit.
That is how we arrive here for making discoveries and observation, and later return to X. I imagine you may be somewhat puzzled. Do you wonder why some people have the opportunity to exit on an unnumbered level? Perhaps we know which liftss to use!
Now you may wonder what I and the inhabitants of X look like and act like. I will tell you. We are exactly like you! Except we are all the same size. The great diversity of sizes on earth is a cause for much amusement for me and my mates, especially for sex. I mean that men are generally larger than women. We have sex too. But our gender is not expressed by physical differences for we look all the same. I mean we would to you but not to us. Besides, we have more genders than you for different purposes. For now we finish sex. More later. Much more.
Now, I must say ciao, to all you people on the Internet, I might also say, on this electronic dimension. I hope I have made the right decision to blog about dimension X and my observations of X. I have much to tell you. Some wanted to use television explain about us, others thought of cinema. But I think this weblog is less frightening for earthlings to learn some things for the first time.
So au revoir for a little while.
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