When (and notice I didn't say "IF" we check all the scientific boxes and wind up living on some other rock in the sky we will do one thing for certain.... take us with us. So I submit for your approval (twighlight zone reference I know)we will still have the final frontier to explore---that "inner" space" called our soul. Okay, if you need to stick to biology because of your beliefs thats okay and if you make a mind/soul distinction that's okay too. The point is we still have so much to discover about the mysteries that are us that going somewhere else can only play second fiddle to the journey it will take to truly understand what collection of cells and meanings make up the human spirit.
The good news is... evolution--not in the biological or religious context--I don't have a million pages to present all the facets of that grand debate. No what I'm talking about in evolution is in the basic pattern of human living and making sense of themselves in the world. So we were hunter-gatherers, and then farmers, and then we built a lot of machines to do stuff and that takes us to the industrial revolution. Wouldn't I make a fine world history instructor? In one sentence I'm already up to about two centuries ago. Then not so long ago we entered the "information age." That's where many folks still imagine we are and our brain is the ultimate computer (sometimes assisted by Google)) .. however, I would argue otherwise. We are in the evolution of turning all this information into knowledge and then into wisdom and finally into meaning.... and that is the final frontier. Right now we are still producing information at a pace never before imagined possible so converting that into usable knowledge is a daunting task and then making applicable and morally relevant which is the development of wisdom is still only in its infancy.
Oh and that's where Peace andJoy come in.
You see Finding Peace and Joy is in the "meaning" age which evolution-wise (which English language-wise is a made up thing but if you 're still reading I promise we're near the end. For a while now people have preached that it is not what happens in life --it's what you make of it. That's the meaning part right?
These folks are pretty much on target.
So.. here's where I get to the point of this whole thing.
We have nab explorers spirit in us... we seek new places and we are willing to travel a long way to find them. We solve difficult math problems and build new machines and i for one applaud all of that and yet I applaud even more those who sometimes sit quietly and explore all the information they have gathered and turn it into wisdom (little pieces of information that might be applied) and then go where few people try to go... taking that wisdom and going to a place where they own the meaning it has for them. We often sit alone and make that journey. I am proposing that more of us make our journey at least a little public with our peace and joy network and go on this meaning journey together from time to time. We might not end up on the same planet, but we may all learn something about the process of seeking peace and joy. Yes I'm saying take the inner journey with each other and be glad where it takes you because you have boldly dared to go where few have gone before.... and who knows many you'll meet intelligent life out there or maybe even more important you'll meet a beautiful being inside.
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As our fried mr. Spoc would say Live long and Prosper. )
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