Open Mind
I pride myself on being open-minded. I try to see every point of
view, take on alternative opinions and make my own mind up about
things.
Today I had a bit of a shock. Today someone told me to open my
mind. There's a woman up at Rivi, my local biker spot, whom I've
become friendly with over the last few months. She's the
mystical type, you know, whitchcraft, spirituality and strange
kinds of unearthly happenings. She's not a pretentious hippy
chick or some spaced out pot-head. She simply has a different
understanding of the world around her than the scientific world
understands.
I do not believe in magic, the occult, star signs, witchcraft
and wizardry. The only thing I do accept is that science cannot
explain everything and does not know everything. Watching a
program on TV last night the gf and myself dicussed how only
recently our current understanding of the formation of our
planet was decided upon. The program noted that this is our
current understanding of how the world came to be what it is
today and that future scientific discoveries may change this.
This brings into focus that science is not actually pure. We
only believe rocks were formed in such a way from the
interpretation of the evidence as we see it now. It is only a
few hundred years ago we belived the contintents were
stationary. We would have laughed at the thought of computers in
the home only 30 years ago. We still mock the idea of telepathy
or telekenisis, but in 10 years time someone may discover
Diphelon Neuro-Psion Lambda Radiation Particles (DNPLRP!!) that
our brain emits which causes these much ignored events.
I do not believe there is a god. For the same reasons I do not
believe in DNPLRP, I have not seen any evidence. But I cannot
prove there is no god in the same way I cannot prove this is no
such thing as DNPLRP. And science changes it's conclusions in
line with current discoveries in much the same way as religion
changes its teachings in line with current social climates. Nor
do I believe in the mystical or the magical, but I would like to
open my mind to the possibility.
And while discussing the mystical forces with this lady, she
said to understand them I would need to open my mind. It's only
now I realise how closed minded I can still be. I always try to
be scientific, logical and methodical with my thoughts. Whilst
dicussing what caring means with the gf I found myself unable to
accept there is no motive behind caring and managed to
half-prove a reason to care. Are there still many things out
there I do not understand? Or am I approaching this from the
wrong angle, should I not try to understand them, but to simply
"feel" them?
I know I was made with a brain wired to understand things in
terms of cause and effect, action and re-action and how this
makes that happen. This is why I'm quite handy with bike
engines, computers and fixing things. But I want to explore this
other area, this place of events with no reasons and effects
with no cause. But I think I need help to stop thinking in my
cold hard logic. I need help to truly open my mind.