Up early, took care of the cat, got the papers, breakfast eaten and Saturday paper read. Now, at mid-morning, you are about ready for a nap.
Pretty bad, huh, Amorella. I shouldn’t have awakened when I did, but it was too late to go back to sleep. I think I am in a funk from all the reading on that UK forest incident. So much stuff and contradictions of stuff. Dig into people’s minds and you can generally find a flaw in logic and/or observation so when it comes to witnessing something you can be darn sure someone will find some way to refute it.
I woke up thinking about my father and his friend’s encounter with a UFO in the mountains in Wyoming or Colorado. Both were trained observers and concluded what they saw was real. What else can one do?
You don’t think I’m real, orndorff.
I don’t want to go there, Amorella. I can’t really afford to think of you as real other than a figment or two of my scatterable imagination.
Perhaps your sense of the human spirit is imagination too.
According to Wikipedia:
“[The] Human spirit is a component of human philosophy, psychology, and religion – the spiritual or mental part of humanity. While the term can be used with the same meaning as "human soul" , human spirit is sometimes used to refer to the impersonal, universal or higher component of human nature in contrast to soul or psyche which can refer to the ego or lower element.
In the models of Daniel A. Helminiak and Bernard Lonergan, human spirit is considered to be the mental functions of awareness, insight, understanding, judgement and other reasoning powers. It is distinguished from the separate component of psyche which comprises the entities of emotion, images, memory and personality.”
I partly agree with the above statement, but in terms of the books my overall view does not separate the soul from the psyche. Awareness, insight, understanding, judgement and emotion, images, memory, personality as well as consciousness and unconsciousness are what I call heartansoulanmind. The common component of the members of the human species is this spirit. It is the ‘working together’ that presents the self as far as the Dead are concerned in the books. That’s the way I see it – that is how the books deliver it, don’t they?
Time for a late lunch and errands. Later, old man. Post. - Amorella
As you were writing your commentary you were thinking of how the German equivalent word for spirit might be better but divisions are what they are and you are focusing on the human being as a whole not parts. You also are concerned about the human spirituality ‘touching’ the divine.
I am reminded of the separation of politics from religion in this country, well, the supposed separation. Many churches have American flags hanging on poles though – God and country – that sort of thing. In the mind though there are no buildings as such and I would not enjoy standing to close to a deity, and as such, it is not going to happen in my books if I can help it. And, I say this out of respect for the possibility of G---D alone. I feel better without a sense of dualism in our physical nature. Our mental nature though, has an intuitive moral sense built in. I like to think so in any case. I am not sure where this is heading, Amorella.
You assume the intuitive moral sense in humans is natural, a gift if you will, like free will. A gift of nature or a gift from G---D. You would rather leave it open and private between the individual and herorhis beliefs or rationale. You have good reason for this. Privacy of mind on beliefs and politics is built on the cornerstone of dignity in these books. Your private thoughts, although not outwardly so, are revealed in these books. It cannot be helped. – Amorella.
I think of you as a gift from nature or a gift from G---D.
Where did that statement come from, old man?
A respectful place.
Wise and well-chosen words, boy.
This embarrasses me, Amorella.
You are arrogant. Post. Amorella.
Later. I was checking for material about retired Col. Halt’s character and yesterday’s blog popped up. Bothered me so I made sure I had referenced the memo to Wikipedia. I certainly don’t want to be sued by someone for publishing unnoted source material.
While you are at it, why not see if you can find like suitable material for the earlier Merlyn’s Mind series references to Roswell. – Amorella.
I never thought about it because so much has been made of the incident. Too much incidental fiction involved already. I don’t think there is an equivalent; however, I will check.
Later. You read eleven documented witness reports as well as material about the Nazi flying wings and Operation Paperclip, Wikipedia, and information from whoever wants to talk or write about the incident.
This Roswell business is a waste of my time. I find nothing in what I have sped-read through in the last couple of hours that would not make the whole thing a fictional tall-tale. In fact it seems rather embarrassing to have mentioned the incident at all in the Merlyn books. Silly.
The concept in the story is that an alien craft crash landed near Roswell. That within this craft was a tiny atomic sized stowaway who drifted from New Mexico up to Westerville, Ohio to ‘implant’ herorhimself into a five year old boy, a twin, named Richard Graystone who grew up to write the Merlyn Mind series.
That is a ridiculous concept in itself but then Diplomat proves herorhis existence in the character Richard Graystone and even in Richard Orndorff the real author. She gathered her evidence from the books themselves. Where was my mind when I was writing this?
It sounded reasonable to you at the time.
Yes, as a satire, as a farce. Back to the hangman’s humor. I am tired and this entire Roswell business has been a waste. I shall not mention it in any of the remaining books. So, something has been accomplished today – no more about Roswell, and unlikely anything about the U.K. forest incident either. What a waste.
Within the context of the Merlyn's Mind series would you, honestly here, rather imply that I, Amorella, am as a tiny alien, or as angelic in nature -- you know, a gift from nature (alien) or a gift from G---D (angel)?
I would have you rather not asked such a question.
Why is that?
It is a terribly personal question. [five to ten minute pause] Alien is the response, a gift from nature. This is the only response I can give that is honest, otherwise aliens would have never been created to be a part of Merlyn's dreams. Even in fanciful fiction I am more comfortable with the concept aliens than angels, that's what it comes down to.
You are now more conscious of who you are. That is part of my reasoning for being here, orndorff. You are in my personal classroom, boy. Post. - Amorella.
I cannot sleep and it is almost midnight. I spent more time on Roswell. I will continue looking for connections with the Merlyn Mind books. I used to think of angels as being alien in nature anyway. I'll keep the story to aliens when needed. It is possible, perhaps probable -- nature has a way of keeping us a humble species. I am no exception.
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