It started out well.
Hope went first; she talked of great projects in the future influenced by these crop circles, and then left, as usual, to a standing ovation. Rationality was next, but couldn't pick up where Hope left off, so he didn't make much sense. Science tried to talk, but was questioned mercilessly for not knowing enough and being arrogant in his ignorance. Mathematics had two new math theorems come forth in one hour, but couldn't explain his song to anyone else. Physics said hello to his cousin and now stands up straighter with examples to explain himself. Art is already at work recreating herself, before kicking back and watching her own growth. Democracy kept asking why her minions wouldn't let her citizens see those crop circles, but only Politics listened. Spirituality just smiled, saying, "Man, you ain't never seen nothing like that before." Religion was gonna punch Discovery, but couldn't be seen doing that, so he hired Politics to do the punching, but Discovery had already left to look at other crop circles. Trust walked around looking bewildered, so he had a few drinks and met Humor, who had disguised herself as Art. Later that evening, Humor took Trust home with her and they made sweet love so divine. Persistence seemed to be everywhere with his whistle except when he walked silently with Spirituality. Reason just watched and relaxed; every few minutes she would give Truth a hug. Truth just kept pointing at the crop circle laughing softly. Media, who had gotten in disguised as Communication, looked at the same crop circle, whispered nervously and fell all over himself running towards Money. Money just stood there; he was in no hurry, knowing most everyone would eventually come to him about this. The Widow Reason was enjoying Truth. She liked everything about him, his words, his smell and his laughter. She saw romance on the horizon for the first time since her husband Balance had been killed by Havoc. Reason needed to ask Experience for advice and she'd have to talk to Money one more time. Experience was just plain expensive.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see an article about the crop circles in Washington State USA on the front page of the Seattle Times, August 13, 2009: It was a pretty good article with interesting and disheartening comments on their web site. There could've been a better conversation. It was the Times' most popular article for that week, in hits, with over 100 comments. Unfortunately, most of the comments were juvenile, incorrect and full of bravado wondering why "aliens" would come 'zillions' of miles to put a crop circle in an obscure field in Redneck County, Wilbur, WA. Typical response.
Crop circles are probably the most fascinating unexplained phenomena in the world today. It was heartening to see any coverage at all of crop circles by a major newspaper in America 2009. The Wilbur circles, the only USA crop circles in 2009, are very simplistic compared to the jaw dropping circles, rectangles, free form designs and pictures within the crop circles in Wiltshire, England. I hope the Wilbur farmers allowed experts from Washington State University's Agricultural Department to study and analyze those crop circles in their fields before they were mowed down, which was well before Harvest.
"I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world." Margaret Mead 1964
Experts can differentiate between genuine and fake crop circles, though some of the 'fake' ones are well done and even commissioned. After the fact, complex geometries and mathematics are the hallmarks of genuine formations. Crushed and smashed down wheat are a sign of fakery, but the experts would have to see more to determine which are authentic. Wouldn't fakers want to show off their art, and not remain anonymous or poor? Still, any fool can jump up and down on a piece of plywood in a field of wheat. Does that make a crop circle? That's the technique 'Doug & Dave' shared in 1991 when they said that they had created ALL the crop circles in England. What a joke and what a lie. The media bought it, though, and made that story the end-all of the crop circle saga. Of course, there's more to it all.
"Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know." Aldous Huxley 1961
It's about the bent nodes on wheat stalks. The most telling evidence is the expanded nodes on wheat stalks where they bend at a 90 degree angle. Wheat stalks are fragile. They easily crimp and fold; it's their nature. Bending wheat stalks with expanded nodes is beyond human technology, ability or understanding. We just plain don't know how to create this anomaly. These crops continue to grow and come to harvest while lying horizontally because of that 90 degree bend. Scientists, mathematicians and agriculture experts from around the world have studied the crop circles and determined that not only are they authentic, but they have something universal to say.
You could fly to Wiltshire, England, tomorrow to see these crop circles, walk among them and talk about them to a variety of experts who can be found at these sites.
From the air, they look like geometric designs that have been layered onto a photo of a Wiltshire landscape using Photoshop. That's how out of context they seem. It's another reality that does seem to be laid on top of our own reality, quantum though it may be.
Once you examine crop circles, it becomes amazingly clear that we are dealing with "other beingness" and a very high level of technical and 'natural' prowess in creating designs using cereal crops. It's an incredible attempt at communicating with humans on Earth and giving us a helping hand to move into a kinder, smarter Earth.
The crop circles pretty much speak for themselves. They are magnificent. Any open-minded person could see that these marvels of nature deserve respect and study, major study involving looking at the universe, or the multiverse, differently, but if you want to stop a conversation or create an awkward silence around some people, start talking about crop circles. We risk our intellectual and everyday sensible reputation when we talk of paranormal events, like crop circles. The fear of ridicule can become much more important than our desire for knowledge. Most people are very concerned with what other people think of them, which may be the biggest obstacle to human development. We could've found many answers in crop circles if people weren't so afraid of that ridicule. Instead, humans make fun of them, dismiss them and, in the case of some, vehemently deny them as the Devil's work. Just who is this Devil? Such is the nature of talking about crop circles to most people.
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