I, also, was startled into a heightened state of attention.
So, if one accepts that these reports are truthful and accurate -- as I attest they are -- is there any way to explain them without saying that Jake and I are insane, or, to put it nicely, just deluded kooks? Or is the facile explanation to say that these things happen all the time; are commonplace; and therefore to dismiss them?
Neither explanation gets us very far; nor does surrendering our critical faculties to delusion and superstition. Furthermore, in both cases, we are not dealing with inner psychological experiences that can't be empirically corroborated. Both incidents actually happened in the physical world; there are witnesses to attest to them; there is an objective reality to the objects that Jake and I discovered.
Or did they discover us?
How we interpret these "findings" is the heart of the matter. The issue is their meaning, if any. Can they be understood in any objective sense, or does their meaning and understanding remain the sole existential prerogative of the experiencer; or are they beyond understanding? If Jake and I read significant meaning into them, is this just poetic fancy; are we like two mystic poets using words to conjure up a spell that sounds beautiful but is romantic gibberish?
Jake and I received gifts from the unknown. We were awe-struck. We were surprised by wonder. A crack opened in our normal realities and we received unsought messages. We know that.
We wonder. What do you think?
(Article changed on October 15, 2016 at 18:02)
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