I like to think "Big Thoughts", at least that's what they are called on Custom House Wharf. You know; thoughts about God, the future, the Universe, new scientific exploration and how they all tie together. I like to listen to what others have to say and read the ideas of other people.
The more I think, read and listen, the more excited I get about how everything is converging. Well, maybe not everything. There is certainly a lot of stubborn intransigence and selfish humanity, but the pace of exploration and growth in knowledge, supported by technology, is profound... for anyone paying attention. It is reaching an exponential rate and there is concern among some thinkers that, in the not too distant future, mankind will no longer be able to keep up with, to comprehend the scale, scope and speed of the change. Perhaps we have already reached that point. At any rate...
One morning after reading a particularly mind blowing internet article about science and spirituality, the dots began to connect for me and I started to download my thought process to my beautiful and oh-so-patient wife and partner of 36 years. I paced as I laid out my ideas connecting new discoveries in quantum physics with explorations in astrophysics and novel concepts in the realm of human consciousness. I painted a picture of our meaning and purpose, of our reason for living our short lives on this little planet, so seemingly insignificant among the billions of galaxies. Like I said, I get excited.
And my wife sat and listened dutifully. Her eyes did appear to glaze over once or twice, but I was rolling and couldn't slow down to expound on any particular point. When I finished and turned to her expectantly, she nodded her head and said, "Wow. Very interesting. I think I followed everything you said... except for the part about the "Armenian Porpoise"... I was dumbfounded... until it occurred to me that she was asking about "Our Meaning and Purpose"....
I told the story to my friend David and we both howled like a run over dog, as they say here in the South. The next week he presented me with a little gift (picture below).
Big thoughts... Big laughs. Who has more fun than people..
