A stumbling block to enlightenment. |
Cassy was the find of the century. She had been discover in the polar regions frozen in ice. A pouch of terradactile eggs slung over her shoulder suggested she was from the cambrian era; a time of dinosaurs long before the rise homo ostiopithicus or homo sapiens or the great apes. Cassy rose from her icey sleep in a miraculous burst of bioenergy. Great minds ponder this mystery as Cassy told a story of being carried away to amysterious nineth planet in our solar system and then cast out by a capricious God Davo. Was Cassy really human? And how could an entire planet evade detection from astronomers around world? Perhaps the answer lay in multiverses: infinite universes folded on themselves. This was too fantastic to be ignored by the press. Reporters bribed and infiltrated the institute where Cassy was kept. But, were quickly silenced by the Secret Society of Astronomers, a powerful global corporation that insisted that all knowledge of exterestrials be supressed for national security and capital gain. Cassy was a commodity. "I know this is impossible, but there she is. Don't tell me to calm down. This woman is over 100 million years old and she is learning our language with the help of Janet our zoologist. She is telling a story of interplanetary travel." Dr. Lawrence whispered over his cell phone so that Janet and Cassy would not be distracted from their lessons. The doctor was clearly baffled and desperate for a more reasonable explanation. Reflections: I know what is real from my perception of reality. But, can I be descieved? to be continued... |