Daniel Brenton, author of The Meaning of Existence and all that blog, has written another insightful, and reflective, piece on UFOlogy. Not only UFOlogy as UFOlogy, but all of us in here.
Like Daniel, and so many other bloggers out there who write on UFOs and Fortean things, I’ve had a fascination -- and personal experiences -- with UFOs and related things since childhood.
Brenton brings up the idea of ‘value’ in the context of a personal involvement with UFOs; all this blogging, writing, more writing, discussion, exchanges. A search indeed.
He also brings up the complicated matter of abductees and experience as well as UFOlogists, among other things.
It’s the “truth” and, as my favorite philosophy professor said to us years ago, the truth is different for each of us. Many call that a contradiction, others a paradox. Either way, it’s the truth. (hee.)
Whether one brings the personal to all this in terms of experiences of UFO sightings and all manner of paranormal/Fortean stuff, or the personal in the sense of . . . just themselves, somehow, their willingness to share some of themselves in their research, studies, documentation, it’s all good, it’s all needed, it’s all valid.
Most of all, it contributes in a real (or “truthful”) way towards this journey.
1 comment:
Ms. Lee --
Thank you for your comments and reflections on my article.
The idea of value applied to the UFO community (or to any community or arena for that matter) is, in a sense, a "customer service" attitude -- what am I giving that you might want or need?
(The most noble read on this could be: "Ask not what your country can do for you ...")
We all have our insight, our experiences, and some of us have specialized knowledge that can contribute to the community.
Speaking of experiences ... I read of your experiences on the Book of THoTH forums -- interesting stuff.
I wanted to mention something you've written here:
Like Daniel, and so many other bloggers out there who write on UFOs and Fortean things, I’ve had a fascination -- and personal experiences ...
I certainly do have a fascination, but I can't say I've had any experiences. Of course, with this sort of thing, can we really know for sure we haven't?
Daniel
http://www.danielbrenton.com
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