Time: Tue Nov 26 23:35:36 1996
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 23:24:08 -0800
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Re: http://www.feersum.demon.co.uk/skycity.htm
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My reply is this:
"The Formation of the Noosphere,"
Pierre Theilhard de Chardin
available here in electronic form,
upon request. Please choose BinHex,
MIME, or Uuencode.
The Earth is where all the action is,
because it is fast approaching a
paradigm shift of quantum proportions.
We will soon be learning how to
oscillate to the waves of our Maker.
At long last, we will begin learning
to climb the ladder of infinite
dimensionality -- an eternity of grace.
Life eternal began the day we were
all conceived, in the Mind of the Maker,
the Most High Creator of all things,
both visible and invisible, the
ineffable One.
Amen.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
At 10:42 PM 11/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
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>I felt this to be particularly well written and presented. I therefore have
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> biophilos
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>>> > There are two forces which, when felt by humans, will galvinize >
>>otherwise independent spirits into a unified army of co-workers. The >
>>first is a big enough enemy. The second is a big enough goal. > > Both of
>>these forces are built upon deep core-values and beliefs > which, when
>>challenged and incited, fire-up the human spirit to > achieve otherwise
>>impossible acts. It is a vision and a dream of some > inspiring
>>magnificence, built upon the foundation of these values and > beliefs,
>>which binds us together for some greater purpose. We now have > upon us,
>>today, the potential for a dream and a vision, a big enough > enemy and a
>>big enough goal, to move our ten billion hands into > action. > >
>>Remember with me for a moment, now, the esprit-de-corp experienced >
>>during man's first steps on the moon. Wow! We really achieved > something
>>there. I mean we humans, have done something of universally > recognizable
>>significance. We have walked on the moon. Five hundred > generations of
>>mankind before us have looked up from their dusty > world, and beheld the
>>glowing moon, only to wonder at it. And now we, > the living
>>representatives of our species today, for the first time > all of human
>>history, know de-facto, that we are capable AT LEAST of > standing on our
>>moon. What else are we capable of? > > For thirty years since, we've done
>>little more than to bask in the > afterglow of that triumph. I do not mean
>>to belittle the daily wonders > and advancements in every field of
>>science. If there is one thing that > can be said about the human species,
>>it is that we WILL find a way to > improve our living conditions, even if
>>it means killing each other to > do it. The steady progress of
>>civilization on earth is an inevitable > thing. Off earth is another
>>challenge altogether. And yet, perhaps it > is THE challenge which we
>>should be rising to quickly. What I mean is > to do is to call out loudly
>>enough to the whole of our species and to > remind ourselves that there is
>>still important work to be done beyond > this spinning mass of wet clay.
>>Perhaps it is time, now, to bootstrap > our spirits again. > > Perhaps,
>>it is time to shake ourselves awake from our slumbering > complacency and
>>move forward again on a scale which will once again > make a difference
>>and be remembered. Perhaps, now is the time to > commit to action. Factum,
>>non Verba! > > What a horrible thing it is to think, that fifty years
>>from now as you > and I look back to this moment in time...that we might
>>see ourselves > scurring about our planet with every necessary tool for
>>civilizational > advancement IN OUR VERY HANDS, but without the simple,
>>self-conscious > iniative to do what we know we should be doing. It is
>>unthinkable, > unthinkable! > > We are standing here now, at the window
>>of the greatest of all > opportunities. We hold in our very hands every
>>resource to build > thriving cities off of this planet, to migrate the
>>human species into > space and yet we are hesitating ....bickering among
>>ourselves about > whether or not we can STEP THROUGH, what is the best way
>>to STEP > THROUGH, and pointing at each other saying "that won't
>>work...you > can't do that...too expensive to STEP THROUGH!" The fact is,
>>we have > already stepped through, now it the time to stay on the
>>otherside, to > find ways to develop thriving cities off of the planet.
>>Take action > NOW. > > Perhaps now is the time. Now is the time for us to
>>accept the > responsibility, to nudge our friends and our neighbors from
>>their > slumbering and scurring and point up into the sky and say them,
>>"It is > time. It is time to go, to move on, to lift ourselves from this >
>>planet...not as Noah, two by two...but by the thousands, whole > cities."
>>> > Now is the time to bind our spirits into a unified force, to vivify >
>>the compelling challenge of thriving cities off of this planet. Now is >
>>the time, because, in the words of JFK, "that goal will serve to >
>>organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that >
>>challenge is one that we're willing to accept, one we are unwilling to >
>>postpone, and one we intend to..." > > Perhaps, now IS the time, because
>>we have no other truly challenging > goal. We choose, now, to grow cities
>>in the sky. Now is the TIME, > because we choose NOW. > > There is no
>>great presidential leader to tell us. There is no great > company leading
>>us. We cannot look to "them" to tell when. There is > only us, our voices,
>>and our hands, and our imaginations. I have yet > to meet a single human
>>who does not believe that we are capable of > thriving cities off of our
>>planet. Neither do they believe that it > will not happen, it will and we
>>know it. It will happen if and when we > choose for it to happen. We shall
>>find our thriving cities off of this > planet shortly after we decide
>>ABSOLUTELY that it is a MUST, that NOW > is the time! Commit, make it an
>>absolute must, and it shall be so. > > What action can you take this day
>>to move us toward the goal of cities > off of planet earth? > > What can
>>you do? How? > > Wm. Wayne Evans > > Economic Development Specialist > >
>>Tel: 912-884-5314 > > fax: 912-884-7190 > > email:
>>[1]wwayneevans@mail.infoave.net > > 729 Drum Point Way * Colonel's Island
>>* Midway, Georgia * 31320
>>
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