Kundalini Splendor

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hobbit/

I have just watched a fascinating presentation (site above) from Nova (2008) on a recent find on the Indonesian Island called Flores, which has been separated from the mainland for countless eras of time. The find consists of the skeleton and some random bones of a pre-human creature who stood less than 3 feet tall and had a brain size less than that of a chimpanzee. Although the paleontologists of the the world are divided on the interpretation of the find, one thing is clear. Such creatures bearing a human skeleton and adapted to making rather sophisticated tools did exist on this island betwen 10,000 and 90,000 years ago.

The debate raises such questions as: Was this simply a pigmy humanoid, or someone suffering a pathology that limited the growth of the brain? Is this a separate species, one unknown until now? If such creatures did exist at that early time in Southeast Asia, how did they get there? Accepted theory is that human ancestry began in Africa, and migrated from this starting place into Europe and then parts of Asia. Did this "species" develop independently in this distant part of the world, thus challenging the "African beginnings" theory?

Whatever the conclusions of the anthropologists may be, for others of us the find raises some interesting speculations of a different kind. These remains are nicknamed "Hobbits" for their small size and seeming resemblance to the diminutive creatures of "The Lord of the Rings." Now, Ireland (as well as other parts of northern Europe) has a long history of accounts of the "little people," fairies and elves who lived underground and had magical powers. Were there in fact such tiny creatures surviving in this remote island off Western Europe? Di they "go underground" when Ireland was invaded from the West?

But perhaps even more intriguing is this: we all know of the rumors of the space ship which crashed in New Mexico, outfitted with chairs and instruments for a very small crew, estimated to be no more than three feet tall. We know the myths of "little Green Men" circulated to discredit the stories of the crash in the desert. But--what if such a species does in fact exist on another planet? If such small creatures could have evolved on earth so long ago, why is it inconceivable that similar species (but obviously much more highly developed in other ways) might have evolved elsewhere in our solar system over the millenia? And if so, since we ourselves are voyaging to other planets, why couldn't they do the same?

Why not? Whole books have been written to explain how on isolated islands creatures may grow to extremely large or extremely small sizes. Surely a similar development might be possible elsewhere in our universe.

To date, we know very little about the actual evolution of the human species. Perhaps we too came (in some form) from outer space. Or perhaps alien travelers modified the genes of existing humanoid creatures on earth to give them a "boost" on the evolutionary scale.

Personally, I incline toward the latter theory. These unusual genes seem to be more activated in some than in others. Some people seem to be ready to "open" to broader visions of spiritual awareness than others, who seem to slumber quietly undisturbed by greater possibilities. Perhaps those who undergo Kundalini awakening in order to progress to higher levels of awareness have such possibilities programed into their genes. Sometimes my truly "far out" friends appear to be in fact another species, whose expanded consciousness goes well beyond the perspectives of the "mainstream" man or woman. Perhaps we are two species, apparently the same, yet one advancing more rapidly than the other, but all having the innate capacity to "open" and evolve at the proper time.


(Image taken from above Nova site)