Leopards and Other Animals

African Leopards

Years ago, I watched a female leopard on television give birth to two cubs. The male leopard on her western border killed the two cubs and then laid with her. Three months later she gave birth to two more cubs. The male leopard on her eastern border came and killed the cubs.

The film then shows the female leopard walking back and forth in obvious high anxiety and distress. Suddenly she stops and goes to the male on her western

border, laid with him for two days, then laid with the male on her eastern border for two days. A few months later she gave birth to two more cubs, and behold, neither male killed the cubs, both believing they had sired them.

This is an example of strategic thinking by an animal, the same strategic thinking we humans do in our business endeavors, something that all animal biologists should be aware of and include in their study of animals.

On Wild Dogs

Wild dogs die of a broken heart when removed from the pack. The medical term for this is cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome. How is that regarding love?

On God and Dog

Question: Why is dog spelled backwards God, and vice versa?

Answer: Because both give unconditional love.

UNCOVERY

I
Contemplation
Bang
a singularity
miracle of miracles
and ‘you’ exist.
A part of the expansion
a part of Heaven
from the Greek word Ouranos
a bang into an expansion.
You, here, now,
reading, listening
interpreting
thinking
feeling
imagining the unimaginable
that singularity then
your individuality now.
Alone among billions
each an earthbound star
eyes reflecting light
ears encompassing sound
voices expressing feeling
minds considering consciousness.
Extending
further and further
always
changing
this solitary eternal moment
of your existence.
Imagine
imagine
you existing
as stardust then
in human form now
with mindfulness
observing you.
Consider the purpose
(or even the non-purpose)
for we were born to contemplate this
at the moment of the singularity
to contemplate this
to come to know
what the Gatekeeper wants us to know.
II
Light
Atomic signals
light shining upon us
in us
through us
interpreting truth.
Kingdoms of OZ overthrown by Artificial Intelligence
DNA and death out of the closet
the grim reaper is worried
the homage is the homage to science.
Microscope and telescope the magic wands
the scientist is the prophet of our time
of this there is no doubt
and the Gatekeeper wants us to know
the Gatekeeper wants us to enter by this way.
Follow, follow, follow
along the way of imagining
not by discovery
but by uncovery
as the artichoke leaves uncover the heart
a simple finding of what is already there.
As like E=MC squared was always there
waiting, for big Al, the Man,
to uncover it for us to know
to uncover what already exists
so that we may marvel at the knowing.
Hubble vision is the contact lens
the micro is the macro on a computer screen
through all frequency time machines
and always in the becoming
the showing of miracles on a routine basis.
Yes, the miracle has become the mundane
(for this we could be found guilty)
losing it all in the taking for granted
the way a lover loses his beloved
by taking her for granted.
The Light is the Rosetta Stone
the Light holds the wisdom of what we uncover
the Light is the way of deciphering the mystery
as Angels cradle galaxies in their hands
and the Gatekeeper smiles upon their creations.
III
Destiny
This very moment
on a sunny ocean beach
in anticipation of expectant release
a child holds sand in a tiny hand.
Another moment
somnus black potentiality
pregnantly awaiting its singularity
like the wombed infant
remaining ready to go forth.
Bang!
destiny unfolds
a tiny hand and singularity respond
all flowing outward
ready to accomplish
its preordained place
(Its work)
of filling time and space.
Galaxies, stars, planets, earth,
you, I, and they,
this very moment decreed
for science tells us of the physicality.
Each grain to land
preordained
each planet meant to be
billions meant to breathe
at the moment of the singularity.
The Angels are smiling upon us.
The Gatekeeper wants us to enter by this way.