* * Right, Barry! As you may recall, I was thinking of the Flying Spaghetti Monster when I "founded" the Church of the Giant Radiantly Luminous Jellyfish. However, we really need to get some zealous young missionaries over to them to spread the Good News that theirs is a false idol, whereas our God is REAL! :-D
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > I love it, Rory, but I'm just SO not going to go there. :-) > First, I haven't seen the episode in question since it first > aired. Second, when I read about the Giant Radiantly Luminous > Jellyfish, I couldn't help but hope that the followers of the > Flying Spaghetti Monster know of this episode. Mentally flash- > forwarding from that, I experienced an entertaining vision of > them partying down next to the other Trekkies at a convention, > only wearing big jellyfish costumes. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > * * I just watched Star Trek TNG, episode I, for the first time (the whole > > series is available on Netflix WI). ** SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't seen > > it and wish to watch it fresh, please stop reading now! * * > > > > Called "Encounter at Far Point," the episode surprised me as it features > > our old friends the Giant Radiantly Luminous Jellyfish! Able to materialize > > objects from energy, one of this species was captured by a "lesser" species > > and imprisoned onplanet and harnessed to create a Star Base to enable the > > "lesser" species to join the Federation. Our heroes, Capt. Picard et al., > > inspect the Star Base and persevere through obstacles thrown up by the > > mischievous Q to eventually discover the prisoner's plight and free it to > > meet its mate, who is still in space, resembling a giant flying saucer. A > > lot of truth in this episode! They look much like our crown chakras, which > > do indeed materialize substance from energy, and in many of us are > > "imprisoned" within a strictly-materialistic worldview. > > > > (Also, FWIW the "luminous discs" or "UFOs" which supervised our > > frequency-acceleration, levitation and dematerialization in 1986 felt like > > our own Higher Selves or "semi-detached" crown chakras...) > > >
