Short of catastrophic events such as a nuclear bomb going off by accident or design there is little hope politicians are going to stray from their course of greed and corruption to solve the problems of America, and even less hope in my opinion for that of leaders in other nations. Say what anyone will, I continue to believe there is a Biblical scenario unfolding and the nations of the world are acting out this scenario. With the prevailing lunacy worldwide, I find myself increasingly drawn to philosophical speculation in an attempt to make some sense of it all. And though there is more than enough here on earth about which to speculate, there continues to be much in the stars as well.

There was more to the story when I was writing about Emerson’s essay “Circles,” and his emphasis on the eye when addressing circles and spheres. Jesus said “The light of the body is the eye.” Visible light is such an infinitesimal part of the spectrum, but it is what we rely on to make our way through life. The pupil is a “black hole” with a surrounding iris that responds to light. The black hole of the eye, the pupil, admits light to be transmitted to the brain where the light is transformed into pictures to be interpreted by other parts of the brain. This is the way galactic black holes are thought to operate, pulling in the material around them including light that may “interpret” this material leading to galaxy formation. Much like our brains experience an “incandescent” moment before we take any action, such incandescence has been observed in galaxies and may be the result of black holes during their “interpretative” cycle and action is undertaken.

It may be no coincidence, this linkage that might exist between the design of our eyes and the design of galaxy forming black holes throughout the universe. It may in fact be evidence of Intelligent Design where the operations in the universe dependent on the properties of light coincide with the way we function in reacting to light also, and even blind people are influenced by some wavelengths of the spectrum. And perhaps there is a connection between that “all-seeing eye” on our dollar bills and “secret” knowledge. Notwithstanding the Sphinx and the pyramids, stories of Atlantis, when I think about the unusual, not to use the word “miraculous,” achievements of humankind leading to space exploration and computers I cannot but help wondering if there is not some mystical influence involved, some relationship between the design and function of our eyes aiding our intelligence and that of black holes throughout the universe.

Though Emerson mentioned several examples of the importance of circles and spheres in nature, of first importance the eye, I would call attention to the fact nature favors round trunks in trees and plants as well as many other things much as the universe favors orbits and the spherical shape of stars and planets. Where would baseball, basketball, and soccer be without spheres? Imagine baseball using square balls. This is much more than an amusing “imagine;” there is obvious intelligent purpose to the design of baseballs and basketballs, why they are spheres rather than blocks or rectangles, so why not black holes, stars, and planets? But if I were to ask someone why a baseball isn’t shaped like a square block they might reply “That is nonsense; it wouldn’t work.” And if I were to ask some scientists why the earth is a sphere rather than a square block their answer is no better than that of the reply concerning a baseball: “It wouldn’t work.” But there is no satisfactory answer to the question of why the earth is a sphere, and after all the facts and theories are exhausted all we know for a certainty is that otherwise “it wouldn’t work.”

Well, of course we know an earth shaped like a square block wouldn’t work. What we do not know despite great advances in science and physics explaining so much is why the universe favors circles and spheres rather than squares and rectangles. And the politically correct science of the universities especially will not allow of the kind of intelligence involved with the design of a baseball being the cause of our earth being a sphere, though “it wouldn’t work” is not an answer and any student at the mercy of professors dares not question the why of this, nor do those scientists at the mercy of the universities for their academic credentials. And labels in lieu of understanding, labels like “gravity” and “magnetism” do not mystically convey understanding of these, which is why some scientists say the greater part of our universe is not only unknown, but unknowable.

Even in animals, to peer deeply into their eyes is to see intelligence. But there is a marked difference between the kind of intelligence to be seen in the innocent eye of the partridge Thoreau described and that of a predator like an owl; and even as those wells and windows of the soul, human eyes declare our thoughts and intentions, just so with other creatures. Were we to be able to peer into a galactic eye, a black hole, would we be able to see intelligence there?

Do cosmic forces determine life; do such forces control life on Earth? “The rise and fall of species on Earth might be driven in part by the undulating motions of our solar system as it travels through the disk of the Milky Way, scientists say. Motions of our solar system are similar to Earth’s biodiversity cycle.” Ker Than: Space.com

But even should the theory prove to be true, which could be construed as giving some basis to astrology crediting the influence of the stars and planets on life, what other than intelligence could make the determination of what species are to be born, survive, or perish? In some fashion T-rex had to give way for humankind to be born and survive. But was there intelligence behind both the creation of dinosaurs and their extinction? I credit both benevolent and malevolent ID because it would take a diabolical mind to come up with something like T-rex. And I question some of the achievements of science like opening the door to nuclear bombs, whether the same kind of malevolent intelligence responsible for T-rex made such knowledge available to humankind that may yet be the cause of our own extinction.

While I don’t want Gort calling the shots, it would be wonderful if Klaatu could come to our rescue. But what are the chances of intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy or others? And even so, what if Michio Kaku and other physicists are correct in surmising that if other civilizations existed in other galaxies they may have reached our stage of nuclear development and destroyed themselves, this accounting for our not hearing from these other civilizations?

The recently announced discovery of planet 581c is getting a lot of deserved attention. According to theory the newly discovered planet “should have an atmosphere, but what’s in that atmosphere is still a mystery and if it’s too thick that could make the planet’s surface temperature too hot.” The problem is that despite the hyperbole this newly discovered planet holds little prospect of any intelligent life, and all too often because of funding sources and some downright dishonesty such discoveries are propagandized rather than being held to strictly scientific interpretation and guidelines. While visible light is such an infinitesimal part of the whole spectrum, the conditions favorable to intelligent life is an even more infinitesimal part of such a spectrum, which is why there is room for debate whether our solar system, an acknowledged enigma, an anomaly in the universe may in fact be unique.

Notwithstanding the hyperbole and even dishonesty to be found among scientists and in the universities there remains to my mind the entrancing thought intelligent life may yet be found elsewhere in the universe. Fancy takes many forms, and much of the fanciful has led to and found fulfillment in scientific discovery. And who knows but what science may yet discover black holes are in fact the “eyes of the universe?”