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October 14th, 2001 - Let's Look at Eternity (with photos) Click Next or Auto to view the photographs taken for this blog «« Previous | Auto/Stop | Next »» The Brave New 21st Century For those of you who read my Blogs, you'll know about my journey in to our Outback. I found myself in tune with some pretty amazing realisations while I was there. As you know, I commented on the wonder of its agelessness. The fact that's Australia is the oldest landmass on the planet. The MacDonnell Ranges that go on for centuries once dwarfed the Himalayas. I eventually dared to reach out and touch Uluru or Ayers Rock as we named it when one of Explorers discovered this Rock in the middle of nowhere, nothing. Okay, so its only three hundred million years old (photo taken by me) Then another shot of Mt. Connor, six hundred million years old. Trudging into the Standley Chasm, some of the cliffs were so highly polished, I thought they must be wet. Some of the massive chunks that had fallen down were a beautiful, soft glowing mauve/pink. I love the shot of the gum trees growing in the riverbed that once wore down and created 'The Gap' through the Ranges so that transport can get into Alice Springs. (Shots of Alice with the Ranges in the back ground). It can flood now, but what a mighty river it must have been trillions of years ago. I was fortunate enough to feel the uniqueness of this land. A oneness with timelessness, change, Eternity. That in another two billion years, possibly when the planet will have changed and be able to again accommodate humanity, Uluru will still be there. The Kata Tjutas (also known as The Olgas) will still be there and a couple of billion years will see them only marginally worn by the winds and red desert sands. And you and I belong to this same Eternity. Even more so, of course, the Aboriginals in to whose hands the care of this magic land was given. A land they treasured, so much so that only two hundred years ago it was untouched by white man. White man brought disease, sin and destruction. In a brief two hundred years he destroyed what the Aboriginals respected and nurtured long before White Man was placed here. They, of course, understood and respected Nature. I doubt if that prick, Osama bin Ladin will get very far with them. So I guess what I'm saying is this: This Armageddon will undoubtedly see the destruction of the human species. But that isn't the end. The planet will have the time to recover from the horrendous crimes the human species has inflicted upon its wild life, its forests, upon the very Nature of this once exquisite planet we were given the honour to inhabit and respect and nurture. We made a mess of that and our own lives all because of the skin colours and the gods we worshipped - how extraordinarily intelligent. Well, we'll just have to hope the Ancient Egyptians will teach us. They peaked civilisation on this planet - and they worshipped Nature. They respected their own people and the Pharaohs looked after rich and poor alike. (Some failed, but few). In other words they are somewhere; some place in this vast universe. If I was the Creator, Light of Light, I'd give the human race Mars to live on next time round. A salutary lesson while all ogle Earth and learn how to get into space again and colonise Earth. What a wish list that would see! If I were Light of Light, I'd say: "you had your chance and ruined it. Now make Mars as habitable as the Planet Earth I gave you." We wouldn't be bothering about test tube babies, or DNA or how to imitate Light of Light and think how truly wonderful we are. Or clone sheep, or each other. We'd be too darn busy trying to survive! A healthy thought to ponder on. Helen to view the images individually, please click to enlarge | | | | | | | | | | | | Back to the blog index

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