Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

He's only partially right (in my opinion).

I've mentioned before that what we perceive as human contains only 9% actual human cells (cells built around human DNA), with the remaining 91% being symbiotic microbial life which is interconnected deeply with the rest of the ecosystem. That 91%, when you add it up in its entirety (ie. all the microbial life everywhere, not just in a single person) makes up 98% of all the biomass on the planet, and that biomass is arguably a single entity (and we're a part of it as well, every one of us). Does a single one of your cells comprehend the words you're reading right now or even have consciousness? Of course not. But the collection of cells is conscious, even though not a single one is independently.

So is it so hard to believe that you are a part of a single larger being? You can see all the pieces around you and understand it metaphorically at least. Those of you (or at least some of you) who have suspended have broken through and gotten a momentary glimpse of that larger being. Others get it at the bottom of a k-hole I suppose. But it's that being which is responsible for the creation of things like sexually reproducing life, and it's that being that is what most religions perceive of as God (although they add all sorts of politics and heirarchy to it and generally overcomplicate the matter).

Where it gets even more interesting is when you realize that humans aren't really the brain of this being. Not at all… We're the reproductive organs. The singular purpose of humanity is to spread this organism to other planets, just as it was once spread to our own planet.

Yeah, I know, you're laughing at me right now, saying “and you had the nerve to make fun of Bucky Fuller for saying we devolved from dolphins!”