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Re: "Contact Imminent?" (new design)
Title changed to "Peruvian Portal" to reflect new inspiration:
This week's afternoon naps and evening slumber have been less restful because of slowly diminishing knee pain from severe sprains caused by a fall on a sidewalk a week ago. Being a frugal, independent soul, self-diagnosis and self-medication had to suffice. Over-the-counter medication and frequent use of an old cane have been reasonably tolerable therapy - at least, the diminishing bruises and swelling in both knees suggest a cure in progress.
But these comments are shared only to introduce the "Peruvian Portal". Whether a dream or immediate inspiration upon awakening from questionable rest, this short story is recorded as "The Enchanting Myth of the Peruvian Portal":
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When first discovered in a large field of a highland valley, the Portal design did not show the light blue lines within the large circle. And the dark yellow lines were simply one vertical and one horizontal - a cross. Only from a higher elevation could the design be viewed in its entirety, but its meaning remained mysterious for decades.
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Equally mysterious were the bright flashes of colored light that were sometimes observed by local inhabitants. A certain disconnect long prevailed - the flashing lights were not readily associated with the Portal design ... until a sleepy shepherd was aroused early one morning from his nest in a rock shelter. He observed that the undulating, high-pitched sound and flashing lights were very close to the Portal design.
This dazzling phenomenon lasted but seconds - not long enough for the shepherd to fully awaken. Yet, he was determined to accurately report his observations and unsettling experience to the local villagers as soon as possible.
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A day later, when the flock was secure in a pasture, the shepherd was running to the village when he met a farmer. Anxious to unburden his soul, the excited shepherd described the mysterious events. Well, the farmer had already heard similar tales about these mysterious, flashing lights and was not accommodating. He bade the shepherd farewell and advised him to return to his flock lest they fall into a portal (he mocked the shepherd).
After several more discouraging encounters with villagers, the shepherd abruptly abandoned his mission and returned to his flock. But the village would some day learn about his experience - he labored for several days, carefully aligning rocks in the Portal design to represent what he had witnessed that dark morning days ago. However, the shepherd had retired to a distant valley long before the carefully aligned rocks were discovered. And he had finally decided to remain forever silent about his experience.
Only in recent years, after air travel had been invented, was the Portal design re-discovered, along with that odd assortment of less-aligned rocks caused by roaming wild animals and extremes of weather. How the story of the shepherd was learned is best reserved for a later installment of this "Enchanting Myth". But once the shepherd's experience was known, analysts were delighted to discover the purpose of the rocks ... and were able to evaluate the rocks' meaning.
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Long story short, the dutiful shepherd had communicated that the Portal design's cross reflected dynamic geometry: movement of the lines indicated an opening (a "portal") which occurs when the geometry (the repositioned dark yellow lines) identifies a perfectly squared circle; the lines then enclose the center circle having a precise diameter.
Obviously, the design itself was not the portal, but it symbolized those phenomena which are necessary for that portal to open. As reconstructed today, and with inspiration derived from analysis of "The Eye of the Trinity" design, the Peruvian Portal design includes the outline of a familiar extraterrestrial spacecraft (sometimes mistaken for a portable barbecue grill
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).
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Of course, since "squaring the circle" is a continuing challenge for mathematicians and hobbyists, causing such a portal to open with symbolic geometry is quite difficult if not impossible. Fortunately, the discouraged shepherd left a few clues to inspire continuing research and hopeful personal adventures by those who sense what's really behind the veil of "proven" science and mathematics.
Rod ...
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