Dog Astronomy, parts 4376 - 4379

4376. Perhaps he might view azure distant hills dotted with nicely trimmed symmetrical trees bordering winding roads that climb in and out of cultivated fields.

 4377. Here and there one might see farmers with their pruning hooks trimming fruit trees laden with ripe fruit, and down a path comes a friar on a donkey, perused by laughing children. 

 4378. The sun’s light adorns everything in the same gentle way, always, coming down from the upper left hand corner.

4379. Such then is the entire world, the entire solar system, and the entire cosmos, circumscribed and formulated like a miniature stage set belonging to a healthy, happy child of an aristocratic family.

Dog Astronomy, parts 4372 - 4375

4372. Even so, Remo fully expected that when he stood at the top of a tall hill he would be able to see his Mistresses’ house, her garden, the pine tree and the wheat field.

 

 4373. He also expected that he would be able to watch the sun set in the wheat field, just like when he was at home going to sleep in his cozy bed.

 

4374. What a terrible shock, Remo was shaken to the depths of his little soul. It is true that he had suffered from homesickness every day to a degree, and he had struggled to conceal his distress from his traveling companions.   

4375. All the while, in his mind was consoled by the pleasant notion that the world was like a beautiful and symmetrical Renaissance painting.

Dog Astronomy, parts 4368 - 4371

 4368. Birds do not experiment, because experimentation requires imagination. Birds, having no imagination, are not scientific, and since they are not scientific, they have difficulty with mathematical ideas, and things like physics, and geometry.

 4369. You may remember that recently some birds were unable to foresee the outcome of a tic-tac-toe game. This then is perhaps an explanation of the source of their problems.

 4370. But now we return to Remo who had walked up to a high lookout spot with the Rooster, and Otis with the intention of showing them some interesting facts about how the sun sets in the evening. And now we must point out the simplicity of Remo’s worldview.

 4371. Even though the three of them had been traveling around the countryside for many days, and even though in the evening they had gone to sleep in all types of various locals, wooded, mountainous, pastoral and Arcadian…

Dog Astronomy, parts 4364 - 4367

 4364. If you have been reading this manuscript from the beginning then you might perhaps remember that birds also have universal memory and consciousness. 

 4365. Since it has not been mentioned for so long in these stories, I will refresh your memory about that subject. Universal consciousness means that all birds can share the same experiences, and what one bird sees and feels, they can all experience at the same time.

 4366. Universal memory refers to the fact that what one bird remembers, they can all remember. Therefore, bird memories are eternal, and what one bird experienced a thousand years ago, can be remembered by any pigeon, or sparrow that happens to land on your birdbath.

 4367. All of those skills add up to a formidable collection of information, but bird information is entirely empirical, and made up of accumulated experiences, and is devoid of any kind of experimentation.

Dog Astronomy, parts 4360 - 4363

 4360. If you look at a bottle, perhaps the sides of it are parallel, but if you twist your eyes with your thumb and a forefinger the bottle’s edges will look crooked. 

 4361. Just because a bottle looks crooked, does not mean that it is actually crooked. Probably just your eyes are crooked, and not the bottle itself.

 4362. Believe it or not, it often happens that people will think a bottle is twisted, and not the eyes that are looking at it, but birds can never be deceived it by crooked lines that are actually parallel. It would make flying too dangerous. 

4363. But Remo was not a bird, and so he did not have the benefit of all that knowledge that comes from so many years of looking at the earth from above. Birds have a bird like view, which can be likened the Gods’ perspective.

Dog Astronomy, parts 4356 - 4359

 4356. Don’t tell me over again that we are always doomed to sift through multiple and various perceptions in the search of some average, and so be content with some approximation of events.

 

 4357. It is a worldview only trust fund babies can afford to entertain.

 4358. The Rooster knows, just as I know, that reality exists, and if you show it any disrespect you can expect it to assert itself in an aggressive and angry way.

4359. Reality exists because it is based on the unitary persistence of physical phenomena arranging its elements throughout time and space. Reality exists, only perception, sometimes distorted and disrupted by the limitations of our senses, creates confusion.

Dog Astronomy, parts 4352 - 4355

 4352. It was early evening and the sun was just going down, and so Remo thought to himself that he would point out how the sun sets in the middle of the wheat field, because it was the wheat field time of year right then.

 4353. He ran up to the highest point in the area, where there was a view of the surrounding countryside. Otis and the Rooster went with him, hoping despite their doubts, for some clarification of the strange things Remo had been saying. 

 4354. What happened next may be difficult for you to believe, but I assure you that it is exactly as it happened, and I have it on the best authority, that being the Rooster himself. The Rooster being a bird, is incapable of inventing anything, and always reports the truth, and nothing but the truth. 

4355. Don’t start telling me that there is no such thing as truth, and that each person has their own perceptions of events and therefore their own private reality, I don't want to hear it.