Whispers in the Air

This book contains a few stories that are fictional narratives and discussions that are about pressing real life problems. It was real when Galileo Galilei was grievously punished for telling the truth: the earth is round not flat. A lot goes on in our universe. This is evidenced that many nations on earth have in knowing what is going on there. This curiosity has motivated their development of an International Space Station where they have permanently left astronauts to monitor the planets and far away stars. Between the astronauts and pilots on earth, they have observed unidentified flying objects. These UFOs are mysterious and cannot be explained by any traditional scientific ways. The observers suspect the presence of other beings with higher intelligence residing somewhere. The union of planets must know where the beings are hiding, and it makes sense to eavesdrop on conversations between them to extract the truth. So, we listened and listened and listened to the planets and the moon, and we heard them speak!Religion is based on the fear of the supernatural God. As we battle through life's priorities, we run into serious, sometimes difficult, and dangerous problems we assess ourselves incapable of solving. It is at this point that we call on the supernatural to help having seen, felt, and observed the fearful unexplainable manifestations of the deity's power. Peoples in different parts of the world have different experiences that determine how they view and worship the deity that is important to them. Because of each unique experience of the deity, conversion into a new religion for many is never complete. A few paraphernalia of the old religion linger in the mind of the convert.COVID-19 has visited us and seems capable of forcing itself on us. It has ravaged our health, our economy, and our self-esteem, and has changed much of social interaction. It is real, and we discussed all aspects of it as it affects us. What to do to minimize the spread; isolation and contact tracing; available testing methods; realities and controversies about therapeutics and vaccines and coronavirus politics of influence and disregard of science. There was a discussion on the array of difficulties that face going back to work and school.Also discussed were predominant problems of pollution and global warming with their disastrous effects on wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding; global population control and the rise of only children; and the persistent problem of inequality and the killing of Black men and women by the police. On the lighter side of our discussion, we profiled the life and death of John Lewis and SpaceX's recent travel to the International Space Station. The book ended with an appeal to the younger generations to save us from existing bitterness and confusion in our society.

-- Chikezie Abengowe