January 25, 2009 — by Lyno Sullivan
112C The Human Songbirds’ Story
While still in the womb the baby listens to the song of its mothers body. From birth the human songbird listens to the song of its parents and other humans in its midst. From infancy the human songbird listens to the song of its family and seeks to imitate that song. When the human ceases singing its song it is preparing to die.
The following letter is kind of a birthday card to my father. This blog continues the story “The words ‘honor thy father’ are important to me”
http://digg.com/people/The_words_honor_thy_father_are_important_to_me
http://peaceengine.com/blog/2008/12/06/111c-oliver-r-sullivan/
My dearest father,
Today would have been your ninety-third birthday. I miss you so very much. You were and remain an inspiration to me. It broke my heart to watch your decline of old age. I so admired your tenacity as you continued to exercise by walking even after you had your stroke. You said that exercise kept the body alive.
You said that reading and talking were essential to life. You likened the human to a songbird and said that “when the human stops singing its song it is preparing to die.” You explained it thusly.
Even while still in the womb the human listens to the song of its mothers body. From the moment of birth the human songbird listens to the song of its parents and other humans in its midst. From infancy the human songbird listens to the song of its family and seeks to imitate that song.
Human song imitation is a primal urge, begun upon birth with its first wail and unto death with its final whimper.
I once asked you to speak the sentence that best summarized the fundamental nature of human existence. You told the story of the journey of the human songbird. You taught me that the human song was of the fundamental essence of human life. I have remembered your lessons and have begun to tell your story upon the Internet, at my blog, and I have begun to promote your story at various social networking websites.
The lessons you taught me are now being taught by me through my writings. I will soon share your journals but mostly I will share with humans the lessons you taught, and that I observed, of how to live a long life of good health and enjoy an old age of dignity, in your case these together comprising a life of honor and service to humanity.
You remain the most extraordinary man I have ever known. I am so grateful that I was blessed by fate to have been your son. It is a great joy of my life to be able to sing the human song lyrics you taught me concerning mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and philosophy–the lessons you taught me concerning the application of science and technology to human life.
The story concerning the human songbird’s drive to mimicry and self-expression is a fundamental lesson of human life. It best sums up the fundamental nature of human existence.
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I had several conversations with Oliver in the short time that I knew him and found him to be sharp compassionate and enjoyable to spend time with. Thank you for this narrative as it increases my interest in experience with wisdom. I will continue to read your entries.
Thanks so much for creating and sharing these videos, theyre fantastic.