Tom
An Old Friend
GORNA of SOL
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About a billion or so years ago an alien civilization placed geostationary recorders around Sol, just beyond its bow shock, to monitor changes in life force.
This alien race measures life within a star's influence which is referred to as Gorna. Gorna is monitored to determine if a star is worthy of contact. When a star's gorna exceeds its influence it is considered sentient.
Each body within the star's influence has different amounts of gorna depending on each body's life force. There are large and small bodies with gorna that add to the star's total gorna.
The monitor (actually there are millions of monitors all recording different aspects at the same time and collecting the data into a pool for transmission once a star reaches Gorna) has identified all sources of gorna within the system. While most of the bodies within the system are inert, there are a few exceptions as noted.
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The second planet in the system has gorna which is locked to its gravity.
The third planet in the system warrants special consideration and has its own assessment.
The fourth planet in the system had planetary level gorna but has diminished.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eight planets have gravity locked gorna and the various moons depict various levels of gorna. All are locked to gravity.
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The third planet (Earth) has promising gorna for the star (Sol). Recently, its gorna has begun to exceed planetary gravity. There are multiple filaments approaching Sol's bow shock. When gorna exceeds bow shock the accumulated data will be transmitted to source so contact can be initiated.
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The aliens do not consider individual life forms. They see stars as life forms. Within the star are different levels of life which register precisely as different degrees of gorna {life force} (like hues of light).
Earth appears as a radiantly glowing ball of light irridesing and shimmering with color. It has sparks jumping off it recently and some of those life sparks are nearing the bow shock.
Its history, when played back fast forward looks like a ball of light that grows brighter, dims, grows brighter again and is now growing larger and sparking.
What they are witnessing is the life on this planet rising, mass extinctions, rising again and recently as life breaks the gravitational confines of the planet, sparking.
As we start to inhabit and colonize space, this planet's life force expands. When we exceed the Sun's bow shock (influence) they will mark it as the Sun sparking life (Gorna) into the interstellar space. When that happens, they initiate contact with the star and seek out the intelligent gorna that made it happen.
It is the star that they recognize as life. The planets, plants and animals within the star are merely part of the whole Gorna. If they encounter a Voyager craft in interstellar space they won't see it as a machine or something built by humans. They will see it as a component of Sol's Gorna. They will trace its source and locate Earth and they will see Earth as a component of Sol's Gorna. They may investigate closer still and find humans but we will merely be a component of the gorna of Earth, which is a component of Gorna of Sol.
Far off in the distant future, when we expand to other habitable parts of the galaxy we will be recognized as Humans, gorna of Earth, gorna of Sol Gorna. We won't be Earthlings, we will be Solarians.
Solarian = Gorna of Sol
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