The ultimate Truth of life
Sep. 18th, 2006 05:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ashetlandponyThe near stars and our galaxy were so bright in the sky tonight thanks to the crystal clear atmosphere and late-rising crescent moon. It was a glorious sight!
But every time I see the night sky like this, I think, what a shame it is that we can't see our galactic core from Earth. All that intervening cosmic dust forever obscuring our view of what surely must be a truly astounding celestial vision.
If our ancestors could have seen our galaxy in its full luminosity, we never would have bothered worshipping the sun, or likely any single deity, because we could look upward and see with our own eyes – throughout the day and the night – that it was the galaxy and the universe beyond that which are the greatest and most eternal of all powers.
And when I'm in this starstruck state, I think of The Ultimate Truth Of Life, which is really quite simply stated.
"There is a world – and a universe beyond the world – and I am a part of it."
That single fleeting spark of consciousness which is You is a preciousness beyond all reckoning. Treasure it. As long as you live – every single day – treasure it...
But every time I see the night sky like this, I think, what a shame it is that we can't see our galactic core from Earth. All that intervening cosmic dust forever obscuring our view of what surely must be a truly astounding celestial vision.
If our ancestors could have seen our galaxy in its full luminosity, we never would have bothered worshipping the sun, or likely any single deity, because we could look upward and see with our own eyes – throughout the day and the night – that it was the galaxy and the universe beyond that which are the greatest and most eternal of all powers.
And when I'm in this starstruck state, I think of The Ultimate Truth Of Life, which is really quite simply stated.
"There is a world – and a universe beyond the world – and I am a part of it."
That single fleeting spark of consciousness which is You is a preciousness beyond all reckoning. Treasure it. As long as you live – every single day – treasure it...
