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Cosmic Evolution |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Where Cosmic dust clouds danced spinning photo-nebulous pirouettes, the double helix was born... No Master plan required; all complexity (even Life) can self-organize from Chaos. [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (01-07-2008 06:56 PM).] |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
wow...this is a succinct and grand-poetic synopsis of modern Cosmology [and what I would term the (scientific) "Universalist" paradigm!] significant, long-sustained applause for this most fine 'penning!' |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I absoutely love this, wish I had written it. Ida |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
beautiful and beautiful. Tomtoo |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Yea! Yes! that is what I believe. Design only "exists" because we want it to. Order because we just want it to. Chaos is only what we don't understand. And we are surrounded by chaos, not by order. The pitted, blasted cratered faces of Luna and of the Jovian satellites, the innumerable oddly shaped chunks of cosmic slag and comitary fireballs that eternally circle Sol, are silent and explicit testimony to the violent birth of our solar system. It is we, not some divinity, who have created the world in our own image, and perhaps it is we who may end by destroying it. But between the Creation and Destruction, between the Beginning and the End, what fun! Is Diana, the Moon, my princess, really beautiful? How could She just be the chunk of burnt and blasted rock astronomers describe her as? Why does a princess I have never even seen inspire me to write of her beauty? When we see beauty in the diversity of life on Earth, in those we care about and love, in all of Creation, it is only a reflection of the beauty we possess within ourselves. It is true that many still think that the Sun can't shine at Midnite----but of course we know better, and perhaps those who have known the cold and savage beauty of the North. Those who can imagine the cosmic sweep of Time. and those who can imagine the mind paralyzing distances between the stars. Who are we to say which is right, and which is an illusion? The Moody Blues I better stop and eat dinner! Space is big. Douglas Adams Southern Cross |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Yes, Jaime, space is BIG!!! GRIN, what a fun book, Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Thank you  Bruce, for your input! Thanks Ida, and Tomtoo (  ) |
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ctowen Member Elite
since 2001-10-18
Posts 2286Green Mountains of VT |
long and EVERlasting ..... Heavenly!! I see stars still shine brightly ... always were a Guiding Light! Great to see you! Craig |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Middie. So you have read the Hitch hiker? Remember the story of how life got started on Earth? A passing star ship was looking for a place to dump its garbage. They landed on Earth, and just as they were about to leave, somebody sneezed, and that was the beginning of life----fermenting garbage! So many funny stories in there! Like Robert, I think the depressed robot. etc. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I enjoy your view on cosmic evolution. Is there a way to combine science and faith? I have read many different opinions, all highly fascinating ... like this lecture by Stephen Hawking: http://www.hawking.org.uk/lectures/dice.html where he mentions also Einsteins observation: "God does not play dice". love Margherita  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
dreams are often born of chaos beautiful write Kacy |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
success begets success that is all it takes even if it does involve the casting of dice from time to time. enjoyed your small piece, K. |
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Frances The Mute Junior Member
since 2008-01-09
Posts 16CT, USA |
loved this! its got me thinking now |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
OooOooooh....Love this, wow! |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Beautiful Kacy! |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
I really like this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Midnitesun, You've given voice to some of my own thoughts among these lines. Doc |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
This is wonderful and so much on target! It reminded me of a physics research student who (behind a few cold ones) would expound upon a theory he called his own private unified field theory. he called it cosmic climax or the end was coming. He believed that the "big bang" theory endlessly repeats through time and that as it happens all life forms reach an ecstatic point of transformation. Your view is much better. |
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Bobby Jordan Member
since 2007-08-13
Posts 491Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Midnitesun, This is well said. Thank you for the wise words. I like them. Bobby |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thank you for your replies! I was concerned some would 'egg' this one.  |
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kudanesh Member
since 2007-12-01
Posts 135Peterborough,England |
To egg this one would be a crime I loved this write very much. Thank you. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Very wise words indeed! Now we just have to "know" that we can self-organize out of chaos but sadly perhaps not many want to in this world of ours. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Hi, Kacy. Here is a quote from Albert Einstein. "Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought." Well, for me, my thoughts are seldom logical ~ or uniform! lol  I enjoyed your poem as well as the thought-filled responses that it generated!  Loving hug, Linda |
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tonyV Junior Member
since 2008-01-14
Posts 36 |
Honestly, the first verse was alright. However, the second verse was what did it for me. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Welcome, Tony. Hoping that reply meant you found this write ponderful. |
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