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WindWalker11
Junior Member

since 2008-12-24

Posts 41

0 posted 2009-01-19 09:13 PM

What is this universe?
We know it’s a place full of stuff,
but what kind of stuff?
We heard about the Creators,
those ancient ones, or Ancient One
who made this universe
from nothing, it is said. But really?
What kind of “nothing” would that be?

As below, so above, I’ve been told
and here’s a place just stuffed with stuff,
all kinds of stuff –– marvellous stuff, smelly stuff,
scary stuff, twisted stuff, recyclable stuff
and stuff that just burns or evaporates
or gets stuffed in black holes…
to re-appear somewhere else as different stuff:
yes, stuff, lots of stuff made of stuff.
But how did all that stuff really get here?

Pretty simple, says my friend:
there’s a place (or places if you will)
out there, way beyond this universe ––
full of people -- yeah, people, he says,
who like us, just love stuff.
So they make it, have it made, buy it;
they play with it, use it, consume it
and when they’re done with it
they dump it –– of course, what else?

And where does all that garbage go,
that stuff they no longer need or want?
To their garbage dump, of course, where else?

Just like on Earth, only more impressive
(from a human perspective, that is)
than our garbage dumps, is theirs’
and just because we grew out of it,
(let’s just say we’re a kind of bacteria)
we think it’s a wonderful thing,
that garbage dump of the “creators”
‘Cause it’s our home after all --
so we give it a superlative name:
Universe! Of course –– what else?
And speaking of black holes, he adds,
they’re just their equivalent of “Glad” garbage bags:
you see, when hot stuff hits the bottom
it melts open and everything sloshes out...

You need to be a bit more observant.
He said laughing and shaking his head
not as if he’d told me a universal joke
but as if I was a bit slow in “getting it”.

Now it’s my turn to laugh --
the amazing simplicity of it all!

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2009-01-19 09:49 PM

Yo WindWalker11,

Don't fret about it. The Universe takes care of its own business.

It's a very big place.

Bobby

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2009-01-20 06:11 PM

quote:
from Bobby's reply:

The Universe takes care of its own business

Now that's some truth, Bobby!

Of course, it's good to pose questions, it's good to deepen our knowledge and it is also fascinating and mind-boggling when we consider the immensity of Universe ... or if you want Multiverse.

Rather than in laughter, I stand in amazement.

Dear Windwalker, one day we shall know! There are many answers still to be found and many dimensions to explore.

Love,
Margherita

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2009-01-20 10:00 PM

Maybe the secrets of the universe are simple and logical and we just can't see it...yet.
Ida

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