First Moment
Long ago -- a very long time ago -- something we cannot explain
happened. Astro-physisists and astronomers of today call it "The Big
Bang." This seems to be a fitting description for such an event. But
it seems to me to add more to the description than what simply is --
or rather "was." In essence, we can also think of it as simply the
"First Moment." This First Moment both fascinates and challenges the
mind to explain certain things -- or "mental contructs" -- like time
and distance and "foreverness" and "places" where such an "event" took
place. Did it occur 14 billion years ago? Was there sound? Was
there darkness before the light? What is darkenss? And light? Was
there a "before" before the after? And if there was a before, was
there anything there which eventually came together -- to explain the
"First Moment?" And if there was "nothing" before the First Moment,
then how can one explain "something" coming out of all of that
"existence-level" event? These questions, to say nothing of infinity
itself, fascinate us. At some point, we inevitably fail to understand
or are able to explain the nature of matter, time, space and
ultimately our own finite existance in relation to this miraculous
universe. I sometimes question if this "thing" we speak of as "the
universe" is really only delusion enveloped in a dream, whose
"destiny" is timeless and governed entirely by spiritual "forces"
beyond our wildest imagination or intellect. Yet, (and this I believe
is very affirming) deep in our souls, this profound wisdom about "the
Creation" -- of which we are an infinite and fractional part --
exists. Some are fortunate to know this -- beyond feeling or thought
itself. And when men and women come to know these things, they speak
of Love and God. These things we cannot explain. We simply know.
The First Moment is one of billions of attemps to capture something for
our intellect to hold onto -- to understand, to see. Art, like love
has its own way of communicating what these things are among us. We
know very little if anything about their vast and all-encompassing
spiritual and / or scientific nature. But we can share in the joy of
not knowing all that we do not know -- and know this.
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