Wednesday, April 18, 2012

We

Our bodies all are unique but also have deep historical commonality and depth with everything, depth that is so deep that it is hard to grasp with the human mind. Have you ever wondered how your body came to be? Do you think matter just magically appeared in your mother's womb? What about your mother's body? What about the Earth's body? What about our planetary system or our galaxy for that matter?

Before our galaxy even came to be, it was first a huge cloud of particle dust in space. Slowly but surely the particles started to pull and tug on each other, due to their tiny electric charges, and swirled and swirled until they formed and created super hot and energized spheres, which we call stars or suns.

But as the stars were being formed, so were the planets, not only the planets but also the chemical compounds that make up dirt, air, water, fire, plants, animals and rocks on the planet. We, as human beings, are animals and too derive from that cloud of dust, and when we die, the particles break down and our bodies, once again, turn into dust. Every living body is recycled dust, and when the being dies, the body will be recycled once again.

We, and by we I mean everything, not only belong to a cloud of dust, but to the beginning of time, the big bang— when every "thing,"atoms and particles, was compressed into one.

We might all seem different to each other, but we are in fact all the same; we are all recycled dust. I always wonder why humans don't feel the connectedness anymore. It is as if the chemistry is breaking down between individuals. It is okay though because in science when chemicals break down, the ability to bond a new and simpler form of chemistry is possible.