How astounding! How immense beyond all imagining! And yet, this reality is as plain today As it has ever been and will always be. It is as plain today as it was To the bushman or aborigine Who looked up at the night sky and thought, “I know my mother and father, And I know their mothers and fathers, But Who was it that gave birth To the first mother and the first father?” And it is as plain today as it is To any farmers son or daughter who, Letting out the hens to gather the eggs, stops and asks, “Wait, but which came first?” How ingenious! How brilliant and beautiful! To make the most profound of all mysteries Accessible to all people In all times and in all places— As apparent to the simple As it is to the astrophysicist! And, in ancient times, It seems like nearly every civilization Was equally fascinated by this same observation: Nothing breeds nothing, and yet here we are. They all saw this enigma we call existence And were so compelled by it that just about all of them Came to ground each of their own religious traditions in this reality, Pointing one another through storytelling to be awestruck By this one urgent and Earth-shaking discovery.
Silence: Part II - Same As It Ever Was
Silence: Part II - Same As It Ever Was
Silence: Part II - Same As It Ever Was
How astounding! How immense beyond all imagining! And yet, this reality is as plain today As it has ever been and will always be. It is as plain today as it was To the bushman or aborigine Who looked up at the night sky and thought, “I know my mother and father, And I know their mothers and fathers, But Who was it that gave birth To the first mother and the first father?” And it is as plain today as it is To any farmers son or daughter who, Letting out the hens to gather the eggs, stops and asks, “Wait, but which came first?” How ingenious! How brilliant and beautiful! To make the most profound of all mysteries Accessible to all people In all times and in all places— As apparent to the simple As it is to the astrophysicist! And, in ancient times, It seems like nearly every civilization Was equally fascinated by this same observation: Nothing breeds nothing, and yet here we are. They all saw this enigma we call existence And were so compelled by it that just about all of them Came to ground each of their own religious traditions in this reality, Pointing one another through storytelling to be awestruck By this one urgent and Earth-shaking discovery.