Three Macrocosms
The
universe is one thing
made
up of many things,
some
parts of which
are
alive
and
some parts of which
have
no need
to
obey that laws
space
and time.
Our
science tells us
that
our bodies are home
to
many billions of microbes
that
contribute to our well being.
Likewise,
if we look inside the cells
that
make up our bodies,
the
mitochondria within
are
said to have as much
in
common with bacteria
in
the world around us
as
with our own bodies.
A
human is one entity
made
of many entities,
and
some parts of our spirits
do
not need to obey the laws
of
space and time.
Call
each person a living colony
just
as the universe around us
is
made of grand colonies
of
star systems that we call galaxies.
In
all probability, our mother planet
is
herself alive
and
our universe
is
also full of other planets
themselves
alive.
Each
galaxy a giant colony full of life.
The
vastness of the universe
is
reflected in our bodies
when
you look at it from
the
point of view
of
a microbe or a single cell
A
second time
the
vastness of the universe
is
reflected in our imaginations
--each
mind a home
to
its own cosmos of thought
And
a third time the universal spirit
is
reflected in our own souls.
Three
microcosms each reflected
in
a larger macrocosm
Each
microcosm, a macrocosm
from
the point of view of the life inside.
Sliver
sparks of life and spirit connect
us
all to one another
just
as the lives of many green leaves
are
connected
to
the trunk and branches of one great tree.
We
all are born, live, love, strive and die
on
one tiny drop of life
in
a vast, vast ocean alive.
Each
of us a drop of life even smaller.
All
the more a waking miracle when we see
that
we each are organic colonies of life
gifted
with the ability to imagine and discover
the
shapes and forms of the universe
around
us and in us all.
Dewey
Dirks
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