The Universe, Reality, and You!

Greetings Earthlings.  Do not get excited by the title, you do not have to  know
any  Physics,  or  Astronomy to understand this article! Before we begin I would
highly recommend that anyone interested in the Universe, buy themselves  a  copy
of  "COSMOS"  by  one  of  my  Heroes  "Carl Sagan" who recently merged with the
Universe.  You will not be able to put the book down.  Now to begin.   The  best
way  to  gain a concept of the Universe, as a complete whole Entity or Being, is
to look at yourself first, since you are a copy of the  universe  in  Miniature.
The  ancient  philosophers of Earth referred to these two twins as the MacroCosm
and the MicroCosm.  The microcosm referring to  the  individual  Being  and  the
MacroCosm  referring  to  the  Entire Universe.  I will be using these two terms
repeatedly in all my articles so  remember  them.   That  is  correct  my  young
Earthlings  you are made of Star Stuff! Cooked in the ovens of giant stars, then
blown to the four winds by the Supernova  Explosions of  stars  in  their  death
through.    Only  to  reform  and accumulate as a cloud of gas or dust, or a new
galaxy or solar system somewhere else in the universe.  All  these  things  were
going on for Billions of years before Earth and our solar system even existed!

Before we get to the facts, let's use our Imaginations to gain a New Perspective
from which to gaze at ourselves and the Universe.   Settle  back  in  your  easy
chair  as  we  prepare to take an Imaginary trip deep inside the Human Body.  In
order to gain our New Perspective we need to create an average  human  being  to
use  as the subject for our Imaginary journey.  We will name our imaginary Human
subject "THOMAS".  Now we enter our specially  designed  Space  Craft  with  the
ability  to  shrink itself down to microscopic size!!! When everyone is strapped
in we will begin our journey deep into the body of THOMAS our subject.

Everyone hold on here we go!  Wow  we  have  shrunk  down  to  the  size  of  an
individual  Blood Cell!!! A large number of us could easily fit on the head of a
pin.  Our Pilot fires up the Hyper Drive and heads our ship for  the  Right  Big
Toe of our subject THOMAS.  The Big Toe is so huge it fills our view screen just
like the Universe fills the night sky with its majesty.  Flying at warp speed we
finally reach a point 150 feet above the surface of the Right Big Toe of THOMAS.
Wow, there are huge holes  in  the  surface  one  of  the  Earthling  passengers
remarks.    Those  are  just  pores in the skin that we sweat through our Vulcan
Guide replies.  They seem as big as the Grand Canyon because we are so Tiny now.
Take  us  in  he orders the Pilot, slow and easy.  Slowly we fly down inside the
pore and deeper into the body of THOMAS.

Finally we arrive at the wall of one of the body's smallest blood vessels called
a  Capillary  Artery.    The  Capillary  Blood  Vessels  are where the veins and
arteries meet.  Our Pilot nudges the ship slowly ahead until  we  penetrate  the
wall  and  are  inside  the  Blood Stream.  We look around and see all the blood
cells hard at work doing the things hard working cells do to make a living.   We
see  two  cells  standing around talking to each other.  The pilot activates our
sound sensors so we can listen in on their conversation.  We will call the  cell
on the left "Cell A" and the cell on the right "Cell B" for identification.

Cell  A  says  to  Cell  B:  "Do you believe in the Great "THOMAS" master of the
Universe in which we live?"

Cell B replies: "No I do not believe in the great THOMAS.  I cannot see, hear or
feel  any  great THOMAS anywhere in the universe.  I see only the Sun by day and
the Stars by night.  I hear only my children's cries and the joys of  every  day
life.  There is no great THOMAS I tell you."

With a Twinkle in his eye Cell A Says: "Can a drop of water know the Ocean?  Can
a grain of sand know the beach?  Can a single Star know the Universe?  Does this
prevent their existence in space and time?  I think not my friend."

Now  about  this  moment in time, back in reality, THOMAS our subject gets up to
get himself a beer from the fridge.  On the way there he stumps  his  Right  Big
Toe  on a chair leg, utterly destroying the entire universe known by Cell B in a
few seconds!!!! However the rest of the Universe is still intact as THOMAS opens
his beer cursing about his badly bruised Right Big Toe and makes his way back to
the TV.

The "point" of all the above is that from the "Cell B"  point  of  view  THOMAS,
(our Imaginary Human Subject), did not exist.  However in REALITY we know THOMAS
existed on a Plane far beyond the capability of Cell B to understand.  This  new
prospective  you  have  gained  by  looking  at  the  VERY  Small within you, in
comparison to yourself will serve you well young Earthlings.  This new knowledge
will aid you on your quest for the very LARGE.

That  concludes Part One of our journey toward understanding the Universe around
us.  Watch for Part Two "Planet Earth where are you" coming to an Internet  near
you soon!!

I  leave  you with this Vulcan joke: An Earthling walks into a Bar and sits down
by a wise old Vulcan.  The Earthling says: "There is  so  much  violence  on  my
planet! There are just too many guns around."

The  Wise  old Vulcan looks at the Earthling and says: "Guns could be three feet
deep on the sidewalks of Planet Vulcan and no one would be  getting  shot,  only
blisters from sweeping up all the guns."

May the Force be with you my Earthling Friends.  Live Long and Prosper!   May HE
whom the winds fear Light your path and Guide your steps as  you journey through
this life.

			 Written by: The Galactic Sage