Sunday, 4 March 2012

A creation story

In the beginning there was nothing.
Then there was a big bang.
The particles, being clearly different, formed their own little cliques
They were known later to be stars.
Of course, the densely packed together stars didn't last
The clique got undone, and expanded gradually
Forming red giants from the result of particles attempting escape
Sometimes there were blasts of fire from the stars, naturally
Because some particles got kicked out
These particles lost their fire and became misfits
But there were soon enough of these outcasts to group together into another clique, a planet
The planets found a star and gravitated around it
They gained power, and soon enough some particles got kicked out from the planets
These particles lost their planet-ness and became misfits
But there were soon enough of these outcasts to group together into another clique, a moon
The moons found a planet and gravitated around it
Things were going very well in the universe, until some particles got kicked out of the moon
At that point they had nothing else to be, so they decided to be life
That was the beginning of life, in unicellular organisms
The sun and planet particles, when they got kicked out, also decided to be life
These three different types of particles, through the ages, evolved
The star particles, from unicellular organisms to dragonflies to peregrine falcons to humans
The planet particles, from unicellular organisms to beetles to tigers to humans
The moon particles, from unicellular organisms to minnows to sharks to humans
Of course, there were sub-divisions along the way, following different paths of evolution
The divisions of star, planet and moon soon were outdated, ancient
Humans are made of either star, planet, or moon particles
But ultimately star particles, as the moon came from the planet and the planet came from the star
But ultimately the big bang
But ultimately nothing
Humans all came from nothing
Of course, nothing is all the same thing
A human is made up of many different things, all past lives, past particles
It is impossible to know all of what you have been
How can you remember?
Zoom out to the star, planet, and moon particles and there are the levels of prominence
Those who shine brightly, with a gravitational pull and those who fall, who gravitate around others
Occasionally our own star, the sun, will release some particles in a solar flare
These beings always seem to have evolved from star-dust later than the others
Zoom out to star particles, and we have all came from the same thing
How does it matter when we are all related and share a common ancestor?
Zoom out even more, it began with a bang.
Zoom out even more, it began with nothing.

2 comments:

  1. So, what you're saying is that we started as nothing. How can something come from nothing?

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  2. I don't know, that's what we've been trying to figure out for the longest time

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