Amidst

Amidst: 

amidst the infinite, 

already.

there is no world apart from us, no place to travel not touched by our arrival right now - it's an intimate belonging, one existence spread far and further than imagined. 

we are made of the finer stuff of stars, light sacrificed and far flung elements for our creation. We are the Big Bang continued even now. From a small, compact source of energy, something singular and then sudden in expansion. What was created was potentiality, the promise of our existence. We are truly of the universe itself, right from its very beginning. 

and still it's all expanding. 

there's more to this than my poor attempt to explain science - this is our reality, right now, made of stars, composed of atoms that have existed since the birth of time. There is no outer space, it's all simply the infinite offered here. This point is our belonging, not a distant heaven, nor promise of Nirvana. We've expanded past those beliefs. 

our faith is in the infinite.

and as we see - that's exactly what we are. 

what could we possible search for that is beyond the scope of our existence? From the Big Bang through the course of time and the furthest reach of its expansion, we've somehow been apart of it all. Atoms breathed with our present breath have touched the lips of the very first human. We share the particles of original creation. How much grander could we possibly be?  

even more is how much we will continue - our star dust given to earth, those ancient particles breathed by generations yet to come. We aren't reborn. We are continued through the form and formlessness of the very fabric of existence. 

even now. 

amidst the infinite, already and always.

~

Peace, Eric