All of It's A Story

All of it's a story: 

and did it actually happen, did the Big Bang really occur exactly as scientist say? How about atoms and particles, and even smaller things such as quarks and the vibrations of infinitesimally tiny strings that bring the entire universe into existence - do they exist? Or is it all just a story told of creation, another myth only with a scientific understanding and credentials? I'm not a science denier, not even a little, I believe in the proven facts presented by scientist through the ages, adding on to theories with growing information, learning more and having their views altered through this process. Yet ultimately, all of it's a story, mainly true, yes, but a story just the same. 

cosmologist Carl Sagan wisely stated that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and to say that the biggest ideas in science are simply stories is indeed a bold assertion and I make it without a shred of evidence to back my claim. I'm not a scientist, and I have nothing to prove, offering no theories to counter what science says is true. I believe what credible scientist say and it would be ridiculous for me to argue counter to their claims from my limited point of view. 

still, all of it's a story. 

by this I mean that what's discovered, labeled, charted and presented as scientific facts is simply what's occurring, it's life, fascinatingly shown, but only a glimpse of an infinitely larger reality that's yet to be known. A molecule isn't a thing, it's not a separate entity existing apart from atoms, which in turn consist of particles, and further to the very basic vibrations of creation. We know all of this, and even more, an entire universe mapped out with incredible detail and information. But what we see is parts, items, and we give them names, describe their actions and interactions, assigning them qualities though our language - stories in other words. We tell their stories. 

without these words, with no labels, no stories told, everything happens on it's own, seamlessly, spontaneously, reality simply...is. There's really no such thing as an atom, it's a gathering of other aspects of reality, information given from particles and vibrations and then continued on through molecules and cells. There's no real language to adequately describe this and the best we do is stories and this serves us almost impossibly well, our daily lives so incredibly enriched by what they tell. 

but it's all a story just the same. 

reality itself is seamless, whole, a mystery that's forever told in parts. But it's always expressed, lived, through the simplicity of being, it's what occurring right now, vibrant, without need of any story. It's what we are, seamless, whole, a mystery too. 

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Peace, Eric