Greetings Dear Reader,
Consider with me for a moment the man-made art you know
well. Whether it be paintings,
sculptures, music, or books, we may know a great deal about that art form. No one knows everything there is to know
about it. No one completely understands
the motivations and inspirations of all their favorite writers, painters, or
musicians.
My younger Son, Bezel once told me he was astounded at my
vast knowledge of music. I am always
amazed at his knowledge of film and actors.
In all honesty, I feel that even though I know a great deal of music and
carry many tunes around in my head, my knowledge is a very small corner of the
vast sea of melodic entertainment that is available in the world.
When we think about our human knowledge of art, we do not
see that we know very little as often as we should. Rather, we think that we know a great deal
and much of what we call knowledge is actually speculation. Let us then take a very large step back and
consider the universe. We know a great
deal more than we knew even a century ago.
We have increased in our knowledge and understanding of it in the
development of String Theory and Quantum Physics.
The idea that we know enough to ultimately define anything
is absurd. We have only begun to
understand what our cosmos is made of and how it works. A friend of mine explained it this way, and
it scans: Suppose you have a king-size bed covered with a quilt made of
one-inch squares. This represents the
universe. You may know everything there
is to know about the bottom left-hand square.
You may study it all your life.
Then, you look up and see that there are many more squares about which
you know little or nothing.
Michio Kaku, the
world-class physicist has been misquoted as saying that one can prove that God
exists through math. What he has
actually said is that given the beauty and elegance of the cosmos, there must
be an intelligence behind its design. When
we see the beauty and grace of creation, it feeds into the logic that there
must be a creator. We do not say that
any of the other great masterpieces painted, composed, or wrote themselves into
existence. We even name the whole of
creation the “universe” or the one-song.
With the advance of
String Theory, we see that the vibration of the strings is perhaps what
composes that one song. I ask then, Dear
Reader, who is it that strung the instrument and plucks the strings. When I see that vast elegance and hear its
music, I know who I believe has composed it.
Unlike some, however, I see the love and harmony in the song and long
for us to stop causing the disharmony that we create. It is a love song and we need to listen more
closely.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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