The strings are all singing
their glorious songs
of the unfolding universe
and its creation through
the miracle of being.
Moving in space the scattered galaxies
are shifting and matter is forming
into new stars and new combinations
that are flying apart in the expanding horizons
of the infinities of space.
And we are looking and surmising
at all this moving and growing;
we are beholding with awe
the beauty and violence of
the unimaginable cosmic evolution
being seen on the grand screen of space
and viewed with astonishement
from this tiny blue planet
on the outer fringes
of the modest galaxy called
The Milky Way.
But when we look closely
with spiritual eyes
and see this great collision and collusion
of matter and energy,
of space and the entropy of time,
it reminds those of us,
who look for significance,
of the inner thread sewn,
of the core of unity and meaning,
that runs through and supports
the life of all things.
This inner thread,
formed in consciousness,
is not suitable
for scientific inquiry
because it exists
outside the sensory realm
and is the stuff of intuition,
of imagination, of mystery
and of the emerging, searching
troubled soul.
This thread,
so intimately sewn,
binds all things,
all entities, together
and forms the invisible spine
of the lofty collections
of matter in space,
matter held by visible
and invisible forces and
the great cosmic glue
that keeps all things
combined in this
inter-connected whole.
Life is the mysterious evidence of
this inconceivable coming together,
as aware and sentient beings,
and wandering and wondering souls,
consider the universe
and see mind in its great whole.
For Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
23/9/2016