But before we get started I have to share this disclaimer: “If you read this you will judge me. You won’t be able to resist. I don’t begrudge you for it, I only ask that before you make your “final” judgment please walk a mile in my shoes; feel the things that I have suffered ; testify to the grandeur of our universe; recognize our unity within that universe.”
Wow, that got deep fast, uh, moving on, what a long, strange trip it has been! I’m sure it will take years to share the long and winding road which has lead me to this point, this research, my magnum opus. Although, I have other projects I hope to bring to fruition, I must honor my wish. I must work on this, and only this.
Sometimes, there is no reason to write something new, when giants who came before already have expressed our deepest dreams. Humbly, submit the words of Henri Matisse:
“May God give me, in my last years the spiritual light to keep me in touch with Him and permit me to end my long and laborious career in the way I've always sought. So that the earthly nourishment of my art may reveal his manifest glory to those who are blind to it.”I confess before everyone the presence of the Almighty in my life and recognize how I am supposed to honor the gifts I have been given. What I didn’t expect when I accepted this covenant, were the demands that came with honoring my gifts. I know, now, that there is only one thing I should be working on.
I had asked God to help my fulfill my dreams and then I would proclaim His message to the world. God said, sure I will help you fulfill your dreams, but you must first testify to the grandeur of Our universe and Our unity with that universe.
Well played God, well played. So to keep this introduction short, I understand what I have been asked to do, and will obey what the Universe has asked me to do. Until I finish this, I give myself completely to finishing this grand challenge:
To explain the mysteries of the universe, and show how we fit into that universe.
