[analog]

Allen,

Please take this constructively, as that is how it's intended, because I think it might help you on your journey.

I, too, used to view life formations as something spectacular, but I don't feel it got me very far in my quest to truly understand. I was trying to make the sun go around the Earth again. For some reason we must feel that we are at the center of not only our universe, but all of creation. I don't feel that the universe was created to sustain life, I feel that life is an effect to help sustain an eternal universe. Our bodies and our interactions are merely part of the mechanism, and I don't feel that a true understanding of our universal system will be obtained until we can allow for ourselves to become an equally important part of the system, not just the reason for it.

All things within an eternal framework are equally important and work to maintain it as a whole. If any one was more important than the other, would it not be finite?

Now that I've found my place in the world, and realise it's not at the center, I can enjoy a much better understanding of a planet going around a sun.