Hi wickBut boundaries are everywhere, Graham. Boundaries are where we begin to make sense of all things.
It is no wonder that the writers of the Bible describe creation as the initiation of certain boundaries or divisions.
Light is divided from darkness.
Day is divided from night.
Waters above are divided from waters beneath.
Earth is divided from the waters.
Vegetable is divided from mineral.
Animal is divided from vegetable
Divisions are what make creation possible. Without division, the universe is one enormous homogenous mass with no distinction. That's the way nature is. Without the division of light and darkness, there can be no shadow, there is no way to get to any gradient effect in the universe. Without division, there is quite simply nothing.
Should we be so surprised then if there are divisions beyond which we cannot as yet see?
When I look upon the surface of a still pool I see a watery plane. The plane can be penetrated by some creatures to be sure, but that surface, that division, is there none the less. It exists as a boundary that separates the atmosphere above from the watery depths below. Some denizens of those watery depths will never have the pleasure of knowing that there is something wonderful and alluring above them. But should they then simply dismiss the possibility that there might be something above? Should they ignore the boundary simply because they can't fathom at what point the boundary begins or how they might penetrate it, or how thick it is?
Thank heaven they did not. Had they not reached past the surface, no organism would have ever grown legs to walk past the boundary. Evolution would have ground to a halt.
Why should we humans be any different than the fishes? There is a boundary, Graham, that lies past the place that we can see, a surface we have not as yet penetrated. Shall we not strive to "grow the legs" that will take us into that new place. Space is not the final frontier. We can still go "higher".
At least that is my humble thought.
Best Regards! And thanks for keeping me company.
Wick
I hear you.
"We frame a picture to put it on the wall and in our vanity thus we enjoy."
sage
kind regards graham


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