Soul

Albert Einstein said that energy never ceases to exist, it simply changes form.

He believed that there must be a God, as no science, could truly begin to explain the order of the universe. Presupposing Einstein is correct, then I might break his hypothesis in to a mathematical equation. Could it start with a principle known as PHI (pronounced; fee)? 1.618. Simplistic, and yet so exacting. Coincidence, or evidence of a higher power?

Considered by many to be the most beautiful number in the universe. A number derived from the Fibonacci sequence. A progression famous not only because the sum of adjacent terms equals the next term, but because the quotients of adjacent terms possesses the astonishing property of approaching the number 1.618. The most astonishing fact of PHI is its role as a fundamental building block in all of nature. Plants, animals, and even human beings all possess dimensional properties that adhere with exactitude to the ratio of PHI to 1. A number whose ubiquity in nature, clearly exceeds coincidence, and as such, many ancients deduced that the number PHI must have been preordained by the Creator of the universe. Thus, early scientists heralded one-point-six-one-eight as the Divine Proportion. Take a simple honeybee community. If you divide the number of female bees by the number of male bees in any beehive in the world, you always get the same number. Spiraled pinecone petals, leaf arrangements on plant stalks, insect segmentation; all display obedience to the Divine Proportion. The human body is literally made of building blocks whose proportional ratios always equal PHI. Measure the distance from the tip of your head to the floor. Then divide that by the distance from your belly button to the floor. PHI. 1.618. The distance from your shoulder to your fingertips, and then divide it by the distance from your elbow to your fingertips. Again, PHI. Hip to floor divided by knee to floor. PHI. Finger joints. Toes. Spinal divisions. We are all a living tribute to this Divine Proportion.

Amongst all of the chaos in this world, there is surely, an underlying order.

I have struggled with my belief(s) in any sort of God and as to whether or not we even have a Soul. That word, used in religion. Something that is under the watchful eye of a deity. A higher being with an evil counterpart. Each entity, vying for my Soul.

This life is so full of cruelty and intolerance at every level. How could any God allow such horrors to exist? The worlds travesty of injustices that I see before me, do not make me a better human being. They only serve to numb me further.

Atoms and molecules, nothing more, nothing less.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on the snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn's rain.

When you awaken in the mornings hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.

If I conclude that Einstein is correct; then all energy is reincarnate. A never-ending circle of life. Life, in one form or another. Perhaps that entity we deem to be our Soul, is in fact the very essence of our being. Our life-force. Our Ki. That which is the constant. A streaming flow of energy.

Therefore, I fear not death, for I am immortal.

~nrr