Thanks to Hubble, the guy not the telescope, we know that the universe is expanding. Thanks to Hubble, the telescope and not the guy, we know that its expansion rate is increasing. Seems that expansion is built into the nature of everything.
Two of the possible outcomes that astronomers used to argue: Either the universe will end in a Big Crunch because there is enough matter to exert a gravitational slowing of the expansion, a stopping, and a reversal into a smaller-and-smaller universe that ends by collapsing into a singularity reminiscent of its beginning state. Or: With insufficient matter to slow the expansion, the universe will continue to stretch itself until it rips into nothingness. Right now, the latter argument seems to be favored. We’re in for the Big Rip. Not to worry, however; you won’t explode like an overinflated balloon unless you can live…well, you can’t live that long. But, apparently, every place and every thing in every place will eventually expand.
If the nature of the universe is expansion and you are part of the universe, why shouldn’t you make expansion part of your life? No, I’m not talking about waistlines. Minds, rather. There’s no reason to stop your personal expansion of understanding and wisdom, no reason to stop acquiring knowledge. Expansion isn’t just the universe’s destiny; it’s yours. Don’t deny it by working your way back to some Big Crunch, some return to a less encompassing perspective on life.
True, expanding mentally can be difficult. There’s always a gravity of some kind that works to retard any expansion: Ideologies, feelings, fatigue, hoplessness, lethargy. But expansion is actually built into the nature of the universe. And something else. Evidence suggests that the expansion of the universe has been accelerating. Haven’t you noticed that in yourself? As you have expanded your perspective, you seem to expand it faster toward ever more encompassing perspectives. More means more. Greater perspective breeds ever greater perspectives.
Think of yourself as an expanding universe, and don’t deny yourself your destined expansion.
Two of the possible outcomes that astronomers used to argue: Either the universe will end in a Big Crunch because there is enough matter to exert a gravitational slowing of the expansion, a stopping, and a reversal into a smaller-and-smaller universe that ends by collapsing into a singularity reminiscent of its beginning state. Or: With insufficient matter to slow the expansion, the universe will continue to stretch itself until it rips into nothingness. Right now, the latter argument seems to be favored. We’re in for the Big Rip. Not to worry, however; you won’t explode like an overinflated balloon unless you can live…well, you can’t live that long. But, apparently, every place and every thing in every place will eventually expand.
If the nature of the universe is expansion and you are part of the universe, why shouldn’t you make expansion part of your life? No, I’m not talking about waistlines. Minds, rather. There’s no reason to stop your personal expansion of understanding and wisdom, no reason to stop acquiring knowledge. Expansion isn’t just the universe’s destiny; it’s yours. Don’t deny it by working your way back to some Big Crunch, some return to a less encompassing perspective on life.
True, expanding mentally can be difficult. There’s always a gravity of some kind that works to retard any expansion: Ideologies, feelings, fatigue, hoplessness, lethargy. But expansion is actually built into the nature of the universe. And something else. Evidence suggests that the expansion of the universe has been accelerating. Haven’t you noticed that in yourself? As you have expanded your perspective, you seem to expand it faster toward ever more encompassing perspectives. More means more. Greater perspective breeds ever greater perspectives.
Think of yourself as an expanding universe, and don’t deny yourself your destined expansion.
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