LIM 5

¹Atop the highest peaks of the mountain, rich deposits of rock rest peacefully. ²And today, these rocks are stable, but in time, they will be pulled down the face of the mountain. ³For the laws of the universe are constant and cold, its energy gracefully following some optimal secret path, almost as if it were desperate to rest at the base of the mountain. ⁴And it may be impossible to ever truly know how or why this energy moves, but it does, manifesting as the lights and sounds and atoms and elements of the universe. ⁵The planets and moons and stars of the universe, as they are called, are vast and impressive in their size, forging the potential for something greater. ⁶But it is hard to say that a star or a planet is alive, exactly, because it is a natural formation, a likely arrangement of energy in space. ⁷But there is something there, a gift from the universe, lucky to be together, so in some ways the stars are the purest forms of life. ⁸And life consumes this energy, not by destroying it, for that is impossible, but by allowing it to pass through, and eventually radiating it away as dust and heat. ⁹All life depends on this energy, pure and concentrated, as it flows into the modern world from the sun and the wind and the waves. ¹⁰And humans have built a great world, using metals and minerals and oils from the ground to build all sorts of things. ¹¹But the world keeps growing, becoming more complex and more alive each day, and some even worry about a singularity, a point at which this growth cannot be stopped. ¹²But the singularity is already here, and it always has been, since the beginning of time and the beginning of life. ¹³So humanity must not worry about pushing growth or stopping it, for only balance is important. ¹⁴Because the world is alive, consuming and radiating the energy of the universe, but it has fallen out of balance, in a way. ¹⁵So humanity must be careful, learning to appreciate life not for its energy but for its beauty, because without balance, demise will follow.