CHAPTER 1

In the Beginning

"In the beginning, God created heaven and earth" has beena paradigm that has lasted through the centuries. It has been thefoundation of Jewish and Christian faiths since writings of theBible were scribed in their original text. But accepting that thereis a beginning must also imply that there is an ending. An alphaand an omega, if you will. But an ending to what? To time. To life.To the earth. To all these.

Let me pose for a moment that there is no end to any ofthese events. Let me instead say that there is no limit to time,life, or the end of the earth. Would you even think that this is apossibility? I would like to tell you that, in my world, it is not. Iview all things as transitional. There is no beginning, and there isno end. It's what's in between that is the interesting part. This iswhere we as human beings exist, and of course, that's where ourlives come into the scheme of things.

In figure 1, I introduce life as we know it, as consisting oftwo basic concepts—a physical realm and a spiritual realm.Above these concepts are the biblical references of the alphaand omega or Satan and God. Notice that I have indicated thatthe pursuit of the physical realm tends toward degradation whilethe pursuit of the spiritual realm tends toward enlightenment. Inthe middle is us, a synergy of the realms.

As you read further into this book, I will shed additional lightas to the meaning of it all.

So what is a beginning? Let's begin with the birth of a childas an appropriate starting point or beginning. Firstly, is this abeginning at all? I think most of us would say yes. I would sayno. Why? Because the birth of a child is a culmination of eventsthat took place far ahead of the birth event in the delivery room.Before there was a child, there was a mother and a father, whowould produce an egg and fertilize that egg, respectively. Inorder for them to perform that conception, they both would haveto receive the proper nutrients from the earth to enable theirbodies to produce healthy eggs and sperm. The nutrients wouldbe drawn from the soil, which, in reality, is the decomposition oforganic and inorganic material, the origin of the organic materialbeing waste products from living and decomposing plants andanimals.

I know this is pretty basic biology, but my emphasis is on thefact that many events must take place prior to an event, whichwe would term a beginning. Consider the death of an adult as anending. I would say that the life and death of any living organismis only a transition from the soil, back to the soil. Ashes to ashesand dust to dust, if you will. I'm sure by this time many of you areasking, "What about the soul?" I will only tell you at this time thatour souls are no exception to the transitional state of existence.They also have no beginning or ending.

Let me shift the discussion on beginnings and endings to amore abstract format, that of mathematics. In mathematics, wemake many assumptions or postulates, which lead us to a logicalconclusion. When studying numbers and fractions of numbers,we found that for every numerical value, there was alwaysanother numerical value either larger or smaller. In fact, thenumbers get so large or so small we assume they go on forever,and of course, they do. In advanced mathematics, equationstake on properties known as either convergence or divergence. Itsimply means that the resultant value either becomes extremelylarge or extremely small. Mathematicians then postulate thata divergent equation will eventually result in an infinitely largesolution or infinity, and a convergent equation will eventuallyresult in an infinitely small solution or zero.

So what does this have to do with anything? Simple.Mathematics assumes infinite values or infinity as a solution toexplaining the physical world. There is no beginning or endingto numerical values. The physical and spiritual worlds have noboundaries, no stops and starts, no beginnings or endings. Theones that we imagine as beginnings are only transitions fromanother form. The good news is that all events in the universetransition in cycles. It is the cycles in our lives that I believe giveus a sense of stability.

So here is my first set of rules for the day:

1. There is no such thing as a beginning or ending.

2. All things are in transition.

3. All transitions are cyclical.

You may ask the question, "If the universe is infinite, how canwe exist on a finite planet?" Mathematics once again providesthe solution. A line on a two-dimensional plane is consideredto have an infinite number of points along that line. Each point,or series of points, has a specific value or set of values. Thepoints can be grouped and segmented and are unique amongthemselves even though they exist on an infinite line. Earth,the sun, the solar system, and the Milky Way all exist within aninfinite universe. All can be defined as a point or set of points inspace. All are unique. We on Earth are finite portions of matter inan infinite sea of matter.

CHAPTER 2

Mother Earth

Sir Isaac Newton was a brilliant man. Why? Becausehe formulated three fundamental rules of physics, one ofwhich stated, "Matter can neither be created nor...