Cosmic Dance of Creation

Floating in cosmic space, in a direction (relative to a viewer from earth) somewhere near the southern horn of the constellation of Taurus (and incidentally not too far from Cancer), Messier 1, or M1, (also known as the Crab Nebula) is said to be the remnant of a thousand-year-old supernova explosion.

A supernova is one highly explosive way for stars that can no longer support their own mass to end their journey, turning them into mesmerizing bright gas formations, such as the Crab Nebula.

Thus the universe goes on, forming and erasing galaxies, stars and planets with whatever quirky lifeforms they may carry.

The dance of creation at such a cosmic scale is both highly devastating and fascinating.

Isn't it phenomenal that, when put in perspective, we, homosapien sapien, (existing on a sort of subatomic speck that is spinning along the outer rim of a beautiful whirling galaxy, set in an infinitely vast soup of galaxies and other unknown things), try to believe that we are the bee's knees, the pinnacle and center of it all?

Talk about an inflated sense of 'ego'.

Of course not everyone feels that way, all the time.

Of course life makes sure to show most of us, individually, our place; especially when ignorance and inflated senses of 'ego' are holding the reins of global political and economical power.

Of course, a lot of us have been beat to submission, to chronic apathy, and emotionally pacifying addictive consumerism, while living with the 'fear of losing it all' breathing on the backs of our necks.

And of course lots of us are just trying to get by, burying our senses and minds under layers and layers of coping mechanisms, and definitely unsure of where we're heading.

Now how consequential is it all when we meet a nebula in space?

Reminder to self: Alive, live. Live fully. Death is coming no matter what. If good fortune is smiling upon you, if you're not caught in the madness of war, or choked by real poverty, or broken by the sadistic violence of others, then rejoice, celebrate.

Follow your dreams to your demise. Go with a celebratory bang.

Speak your truth. Be your truth. Don't hold back.

You are spirit. You are conscious spirit experiencing life as you.

Love, love, love.

We are One.