New Beginnings
“Imagine the sun to be the nucleus of an atom; the planets, electrons; the stuff that nobody understands, muons – space, quark – the sun’s nuclear fusion. The entire solar system, a single atom belonging to a larger organism, which itself is living in its own solar system and is but a miniscule part of that; whilst that solar system is but an atom in another living organism within another solar system,” said the voice.
“You’re not a prophet, are you?” I asked.
“No.”
“Scientist?”
“No. God. Are you onboard?”
I nodded, “yes.”
“Well, you should write it all down then,” she said.
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