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All matter is energy, and all energy, matter. And we are both, my friend.
When first man gazed up into the Heavens and saw the stars, what did he think? Those twinkling dots of light represented something far away, unattainable, something that became the object of longing and symbolic of the most fervent wishes. As knowledge of astronomy progressed, the stargazer learned that the light he saw was from celestial bodies long dead, reaching Earth long after the start that generated it burned out. Does this, then, mean that wishes, too, are only realized by sacrificing the zeal and wonder that spurred them? The modern world is not without hope, but today’s discovery kills yesterday’s myth, and some find this depressing.
But progress, fortunately, provides new wonder. Matter and energy are never destroyed, and that means everything that now exists was once in a different form. Put another way, the dead stars break down and become other elements — even, eventually, living matter. We are all made of stars.
This is hope for the future, the knowledge that each and every human being may one day rejoin the cosmos as something luminous and beautiful. Will the matter/energy that was once “us” serve to inspire some future species on some distant world? Is that, then, reason enough to keep wishing on stars?
The Celestial Masters began in the Age of Exploration as a Legacy devoted to mapping the Heavens. As the years progressed, however, they realized that the adage “as above, so below” was true in many ways. All of the energy of the stars could be found here on Earth, and gradually, the Legacy’s focus changed to an understanding of how this transition happens.
Attainments
- Celestial Telescope
- Everything is Stardust
- Light Long Dead
