One of the things that I like most about this new place is the
unobstructed view of the night sky. Before, the trees crowded over the
lawn, the drive, and the house so that when you stepped outside, hardly
anything was visible.
I can't help but notice how the stars seem to form deliberate patterns
in the sky, almost like a picture book, or hieroglyphics, or a code of
some sort. Many shapes seem to be pointing at something, like
directional signals, but what they are pointing to is just beyond our
view. If you look away, your peripheral vision picks up even fainter
signs and the stars just out of your central vision are brighter than
when looked at directly. It is a beautiful view, best seen around 4
A.M. when the moon is furthest and the sky is dark. If it is possible,
they seem to have drawn closer than when I was a boy.
Some may say that it is just gravitational pull that aligns the stars
in such a unique and precise display, others may look and say it's just
random.Yes, I've seen the movie, "a beautiful mind" and it's not like
that. Astrologers and seamen see them for what use they may serve.
Ancient peoples may have seen them as gods. There seems to be something
mathematical, and logical, about the placement of the stars, but the
scale is so grand, that we cannot comprehend.
Whatever is the answer to this mystery, I can't help but believe that
there is reason in this picturesque scenery, that it has been put
there for a purpose, that it is writing in the sky. Whatever the
motive, it is deliberate and well placed, and can be enjoyed by
skeptics, and scholars, and laymen alike.
For centuries, man has looked to the sky for answers, but has not been
able to come to any significant judgment, only hypotheses, and theory,
all vague, and inconclusive. I believe it is more simple, that is why
it escapes us, it's splendor overwhelms our senses and we try too hard
to unbelieve. When my
grandchild is here, we enjoy pointing out the moon, and the brightest
stars, and they bring wonder to us both, as she seems to accept them
more easily as they are, without prolonged explanation.
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our little one sometimes insists that the brighter planets and stars are actually airplanes.
we should take lessons from the little ones, we would probably be better informed! :o)
ok by me
i've always loved the starts. benjamin and i used to pick out the constellations. now peter has a fancy telescope he can see stuff we can't see with the naked eye.
i think daddy loved them too. at least he loved that song abt it took a miracle to hang the stars in place.
That reminds me... Me and Michael have to remember to go to this lecture next Wednesday:
-- Please join us for a free evening lecture at NASA entitled, "Life Out There: What Happens If We Find It?"
Sounds like a cool lecture. Wonder what they are going to propose we do? You let us know. :)
i love watching the stars too i often go away to the river and stay on a houseboat from there the milky way is so clear and close you think you could almost reach up and grab it it is a real site to see and the southern cross looks just as close i love being there and walking around at night looking up at the milky way and southern cross
i see hope by these visions that there is a greater and grander life promised us than the one we are now enjoying.
I like stars, too. They twinkle. They are shiny. They are so high. ;o)
Bryon I love those evening stars as well as the commencement of the morning...
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