Thursday, July 29, 2010

Hubble on Earth

In 1996 the most advanced space telescope, Hubble, was pointed in the direction of an empty point in space for ten days. What scientists discovered in this empty space were 3,000 galaxies, each one full of billions of stars. In 2004 the experiment was carried out again. In another empty space were found 10,000 galaxies, in what was to be called the "Ultra Deep Field," the farthest away man has ever seen.
What I wonder would happen if we pointed our inner telescope in the direction of the most insignificant experience in our lives? If we looked at one tiny act at a specific time on one day, one small movement chosen fromm the millions of experiences we have in a lifetime? Maybe we would discover something no less surprising than Hubble's discovery. One tiny experience, when examined with profound inner sight can reveal a whole universe in which the essence of life, the essence of our lives, was clearly imprinted on it.

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