Champagne Supernova In the Sky
Even though I decided a long time ago that I would not live to see my 30th birthday, I just had my 33rd birthday. So biologically, I’ve made it. Spiritually, I can’t say the same. I think my life ended at 29. It’s only now as I wake up to the wreckage that I’ve left in my wake that I have begun to notice. The lyrics from Champagne Supernova put it so well: “But you and I, we live and die. The world’s still spinning round – we don’t know why.”
Carl Sagan liked to talk about how we are all “star stuff.” I can’t imagine anything more amazing than being connected to the universe in such a tangible way. When I look into the night sky I see all that was and all that will ever be. I can’t imagine how radically different life after death could be. I think our brains are just not up to the task. Like the song says, we don’t even know why the world spins. I think some day you will find me caught beneath the landslide, in a champagne supernova in the sky.
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I find this entry to beI find this entry to be interesting because it has some character. I used to have a friend who thought that life ends at forty. When he celebrated his 41st birthday, the last thing he knew is that he was already dead. All his life he lived like a dead person. Until the circumstances took their toll and he died at the age of 47.
Dear Matt Stardust,
WhatDear Matt Stardust,
What happend to the emphasis on the self? It seems that you have arrived at that state of pure indeterminacy again and Nirvana is whispering its sweet nothing in your ear. Good news Matt. All that means is that it’s time to become again. Nothing affirmatively, is also pure being, yet pure being as an immediate indeterminacy is only nothing, yet, again an affirmative nothing collapses into being… and so as you watch the wheel of being and nothing collapse into one another incessantly, their very movement collapses into something, a whole, the togetherness of being form something new. This is you Matt. And even though… [edit negative comment], we still love good ol’ Matt the guy (the self) that we depend on for good questions and research options, and above all fantastic management consulting solutions.
Take Care,
Randy
Aww…shucks big guy.
YouAww…shucks big guy.
You dont look a day over 22. Just thought I’d chime in with my usual nit-picky pixel-pushing-til-its-perfect self.
When you look up, you are actually seeing all that was. I do mean WAS. Them star’s light is quite old. Who can tell if they still exist.
To put it simply:
A star from a very long time ago, shines on you when you go out at nite.
Matt,
I hope you get caughtMatt,
I hope you get caught in a landslide around the age of 99. Keep smiling and I hope you find what you are looking for.