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"Spirit
and Stardust"
by U.S. Representative
Dennis
J. Kucinich
Praxis Peace Institute Conference
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sunday, June
9, 2002
As one studies the images of the Eagle
Nebula, brought back by the Hubble
Telescope from that place in deep space where stars are born, one can
imagine the interplay of cosmic forces across space and time, of matter
and spirit dancing to the music of the spheres, atop an infinite sea of
numbers.
Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to
return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the
starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light
magic of the innermost life of our self. The energy of the stars becomes
us. We become the energy of the stars. Stardust and spirit unite and we
begin: One with the universe. Whole and holy. From one source, endless
creative energy, bursting forth, kinetic, elemental. We, the earth, air, water and fire-source of nearly fifteen billion years of cosmic spiraling.
We begin as a perfect union of matter and spirit. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from sky and earth. In our outstretched hands we can feel
the energy of the universe. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from
water, which nourishes and sanctifies life. We receive the blessings of
the Eternal from the primal fire, the pulsating heart of creation. We
experience the wonder of life multidimensional and transcendent. We extend
our hands upwards and we are showered with abundance. We ask and we
receive. A universe of plenty flows to us, through us. It is in us. We
become filled with endless possibilities.
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