We are locked together with life.
Whatever form it takes.
It is intricate and compelling.
We judge it
and exploit it.
But this —
and binary thinking —
never really seems right.
Because everything, always, is full of shades.
And yet I believe there is such a thing as good.
What is good?
I think it is gentleness.
Never harming anyone.
Or anything.
Why? Because until we are as smart as the universe itself,
we cause only problems.
We damage what is perfect.
Sounds simple?
Yet it is the most complex thing of all.
Protecting life and its surroundings.
Safeguarding the living space of every being.
From the smallest insect to human beings.
From forests to fields of moss.
To live quietly.
To listen to the rain as it falls.
I know — a cliché.
Silence feels boring today.
This is the age of constant excitement.
The age of experiences.
Because we have hollowed ourselves out with noise.
The cacophony of too much sound.
The relentless stimulation of too much pleasure.
Fast.
I want to live slowly.
Nature is always perfect.
Because it is the universe itself.
And yet we are destroying it.
Out of vanity, out of greed.
Out of arrogance.
Even a single bacterium
is more complex
than anything we are capable of creating.
And still, we are proud.
Self-important.
While we do not even understand gravity.
Nor the origin of life.
Patience.
Things will improve.
It is only a matter of time.
Just imagine it.
The very first thing that could be called life.
When atoms arranged themselves
in just the right way.
When the first such structure came together.
When it stirred.
When it absorbed energy.
When it reproduced
and embedded within itself the very first code
of what we call a gene today.
A code that later expanded into a spiral.
Every new feature
adds another layer.
Evolving over billions of years.
Until the first single-celled organisms.
Billions of years!
We cannot even begin to grasp
the remarkable,
deeply layered world
we live in.
This is not the garden of gods.
This is the universe itself.
The universe arranging itself,
moving.
It is so striking.
So inspiring.
And it is good to know that there is no god.
No matter what lies are told.
Gods are merely
the embodiment of human arrogance.
The world is far, far
more complex
than anything else.
And we can understand it —
we can even develop it further.
But for that,
we need far more humility
and far more silence.
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