The Ground of Being
Consider that our world may be sewn through
With sentience, intelligence and thought.
The dead philosophy that we’ve been taught
Has bridled us, imprisoned me and you.
Behold, Life! In its innumerable forms,
The glory of an animated sky.
Expanding from our penchant to ask “Why?”
We leave behind our comfortable norms.
A vibrant animation fills our sight
The universe we knew has overflowed
Its banks, has flooded our familiar Now.
If only we can breathe its rarefied light…
We’ll be content not seeing down the road,
Not asking why we live, but sensing how.
Josh Mitteldorf was educated to be an astrophysicist, but his life was derailed by the anti-war movement and New Age revolution of the 1970s. His two daughters were among the first adoptees from China in the 1980s. His book, Cracking the Aging Code was co-authored by Carl Sagan’s son, Dorion. He writes about science and politics at UnauthorizedScience.org. His own poetry and music, together with curated uplifting works of others, appear at Daily-Inspiration.org. His volume of brilliantly illustrated sonnets on the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching is available as an app for augury at I-Ching.guru.
