Blink of an Eye

The universe expanded rapidly – growing from the size of a marble to billions of light years across – within the first trillionth of a second after its cataclysmic birth, astrophysicists reported Thursday. The finding, based on data from NASA’s WMAP satellite, supports a 2-decade-old physics theory called “inflation,” which describes how the cosmos grew over 13.7 billion years from a subatomic flicker into a vast expanse of stars and galaxies. ~Dan Vergano, “Big Bang Unfolded in the Blink of an Eye,” usatoday.com 3/16/06

A trillionth of a second and look at us 13.7 billion years later. We're all whirling around in our universe together! Think we’ve not all been on the same journey! Think we’re not all headed into the future together! I’d say the evolving cosmic creation is who we are. Creation never ends. I’m a “creationist,” out of this understanding, and will not give the word over to someone who speaks literally of seven days and 6,000 years – or even 200,000 years. ~jpc

The big picture showers us with awe. Namaste.

click for larger image from usatoday.com image: NASA/WMAP Science Team for a timeline of the expansion of the universe