Deep Time

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 8/10

Thousands of Millions of Years ago…

A silent singularity

Pregnant

Waiting

(Of course, it cannot “wait”—there is no motion, space, or time)

BANG!

Light and Heat and Expansion

ALL set in motion

Gravity did the rest

Galaxies and Quarks

(I cannot comprehend)

We have a Universe!

1, 2, 3, 4, and 1/2—

Thousands of Millions of Years ago…

It comes together, it spins, blue and green

We have a home!

For the miracle of Life

Amino acids

Single cells

Life in the sea

Arriving on land

The cold blooded rule

A rock falls from the sky

Gives the warm blooded a chance

Living in the trees

Venturing to the ground

Running down prey

To fuel a bigger brain

And finally the—

AWAKENING!

Not only being, not only alive, not only aware

But aware of awareness

Self-consciousness

God-consciousness

Speaking of God

Did you know me way back when?

Or are you so immersed in the Story that I was a surprise even to you?

What are the chances of the exact me coming to be—

When at the bottom of being there are tumbling dice?

Always planned or happy accident

Either way, I’m fine with it

It’s enough to know that the I AM

Knows that I am too

But this matter of deep time

It tells me something about you—

You are

Patient

So patient

All that is holy is patient

Love, Peace, Life

All that is unholy is impatient

sin, war, me

Help me to be holy

By being patient

Like you

With time—

Deep time, future time, all time

On your side