

Someone asked me to write lyrics on this topic, here it is.
In a state of Blissful harmony, everything from the galactic to the atom.
Many levels of meaning that unfold in the course of perception.
If a year were a second, the dinosaurs went extinct 2 years ago.
If the Earth were indeed a globe. The sun is a 36 yard diameter fire ball.
If a light year were an hours drive, the earth (microscopic) is 5 feet from a marble Sol
If an angstrom were a millimter, a cell would be the size of a building.
Each protein molecule the size of a fist. DNA the thickness of a rope.
Walking along a silicon wafer, or along a microscope slide.
All of this arose to me, Who am I? Where did I come from? Pure Blissful
Consciousness left over, it doesn't admit of space, and even less so time.
Resting in that, it fills my whole Being.
If a year were a second, animal life arose 19 years ago.
If the Earth were indeed a globe. It is 2 miles from the Sun, 30 feet from the moon.
If a light year were an hour's drive, the nearest star (a marble) would be the thickness of Oregon away.
If an angstrom were a millimeter, an atom would be a salt grain, a mosquito 60 miles long.
Each cell the size of a building, each protein molecule the size of a fist, racing and zooming,
doing various tasks. Some run the metabolism factory the mitochondria, some make
other proteins using the Bible Genome, their holy scripture. A whole civilization within the mosquito,
within the spider, within the cat, within the human. Down to the atom, size of a grain
of sand.
For whom did this arise? And what is my real nature? Is there something objective apart?
Are there other people? Is there a universe? Do I really exist? And who am I?
Each of these things arise and disappear in my awareness. All the products of my thinking,
all the perceptions, all the colors. All the experiences, they came and they went.
All the friends. All those I disliked. My various moods, modes, flavors, experiences.
Levels of meaning like a cacoon within me, they unfold and all the tendencies to worry,
dissolve as the deeper meaning unfolds into the butterfly of a deeper awareness.
If when a year is a second, the Big Bang occured 540 years ago. The Universe started.
If when the Earth is indeed a globe, Jupiter fills the space of a living room. Where would I sit?
If when a light year is an hour's drive, I have to travel around the world to reach a Betelgeuse
the size of a house. Is it worth it?
If when an angstrom is a millimeter, a strand of hair is a 10 city blocks thick. Each cell,
protein clearly visible along this huge structure a hair.
So then, you tell me what is real?
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