Big Bang Theory.
A widely accepted scientific theory about the age of Universe and its being. I don't want to delve into the nitty-gritty of it. I assume most of us have a common knowledge of this idea and anyways I am not an expert on it by any means. Basically, the bang refers to an explosion from a very hot dense state into the known universe today. It is still expanding. Galaxies are moving farther away from each other - they used to be closer - may be in a cluster near the beginning. Much like human families in the beginning.
What are my roots? Or should I ask what was my route? Or which one matters the most? The root I belong to or the route I took? My grandfather wrote a book. It was a compilation of family tree records of the clan I belong to. He may be back tracked the family tree 200 years - may be 300 - I can't be sure. He couldn't find any specific information past a certain point which directly relates to my caste. I wonder if he would have been able to go past that point - where would it lead him to? Also, at the same time if someone else was doing the same thing somewhere else - backtracking the family history - if he or she would go past a certain point - would they coincide with my grandfather's search somewhere? Like the picture shown above? That means - at some point - both the individuals are searching for a common ancestor - a humanoid. Its not that simple however. You see, we just ignore this scale of time and just live in our little bubble of existence and the history of our making. We are unable to extend our vision further to that point, where no concoction of our own musings about ourselves mattered. Whatever roots I belong to does not change the fact that I am human and my species came into existence some 2.3 million years ago in the form of a homo habilis.
I've heard this statement many times - "go back to your roots" - which suggests that I must know where I have come from. I respect that - but how far should I go back? Technically, my quest towards my roots will matter only until the point it is related to my current age, belief system, rituals and family ties. Any further beyond that point is a moot point. Is that a fair quest though? What is the need of such a quest which just re-confirms my present? The only real need is to tell the story of the route my family took. The question shouldn't be, "from where?" - it should be: "through where?". The route is the interesting point and we should keep on telling that story. Incidentally, the most interesting part of my grandfather's book was towards the end - past all the various family trees - where he laid out the different rituals, remedies, festivals and other stories about our caste. Those stories gives us an idea of the changes we have gone through in past ages. It tells us what our belief system used to be and how much of that is still applicable or obsolete. Based upon that we can somewhat determine what we will be in the future - by using the information of the route we took and our reactions and behavior towards it.
Bird's View: Universe is expanding - its reaching newer distances and finding newer realities. It never looks back - just keeps on going forward - in a quest of something new. New - which is present - and real.
A widely accepted scientific theory about the age of Universe and its being. I don't want to delve into the nitty-gritty of it. I assume most of us have a common knowledge of this idea and anyways I am not an expert on it by any means. Basically, the bang refers to an explosion from a very hot dense state into the known universe today. It is still expanding. Galaxies are moving farther away from each other - they used to be closer - may be in a cluster near the beginning. Much like human families in the beginning.
What are my roots? Or should I ask what was my route? Or which one matters the most? The root I belong to or the route I took? My grandfather wrote a book. It was a compilation of family tree records of the clan I belong to. He may be back tracked the family tree 200 years - may be 300 - I can't be sure. He couldn't find any specific information past a certain point which directly relates to my caste. I wonder if he would have been able to go past that point - where would it lead him to? Also, at the same time if someone else was doing the same thing somewhere else - backtracking the family history - if he or she would go past a certain point - would they coincide with my grandfather's search somewhere? Like the picture shown above? That means - at some point - both the individuals are searching for a common ancestor - a humanoid. Its not that simple however. You see, we just ignore this scale of time and just live in our little bubble of existence and the history of our making. We are unable to extend our vision further to that point, where no concoction of our own musings about ourselves mattered. Whatever roots I belong to does not change the fact that I am human and my species came into existence some 2.3 million years ago in the form of a homo habilis.
I've heard this statement many times - "go back to your roots" - which suggests that I must know where I have come from. I respect that - but how far should I go back? Technically, my quest towards my roots will matter only until the point it is related to my current age, belief system, rituals and family ties. Any further beyond that point is a moot point. Is that a fair quest though? What is the need of such a quest which just re-confirms my present? The only real need is to tell the story of the route my family took. The question shouldn't be, "from where?" - it should be: "through where?". The route is the interesting point and we should keep on telling that story. Incidentally, the most interesting part of my grandfather's book was towards the end - past all the various family trees - where he laid out the different rituals, remedies, festivals and other stories about our caste. Those stories gives us an idea of the changes we have gone through in past ages. It tells us what our belief system used to be and how much of that is still applicable or obsolete. Based upon that we can somewhat determine what we will be in the future - by using the information of the route we took and our reactions and behavior towards it.
Bird's View: Universe is expanding - its reaching newer distances and finding newer realities. It never looks back - just keeps on going forward - in a quest of something new. New - which is present - and real.
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