Eclipse and Eclipsed
The Nature of Life
Eclipse is the nature of life; it is how you began.
Cleave the old to make way for the new.
Look most carefully, for the leap is inevitable.
Imagine, inspire, instruct.
Perfect what is possible and protect what is precious.
Share your spoils, for they were never yours.
Eclipse is the nature of life; it is how you will end.
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Red Shelves
Death is a black hole. Think about it. A black hole is the corpse of a star, something once warm and bright, now come to the end of its life cycle. But some will argue that the cycle of life does not end with death. That death is merely another path we must walk once our bodies expire and our souls ascend. In that moment, when the fuel in the star’s chemical tank hits empty and the shiny matte coat explodes into supernova, the mass left behind – the corpse – becomes a black hole. We understand that, around such a vast cadaver, dimensions work a little differently in death to the way we’re used to in life. For example, light cannot escape the pull of a black hole when it hits the point of no return. That’s where it gets its colour. Space itself is contorted by a black hole. That’s where it gets its funny shape. Even time. Time slows right down the closer you get to it. The closer you get to a black hole. The closer you get to death.
By Matthew Curtis5 days ago in Humans
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Congrats!!
Oh, I love this line: "Share your spoils, for they were never yours." The whole poem is lovely. Congratulations!! 🥳
Congratulations!!!
Full circle, just like the celestial bodies and their orbits.