if we can't explain the existence of the stars or, much less,
understand how this could be it brings wonderment and amazement
into our lives. to grasp this feeling we often make up our own
myths or ascribe these phenomena to external objects: god,
science, etc. why should we see this as being of lesser
importance than what we do 'understand' and what we can 'explain'?
obviously there still lie great discoveries sleeping in these
points of unexplained events, things and ideas. we might as well
enjoy our own inadequacies while they are the only thing we have
and we will probably enjoy the 'awakenings' as muchwhen they do occur.
it is probably through this journey that we can see what existence
is all about. the enormity of what we as humans can grasp is even
more astounding than the stars out there so far away from us. in
this paradox of actually understanding what we don't understand
lies such a great amount of power.
frank herbert said that...
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