MAY 14
The chessboard is the world; the pieces are the phenomena
of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the
Laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from
us. Weknow that his play is always fair, just and patient.
—THOMAS HUXLEYIf we could stand back far enough to see, as astronauts do,
the whirling globe, the swirls of blue and green, would we
be better able to cope with our catastrophes?
If our view were long-range enough so we could watch
ourselves from astronomic space or geologic time, would
we not see how it all fits together—the living and those who
have gone through the gateway of death all part of the same
creation? And all of us building, forming, watching, em-
powered by the Light Invisible. We who have stood at the
doorway of death, watching our loved one pass through,
are entitled to all flights of imagination as we contemplate
the unknown.
I can step from the bonds of The Known and let my spirit soar.