THE SHIVA SCIENTIST
Imagine you are fifteen years old.
One evening, you step outside and look up at the night sky. Above you are billions of stars, some larger than our Sun, some with planets circling them, and some perhaps hosting life—home to beings gazing into the dark, wondering about the universe just like you.
And something strange is already happening. You think you are seeing the universe as it is right now, yet you are actually looking into the past.
When you look at the Sun—the very star that makes life on Earth possible—you are seeing it as it existed more than eight minutes ago, because sunlight takes that long to travel across the vastness of space to reach your eyes. The same is true for every star in the sky. Some are so distant that their light has been travelling for years, centuries, or even millions of years, meaning a few of the stars shining above you tonight may no longer exist. The night sky is not merely a collection of stars; it is a collection of memories, a museum of the past rushing towards you in the present.
~ From the NEW book by Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.
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