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The Pepperman and Motherly Nature

I OPENED A DOOR IN THE UNIVERSE. I FIND MYSELF, SITTING, ON A GRASSY KNOLL. UNDER A VERY OLD AND VERY LARGE OAK TREE. THE SKY WAS A HEAVENLY, BEAUTIFUL BLUE. A WARM GENTLE BREEZE CARESSED THE WILD FLOWERS. STIMULATING THE MILD FRAGRANCES TO FROLIC ABOUT. AS THE GENTLE BREEZE FLIRTED WITH AND TICKLED, THE OAK TREES LEAVES. SOFT SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER COULD BE HEARD. AS THE SUN SLOWLY, POSITIONED ITSELF DIRECTLY ABOVE AND MINGLED WITH THE OAK TREE AND THE BREEZE. I COULD FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE OAK TREE GLOW. I FELT AS IF THIS GREAT OLD OAK TREE WAS SHARING WITH ME ITS THOUGHTS. OBSERVATION OF LIFE. LEADS TO THE OBSERVATION OF SOCIETY. CURIOSITY OF BEING LEADS TO THE QUESTIONS. WHO, ARE WE? WHAT, ARE WE? WHERE DID WE, COME FROM? HOW DID WE, GET HERE? WHAT ARE WE, DOING HERE? WHERE, ARE WE, GOING? HOW, ARE WE, GOING TO GET THERE? NOT KNOWING WHY, I LOOK TO THE HEAVENS AND ASK THE QUESTION. IF THE UNIVERSE, IS GROWING, FASTER, THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT. WHAT ROLE ARE THE BLACK HOLES PERFORMING? IS THE UNIVERSE A LIVING BREATHING ENTITY.? IS THE EARTH, A LIVING BREATHING EMBRYO OF THE UNIVERSE.? WHAT IS OUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE.? AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WILL WE, TRAVEL THROUGH AND BEYOND THE BLACK HOLE? Michael E. Harris 02032021

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