Today I was at lunch with a physicist I know.<\/p>\n
His eyes lit with a golden glow,<\/p>\n
his cheeks flushed as he said with relish,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know what dark matter is,<\/p>\n
but dark matter is everywhere, and is responsible<\/p>\n
for all of us being here.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was proud to educate me, to be part of<\/p>\n
something so new, so vast and grand.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Experiencing his words and the emotion<\/p>\n
behind them took me back to another<\/p>\n
place 40 years before, where I was the one<\/p>\n
with the shining eyes. I sat rapt<\/p>\n
in a meditation led by a guru I had never seen before<\/p>\n
and knew nothing about. He said earnestly,<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything comes from love.<\/p>\n
Love is in all things and gives form to creation.\u201d<\/p>\n
His whole being seemed to glow, and I felt<\/p>\n
understanding grow in me..<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Hello, Where did you go? the physicist asked.<\/p>\n
I told him my memory, and then realized<\/p>\n
I had just solved one of the great mysteries of physics.<\/p>\n
“The answer is Love = dark matter!” I said. They are both everywhere,<\/p>\n
all pervading, the entire ocean in a drop<\/p>\n
as small as one cell.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
His face was blank.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at her,\u201d he thought, \u201cthinking she understands physics<\/p>\n
in an instant, when I\u2019ve studied it for decades<\/p>\n
and am only now learning one of the great problems!<\/p>\n
She is so na\u00efve. Love can\u2019t be the same as<\/p>\n
dark matter just because some guru sitting on a pillow<\/p>\n
says it is! How ridiculous! I can\u2019t possibly stay around<\/p>\n
someone who is so easily led, and clearly wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I watched his struggle, thinking, He will not be able<\/p>\n
to let this go, and he is about to blame me.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He waited a few more polite minutes, then stood<\/p>\n
and excused himself. It was clear there was no future<\/p>\n
here, so we parted ways, not relishing a fight,<\/p>\n
each of us knowing we are right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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