A supernova exploded this week!
http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/poster-stardust.cfm
A supernova, a single star, explodes quickly
With the brilliance of a whole galaxy
For only a few days/weeks it illuminates
The black space around
Blasting out elements and gas
In the grandest of all firework displays
It can radiate as much energy in a flash
As our Sun would give in its entire life span
Only at the supernova’s temperatures of incubation
heavy elements such as carbon, oxygen or silicon are born
Since our bodies have within us these heavy elements
Each of us contain the remnants of these supernovas
Not a tiny fragment of stardust hidden
In some incidental crevice of fat or muscle
No, 93% of our body is stardust
Perhaps within us is burned the memory
Of that bright beginning
That’s why we spend our lives
Searching for the light within and without
O SON OF BEING!
Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee. Get thou from it
thy radiance and seek none other than Me. For I have created thee rich and have
bountifully shed My favour upon thee.
(Baha'u'llah,
The Arabic Hidden Words)
