How one of the books reminded me in a poetical way that we all are, indeed, a speck of cosmic dust that is an inseparable part of the Universe?
It happened while reading Paul Murdin’s “Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World” book (Phaidon). In “Introduction,” there was written a beautiful story describing responding fireflies to the Universe. One warm summer’s night, the author stood outside the observatory in a glade in a forest in North America, looking up to observe the Northern Lights. There were tall pillars and fiery glows appearing across the sky. Under Paul Murdin’s feet, many fireflies were sparking to each other. Once one firefly sparked, it triggered the response of another one. Suddenly, their flashes became more and more frequent. They were stimulating themselves into a one, frenzy spark. To Murdin’s great astonishment, he noticed that fireflies were responding to the aurora. This bright surge across the sky was triggering fireflies to flashback en masse. Indeed, fireflies were merely responding to the Cosmos.
In one of my previous posts, I already wrote that observing, contemplating, and feeling the most magical sun rays reflected via the surface of the moon is one of the most magical moments when a human can, indeed, feel like a part of the Universe.
To be more precise, a human can feel like a part of cosmic dust. I can now imagine that observing fireflies responding to the Universe could be another magnetic moment of feeling that our booth nearest surrounding and the most remote parts of our planet are specks of the Milky Way galaxy.
By the way, did I already mentioned that I love to read about the Universe? Suppose you also want to read a magnificent book about Cosmos, my Dear Friend, including astonishing photographs and texts. In that case, I recommend you to read Phaidon’s “Universe.” It is another excellent edition of this publishing house. The first one that I was awestruck with is “Sun and Moon.” Do I make an advertisement for Phaidon? Yes, I do. After all, we all are cosmic dust, and I do not see why we should not help each other.
