Oh Paradox Divine!

… that such a Reality as  the universe could be equally Mystery!

Intertwined, the reality and the mystery of the universe dance across all space and time; into the arms of the other they give themselves forever.  As the two embrace us deep within their awesome splendor, they bridge that which for us has always been the chasm separating Life and Death.

As endless galaxies cradle us deep within their star-dappled arms, light year upon light year, Death, the ultimate absurdity, grieves the human heart no more. For there center-stage to our death-deliberations comes the universal affirmation that Life and Death are one.  In the context of such ineffable majesty as the universe, Life and Death are of equal meaning and value.  And both are eternal—for dead or alive, flesh or dried bones, we are eternal because existence in any form is eternal (existence and eternity come to us hand in hand, as a pair, as single gift). Though our substance changes form, yet it remains. And even the spirit endures as well through its indomitable and total permeation of and union with the human experience for the duration of our lives.

And because our substance remains and our presence abides and our spirit endures, the individual witness we gave in life remains forever for those who come after us.

—And all that was one remains one—

And just as the more we probe the Reality of the universe the farther into its Mystery we are led, so the more we probe the mystery of God the farther we journey inside the reality of God.

Oh Paradox Divine!

… that such a Mystery as God could be equally Reality!

July 2003

Photo Credits Text: Talarico / Calligraphy: DuBosch / Photography: Bachhuber Note: This calligraphy was designed as a book, and only a random sampling of pages from it appears herein.