{"id":8250,"date":"2017-02-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/?p=8250"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:16:41","slug":"even-the-sun-repays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/even-the-sun-repays\/","title":{"rendered":"Even the Sun Repays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When hunger creates unwillingly,\r\nunknowingly and doesn’t destroy, \r\nwe are no longer trapped in cycles\r\nof biological imperative that dry\r\nour throats. The sun demanded\r\nmore! The awe of a gas giant wasn’t \r\nenough. It consumed hydrogen, fused\r\nhelium, a consumerist struggle\r\nattempted to seduce the weakest\r\nuntil the strong awakened as Earth. \r\n\r\nNot fair, it’s said, a nebula died.\r\n\r\nThe void created by the heated wind\r\nhides the prospect of life, indeed,\r\nwe began to transform near the heat.\r\n\r\nWithout heat, no balance could form. \r\n\r\nIf the desires of the capitalist\r\nsun keep rising, who will quench\r\nthe starving desolation of greed? \r\n\r\nWhen will we form a shield around\r\nthe havoc that destroys our home? \r\n\r\nWill we blame the capitalist sun\r\nfor the destruction of our home?\r\n\r\nThe capitalist sun seeks to grow\r\nunaware that desire will destroy\r\nwhat it gave birth to, our home.\r\n\r\nFor a while what the sun most\r\nwants, it will repel, hydrogen.\r\n\r\nHungry it'll eat, fuse helium\r\nand create a cozy Earth for us. \r\n\r\nBut if the capitalist continues \r\nto heat the land, a breaking point \r\nwill banish what the capitalist \r\nmost wants: trees, hydrogen, air,\r\nwhat they’re made of, compounds \r\ndrenching in acceptance rather \r\nthan dissent. Dissent, a reaction \r\nagainst the intrusion of despair.\r\n \r\nBut what they're made of escapes,\r\ntheir force weakens as it heats\r\nus with ignorance, will to power\r\nmeans nothing when you’re gone.\r\n\r\nConsciousness is what's precious,\r\nnot the fastness, for without\r\nit there would be no awe within. \r\n\r\nCapitalist sun stole what it most\r\nthought needed, it began heating\r\nand a galaxy was formed. It was\r\nwhen the consumerist shifted from\r\nstealing to giving that we were\r\ngiven a home. If we, at this home, \r\ncan transform the nebula of Earth\r\ninto its own galaxy. Our taking\r\nwill be retributed to the Earth as\r\nthe Sun gives for the elements it \r\nwas given to grow and sustain life\r\nas we know it. We have taken enough, \r\nwhen will we form an Earthly galaxy? \r\n\r\nSoften your greed, slowly seek for\r\nopenness, create near the embrace\r\nof fulfillment. The ephemeral jots\r\nin blank lines, not in luxury pocket\r\nbooks. If you don't slow down what\r\nyou consume, you'll shadow your\r\ndeath in the bliss of a supernova\r\nuntil your fate is near a black hole. \r\n\r\nThe vastness of hydrogen strays\r\nfurther away from the sun's grip\r\nas it heats up its weak desires,\r\nit burns what it fused, helium, \r\ncreates life as carbon, oxygen,\r\nrepays us, Earth for the burnt\r\nfor million of years until red\r\nit can't fuse any more of itself.   \r\n\r\nFaced to the void, a balance must \r\nbe wrought or capitalist we will \r\nfade as a black hole if we become \r\na neutrino star obsessed in itself\r\nwith a gravity so strong no one \r\nwill be able to escape; will we\r\nchoose to slow ourselves, give\r\nas the sun capitalist does to us?\r\n\r\nWill we shine for million of years\r\nand repay what we have taken from\r\nthe Earth? Will we find a balance\r\nbefore we supernova a new start?  \r\n\r\nOr will we insist in sucking oil\r\nuntil by shadows we die in a hole?  \r\n\r\nHopeful remain, despite ignorance, \r\nwe've always found a path to sow\r\na renewal of what brings us joy. \r\n\r\nThrough patience, a pathway grows.  \r\n<\/pre>\n
Resources: [one_half] This video is courtesy of the Institute of Physics<\/a>. It explains the life cycle of a star: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PM9CQDlQI0A [\/one_half][one_half_last] Want to learn more about the formation of suns?  Join this course from KhanAcademy<\/a>: https:\/\/youtu.be\/VbNXh0GaLYo [\/one_half_last] Not enough? Still hungry for more?  Join University of Arizona course in Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space through Coursera<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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