According to the currently dominant scientific
theory, the physical universe began with a
BIG BANG about 13 billion years ago.
A singularity, smaller than the proton of
an atom, exploded as an enormous fireball.
As the early universe expanded and cooled,
energy condensed into matter.
Over billions of years, the dust of creation
clustered into stars and swirling galaxies.
If the Biblical "days of creation" are taken
symbolically, the BIG BANG theory sounds strikingly
similar to the Genesis account of creation
In fact, when the "Big Bang" theory was first
proposed, many mainstream scientists were
hesitant to even consider it, fearing that
it could be used to support a religious or
spiritual view of creation.
With the passage of decades of scientific
research and startling discoveries resulting
in substantial support for the model, various
versions of the big bang theory have been
adopted as the leading contender to explain
the origin of the physical universe by modern
astrophysicists.
At a conceptual level, by definition the singularity
that initiated the big bang infers oneness
and unity.
Thus all the diversity and complexity of the
physical universe has ONE SOURCE -- from the
one comes the many.
This is a theme of many of the major religions
that have developed through the millennia.
The Edgar Cayce readings strongly endorse
the theme of oneness and unity as the Source
of all reality, including the physical universe.
Perhaps the primal singularity that physicists
have theorized as the beginning of the physical
universe is merely an echo of the SPIRITUAL
SINGULARITY that is the One Source of all
that is.
