Beginnings [Sorchar nan Ruel “Lightener of the Stars” - a poetic name for Jesus Christ - Scots Gaelic] Sorchar nan Ruel, Once I met this man well groomed and polite who spoke of his life yet touched on his past. Points he made quickly with a wound in his heart: Sorchar nan Ruel His eyes withered with sadness gripped mine with an emphatic smile: “I study light in the darkness gauge a star's brightness, watch eternity grind its teeth: stellar explosions, the death of stars. the birth of starlight. What came before is but dust to me and poetry that tells of my ancestors past what is that to me? They were poor, signed their names with an X, bathed in undignified sweat, bitter the graveyard their honour defamed: Wrenched off their land, struggled in the mines, fodder for war. And they named me Y.” Sorchar nan Ruel, hardened by his past his heart still weeping: “Never shall this be again, our children shall do more than survive. I am a son of Enlightenment by reason alone agony defied.” Sorchar nan Ruel, His mind destitute to Your light, proclaims a secular creed: “What is there to give thanks for? Enlightenment for sure, the concept ‘truth’ is absurd, creates tyrany abroad. My faith, modern logic, the goddess of reason, an advancing evolution - humans reformed.” Sorchar nan Ruel, seasons passed yet we met once more. One thing stands out - Your light had ignited his spiritual womb: “Vigorous my wonderment at the death of black holes, bewilderment startles me in the birth of a star.” He said,"In all my life’s work darkness never overcomes light. Such a mystery restores hope to my life. To explore, my mind must descend into the depths of my heart.”
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