Time and Beyond 1

The origin and the consequent end of life is an unavoidable enquiry of the mind, be it intended or not. Despite the chance or frequent encounters with the matter, a definite answer has never been reached and perhaps will never be. If an answer is indeed possible, there is still no existing means or technology that would give an explanation; the approach is to merely speculate. Thus in this regard, one can only theorize and appeal to what is natural or to the approximate and well accepted truth. For the sake of convenience, from here on the truth would pertain to the natural or universal laws, the tangibles, and consensual ideas/ideologies.

There have been a lot of theories that try to explain the origin of life. One that is widely accepted in the realm of sciences is the primordial soup theory stating that life sprung from the conglomeration of various inorganic substances from space (under certain conditions); support to this is backed by reproducible laboratory experiments. In religion, particularly with the catholic faith, it is said that life came to be when God created the world within seven days. In physics, extending to the very origin of the universe, we have the expanding universe theory or the big bang. Conversely, the antithesis of life, the ultimate end, also has its equal share of theories. This however, being a futuristic entity, holds no firm ground in the present time, having no foundation at all.

A common denominator among these theories, whether appealing to the origin or end, is chaos or disorder. It is both the beginning and end; what started as disorder will also end as disorder. This pattern is very much evident and pervasive in the natural state of things. Every earthly life form started from non-existence prior conception. After conception comes aging and senescence, again leading to non-existence. Does non-existence equate to disorder? Are these two things the same and of equal bearing? Non-existence is the state of nothingness. Order exists with systems working in congruence. Non-existence is not disorder per se but rather is a form or a subset of disorder. It can be argued that the state of nothingness lies in between order and disorder, a gray area between the two.  Indeed there are no systems working in nothingness, but it is also true that with the absence of systems, there is uniformity in nothingness. Uniformity is a form of order. However, order and disorder, in their purest and perfect forms, pertain to the God of good and the God of evil respectively. The state of God-being cannot be attained through an imperfect system. It is beyond the realm of worldly entities. Thus the state of order and disorder can only be approximated, that is, in the form of being and non-being.