are not gods, but rather a part of the whole that is the Universe. You cannot see them or touch them, but they are ubiquitous throughout the Universe and life as we know it would not exist without their existence.

  At the very beginning (a little over twenty one billion nine hundred twenty two million years ago) with the nascency of the infant Universe, The Eternal Entities (what I call them) were also created. How these forms of intelligence were created as a result of the meeting of the two benign masses is unknown, even to the Eternals themselves and is not of importance. These Beings are of a heterogeneous (38) origin, they are what you would call metaphysical Beings, they are pure intelligent energy that was previously non-existent before the Big Bang.

  Although the Eternals are separate or sole individual Entities, they are as one, collectively they are of a single mind with seemingly unlimited and unimaginable great powers and knowledge who control the very existence of the Universe. When this intelligence was first created, they surrounded and encompassed the entirety of the then small Universe. They knew they were a part of the whole Entity that is the Universe. They have never strayed from the ever increasing mass that has formed and they embody the membrane of the Universe, a protective bubble if you will.

  "We are because we are!" May be how the Eternals would describe their Being, their very existence. This phrase may seem egotistical or even blasphemous to people of religion, but it would be a fair description of their creation. The Eternals have no knowledge of why or exactly how they were created, they only know what they were created from, (the two benign forms of energy from the beginning of time) the nascency resulting in the Big Bang.

  Some four billion years after their nascency, the intelligence and seemingly inexhaustible energy of the Eternals grew along with the physical size of the Universe. The Eternals soon learned they could create other life forms by combining different elements, a recipe of sorts. The first forms of life were of very simple creatures, bacteria, fungus etc., that now exist throughout all of the Universe.

  The Eternals refer to all of their actions as; Salesian.

  The recipe of life I refer to is better known as DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid; nucleic acid that carries encoded message of gene, comprised of double helix ladder of paired nitrogenous bases bonded to phosphate group and deoxyribose sugar). DNA is the building block of all life forms. As abundant as DNA is in the Universe, as of this writing no DNA has ever been discovered outside of this planet by this population of Humans.

  This fact perplexes most scientist because of the abundance of DNA on this planet, they believe that DNA must be rampant throughout the Universe (they are correct), surely this is not the only place in the vastness of the Universe where life exist, or is it? The truth of the matter is; DNA is abundant throughout the Universe, but it is not just randomly thrown about, it is very unlikely any DNA would be found on the remnants of a meteorite or a comet. DNA exist (mostly) where it is meant to exist and does not randomly or spontaneously come into being! All of the essential elements for life can exist together (primordial soup) but will only create life with the presence of DNA.

  One scientist projected the odds of DNA spontaneously coming into existence would be like having two billion decks of playing cards, in order for DNA to form spontaneously, a person would draw one card from each deck and each card drawn had to be the ace of spades! Now look at our planet, hundreds of billions of different DNA over the life of our planet, what are the odds of all this DNA spontaneously coming into existence, let alone complex DNA life forms such as Humans?

  Over the next several billions of years, the Eternals created more complex forms of DNA, plant and animal life. They soon learned from trial and error that not all of their recipes (creations) could exist in every environment. The more complex creations could only exist and flourish if certain exacting conditions were met.

  Because all planet's evolve during their life cycle, it is an ever changing environment, thus the life forms on that planet must change accordingly, either by evolution or by extinction. Plants and animals that thrived in the early stages of a planet's life may not be able to adapt (evolve) quickly enough to the changing environment in later decades and will go extinct. New life forms better adapted to the new conditions on the planet will take the extinct species place. Of all the species that have existed on this planet, more than ninety nine point nine percent have gone extinct as the planet evolved and changed because of natural and unnatural events. Are Humans on this planet doomed for extinction?

  Today there are between three hundred twenty five and three hundred forty billion galaxies (ever changing) in the Universe, more than twice the number thought to exist by the scientist and astronomers of today. In all of these galaxies, there are only about two hundred billion Earth-like planets that can sustain hominid life forms. This number of habitable planets is very small compared to all the planets in the Universe, less than one millionth of one percent of all planets in the Universe. These Earth-like planet's are the only ones that can support the three physical life forms that have a soul and most beast. Recently, scientist searching for solar systems have not yet found any stars with earth-like planets in the habitable zone. They find this fact perplexing because they assumed they would find a solar system such as ours very easily. As stated, our solar system is very unusual in the Universe, these scientific astronomers may have to look for a very long time before they succeed in their quest of not only finding an Earth-like planet (size and composition) in the 'habitable zone', but one that can sustain hominids.

  As explained earlier, the Eternals have existed since the beginning of time, that first moment when the two benign forces came together to create new elements and the first conscious intelligent life forms. The number of Eternals is unknown, even to themselves. The Eternals always refer to themselves as; "us" or "we". They do not reproduce as they have no need to, they are the same as they have always been, but with more feeling and understanding of the other Beings since their inception. The Eternals have grown (as do all living things in the Universe), they have evolved and matured with age.

  Where are these Eternals? you may ask. Well, they are everywhere. As I told you earlier, they encompass all that is the Universe, they are a part of the whole that is the Universe, they are ubiquitous throughout the Universe, and your soul is a part of the Eternals.

  A few years ago, there was a program produced by the Science channel titled; "Most of our Universe is Missing". The premise of the show was that there had to be more to the Universe than the known physical matter that we could see or measure.

  The show called the missing mass 'dark matter', the scientist calculations were based on the movement of the stars and galaxies. They determined, through scientific formulas and the laws of physics, the knowledge of how gravity is created from the mass of an object and its effect on nearby objects of mass, that there had to be more then they knew existed because some celestial object's movements are not consistent with known physics laws. That there is some 'other force' at work, something that cannot be seen or measured, or for that matter to their knowledge may not even exist. But if this matter does not exist, then all properties of physical laws are wrong.

  This dark matter they propose is in part the Eternals, they occupy all of the void between and around the galaxies, the whole of the Universe its self, they have no eyes but they can see, they have no hands but they can feel.

  It is said, a single Eternal is nowhere, but is everywhere, they are pure energy, the 'firing neurons' of the Universe, 'the brain' of the Universe, if you will.

  Scientist in recent decades have tried to find these proposed missing particles (dark matter), but alas what they do not realize is the missing matter is not particles as they understand physical matter, but rather pure energy of an origin they cannot understand. Until these scientist change their thinking and come to the realization that not all parts of the Universe can be 'seen' or measured, they will have a fruitless search. Some sc
ientist are of the belief there are other dimensions that may contain this missing matter which has an apparent effect on the physical matter of our dimension.

  The Eternals create the souls for all Entities and supply the DNA for all living things, plant and animal. Without essence, no living thing can exist (including the Eternals), not even the simplest organisms. Without dark matter (the Eternals, the missing 'god particle' ) there would be no physical mass in the Universe, the Universe would only consist of random clouds of particles and elements.

  The soul or psyche of an Entity is a part of the Eternals, the dark matter that is the Eternals. Dark matter (your soul) is energized by physical life, this in turn energizes the Eternals as your soul is back in touch with its creation and insures the continued 'health' of the Universe. Essence is the electrical force in the Universe, what enables life. So as you can see, all living things in the Universe are in essence a part of the Eternals, a part of the whole, including you!

  As stated before, scientist still do not understand why or how atoms cluster to form a solid object, they believe there is some unknown force at work. This other
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