Note the following excerpt titled Big Crunch from http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Crunch.html (last updated prior to September 2000)
[Quote] If there is enough matter in the Universe eventually gravitational forces will stop its expansion. When this happens gravity will cause the universe to reverse its direction and begin to collapse under its own weight. This phase of the Universe's life is known as the Big Crunch.
Eventually all of the matter in the Universe will collapse into a super dense state and possibly even collapse into an unimaginably massive black hole. Some theorize that the Universe could collapse into the same state that it began as and then blow up in another Big Bang. In this way the Universe would last forever but would continually go through these phases of expansion and contraction, Big Bang and Big Crunch and so on...[Unquote]
As the world gears up for the biggest physics experiment tomorrow (10 September 2008) to re-create the Big Bang forces, I pause again (my last was on 26/10/2004) to reflect on Mother Earth’s journey and its bearings on groups and organizations created around us.
- [Our Past] "The Big Bang" gave birth to cohesive masses and solid groups.........
- [Our Present] Human aspirations are forcing groups to stretch and expand….(repulsive forces are also having similar effects)
- [Our Future] "The Big Crunch" will be shaping the future (as some theorize)……
- Human society, being a part of the Universe, is also on this theoretical path of going back to the future....
- It seems to have developed a need to disintegrate in order to fully integrate....
- There are umpteen examples in the socio-politico-economic environment around us that drive home this message time and again.
- We are all hapless entities under the diktats of some unseen "Universal strategic intent"
Nevertheless, Mother Earth’s journey from Big Bang to Big Crunch offers uncountable moments of joy and sorrow to earthlings.
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