In this galaxy alone there’s a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all the universe three million million galaxies like this one. And in all that… only one of each of us.
— DR. McCOY. BALANCE OF TERROR. 1709.1
We are defined not by our specific location in space and time, not merely by the fact that our consciousness is localized here and not somewhere else. We are defined by what we’ve learned, by what talents we have, by the opportunities only our lives can provide.
Even the rare “duplicate selves” some voyagers have encountered elsewhere in the universe are not really duplicates. Rather, they are chances to further define our true selves, to discover the unique, core identity which makes us us—despite all outward appearances.
It is as if The Universe is calling each of us to affirm our own uniqueness, to identify and reclaim Who We Are… and then to be that person no one else can be.
A story told by one of Terra’s “Pious Ones” recalls a teacher named Zusya. His students asked him why he couldn’t be more like their model and prophet, Moses. “When I arrive at heaven’s gates,” Zusya replied, “the Holy One will not ask me why I was not more like Moses. He will ask, why was I not more like Zusya?”
I will treasure the lessons uniquely given for me to learn. I affirm and celebrate the person whom The Universe is calling me to become.
The above meditation is taken from Going Boldly on Your Inner Voyage © 1999-2004, IF Books.
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