12/29/2024
A thinker is not necessarily a lofty being.
The “thought” in thought and reflection is the same sa (思) found in speculation (sabeon), and the “thought” in thought and imagination is the sang (想) found in imagination (sangsang).
The goal of a thinker is to exercise imagination from the summit reached by logic—
which is the same as what I once wrote: that wisdom exerts its true power at the edge of knowledge.
In other words, a cosmic thinker is one who releases imagination from the very peak of cosmic knowledge.
Yet imagination, to become genuine cosmic wisdom,
must always be backed by persuasive power to inspire change.
And that persuasive power is also the greatest virtue of a cosmic essayist.
I began my blog to fulfill my duty as a cosmic being and to record my journey.
As I wrote, piece by piece, I found myself gradually transforming
from a thinker into an essayist—
perhaps because thought is brief, but the essay is long.
In the vastness of the cosmos, my own existence feels so small.
If there is a moment to use the word futility, this would be it.
And yet, holding to my conviction that “I was born from the universe, and thus I have the possibility to understand it”,
I devote my life to studying the cosmos—
because in understanding it, I find myself gaining a self-aware, transcendent worldview.
“Of all the universes that could exist, the one I inhabit is the best of them all.”
— Brian Greene, The Hidden Reality (Foreword)
“Before this universe was born, there were countless others far more complex,
but they were all unstable, returning to the beginning long before any being could arise to ask such questions.”
— Shin Sang-jin, Quantum Mechanics (Preface)
Ultimately, the idea that only civilizations that philosophize the cosmos survive is deeply persuasive.
For only such civilizations can connect with the universe—or be connected to by it;
observe the universe—or be observed by it.
Given the dynamism of life, civilization must evolve and re-evolve,
if only to avoid the outbreak of war.
I feel infinite honor in living in the same era as thinkers who hold such beliefs.
For the brief lines they leave behind are, I believe,
what make the universe I inhabit the best of them all.
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