time – The Pondering Place

I recently watched The Why Files video titled “What If the Universe Remembers Everything?” AJ explores the idea that nature might have some built-in memory, that the universe isn’t just random matter following strict mechanical laws, but something that actually remembers past patterns.

The video got me thinking, so I wanted to share my personal thoughts.

Starting with the Big Questions

Science is very good at explaining how things work. It can tell us how genes carry information, how embryos develop into complex babies, and how animals know how to do things they’ve never been taught (what we call instincts).

But when you look closer, the explanations often feel incomplete. How does a single cell “know” how to become a full human being with eyes, ears, and a beating heart in exactly the right places? How does a third generation of rats seem to know something the first generation learned? Why isn’t everything just chaos and random mutations?

This is where the video introduces ideas like morphic resonance, proposed by biologist Rupert Sheldrake. The basic idea is that similar things in nature influence each other across time and space. Once a pattern has happened many times, whether it’s a crystal shape or an animal behavior, it becomes easier for that same pattern to appear again. It’s almost like nature has a memory or habit.

Related ideas include archetypes (deep, shared patterns in human psychology described by Carl Jung) and epigenetics (how experiences can influence which genes turn on or off and sometimes pass that influence to future generations).

My Personal View

To me, all of these ideas, morphic fields, instincts, epigenetics, and new theories about the universe having memory, feel like different ways of pointing toward the same deeper reality.

I believe the simplest and most complete explanation is this: God is the foundation of everything. As the “Uncaused Cause” described by Thomas Aquinas, and what theologian Paul Tillich called the “Ground of All Being,” God is the One who holds all of reality together. As Colossians 1:17 says, “In Him all things hold together.”

God sustains every atom, every law of physics, the visible matter we understand, and the mysterious dark matter and dark energy that make up most of the universe.

In this view, the “memory” the universe seems to carry is not separate from God. It is part of how God sustains creation and gives it order, pattern, and stability. Science is simply discovering how God does what He does. But the ultimate answer to “Why?” is God.

What This Means for How We Live

Logic Statement:

Premise: If God is the Foundation and Creator of all things,

Then: Every single human life is inherently sacred.

That means no person’s life is worth less than another’s, even if they think differently, look different, or come from a different background.

I believe if the majority of humanity truly accepted that God is the Creator and that life is sacred, we would make much better decisions as a society. We would be slower to hate, slower to harm, and quicker to protect the innocent.

Of course, even with this belief, humans are still imperfect. We still wrestle with hard questions: When is it right to defend life with force? How do we protect the vulnerable without becoming violent ourselves? These tensions don’t disappear. But starting from the belief that God is real and life is sacred gives us a much healthier foundation.

Final Thoughts

I’m just a regular person trying to make sense of the world. AJ is just a guy who talks to a fish. Videos like this one are valuable because they push us to ask bigger questions rather than stay stuck in purely materialist answers.

Whether through science, philosophy, or personal seeking, I believe that if we honestly search for truth, God will meet us where we are. We don’t need a perfect understanding first.

I’d love to hear what you think after watching the video.

I make my own cold brew coffee in a Toddy System, and I love it—except when I drain the last pitcher and procrastinate making a new one. Then morning comes, and there’s no cold brew waiting for me. I hate these mornings.

So here I am, wishing someone would magically hand me an ice-brewed coffee, while realizing my entire day is about to feel askew.

Could I make a cup of hot coffee? Of course. But with the humidity sitting at 98%, my skin was weeping before I even brushed my teeth. Hot coffee? I think not.

Could I brew a hot cup and pour it over ice? Sure—but then I’m sipping watery coffee, ew. Maybe I should drink a hot cup in an ice-cold shower? Hmm. See how ridiculous this obsession becomes?

Or—I could actually get out of my pajamas, get in the van, drive one mile to my favorite shop, and buy a cup. They make a delicious iced brew… but it sets me back $8 (with tip). Just coffee. No flavoring, no sugar, no cream. WTH.

Sigh. I’ll just grab a bottle of water and drink it like a good girl. So, if you talk to me today, please lower your expectations…

The to-do lists sit untouched, conversations feel too costly, and the world seems to demand more than we can give.

But still, we breathe.
Still, we are here.
Still, the sun moves across the sky—slowly, faithfully—whether we watch it or not.

Maybe the work of today isn’t accomplishing or producing.
Maybe it’s letting the soul rest, trusting that rest itself is holy.
Even the earth has its seasons of stillness before the green returns.

So if today feels like too much, remember: you are not failing for needing a pause.
You are simply honoring the truth that even the strongest hearts need quiet to keep beating.

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28
Today, let’s lay down the weight we’re carrying and lean into the arms of the One who never grows weary.

There’s been a lot of movement lately—both below our feet and all around us. The Ring of Fire has been rumbling again, the news cycle is filled with reports of quakes, eruptions, and more shootings than I can emotionally register. It’s hard not to feel the earth itself groaning.

And in times like these, people start to ask: Is this it?

Is this what the Bible warned us about? The birth pains? The unraveling?

I’ve asked it too.

But then I remember: people were asking the same question in 1942, watching the world burn in real time. They asked it during the Black Plague, during the Spanish Flu, during slavery, famine, persecution. The question isn’t new.

What’s striking is not the fear—but the human pattern of forgetting that we’ve been here before.

This doesn’t mean we ignore the warnings. But it reminds me to live alert, not alarmed.

Maybe every generation is given a window to wake up. To look at the world and reckon with what we’ve built, and who we’ve become.

And maybe “the end” isn’t always about apocalypse. Maybe it’s also about invitation.

To return to God.
To bolster our faith.
To strengthen our resolve to love, to live with truth, to walk in light.

So no, I don’t know if this is it. But I know this is real. And that’s enough to live awake—and to return.

Between the new puppy, finishing my first book, and life, I have not had time to put my ponderings down in print. Though I do fall asleep with lots of thoughts each night…. Please stay with me more to come soon!

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