Alone

Craig recently finished reading "Alone" byRichard Byrd. It's a true story of a guy who is stuck alone in the Antarctic. He had been alone for a long time with hardly any communication with the outside world and had a lot of time to contemplate things. Craig really liked one passage where the author writes about being "alone" because even though he was very ill at the time and thought he might be nearing his death, he was very brave, maintaining his viewpoint with clarity and without succumbing to a "traditional" religious viewpoint that might promise a heavenly salvation. Here is the passage.

The universe is not dead. Therefore, there is anIntellligence there, and it is all pervading. At least one purpose, possibly the major purpose, of that Intelligence is the achievement of universal harmony. Striving in the right direction for Peace (Harmony), therefore, as well as the achievement of it, is the result of accord with that Intelligence. It is desirable to effect that accord. The human race, then, is not alone in the universe. Though I am cut off from human beings, I am not alone. For untold ages man has felt an awareness of that Intelligence. Belief in it is the one point where all religions agree. It has been called by many names. Many call it God.