The Ultimate Cause
Ever since we learn to speak, we harass our parents with a one word question:
Why?
Our mothers tell us to do what they say and we ask:
Why?
Our mothers tell us because they are our mothers, and we ask:
Why?
Our mothers tell us because they gave birth to us, and we ask:
Why?
Our mothers tell us because they were pregnant with us, and we ask:
Why?
Our mothers tell us because our fathers made love with them, and we ask:
Why?
And so the “Why?” questions go on and on and on.
Even now we are obsessed with the question. We want to know why our planet exists, why the solar system exists, why the galaxy exists, why the universe exists, and ultimately why matter exists. We are driven to find out why things exist and what the ultimate cause is.