The Electron

Today,May 8th ,i happened to see one of natures spectacular occurrences.I was strolling on the terrace trying to enjoy the cool summer ,evening breeze when i saw flashes of blue on the walls.I realized what it was, but it somehow thrilled me. I turned around and saw something i had never seen before, an electrical storm. Wave after wave of lightning completely shrouding the northern and western horizon! Brilliant flashes of all the hues of blue and purple filled the sky! Boy! was that amazing . It appeared as though there was no end it.It went on and on and on.And all the while i just stood there completely engrossed in whatever was unfolding in front of me.I saw some of the most blinding flashes of blue there was to see,and when i had not blinked in a while i would see LIGHTNING ;streaking across the clouds ,in between them or sometimes even through them.
Boy! was it amazing.It was an amazing feeling just standing there, looking at it. I was hooked.Couldnt move or think of anything else,was just overcome with a sense of fear and awe at the same time.I guess man always has fear and respect for the unknown.Lightning deserves respect! One of Natures mystical phenomenon!No wonder the ancient civilizations always had great respect for lightning. Take the Greeks for example ,they feared it so much that they respected it .And respect slowly turned to worship ,so much so that they made 'Zeus' the god of gods ,the king of the gods,and the weilder of lightning bolts.The Romans adopted most of the greek gods and hence zeus was replaced by 'jupiter'. The Norse too revered lightning . They had 'Thor' ,the son of the king of gods in ValHalla-'Woden',the gur after whom thursday is named.He is supposed to have created lightning and thunder with his mythical Hammer,'Mjlonir'.I guess here in india we too have our own 'lightning God' -Indra.But i guess we did not grant him allpowerful status coz we live in the tropics and have not seen lightning like the europeans!!!

I think that people have always associated their fears and insecurities about the unknown(nature's forces) and given it a form called god!And they somehow found a way to sleep better at night by coming up with elaborate rituals and customs to please these forms and by coming up with stories that make these forms more human by nature;they assumed that they would be pleased with the rituals and would keep them safe.This concept carried on through the generatins as primal fears did not change through generations ,and people always like to play safe.And now in this present world, even after scientific renaissance, the concept of god still exists!And we still follow the same primitive rituals and customs coz it still makes us sleep better at night.Modern man still associates all thing inexplicable to god.As time progresses many things are being explained but new unexplained phenomena come to light because of this. And hence god still serves a purpose!

I guess according to me ,if you define god as an omnipresent ,omnopotent force that is all pervading and controlling,I would say god exists! Not in the form or concept that you have come to believe but quite literally! Think about it this way- Whats all around you,but yet cannot be seen?Controls all things ,in a way?And ultimately creates and destroys things?I would say the answer to this is energy.but energy still gives fundamentalist god believers ,hope! So let me change that slightly,What manifests energy ?- Particles !(leave the strings out for now!).if so then which would be the most all pervading fundamental particle responsible for all the visible matter in the known universe? The Electron!The very thing that Forms Lightning! The very thing that makes everything! The very thing taht controls matter !
So i guess i saw God today!
All hail the Electron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what say you?