Gaia: The Birth of Mother Nature

But then Gaia, the Earth, came into being

In the beginning there was only Chaos, the Abyss,

Hesiod, line 116 and 117

                                                                                                                                                   

In the Beginning there was only the Chaotic energy, the Aether,

But the Gaia, the Universe, was born

Gaia Origins

Chapter 1 of The Aether Chronicles: Gaia-The Tree of Life

She awoke in the silence, alone and confused, her body aching, her thoughts askew. She was frightened and in pain and didn’t know where she was, all through her being was utter chaos. All around her was nothing, empty space, a dark and ominous void everywhere she looked, and her…self? her body? …just didn’t quite feel right. She felt tired and groggy and an increasing throb that was slowly permeating throughout her entire body and as the pain grew, she began to panic, searching for something, anything to make sense of her circumstances and surroundings, and then she remembered that she had been dreaming and began to try to focus on that dream. She remembered a song, a musical melody of love and protection that had engulfed her entire being from the moment her consciousness awoke. As she fought through the agony, she began to concentrate on that dream, returning her mind back to the memory of that wonderful existential existence of melancholia that had once cradled her in its embrace.

As she concentrated on her dream, the first image to appear in her mind was of an endless nothingness, empty and without form, but filled with an energetic…something? Someone? This energy she instinctually knew was the Aether and its nature was to serve those to come, maintain, groom and care for them and allow ‘life’ to continue efficiently and without blemish.

As soothing as the dream was it quickly began to fade away, leaving her alone with her pain and misery once again. Reality took hold of her thoughts, and she immediately began to inspect her body as best she could. The pain seemed to be emanating from her release point, the area that was attached to her umbilical cord appeared to be damaged somehow, everything in that particular place seemed to be on fire, exploding and burning at an ever-increasing rate, spontaneously expanding throughout her being, causing tremendous damage to her structure, slowly diminishing her capacity to think and function properly.

As she took inventory of herself, she realized that the magnetic singularity, the initial shell of her ovum that gradually filled with matter, expanding as the material amassed, creating structure and stability to her body, broke off the umbilical cord as it should have but in the process, as the magnetic force split into its opposite phases, the electromagnetic field which assists in the segregation of her normal matter and the postromagnetic field which assists in the segregation of her antimatter, became crimped at its release point, snagging the fields together and keeping them from splitting all the way, allowing the material to seep together, causing a confluence of both explosive and implosive activity to occur throughout her body, and as a consequence she began losing control of her structure and even  worse her awareness. As the confusion ultimately began to overtake her conscious mind the terror of the situation overwhelmed her. Frightened and alone she began to cry out in dismay, giving way to the chaos that encompassed her entire being. With her final conscious breath she gave one last shriek of pain and derision and passe out cold, unable to bear the suffering any longer.

Lo and behold, that final bellow awoke the attention of her universal predecessor. 1/136.18…31 was busy with the construction of his own structure, lost in thought as to the next phase of his existence and how he wanted to proceed when suddenly, out in the void of the Aether he heard her cries of distress and even worse, silence that quickly came after causing him to become disturbed and concerned for whoever it was that was so distressed. As the quiet subdued his thoughts and actions it quickly became apparent that someone close was in a dire situation, one that he instinctively knew needed immediate aid. Not sure what to do he began shouting into the Aether, screaming for help from anyone that could assist, and as he continued yelling, he noticed more shouts in the distance, a steady and continual cacophony of wails began to permeate the void with voices from all around. Finally Aethoes, aroused by the din of voices that echoed throughout the Aether, the intelligent Soul of the omniverses Aethoesystem became aware of the Ovum’s plight as there had never before occurred such a commotion as this, so curious and distressed Aethoes began to make way towards the disturbance.

As Aethoes arrived and observed universe 1/137.18…31 there were noticeable signs of the Ovum’s discomfort and an unusual bulge right where the umbilical cord broke away resulting in her obvious discomfort and pain. With that quick analysis a diagnosis for the ailment quickly followed and with unhesitating certainty, Aethoes reached out to 1/137.18…31 and immediately began working on her affliction and carefully deliberated on a solution to her dilemma which soon began to form and come into focus.

Aethoes was able to determine that her magnetic force got snagged together, keeping the postromagnetic and its opposite electromagnetic fields from splitting in a small area and preventing them from reseparating again during its perturbations which was allowing the antimatter and normal matter to comingle, bringing about implosions and explosions and keeping the lithiosphere from solidifying into its solid metal antimatter skeleton and its hydrosphere body of normal matter was kept too close, keeping it from heating and consolidating into their own individual forms and structures, and delaying Gaia’s first growth.

Aethoes remedied the situation by propelling an energetic burst of magnetism, a sort of energy pulse to disrupt the field exactly where it was lodged together, plowing through her magnetic field causing it to tighten and then contract thus unhooking the snag, to the great relief of ovum 1/137.18…31. This allowed the fields to again separate into their postromagnetic and electromagnetic fields thus restoring order throughout her universe.

No sooner did she gain relief than she had to confront another emergency, as the antimatter lithiosphere solidified and continued to gain its form and structure to become the firmament and foundation of the universe it also began to attract to normal matter of the hydrosphere with its strengthening gravity, momentarily slowing its capacity to gather and coalesce into hydrogen balls while still allowing the material to commingle causing more chaos and mayhem to her utter dismay.

Every time 1/137.18…31 tried to pull the hydrosphere away from the lithiosphere her insides would appear to contract, causing excruciating pain and confusion. As Gaia continued to struggle and all hope began to wane she again listened to the voices in the dark, incomprehensible at first but somehow soothing and reassuring, she found herself to be one of many and with their thunderous support began to fight for her life, anxious and stricken, exhausted to the core, she stubbornly fought through her suffering as all around her the voices encouraged and urged her to persevere and battle through the chaos and madness, and at last, regaining a small sense of accomplishment, the hydrogen began to slowly rise up, away from the darkness of the lithiosphere and began forming small yet massive starlike structures of their own, transitioning into an evolved hydrosphere, thus allowing the lithiosphere its own transition from chaos to the birth of the being who would one day be known as Ouranos, the one who gave stability and  grounding to 1/137.18…31 who was now able to grow and mature, and before she could even rejoice, the first of the twelve hydrogen Stars, the titan Cronos was born unto the hydrosphere soon to be followed by his eleven brothers and sisters and with their birth 1/137.18…31 feelings overwhelmed her and she began to weep with joy! Circulating her tears, the very essence of life, throughout her body and seeding our universe with the water of life and thus beginning humanities struggle for survival.

As 1/137.18…31 finally relaxed in thoughtful contemplation, she again began to listen to the Great multitude as they continued their song and decided that no one should ever have to go through the loneliness of birth. Adding her voice to the many she began a song of welcome and solidarity, giving voice to the silent Aether and gifting the newly awakened with the hope and desire necessary for personal survival. As these newborns continued to fill the omniverse they each looked upon 1/137.18…31 for support and guidance, an anchor to which they each clung to, and from then on, she became known as Gaia, Mother to Nature and the protector of all life!

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