Henry David Thoreau

"The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us."
ahhhh
How simply Thoreau explains this concept. My mom always told me that "the universe always says 'yes'". This idea has stayed with me, because there is no denying the truth of this. The universe says yes to whatever I claim to be true, and in this, my path is laid out before me.

What we want, the universe manifests, even if what we want is not what we thought we would get in the end.

My path is put before me, by my thought and my actions...and my universe is ever-changing.
My perception of the universe changes every day. After watching "The Universe" on the History Channel, by entire view of the universe has been changed.
In a matter of four days, my eyes have been opened to a new view on the universe, the planet, and on religion. Although straying off topic from Henry David Thoreau's insight, I will continue.

I recently finished 'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown, and book that had an incredible impact on my belief in religions with the idea of antimatter, the opposite of matter, that proves that The Big Bang Theory and Genesis are correct in each respective view point. This discovery of antimatter made clear to me, finally, that religion and science are meant to go hand in hand.

Since reading this book, I cannot stop thinking about the ideas that Brown presents... and everyday I am running into similar ideas, stories, readings, shows, you name it, that reflect back on this new view of the universe.

Thoreau explains his view of the universe in this chapter in a very fluid, interesting manner, that can relate to the idea of antimatter, and to the ideas of the universe, however 'far out' these ideas may seem.