You sit in silence, on lotus deeply meditate, in the end recount the tale of life, simple for a moment,in a nutshell, the sky of your mind is clear.
But materials of millions of light years in our tale is beyond retrievable limits, on that no confirmation is needed, simple logic will tell you that the life you live couldn't be an isolated one every one of the neurons of your brain, is a star in this thickly braided, interwoven universes, that die and take birth.
Before and after simply must be there, but, as it is out of bounds for the senses, limited to a time and space we are groping in the dark.
So what now, don't you want to go beyond -- in to the ocean where human logic can't stand, and end the intergalactic expedition with light and darkness as references.
Break the final barrier exploring the universe within, decide to be the light undiminished for ever; embrace enlightenment breaking the golden chain that ties down, desires.