We all want to be heard and remembered. George Washington right now doesn't give a hoot whether history is remembering him or not, but while we are alive, we all want to "make our mark" .I understand that graffiti in the catacombs of Rome includes the names of nobodies who lived in the second century BC; people who wrote their names in the hope that thousands of years later, the world would see and remember they existed.

Computer Bulletin boards are a great place to write our name, and tell people what we think. Despite the graffiti they attract, communication pays off, because the exchange of information, while voluminous and mostly not significant, never the less yields clues to the way things really are. What the Internet has done for freedom of speech is unbelievable. The spread of ideas and information now is almost impossible for the power hungry to control, and since knowledge is power, this has profound implications. The smallest nobody who has something to say can get an audience with the giant minds of our generation. In the process, we all learn and grow. Maybe we will even get closer to the truth and make fewer mistakes.

One of the most significant realities of the Seven Dimensional (and up) Einsteinian Hyperspherical Universe (http://www.fm/7-sphere) is that we are so important to reality we are all preserved- forever. A person who to us seems significant may not be so...yet they have their place. An insignificant life may, in the light of history be shown to be a turning point for all humanity, and that life is conserved as well. Our joys and sorrows, our tragedies and triumphs, like the universe, are all there- on the walls of the catacombs of the universe. We are like gargoyles on the great cathedral at Notre Dame... motionless in cosmic reality, occupying a convoluted place in time, space and energy...and awakening endlessly at our place in the eternal cycle to once again smell the flowers, go to school, make love, raise our families, grow old and await our springtime once again.

Within the next few years we will know. Mankind now has the tools to scientifically determine whether eternal life is indeed a reality. If it is, and since ultimate reality in the GR cosmos is found at each frame of reference, human life will take on new significance. So will respect for individuality and human rights. Being all that we can be will become an imperative ...and the world we live in today will be relegated to its rightful place in history. Sincerely, Sam Cox