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..The various levels of material development appear all over the universe, and there is life on the planets of other stars.. Though individual planets and stars form and break up at different times, the basic units (atoms).. have no beginning in time: (30:2) "...It is certain that this world of existence, this endless universe, has neither beginning nor end. Yes, it may be that one of the parts of the universe, one of the globes, for example, may come into existence, or may be disintegrated, but the other endless globes are still existing; the universe would not be disordered nor destroyed; on the contrary, existence is eternal and perpetual. As each globe has a beginning, necessarily it has an end, because every composition, collective or particular, must of necessity be decomposed; the only difference is that some are quickly decomposed and others more slowly, but it is impossible that a composed thing should not eventually be decomposed." ('Abdul-Baha)
(30:3)
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