1.0Dream Gateshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgatesRobert Mosshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/author/rmossThe Lightning Paths - Dream Gatesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F2Ble0FNab"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2011/06/the-lightning-paths.html">The Lightning Paths</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2011/06/the-lightning-paths.html/embed#?secret=F2Ble0FNab" width="600" height="338" title="“The Lightning Paths” — Dream Gates" data-secret="F2Ble0FNab" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Before lightning strikes feeders unseen to the ordinary I travel possible paths through the air to find the right way to bolt to earth. Before the secret green cells in the leaf drink from its suncatchers, light walks all paths through the protein scaffold. Scientists say that any road taken collapses all possible paths. In…http://blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates/files/2011/06/lightning-3-272x300.gif