oh , to sit cross-legged on the pinnacle of the highest peak with the universe laid out before you in dazzling array of myriad stars brilliant in crystal clear night sky , stars so close and intense that it seemed you might reach your hand out and collect a scoop , drop them in a jar to light your path home ; infinite stars so remote and ponderous that it seemed they hid , there just behind their shine , the source of all time and space .