The Problem of a beginning

Reality is the beginning and the end are two sides to the same coin.
The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. The thickness of
the coin is the membrane of spacetime that our universe is immerged in.
Bert

From Bert:

The beginning is the end and the end is
the beginning.

"I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end."
In the CBB model of the universe, if the primal
particle 'Engine' had voice and could speak, that's exactly what it
would say.

...the beginning and the end are two
sides to the same coin.

Yep, with the BB and Big Crunch interchanging continuously thru the same
point, per the illustration-
http://community-2.webtv.net/oldcoot/ContinuousBigBang

In the oft-repeated refrigeration analogy, the 'Engine' is represented
by the compressor at the core of the system. That's jb's favorite, but
he don't understand analogies. :-)

oc