We have, however, assigned linear characteristics to the world around us because our, relatively, immature minds have been unable to comprehend anything else. I submit that we are now ready to move to another level - a level that accepts and incorporates the cyclic nature of the Universe. Stellar evolution follows the same cyclical pattern that we can observe in all things, from the tiniest subatomic particles below to the most gargantuan galaxies above. There was not one point at which all things began, nor will there be a point at which all things return to singularity or succumb to entropy. Energy manifests in cyclic patterns.
Stars manifest in cyclic patters.
Each star is an attempt to create and refine patterns of Energy that, ultimately, become Self-Aware and achieve the focused, aware Intent that enables Stellar Reproduction. The phenomenon of stellar creation, life, death, and rebirth are nothing more, nor less, than a magnificent cyclic process that has always been and that will always be. There was never a beginning. There will never be an end. That which was, will be again.