For now we are imprisoned within a universe in which we are free to roam as far as the combined sum of our knowledge, ability and desire will take us. We are just now learning the length of the tunnel from which we have not yet glimpsed a spark of light emanating from the other end. For all we now know the universe did not begin but rather is the beginning and the realm within which all existence exists.
If all of this seems meaningless and makes no sense it is because a truly wise man knows that where no knowledge is presently possible and all reasonable options for conveying knowledge are exhausted then silence is in order. . .