I sometimes have not felt warm and fuzzy toward Neil deGrasse Tyson because he poo poo's ET sightings like most of the scientific community at large (so what else is new?) but...I liked how this brief video made me think positively about you and I being here. Thanks Neil for the thoughts!
Thanks Brian for posting this, sent warm shivers through me.
Brought back memories of my childhood, when I was very young I did (and still do) a lot of reading, especially books on history and artists, my mum bought me several of the old Time Life books, which I still cherish today. Anyway I digress, among the many reads I recall reading about atoms and the universe and infinity. At the time a remember imagining all the atoms that made me, were like all the stars in the sky, and that I actual could have infinte small worlds inside myself, pretty cookey stuff for back then, never shared my thoughts for fear of being sent to the funny farm.
Today, As Within So Without has new and greater meaning for me.
Thanks for the memory jog Brian :)
Thank you for this Brian. It's a good one; it touches me deeply. I think how it would have been helpful to me during tough times, when that perspective would have been a comforting reminder of the More of who I am. Hmmm - that inspires me to make a visit to that "me" of a painful past, and share this with her in meditation, to invite her "Home".
Thank you for the inspiration!
I love that idea and approach to past Self!!!!
Good to "see" you here - I love your profile photo; it catches my eye every time, and it reflects a beautiful statement you have in the "greatest passions" section of your profile: "There is a place we never really left, tugging at us all."
Amen
Love that pic too - found it some time ago and felt like I was looking at a child from a very intelligent, wise and peaceful future not so far from here/now. it personifies and encapsulates my hopes and dreams for our reluctantly-evolving humanoid species...
the ambiguity of gender personified in the very beautiful & serene child's face also inspires me to remember,
"I am not just your brother - I am also your sister"
"And you are not just my sister - You are also my brother"
I cherish the moment I first saw (during the Transformation Course I think) that I could communicate to my past self Kate. I instinctively comforted him/myself and I could feel him get it because it reverberated inside me. I am so glad you discovered this! I felt my default loneliness drop away and much of the heaviness of my childhood melted. So empowering.
It was one of the most meaningful moments of my life and a huge weight off my soul because I suddenly knew we can positively effect ourselves and others through our thoughts. I am usually frustrated by a stubborn streak of doubt but this experience overcame that and changed my life forever.
Hey Eyejay, I also used to get so much from beautiful books like those. I love that thought of worlds within your atoms you painted. It's so imaginative and romantic! I think you were one of those sensitive kids who's mind leapt over your peers and soared away on adventures. How beautiful.
I had this realization hit me hard back when comet Hale/bopp passed through,I think it was spring of 97. I was working in New Orleans, and people were lining the levees at night ooohing and ahhhhing at what looked like a tiny sperm cell in the sky,ha ! a few days later I drove back to Taos, 7000 ft. in town. I rolled in right at dusk. My first apartment there was right in town, and when I got out of my car, i looked across the street and saw this huge display in the sky. a big glowing white head,tapering back, with vivid blue,red,and perple tails stretching back from it. I was in awe !, and it wasn't even dark yet. When I came to, ha !,my girlfriend and I packed a dinner and drove out to a plateau I had camped on once in the desert in my old bronco,dropped the tailgate, and sat in awe of it for hours. It was around for several nights, and ,even when I wasn't staring at it, I could feel it, over my shoulder, a unique sense of connectedness was with me all that time. Like it was "proof", hanging there in the sky. I had grown up waiting for the return of Halley's, which turned out to be a dud here,as the tail had turned away from us as it passed, against all predictions for a grand display. So this was special to me.
Yesterday, I walked to the market with one of the other teachers here, a young Italian girl,only 22. On the way back, I had asked her what she planned to do after this semester. she opened up about not wanting to return to Italy, and not feeling that she belonged anywhere, and how she always seems to be alone. you know, she doesn't feel at home in italy, but then hasn't really connected anywhere else yet either...I assured her that she is right where she needs to be, and to just be open to whatever happens now, and not to be afraid of following any urges to change direction that might pop up..
when we got back, I was online and saw this video, so called her over from next door and had her watch it. I believe it helped, as she seemed to be very relaxed, almost melancholy last night during our little st. patricks day celebration.(the other teacher here is from Ireland). sooo,good timing from this end buddy !,,,atomic peace bubble out !,,,,,,,,T
What an incredibly beautiful experience tscout!!! The colors in the comets tail:I thought they were always white. The way you tell the story it sounds like you let go-that you accepted the reality (disappointment?) of the first sighting so completely and then....you were rewarded with a miracle of seeing it as the magnificence you hoped for. Your young Italian friend is in a special place of not being attached much to things. My belief is it creates space for great things in her life. It's a shame that her pain isn't accompanied by the understanding that something better is on it's way. She'll be happy in ways she doesn't see yet.
I think this is a fair representation of what Tscout is talking about...
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=13766
BTW, Haley flew by here in '86... the same year my daughter was born. She's one of the few people who will live to see it pass twice within her lifetime.