The Universe and Spirituality
SHERO on Spirituality:
I speak of
spirituality in the context of us being connected to each other and to
the universe. Thus if we hurt someone we are in turn hurting ourselves.
This is not a notion of sitting under a willow tree and singing Kumbaya and wishing the ailments of the world to go away. This is about
the reality based on science that we are connected and share a
universal energy as we share Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Carbon and
Nitrogen. In the words of my favourite
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil Degrasse #neiltyson "Not only do we exist in the
universe but the universe itself exists within us... When you look up
at the night sky it's not that we are here and that's there, we are a
part of that" If you ever feel disconnected and feel like you don't
belong all you have to do is remind yourself of this fact. These
elements that we share don't have a clue about race, nationality,
beliefs. It's not just blood that we share in common it's every fiber
of our being... the irony is that we think that one race is better than
another, one gender has more rights than another, one country has more
rights than another... When did we give ourselves the right to become so
arrogant? Learning about the Universe doesn't make you an atheist, it should make you humble.
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