The Hubble Space Telescope

[Brugmansia]

Speechless everytime I watch it.

 

[VerusDeus]

Trippy shit man, I was speechless as well. But I still can't even come close to comprehending the immensity of the universe man. It's just to big maaan, way to many places to go to :shock:

 

[Soulcatcher]

It's just to big maaan

And it's getting bigger (as in expanding) even faster, a few times the speed of light if i remember well.. But the more you think about it the more questions you will have.

Very nice vid btw.. absolutely stunning..

 

[Guest]

nice vid! i really enjoy the first music by pink floyd.
there is a misspelling, though: hubble and not "humble" telescope :wink: (in the thread title)

 

[random]

Our duty is not trying to comprehend it. Because we couldn't, can't and will Never comprehend it.

Our duty is simple, (but it seems that is more complicated that just saying it) we just have to feel that we are part of it. There's no singularities. Theres One. There's Universe/God. There's Unknown.

After watching this, I feel like I'm already Home. I always was and I will always be. Because I'm part of that unknown. Just like everything.

We just Are. And we forget that we Are. We, most of the times, live within memories or expectations. Abstraction or alienation.

Once again, and I think that's our major mistake, we think we can explain things using our language. But.. after all, what is Language (spoken or written words/numbers) that can even come closest to an explanation of what the universe is?
Yes, its our nature to try to know more and more. But aren't we steping into a field that is just too complex for our knowledge? Maybe that ambition is the reason of our own destruction. Maybe we are trying to cross barriers that shouldn't be crossed. Or maybe that's our destiny, and we will ascend to a greather thing, we can't know.

We can't get rid of Now, as Alan Watts says. Evertyhing is happening now. And to be in the now, you have to Be. And to Be is to be in the right place. Everything beyond that, even if it seems 99.9% correct, is 100% unreal. Because is not now.

Oneness is the way, and that's my thought.

 

[ararat]

Our duty is not trying to comprehend it. Because we couldn't, can't and will Never comprehend it.

[...]

Once again, and I think that's our major mistake, we think we can explain things using our language. But.. after all, what is Language (spoken or written words/numbers) that can even come closest to an explanation of what the universe is?
Yes, its our nature to try to know more and more. But aren't we steping into a field that is just too complex for our knowledge? Maybe that ambition is the reason of our own destruction. Maybe we are trying to cross barriers that shouldn't be crossed. Or maybe that's our destiny, and we will ascend to a greather thing, we can't know.

We can't get rid of Now, as Alan Watts says. Evertyhing is happening now. And to be in the now, you have to Be. And to Be is to be in the right place. Everything beyond that, even if it seems 99.9% correct, is 100% unreal. Because is not now.

Oneness is the way, and that's my thought.

on the weekend I talked with a friend of mine who is very interested in astronomy about that.

I don't think that it is actually bad to be interested in unknown things, especially if comes to such abstract things such as the universe. Yeah, maybe it's too complex, but hey, who cares? Scientists around 1900 didn't stop researching, just because light, atoms, and so on are too complex. Maybe we will be able to understand more.
Of course it is irrelevant for us if the universe started in one wave of energy, emerging and emerging just to collapse again, or if this universe just is here, never started, never ends. However, I really like thinkig about it, and so do many other people.

My friend said that he basically agrees that it is not important for us to know how many stars there are.. But it is a fine way to allay your thirst for knowledge.
I think the urge to try to know as much as possible is in the human nature. If you see it from the evolutionary side, it makes sense. I think it is not good to suppress our nature, it never has been good.

 

[random]

I think the urge to try to know as much as possible is in the human nature. If you see it from the evolutionary side, it makes sense. I think it is not good to suppress our nature, it never has been good.

This was exactly what I said.


My thought is: Shouldn't we put a break on our ambition (and by this I mean, we are always trying to control everything or know everything), or slow it down for some time? Well the reasons are obvious. First, because of earth degradation and secondly for us (every life form that we know)? I think we should. And you don't need to think too much to get this conclusion.

I know we could study astronomy and still live in a almost "paradise" world, if it weren't for our greed. But that's my point, we should try to find a balance before feeding our ambition even more.

And we are the most unbalanced "thing" on earth. I hope you don't need examples. But i'll just to shoot one that I consider Hilarious: look at technology. If we were in balance, my grand-mother would understand as much about computers or, I don't know technology in general, as I do (and I don't understand that much).
My point is, if we were actually in balance we should all benefit from the reflection of our ambition. Wich, more than half of humanity aren't benefiting At All.

Knowing more isn't bad. Never was. That's our nature. But when it comes to balance things, we can't have any discussion. We are unbalanced. And we are destroying ourselfs and every other life forms (on earth). And what right do we have on doing that, just because we "need" to feed our ambition?

Anyway, I accept the "stage" we're at. Not that I agree with it, but I accept it. That's why I feel more at Home after seeing that.