If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel
A tediously accurate, to-scale map of the solar system, built by web developer Josh Worth: https://www.joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html The premise is simple and unforgiving. …
Cosmology
Love is the fundamental energy of the universe.
Love is the fundamental energy of the universe.
The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.
The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.
We bear the universe in our beings as the universe bears us in its being.
We bear the universe in our beings as the universe bears us in its being.
Each being in the universe is the result of 13.8 billion years of creative development
Each being in the universe is the result of 13.8 billion years of creative development.
Humans are that part of the Earth that has awakened to itself
Humans are that part of the Earth that has awakened to itself.
If you understand that you are made of stellar material, you understand your kinship with every other being
If you understand that you are made of stellar material, you understand your kinship with every other being.
The future depends on whether we can learn to see ourselves as Earth
The future depends on whether we can learn to see ourselves as Earth.
The greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise is that we live in a developing universe
The greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise is that we live in a developing universe.
The universe is not a collection of objects but a communion of subjects
The universe is not a collection of objects but a communion of subjects.
The universe is the primary sacred community, the primary revelation, the primary text
The universe is the primary sacred community, the primary revelation, the primary text.
We are the first generation of humans to know the story of the universe
We are the first generation of humans to know the story of the universe.
I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.
“I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.” — Robinson Jeffers
Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.
“Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.” — Robinson …
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“We are the universe becoming conscious of itself” - Brian Swimme
Profile: Brian Swimme
Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist and cultural historian who examines the implications of modern cosmology for human meaning and purpose. Trained as a mathematician at the University of …
Profile: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and visionary thinker who pioneered the integration of evolutionary science with mystical spirituality, articulating cosmic …
Profile: Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was a cultural historian, cosmologist, and self-described “geologian” who examined human-Earth relationships through the lens of both scientific cosmology and …
quote to understand life, we must understand lynn margulis
“To understand life, we must understand the partnerships that make it possible.” — Lynn Margulis Microcosmos (1986)
Earth as Peppercorn (The Thousand-Yard Model)
“The Thousand-Yard Model, or The Earth as a Peppercorn” — © 1989 Guy Ottewell, published by Universal Workshop. Reproduced here with attribution, following the same practice used by …
4) Formation of the solar system
4.5 billion years ago, our Solar System forms from the remains of the supernova explosion.The sun and a great disk of matter emerge—all the planets and other members of our solar system family. Here …
3) Grandmother supernova
8 billion years later, 4.6 billion years ago, our Grandmother Star becomes a supernova.She gives up her life in an explosion of possibilities . She becomes a supernova giving rise to our Star, what …