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[GAAN]

My daily 3am buddha posting came up...

Dalai Lama - It is self-evident that a generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace and that their negative counterparts bring undesirable consequences. Happiness arises from virtuous causes. If we truly desire to be happy, there is no other way to proceed but by way of virtue: it is the method by which happiness is achieved. And, we might add, that the basis of virtue, its ground, is ethical discipline.

my first thought was

Joel

I hope things are better for you and the family today

[Howie]

Great feel good thread, Mother!

Best wishes to BP, LM and family from the wife and I.

[badgalbetty]

yes best wishes to all wherever you are in the world.

Every day is chance to start again in life and be happy, life truly is what you make of it.

I try to be the best human I can be, despite my personal struggles ...........but as I look around me ,mine are no worse or no better than anyone elses here-they are just different.

Joel ,take comfort in knowing that you are loved and that people here do care about you and your family.

Be well Friend,

Erica.

[DoubleEagle]

As I watched 3 hours of the Nat Geo channel about the Universe, I am wondering if I actually exist at all ?

The Universe is said to be 78,000,000,000 light years from end to end.

Hard to make sense of a figure that large.

The Hubble telescope has allowed us to be able to actually see to the end of the Universe and the end is still expanding from the " Big Bang  " ( which most Scientists believe created the Universe ) faster than the speed of light .

The Universe is estimated to be 13,500,000,000 years old.

We;ve sent radio messages to some distant Stars...they will get there in 25,000,000 years. What's the use ?

Lastly please watch this most incredible video ever taken in 3D by the Hubble Telescope .


The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

Hubble Deep Field:  The Most Imp. Image Ever Taken (Redux)

Dolph    

[ducpainter]

As I watched 3 hours of the Nat Geo channel about the Universe, I am wondering if I actually exist at all ?

The Universe is said to be 78,000,000,000 light years from end to end.

Hard to make sense of a figure that large.

The Hubble telescope has allowed us to be able to actually see to the end of the Universe and the end is still expanding from the " Big Bang  " ( which most Scientists believe created the Universe ) faster than the speed of light .

The Universe is estimated to be 13,500,000,000 years old.

We;ve sent radio messages to some distant Stars...they will get there in 25,000,000 years. What's the use ?

Lastly please watch this most incredible video ever taken in 3D by the Hubble Telescope .


The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

Dolph   

Dolph...

you're having a flashback...

huh?

[DoubleEagle]

Dolph...

you're having a flashback...

huh?

Nate, did you watch the video ?

No flashbacks here.

Dolph     

[lethe]

As I watched 3 hours of the Nat Geo channel about the Universe, I am wondering if I actually exist at all ?

The Universe is said to be 78,000,000,000 light years from end to end.

Hard to make sense of a figure that large.

The Hubble telescope has allowed us to be able to actually see to the end of the Universe and the end is still expanding from the " Big Bang  " ( which most Scientists believe created the Universe ) faster than the speed of light .

The Universe is estimated to be 13,500,000,000 years old.

We;ve sent radio messages to some distant Stars...they will get there in 25,000,000 years. What's the use ?

Lastly please watch this most incredible video ever taken in 3D by the Hubble Telescope .


The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

Dolph   

ah grasshopper but the extreme size means all we observe is of the same small nothingness so while you may view yourself as unimportant, you are effectively of the same importance as the worm and the entire planet as far as scaling goes. And if this is but one of billions (or more) universes than you are worth either less or more depending on your perspective. The question is what is the scale of measure for all things.
My preferred measurement is the what you can achieve with the tools given you and the impact it will have on others, therefore BP has great worth.

[Grampa]

 

Things are hectic but good. Lots to do before the services are held.

The house overflowith with pets.

[lethe]

Things are hectic but good. Lots to do before the services are held.

The house overflowith with pets.

A cornucopia of critters

[ducpainter]

Nate, did you watch the video ?

No flashbacks here.

Dolph     

I did Dolph...

The flashback reference was from your comment about wondering about your existence.

[DoubleEagle]

ah grasshopper but the extreme size means all we observe is of the same small nothingness so while you may view yourself as unimportant, you are effectively of the same importance as the worm and the entire planet as far as scaling goes. And if this is but one of billions (or more) universes than you are worth either less or more depending on your perspective. The question is what is the scale of measure for all things.
My preferred measurement is the what you can achieve with the tools given you and the impact it will have on others, therefore BP has great worth.

A reasonable conclusion if you are in fact correct in assuming we really do exist.

I'm not sure you have grasped our minisculness in the overall vastness of the numbers of the occupants of Stars, Solar Systems, and Galaxies in the Universe.

We are but one Solar System in our Galaxy the Milky Way Galaxy that consists of 5 hundred thousand million Solar Systems.

How can one not feel insignificant or possibly may be not even exist at all or be a less than an Amoeba in size and scope as less than a speck in the Universe .

Hubble Deep Field:  The Most Imp. Image Ever Taken (Redux)

Dolph

[lethe]

A reasonable conclusion if you are in fact correct in assuming we really do exist.

I'm not sure you have grasped our minisculness in the overall vastness of the numbers of the occupants of Stars, Solar Systems, and Galaxies in the Universe.

We are but one Solar System in our Galaxy the Milky Way Galaxy that consists of 5 hundred thousand million Solar Systems.

How can one not feel insignificant or possibly may be not even exist at all or be a less than an Amoeba in size and scope as less than a speck in the Universe .

Hubble Deep Field:  The Most Imp. Image Ever Taken (Redux)

Dolph

unfortunately I have a grasp of such things (being in the car 5+ hours a day will lead to such thoughts)
unfortunate because such thought is the type of stuff our little brains aren't designed to conceive thus headaches are a norm for me
if one can conceive of a thing they can begin to understand it, knowledge itself is not power, understanding is.
Understanding brings worth, therefore headaches are worth the effort.

[Grampa]

neither knowledge nor the understanding is power...... sharing it is.

[lethe]

neither knowledge nor the understanding is power...... sharing it is.

but once you really start understanding it you end up seeing the value of sharing it 
So we're both right and in a nice way. 

[DoubleEagle]

From the time I was aware of the Universe I questioned my existence and what lay beyond the edge of the Universe.

I have always believed in a Supreme being.

But I have always wondered what was before there was a Universe and has there always been a Supreme being.

I believe in Christianity but still am in awe by these thoughts.

Dolph