https://futurism.com/astrobiologists-earth-intelligent-entity
This article in Futurism is an Interesting read and makes a lot of sense to me.
Does anyone remember those old educational cartoons – “Schoolhouse Rock” that taught about the human body, mathematics, American Politics and much more more? 🤔
I specifically recall one of the episodes on the body – “red cells carry oxygen, white cells fight off germs”. Watching these cartoons very possibly started my interest in the human body and physics. Probably also part of the reason I have thought of humans as individual cells in a much larger macrocosm for a long time.
I’d imagine that something like say, a red blood cell doesn’t have a strong sense of awareness of anything outside of itself, right?
It is an individual cell, doing exactly the job that it was created for. But that one individual cell is really a part of a huge macrocosm and wouldn’t survive very long without the rest of the system. And certainly wouldn’t be very productive in supplying oxygen and nutrients if it was on it’s own, right?🩸
I think that humans have a tendency to be similar in this. We have difficulty in viewing ourselves as anything but individual entities and often act from this narrow perspective, sometimes causing pain to those around us or the world at large as we only think about what is best for our own survival or self-interest.
But what if we broadened our perspective as a collective? What if we could view ourselves as small, individual components of a much larger creation; individual drops of water that make up an ocean or, like a Seurat pointillism painting, individual dots of color that when seen together make up a breathtaking piece of art? What if we stopped the “me against you” mindset that seems to be so rampant today and instead considered everything from the viewpoint of the greatest good for all involved?
What if we put our incredible collective intelligence to good use to find sources of energy, sustenance and information that supported each other and our planet rather than enslaving others while stripping the earth of its resources and reserves?
I know that this topic may feel a little deep or intense for a Saturday morning, but if not now, when?
How long can we keep up the hostility and animosity that so many hold towards our neighbors, communities, leaders, and planet – before we well and truly go into self-destruct mode – or our earth decides that we are an invasive species that she is damned tired of supporting?
An interesting fact to consider is the fact that the “Doomsday Clock” just hit 90 seconds to midnight. This means we are closer than ever to world destruction.
Just sayin’…😒
Here is what I would put forth as an idea for today: that we create a personal and societal mantra along the lines of:
Or perhaps – “I am an individual human in a much, much larger body of humans and other species. How can I work as an individual, but also with other humans, to create greater unity, greater cohesion, greater entrainment – to achieve the healthiest, happiest self and ecosystem/biosphere/body possible?” 🌏.
Feels good, doesn’t it?🌈✨🌞
Incidentally, for those parents that are looking to provide a little more educational content than “SpongeBob”, The Magic Schoolbus had one episode where Miss F. took the kids through a human body, and there was a really wonderful series of French cartoons “Once Upon A Time – Life” from the 80’s that covered pretty much every aspect of humans in 26 episodes. They can be found on YouTube, as well as the “Schoolhouse Rocks“ series. 😎
Much love and big hugs, friends. Happy weekend!💖
– Terah
This Blessed Sacred Life 