A view from space

I was thinking about what to write here - I had a whole speech about humanity, religion, greed, the fate of all the universe and stuff like that. Then I thought - what would I achieve. Well, they say that a picture is worth 1000 words, so here are a few courtesy of Celestia. The first here is of New Zealand as of this very time of writing. Look at those lights and think of how many people live on that little group of islands. Look over to Australia and think of the people living there. Seems to be a lot of space... well pause for a moment...
Now look at Jupiter and Europa. Consider the size of that moon compared to New Zealand, then consider how Jupiter, in the background, looks so close and yet is actually a vast distance away from its moon. Imagine how many earths - that planet you looked at before - fit into the size of Jupiter, let alone its mass.
Here we see Saturn rising in the mid afternoon sky of Titan. I haven't even left the solar system and so much space has been covered.

So if the galaxy is so full of land and resources and space - why are we so busy fighting on this little dot of it. Sure, oxygen is limited - but wait, Earth is meant to be an oxygen factory. It makes the stuff. Just like how each of the other planets seems to produce useful resources... so why do we fight. It's like a bunch of kids in a big old room full of toys fighting over the first one and ignoring all the others. Not realising that if they behave as friends they can enjoy the swings, the roundabout and bask in the wonder of it all.

THAT ladies and gentlemen, is what the universe is all about. Not earth. Not Allah and not God. Sure, there maybe deities out there - I am not so closed minded as to assume that this is all there is to life, but I certainly don't think that following the words of men and calling them the words of God/Allah/Zeus is the way to go. After all these millennia, and without the original writers around to explain things, it's easy to believe that the message has been lost.

And I think it genuinely has. The intention - something I am big on - has been lost to the ages. Why are we all bickering?

It's not even human nature, it is something we have decided upon ourselves.

I despair sometimes for the future of humanity. I would have thought that after all these thousands of years, humanity would have sorted some of their shit out - but the same old mistakes still get made. And what for? Everything but the future of humanity.

Gives you something to think about. Could we be looking at the rebirth of the hippy freelove movement? Sometimes I think humans need to expand their consciousness again...

Love and Huggles

Conan

Currently Reading: Nobilis
Currently Playing: Fireborn - Rememberance; Unknown Armies - To Go
Mood: Contemplative