We are Literally Made from Stars

[Quixote1818]

I think this is soooooooo cool! We are descendants of the stars!


We are Literally Made from Stars
by Gerald Grow


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I was moved by an editorial about how the Hubble telescope is showing us the immensity of the universe. With our sun one among 50 billion stars in our galaxy, among more than 50 billion galaxies, it is easy to think of ourselves as lost on a speck in space.

Indeed, one common outcome of modern education is the widespread feeling that we humans are forever separated from the rest of the universe by unimaginable distances, and that the forces operating in the universe are utterly alien to us.

Spiritual traditions give us ways of feeling connected with the universe. I want to remind you of another, scientific, way of feeling connected to the stars.

The same science that reveals to us the vastness of the universe also tells us another story: Astronomers explain that all the elements heavier than hydrogen originated inside stars. The carbon in the ink on a page, and the silicon in glass and microchips, were created in the heart of a star, long ago, as that star shined by fusing hydrogen. The iron that carries the oxygen in your blood as you read this, was created when a star, in its dying phase, exploded.

You and I are not merely separated from the galaxies by unimaginable immensities of space; we are also connected to them by unimaginable immensities of time. We are literally made from stars. We are their descendants. The only difference between us and stars is time.


http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/Stars.html

[lala_rawraw]

1. "My God, it's full of stars"

[Radical Activist]

2. You're starting to sound like Dennis Kucinich.

Be careful, people might start giving you funny looks.

[babylonsister]

3. I don't know if there is any history in this comment, but

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Absolutely!!

All of the universe is connected. Which is why we should not be so quick to destroy.

[ladjf]

20. It's impossible to destroy the Universe or anything within.

However, our current reactions to certain unfolding physical events could alter the context in a way that is unfavorable for us. Everything is constantly evolving as various entities act according to ancient mandates.

[The Doctor.]

5. Yes... I'm a composite, I have

Brad Pitt's jaw, Stacy Keach's penetrating glare, Harvey Firestein's birthday, and Robert DeNiro's neck cramp.

(sorry - couldn't help it)

[Bigmack]

6. Carl Sagan....

... said we are all "star stuff".

It's my religion. I know I'll be here forever... well, the stuff I'm made of will be.

Maybe that's what the cultists/occultists in the organized religions need to learn instead of their weird dogmas., Maybe then humans wouldn't have to kill one another to keep each other's theology straight.

[paineinthearse]

10. Absolutely!

You beat me to the punch.

RIP Carl.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

12. You are exactly right !

[allemand]

21. Yes, I remember him saying that...

:-)

[Goldmund]

7. Is George Bush made of stars too?

Actually, I think that one of the chapters in Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" is titled "We are star stuff".

[Digit]

15. We might be born of such...but some turn to star poop like ...

Born of innocence and purity, but your life is what you make it.
I am glad I am not on his path.

[spindoctor]

8. We are staaaar light, we are golden....

Tell me something Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young didn't know.

So where did the stars come frome, huh? HUH?

[Maple]

9. Thank you

for posting this!

[MsConduct]

11. I love the idea of being made from stars, thanks! n/t

[zippy890]

23. so do I

nice post

[omega minimo]

13. Well, there's yer problem right there

"Indeed, one common outcome of modern education is the widespread feeling that we humans are forever separated from the rest of the universe by unimaginable distances, and that the forces operating in the universe are utterly alien to us."

That's just stupid. That can't possibly be "modern" education.

[fujiyama]

14. Wasn't that the name

of a Moby song?

"We are all made of stars"

[Rob Conn]

16. WWJD

There is no universe. Its all just an image that God displays on the inside of a sphere just outside our solar system. God was pretty pissed off when the Voyager probes hit the wall. And He's had to up the resolution of the screen since they put up that damned Hubble telescope. The Sun is the only star in God's creation, and we are most certainly not its children as we are all children of God, put on this earth in 4004 B.C. Science is the work of the fool. And the fool is too easily swayed by the Devil. Evolution is a sin. Accept without your senses. - R.C.

[Quixote1818]

22. Kind of like the Truman Show with Jim Carrie only on a bigger scale

Wow!

[Rob Conn]

17. WWJD

There is no universe. Its all just an image that God displays on the inside of a sphere just outside our solar system. God was pretty pissed off when the Voyager probes hit the wall. And He's had to up the resolution of the screen since they put up that damned Hubble telescope. The Sun is the only star in God's creation, and we are most certainly not its children as we are all children of God, put on this earth in 4004 B.C. Science is the work of the fool. And the fool is too easily swayed by the Devil. Evolution is a sin. Accept without your senses. - R.C.

[Solly Mack]

18. Now that's what I call divine

[zippy890]

19. Wonderful - thank you

Science and astronomy have given awesome glimpses into the magnificence of the universe & the workings of the human brain

I love this stuff

the sombrero galaxy



human brain synapses


mars happy face