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what is our place in the Universe?
As a young soldier I found myself on the edge of Ramon Crater in the Israeli Negev desert; it is one of the greatest and deepest craters in the world. It was after midnight, the sky was glimmering with myriad stars.
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From that moment I have been dwelling about our connection to the stars and the human enigmatic reason to life. Why are we here? What is our role in the vast cosmos? Is there anyone noticing us out there?
Those questions were the base of my eternal awe refreshed every night when I raised my eyes to the night skies seeing the marvel of the celestial elements scattered all over the horizon, it turned to be my life quest, that can result in an inspiring movie. Here are some facts:
Moons, planets, stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters are moving, evolving and decaying in the same pattern, all celestial elements obey the same rules that are derived from gravity attraction, electromagnetism reactions and the inner subatomic weak and strong forces that determine the atom shape and function. The fact is that science can give a partial answer to only about 4% of the universe matter the rest 96% is dark matter and dark energy that are not yet defined and understood.
Moons orbit planets, planets encircle stars, stars swivel the mass center (usually black holes) in the middle of galaxies and galaxies move within bigger galaxy cluster formations. All the universe is moving, every second a star is bursting, exploding and decaying, new stars are born new galaxies are formed, Gamma rays are transmitted, black holes swallow nearby stars and matter, quasars emit the brightest light, human beings are born and immediately disappear. There isn't a dull moment within our known universe.
The enigma of our existence stems from the fact that there is an unbridgeable gap between our gift to encompass eternity with our minds and our finite carnal embodiment that compared to star life is but a friction of a second.
We are but a tiny part, unnoticeable and insignificant inhabitants of our known vast universe, even the blue heavenly ball we've got is ruined by us. The wisdom behind the universe order says that all its inhabitants are interrelated by the same universal rules so a human being won't turn into a moon and a planet won't shrink to be a bacteria. The only attribute that defines us human beings is the fact that we can contemplate about the universe's vastness. If there is a reason behind our existence, it is this ability to reach with our minds far away and dwell about the universal creation, growth and evolvement. As everything is connected so the pattern of the universal tribal gathering, all planets and stars are part of galaxy formations as human beings live in families, communities, cities and states. Because of the very limited time we've got on this planet and because the limited space we've got, the only way to have a significant sign or voice in this universe is by attuning all human minds to one direction. As planets and stars are moving in harmony, so 8 billion minds can produce a collective human signal that can somehow be recognized outside of the Milky Way galaxy.
As matter is constructed from electrons that swivel the atomic nucleus so the brain contains about 100 billion brain cells, so each galaxy contains about 100 billion stars and so it's believed that there are about 100 billion galaxies in our known universe, all those are in constant motion, everlasting journey of change and exchange, and it might be that there is a reason between the similarity of those numbers.
In this life I have, I started a journey towards unveiling the current knowledge and philosophy about our connection to the stars and what is our place in the universal order, it might be that the era of individuality is over, Planet Earth won't survive endless violation and as the universal order shows clear and attuned teamwork mechanism so it should be adapted in our small and still flourishing planet.
Have magic in your life.
Ted Barr
