Spirituality for atheists (mirrored)

[warren52nz]

Great video.

Iamgine if we discover the physics that allows star travel. If that leads to finding other habitable planets, overpopulation could become a thing of the past. And resources might become essentially infinite.

Quite a thought....

[starbabiie301]

thank u very much friend for this video

[xoxoxNESSxoxox]

"The beginning of wisdom is the awareness that there is insufficient evidence that a god or gods have created us and the recognition that we are responsible in part for our own destiny. Human beings can achieve this good life, but it is by the cultivation of the virtues of intelligence and courage, not faith and obedience, that we will most likely be able to do so." Paul Kurtz

Hello friend! *love Always Ness*

[ChuckyJesus666]

@xoxoxNESSxoxox  Can't disagree with that!!

[MrsJMohon]

Glad you mirrored this as the original is down o.O NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[ChuckyJesus666]

@MrsJMohon Yeah, not sure what's going on with that. Lucky I mirrored it!

[mrslaroo]

I loved this video too, the original video is private now for some reason but I'm glad you mirrored it.. I watch it all the time. I've never came across anything that said EXACTLY how I feel. I Love this.

[catgivens]

thank you

[cacherry1]

There's a great word...ineffable.

What gives us this sense of awe that rides along side the feeling of being connected to Everything...

We use clumsy words like "god" and "spirit"

But it cannot be named.

Because it's not meant to be named.

It is meant to be Known.

[patricknelson]

"For most of human history we have searched for our place in the cosmos. Who are we? What are we? We find that we inhabit an insignificant planet of a hum-drum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. This perspective is a courageous continuation of our penchant for constructing and testing mental models of the skies; the Sun as a red-hot stone, the stars as a celestial flame, the Galaxy as the backbone of night."

[patricknelson]

(Quote from Carl Sagan -- didn't have room)

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

- Carl Sagan

"If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."

- Carl Sagan

[ChuckyJesus666]

Great quotes, Patrick!

[patricknelson]

Thank you very much. They're not mine, but I have been making sure to compile cool quotes into a single document over time.

[patricknelson]

PS: Do you happen to know what the background music to this video is? It's beautiful and very peaceful. I like it -- would help on stressful days.

[patricknelson]

Nevermind, found the song: "Brooks was here" by Thomas Newman (on original video)

[RATMfanforlife]

@patricknelson I think it's the Shawshank Redemption soundtrack :) Not sure though mate, sorry

[goog2k]

Sagan said, "We are star stuff" and "a way for the cosmos to know itself."

All the atoms on earth and in our bodies came from supernova that blew up over 5 billion years ago.

Aren't we all just walking, talking stardust -- this cosmos become AWAKE and looking back at itself? -- and aren't we intimately connected to it all?

We are this wonder called life become AWAKE

Please enjoy the dance.

And ultimately there's nothing that separates us from others in this grand mystery. Please be kind

[ijaju]

*****

[ergonomover]

Very edifying; thanks for bringing it, Chucky.

[mbutchin]

Mirrored from whom? Who was the creator of this vid?

[wimsweden]

AHughman08

[ChuckyJesus666]

@mbutchin Yes, A Hughman. See the description for the original video URL. Meant to do that sooner.

[LadyEvyl]

This is a beautiful video! Thank you so very much for sharing it with everyone. Nature is Spiritual in the Sense of sharing Aliveness, Awareness, The "In the NOW"-ness with everything.