Living in the Cosmos
For a period of my life, I had to consciously remind myself that I am part of Nature. Like the majority of the population, I now live in an urbanized area. In such a context, the idea that we belong to the natural environment doesn’t come naturally—especially if we live a busy life, working 9 to 5, and don’t actively disconnect from the system that keeps our minds constantly occupied.
So for many years, my challenge was simply to remember: I am connected to Nature. And really, it’s a matter of perspective. The way we think shapes the way we perceive life—in other words, it shapes what we call “reality.”
Recently, NASA released a fascinating image of the Earth—its most accurate representation of our planet’s gravity field. Because matter isn’t evenly distributed and oceans are constantly shifting, the Earth in this image looks like a strange, lumpy red-and-blue blob—quite different from the smooth blue marble we’re used to.
Some people have claimed this is the true shape of the Earth. It’s not. This image shows variations in gravity, not physical shape. Still, it’s true that Earth isn’t a perfect sphere: it bulges slightly at the equator and flattens at the poles due to its rotation. The planet isn’t a solid, rigid ball—the mantle is malleable, allowing it to flex without breaking.
This gravity-field image was captured by the GOCE satellite and digitally translated into a visual form. But in a way, so are many of the images we see of Earth. Satellite photos are edited to match the colors and shapes we recognize.
And actually, our brains do the same thing. We don’t see the world “as it is.” We perceive a translation of vibrations, frequencies, and light into colors, shapes, sounds.
Perspective is everything. Our beliefs, our position in space, our emotional and mental posture—they all affect what we see.
If we look through the lens of a busy, screen-based, confined urban life, the only escape might seem virtual. But if we look from a natural point of view, we begin to notice broader spaces and slower rhythms. We breathe more freely. And if we look from a cosmological perspective, we touch something even greater: expansion, amplitude, what we call infinity.
And let’s not forget: this is still us. Humans. You and me. This is what we are made of.
So tonight, I invite you: go somewhere quiet and look at the stars. Stand on the Earth, remembering you are part of a much greater system. And once you’re there— try looking from the stars.Living in the Cosmos
For a period of my life, I had to consciously remind myself that I am part of Nature.
Like the majority of the population, I now live in an urbanized area.
In such a context, the idea that we belong to the natural environment doesn’t come naturally—especially if we live a busy life, working 9 to 5, and don’t actively disconnect from the system that keeps our minds constantly occupied.
So for many years, my challenge was simply to remember: I am connected to Nature.
And really, it’s a matter of perspective.
The way we think shapes the way we perceive life—in other words, it shapes what we call “reality.”
Recently, NASA released a fascinating image of the Earth—its most accurate representation of our planet’s gravity field. Because matter isn’t evenly distributed and oceans are constantly shifting, the Earth in this image looks like a strange, lumpy red-and-blue blob—quite different from the smooth blue marble we’re used to.
Some people have claimed this is the true shape of the Earth.
It’s not. This image shows variations in gravity, not physical shape.
Still, it’s true that Earth isn’t a perfect sphere: it bulges slightly at the equator and flattens at the poles due to its rotation. The planet isn’t a solid, rigid ball—the mantle is malleable, allowing it to flex without breaking.
This gravity-field image was captured by the GOCE satellite and digitally translated into a visual form. But in a way, so are many of the images we see of Earth. Satellite photos are edited to match the colors and shapes we recognize.
And actually, our brains do the same thing.
We don’t see the world “as it is.”
We perceive a translation of vibrations at different frequencies. Our brain turns them into colors, shapes and sounds.
Perspective is everything. Our beliefs, our position in space, our emotional and mental posture—they all affect what we see.
If we look through the lens of a busy, screen-based, confined urban life, the only escape might seem virtual.
But if we look from a natural point of view, we begin to notice broader spaces and slower rhythms. We breathe more freely.
And if we look from a cosmological perspective, we touch something even greater: expansion, amplitude, what we call infinity.
And let’s not forget: this is still us.
Humans. You and me.
This is what we are made of.
So tonight, I invite you: go somewhere quiet and look at the stars.
Stand on the Earth, remembering you are part of a much greater system.
And once you’re there—
try looking from the stars.
