Na'vi

I liked Avatar, actually, I thought it was bloody fantastic; everyone else says the same thing so I don't have to here.

I also thought that the Na'vi people were pretty awesome and humans quite lame in comparison. To show who's side I'm on I tested out my photoshop skills and ended up with probably one of my favourite pieces of all time.

Sam'rir

Jackie Chan

I'm sleepy and flicking through what's on TV, hundreds of channels at my fingers tips but nothing I want to watch. I click on international listings (I've never looked here before ) I click the first one - I'm not subscribed to receive that channel. I click the next channel down, blocked from this one as well, and the next one, and the next one, until I find a channel that works. 'PCNE Chinese' is the channel I ended up on. It's a talk show, a woman and a man sitting on a round chair, I recognised one of the faces... it's Jackie Chan.

Thoughts on the big bang, the universe, our existance and evolution.

First of all, it's been a while and if anyone reads this then thanks for checking in, I hope you get something from this.

I had a break through in my understanding the other day. I'm not sure where to start, perhaps, like all stories it is best to start at the beginning.

The Big Bang is widely acknowledged to be a pretty well rounded and logical explanation for the creation of our known universe. It is a theory but it was created to fit what we have learned - The universe is expanding and there is a lot of background radiation, which is very basic but more can be read here.

Now, the theory goes that the universe spawned from a single point of space time called a singularity.What has taken me so long to actually grasp is that the universe has grown from a single point. If you plant an acorn, it doesn't matter how big the oak tree grows, the leaves will be oak leaves on every branch. The universe is one, it has just become bigger.

To use another analogy, picture the singularity the known universe was birthed from as ingredients for a loaf of bread. All the ingredients are there, when it's ready it will start the expand, the bread is the same at the top and bottom - the ingredients are the same. It's the same with the universe, the ingredients are the same everywhere and what I've come to understand is the trial and error nature of the universe.

To continue of the theme of food; imagine the universe as a chef with the largest pantry you can imagine, with a flare for the experimental and with no concern for time. Throwing ingredients together, mixing and matching and trying different things and every now and then something nice to eat will be created what can be observed though is that our chef doesn't care what he makes, he will just keep experimenting. The ingredients were in the mixture for us to exist.

Since the very first humans we have believed us and our planet special above all others. We are important but because we are a part of everything. We are just a product of the universe, we are the universe and it is us. We are all one because we are a part of everything, and that everything stemmed from oneness. If all the planets and particles of the universe are the same then what makes us feel that we are anything apart from this. This doesn't make us divinely chosen, we just happen to be the tastiest dish on our planet.

This experimenting can be seen through the diversity of life on our planet. Life is part of the ingredients for the universe and I say this quite safely based on the following - The only planet we know that supports life is our own and life sprung up on this planet relatively quickly. As we understand it Earth was formed 4.54 billion years ago, life appeared within one billion years and our planet is expected to continue supporting life for another 1.5 billion years - as the sun expands . If you factor in the time it took for Earth to settle down, form at atmosphere, etc. Then it is clear that Earth as supported life incredibly quickly - Baring in mind that our planet and galaxy is in no way remarkable it is very hard to believe that this is not normal behaviour for a life suitable planet.

What I seem to be saying is that if the ingredients are right here, then as the ingredients are the same everywhere in the incomprehensible expanse of the universe the ingredients will be right somewhere else. There is no doubt in my mind that life exists else where, my curiosity lies in them and how the random experimentation of the universe has shaped them.

We search for meaning to our existence, purpose and reason. What I have come to understand is that we are the universe and the universe is us. You and I are one, we are the sun and the moon, the planets of all the solar systems, the mass that makes galaxies. Everything that exists is a single entity and we are a part of it, albeit a very, very small part.

You are important because the universe is important, it is everything we know and we are a part of it.

Peace, my family.

Sam.