If we were all granted a view of our planet from afar, such as the lucky few astronauts who got to float about AND pee in their pants without reprimand, would it impact us enough to cause us to widen our perspective as to why we're all here in the first place? Probably not. But to give the human race the benefit of the doubt, let's try for a moment to see the higher good behind all the bad & rampantly trashy behavior that humans are and humans do. Because if we're going to get a good solid zen-hold on our lives during these wildly changing, environmentally concerning times, we might as well do it as a collective. After all, we're all bumbling around together on planet whether we like it or not. And it's not likely that Nasa will be shipping regular people off for mini vacations to the moon - even if Branson were to convince Gates to merge assets for rocket adventures.Maybe there really IS something to the act of pondering the soul when we're in a state of calm, rather than when crisis hits and we're suddenly, madly scrambling for cover. Where do our nutty ideas come from anyway? Most people, never stop to question why they think the way they do or why even they act the way they act....that is until they get themselves into deep doo-doo. Trouble, as the zen masters teach us is our greatest gift; for when we are under water so to speak, we are forced to have to suck up and look at life from different angles. By then things are usually such a mess, that no matter what angle one tries to view a situation, no solution seems in sight.
Well...we might not solve the problems right in front of us and maybe moon travel is just a pipe dream for most of us. But if we can look up once in awhile and stare at the stars from our itsy, bitsy little lives of 9-5 hrs and MOON SIZED mortgage bills, we'll always have our divine right to 'dream on'. Even if we never make full sense of why any of us are really here.
