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Author: bigfletch8
Date: Jul 5, 2008 08:30

Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".

How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
subject.

Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
words to the effect that 'bits' started to fly off in all directions,
but of course, there were no directions. Easy mistake to make :-)

Secondly, the computer model created at Stanford, of the combined
galaxies, looked exactly like the 'dance of shiva' icon at the centre,
and finally, his speculation that the observable universe was a mere
electron in a greater universe, ad infinitum.

Such observations confirmed why masters tell us we each have to
transcend the mind to see reality.
His first comment re 'many directions' confirmed that fact.

To look 'through' the mind creates only illusions.

Thanks Carl, for illustrating how even such a beautiful mind as yours
can only see 'that which isnt'.

BOfL
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: Art
Date: Jul 5, 2008 10:15

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigfletch8@gmail.com"
gmail.com> wrote:
>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".
>
>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
>subject.
>
>Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
>words...
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: Sir Frederick
Date: Jul 5, 2008 10:32

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:15:10 -0400, Art zilch.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigfletch8@gmail.com"
>gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".
>>
>>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious...
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: Wordsmith
Date: Jul 5, 2008 10:43

On Jul 5, 11:32 am, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:15:10 -0400, Art zilch.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigflet...@gmail.com"
>>gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".
>
>>>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
>>>subject.
>
>>>Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
>>>words to the effect that 'bits' started to fly off in all directions,
>>>but of course, there were no directions. Easy mistake to make :-)
>
>>>Secondly, the computer model created at Stanford, of the combined
>>>galaxies, looked exactly like the 'dance of shiva' icon at the centre,
>>>and finally, his speculation that the observable universe was a mere
>>>electron in a greater universe, ad infinitum.
>
>>>Such observations confirmed why masters tell us we each have to ...
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: Sir Frederick
Date: Jul 5, 2008 10:58

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:43:08 -0700 (PDT), Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
>What do you think about Michio Kaku?
>
>W : )

Here is some background info :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku

I don't see him in public that much.
Any videos (like YouTube) of him?
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: Wordsmith
Date: Jul 5, 2008 11:05

On Jul 5, 11:58 am, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:43:08 -0700 (PDT), Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
>>What do you think about Michio Kaku?
>
>>W : )
>
> Here is some background info :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku
>
> I don't see him in public that much.
> Any videos (like YouTube) of him?

I first found out about him via the late nite
radio program Coast to Coast AM. He's not
quite the showman Sagan was, but he delves
into the same cosmic soup.

W : )
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: bigfletch8
Date: Jul 5, 2008 17:30

On Jul 6, 3:15 am, Art zilch.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigflet...@gmail.com"
>
>
>
>
>
> gmail.com> wrote:
>>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".
>
>>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
>>subject.
>
>>Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
>>words to the effect that 'bits' started to fly off in all directions,
>>but of course, there were no directions. Easy mistake to make :-)
>
>>Secondly, the computer model created at Stanford, of the combined
>>galaxies, looked exactly like the 'dance of shiva' icon at the centre,
>>and finally, his speculation that the observable universe was a mere ...
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: bigfletch8
Date: Jul 5, 2008 17:30

On Jul 6, 3:32 am, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:15:10 -0400, Art zilch.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigflet...@gmail.com"
>>gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".
>
>>>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
>>>subject.
>
>>>Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
>>>words to the effect that 'bits' started to fly off in all directions,
>>>but of course, there were no directions. Easy mistake to make :-)
>
>>>Secondly, the computer model created at Stanford, of the combined
>>>galaxies, looked exactly like the 'dance of shiva' icon at the centre,
>>>and finally, his speculation that the observable universe was a mere
>>>electron in a greater universe, ad infinitum.
>
>>>Such observations confirmed why masters tell us we each have to ...
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: zinnic
Date: Jul 5, 2008 18:16

On Jul 5, 12:15 pm, Art zilch.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigflet...@gmail.com"
>
>
>
>
>
> gmail.com> wrote:
>>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".
>
>>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
>>subject.
>
>>Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
>>words to the effect that 'bits' started to fly off in all directions,
>>but of course, there were no directions. Easy mistake to make :-)
>
>>Secondly, the computer model created at Stanford, of the combined
>>galaxies, looked exactly like the 'dance of shiva' icon at the centre,
>>and finally, his speculation that the observable universe was a mere ...
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Re: Cosmos revisited         


Author: zinnic
Date: Jul 5, 2008 18:40

On Jul 5, 1:05 pm, Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 5, 11:58 am, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:43:08 -0700 (PDT), Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>What do you think about Michio Kaku?
>
>>>W : )
>
>> Here is some background info :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku
>
>> I don't see him in public that much.
>> Any videos (like YouTube) of him?
>
> I first found out about him via the late nite
> radio program Coast to Coast AM. He's not
> quite the showman Sagan was, but he delves
> into the same cosmic soup.
>
> W : ) ...
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