Brian sent this stuff to me a while ago and I never did forget it, finding myself thinking about it quite often because it really is mind-blowing. We were talking about it again tonight and so I wanted to blog about it because I think more people should appreciate the Universe, grasp the true infinite power of it and realize that we really are nothing. All of our stupid little problems as we live out our meaningless little lives are absolutely nothing.

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(Not my words below – from an anonymous email.)

ANTARES IS THE 15TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY.

IT IS MORE THAN 1000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY.

Now how big are you?

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NOW TRY TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS………

THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS

‘ENTIRE’ GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.

BELOW IS A CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS.

So, (it’s me again) there you have it. Stuff like this always blows my mind. It makes me take a step back and realize that…well, all the things I said before.

Now I think I want to watch Contact.