mindfulness

It seems that the cosmos is very special and fine tuned for life. Stephen Hawking; The laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many fundamental numbers, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the proton and the electron. ... The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life. You can learn more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned_universe There seem to be at least two answer why it is so; the anthropic one, otherwise wouldn't we humans be here. Another answer may be, if there are an infinite numbers of universes out there some will be fine tuned for life to exist. A third third view can be: yes, some universes  would be fine tuned for life, but maybe why for humans, is it not a lucky (or unlucky) chance that we are here? We may never have the right answer, but for me it may be many universes out there, m

We are the eco-terrorists of the world. - what if look us in the mirror with that in mind.  Here you can read about what it means today and about our time; anthropocene; http://humanorigins.si.edu/research/age-humans-evolutionary-perspectives-anthropocene But not every human society has lived like this, and some still live in balance with the rest of nature, like the Kogi indians in Colombia: Maybe we in the lack a mythology that sees our connection with Gaia or Mother Earth. the mythology we live in now, late capitalism, sees her just like raw material. The Buddhas words about cooling desires, with meditation and and compassion seem to be relevant, but not many Buddhist lives like that, even not in the monasteries. Or may Brian Swimme's view of Evolution, even in a cosmic sense, as a big sacred story a new mythology to grasp? At least it seems that we need a new story or mythology to survive.... But first, when we have to look ourselves in the mirror with bru