hi, i just wanted to ask a question, but it definitely is a highly complicated one
how do you feel about the vastness of space and the universe, and the infinity and unknown of it all? if this has ever plagued you, how can you learn to accept it?
i genuinely feel like i have a phobia of space, and im kind of just in an existential crisis😭 what i will say is that i really like the way you talk about things and just wanted to know your personal opinions, thank you so much
You know I was THINKING ABOUT THIS QUESTION earlier as I was coming back home. Now, I was on a Boeing 747 crossing the Atlantic and that is... something. Like, how does THAT even flight? I mean, I know the science behind it and all - the inventor was a Brazilian afterall - but it is not less scary if you stop to think about it, right?
ALSO I wanted to mention, for later reasons, that the Icelandic people have a phrase "Þetta reddast" which means literally "Everything will be okay", not to ignore hardships but to acknowledge that humans are resilient and will adapt to everything, giving the circumstance. It is about things we cannot control, where there is no point in suffering for it - no crying over spilled milk, right?
Now YES ABOUT SPACE OMG I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED.
Yes, Space itself is terrifying to me, or it used to be - I do love Cosmic Horror. I remember watching the movie "Gravity" and there is a scene where Sandra Bullock's character is just floating in space, lost and in complete silence. The scene is very slow and agonizing and it scared the fuck out of me because this is it, right? We don't know what's out there and we cannot possibly know - we wouldn't survive.
You know what I also like? The concept of Cosmic Bliss! I personally experience it on my practice when I'm face to face with Primordial-Chaos-Loki which is just... this huge black void that pulls me. Here i'll quote a quick explanation:
The "Anti-Horror" Twist: Cosmic bliss is a thought-provoking counter-concept to cosmic horror (e.g., Lovecraftian horror). While traditional cosmic horror focuses on the terror and madness of humanity confronting incomprehensible, alien beings, cosmic bliss explores a different reaction: euphoric reverence, awe, and a sense of sublime peace when faced with the infinite void or an eldritch entity. (From: Tale Foundry)
Which also brings us to the concept that: we are so fucking small in comparison to the universe that... why suffer about it? There is nothing really we can do to change it, is it? Þetta reddast! The universe will continue being the universe long after we no longer exist, as it was before. I think it's quite beautiful that, in a world full of people who think they are everything, they know everything and they can own anything, the space just doesn't give a single flying fuck because we are just a bunch of cosmic dust somewhere on a small galaxy near a black hole.
Everything is infinity, the space is and so are we! You don't even need to be spiritual to believe that: our cells, our particles, whatever makes us exist is part of the universe and was here from the start and will be here till the end - no matter what form. Human, grass, soil, air... particles in space... we are all made of the same essential matter, it is not unknown! Just... unfamiliar? Just different. And after we are no longer here, we will be part of the universe in other forms. Perhaps multiverses? Who knows! Yes, it is scary if you stop to think about it but it is also so exciting! There could be ANYTHING. THERE COULD BE ANYTHING!!!! that is the closest to prove gods science will ever get, in my opinion. And yes, it is as scary as it is beautiful. And I think it's a bless in itself to be part of it :)!
