It's very interesting, from your eyes in any direction, you are in the center; the same is true of thinking, when you think about any problem, it is easy to start from your own perspective. So our universe is called the "observable universe", so we always start with: I, I think, I think. Centralism seems to be a human instinct. People always have to make a lot of fallacies about what is called "ultimate" or "dao" in order to touch a little bit. In this regard, Buddhism provides many targeted concepts that can be used to balance, but "worldview" is not only a "concept", but also the feeling of the concept. This kind of feeling needs to be immersed in the story and the senses should be opened , can be subtly.
That's what these kinds of documentaries are all about.
After seeing heaven and earth, we have to admit that human beings are not the center of the universe, the earth, or even the "superior of all spirits". So what is he? What can he do?
Compared with the trilobites that have lasted for more than 200 million years, the dinosaurs that have lasted for more than 100 million years, and the water bears that have survived for 500 million years, human beings may be the most intelligent (intelligence, creativity) brought by "Mother Earth". , beauty), and thus one of the most dangerous creatures. This danger does not mean danger to the earth. Your so-called creation is just playing with building blocks in the eyes of the earth, and your so-called destruction is at most a spa for the earth to clear itself (the so-called inhumaneness of the world is also the benevolence of heaven and earth, you are a part of the earth It has completed a part of its program), the winds and waves of the earth and the ability to repair itself are unimaginable - in fact, the danger is only for human beings themselves. At the million-year level, soon after the 50,000-year ice age began, they had developed the ability to self-destruct. This destruction occurs in two ways: by creating an environment of self-destruction, by various forms of "war".
Of course, being smart is not the original sin. If human beings can go out of the earth and immigrate to aliens, they can more or less wash away the image of a bear child in the eyes of "Mother Earth"-although you are not very talented, but if you don't eat old, the old mother is always happy. But even this is not such a great ability. The documentary said that an asteroid hit the earth billions of years ago, and some of the rocks in the soil containing bacteria were knocked into space. The way back down, to give birth to life again. Everything has its own destiny. As human beings, developing high technology at this stage, especially interstellar navigation, makes the continuation chain of species more resilient, which may be the only dignity we can strive for.
Humanity has undoubtedly reached the most critical step. The external environment has given them plenty of time, with long interglacial periods, flowing oceans, plenty of oxygen, and along the way, they have overcome threats from other species (besides the possibility of sudden aliens). But this last step is also the most dangerous one, because they have to maintain a balance in all aspects (political, economic and social)—environmental protection issues are also political and economic issues to a large extent—so that civilization will not collapse and change in the external environment. Before getting too harsh, before boarding the interstellar ark, don't rush to self-termination.
Here the problem becomes clear. The so-called seeing heaven and earth, seeing sentient beings, is ultimately to see oneself.
To be a humanist, although you can't be like a scientist, you can always do a little bit of ideological and conceptual things to promote mutual understanding and tolerance - it doesn't matter how many people or how much influence, just release kindness from the person around you Start by communicating with a reader. If you think about it, how do you know that the person you influence will not become a scientist who fights for mankind? One ring is not enough, what about a hundred rings? The Butterfly Effect and Conservation of Energy say that your influence never goes away and may even suddenly be amplified. Hardy said that the caller and the called can rarely answer each other.
More often, I don’t have the vision for generations to come, and I don’t have the courage and confidence to speak for someone. I just want to live a good life with my peers in the same world.
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