Beyond the beyond……

Beyond the beyond……

In my previous post 2 days ago, I wrote about the Super Galactic Centre -a cluster of 30 plus galaxies (!) in which our own galaxy is a gravitationally captive. Not only are there multiple galaxies in this core, an estimated three trillion stars contribute to the mass and light of this complex. It is estimated to possess the mass of three billion solar masses. It’s huge. It’s beyond words…....

Here’s an image of this cluster that electrified me. It took my breath away, opened my heart to the reality of an intelligent universe and acted like a lightning bolt to my mind. Simply stated, the picture depicts our extended home and neighbourhood within a visible ray of creation. It filled me simultaneously with the awe of unknowing along with a collective pride of human questioning and discovery.

Astronomers at the University of Hawai‘i Manoa recently named this supercluster of galaxies with the Hawaiian word, Laniakea, or “Immense Heaven.”

The red dot in the computer-generated photo is our home. No, it’s not just our planet or solar system; the red dot is the entirety of the Milky Way. This perspective transcends eras, generations, social conditions and fashions. Plato, Buddha, Christ, and Gurdjieff are but the blink of an eye in the cosmic time frame.......