We are all made of Stars!

[Rev. RJ Dudemiester]

i subscribe to the theory of worlds within worlds: our universe is but a quark in an atom of another universe. so nice to think that you contain trillions of tiny universes within you. on the other hand, the atom our universe exists briefly in could just be in a pile of shit!

truth, this is indeed exactly how it is.

[yourgaelness]

or the song by moby called we are all made of stars. it's in my head now.

yourgaelness
(cruisin the old posts)

[DigitalBuddha]

True, but I am also made of In-And-Out-Burgers.

[herpgumbo]

When I look up at the sky, and witness all the beauty
I gotta feel lucky for this very opportunity
I could've never been born, but instead I'm right here
And I think about death but I feel no fear.

[Smithy Dude]

I'm new, so it won't let me add a link.

Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson's answer, which echoes Carl's... that the most amazing thing about the universe, is that our atoms, the heavy elements that make up the human body... oxygen, carbon, nitrogen... were formed in the hearts of stars, and as they exploded, they scattered their guts around, providing the raw material to make us.

It is beautiful to me that "The universe is in us," as he says, and rather than seeing our tiny world within it and feeling small, we can feel big, and connected to everything, because of this fact.

Abide.

[DigitalBuddha]

I'm new, so it won't let me add a link.

Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson's answer, which echoes Carl's... that the most amazing thing about the universe, is that our atoms, the heavy elements that make up the human body... oxygen, carbon, nitrogen... were formed in the hearts of stars, and as they exploded, they scattered their guts around, providing the raw material to make us.

It is beautiful to me that "The universe is in us," as he says, and rather than seeing our tiny world within it and feeling small, we can feel big, and connected to everything, because of this fact.

Abide.

Abide for six more posts and you will be able to, dude.

[Oompa Loompa Dude]

Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded.
And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand.
It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics.
You are all stardust.
You couldn't be here if stars hadn't exploded.
Because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution weren't created at the beginning of time.
They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars.
And the only way they could get into your body is if the stars were kind enough to explode.
So forget Jesus.
The stars died so you could be here today.

Sorry christian Dudes, I just liked this.

(Again through Stumble Upon, from Age of Reason)

Wouldn't that mean that EVERYTHING is made of stars, not just humans? Kind of an egocentric quote if you ask me, dude
Even dog shit is made of the same elements that made stars. I mean, no offense to meekon5, at least its an ethos, hehe.

[Masked Dude]

That's actually the point. People always assume that atheists like me have no sense of wonder and belonging in the universe (or multiverse, if that's your thing). Me, you, dog shit, snot, special friends, the sea, a fart... everything...

I'm amazed that I'm part of an ongoing machine in which a tiny part of me was once a celestial furnace that helped create a world. That tiny part may have traveled light years or light centuries here. One day, our sun will collapse and maybe the Earth will crash into the sun and explode and be sent a long way. That part of me may become something like a comet or a new life or another star.

That, my fellow dude, is part of a beautiful celestial dance that amazes me more than anything.

(Yeah, I'm planning & producing  some videos with this kind of stuff.)

[wuliheron]

Everything originated with the big bang and, in the beginning, God farted.

[Smithy Dude]

That's actually the point. People always assume that atheists like me have no sense of wonder and belonging in the universe (or multiverse, if that's your thing). Me, you, dog shit, snot, special friends, the sea, a fart... everything...

I'm amazed that I'm part of an ongoing machine in which a tiny part of me was once a celestial furnace that helped create a world. That tiny part may have traveled light years or light centuries here. One day, our sun will collapse and maybe the Earth will crash into the sun and explode and be sent a long way. That part of me may become something like a comet or a new life or another star.

That, my fellow dude, is part of a beautiful celestial dance that amazes me more than anything.

(Yeah, I'm planning & producing  some videos with this kind of stuff.)

Exactamundo. 

The un-dudeliest thing I encounter is the first-world, particularly American, view of rugged individualism, personal accomplishment attitude.  It is good for us to be achievers, but not at the expense of realizing that we're all far more connected than our culture suggests.  The church I grew up in suggested that we live in the world, but not of the world.  Sage advice, when you realize that they're saying you gotta feed the monkey, but doing that doesn't have to drive every attitude you have. 

Other mantras might be "think global, act local", any and every variation of the Golden Rule... do unto others as you would have them do unto you, or the wisdom traditions of the east, in which the Tao eschews self over whole.

At least, as far as I understand it.  It is just my opinion after all.

[cckeiser]

That's actually the point. People always assume that atheists like me have no sense of wonder and belonging in the universe (or multiverse, if that's your thing). Me, you, dog shit, snot, special friends, the sea, a fart... everything...

I'm amazed that I'm part of an ongoing machine in which a tiny part of me was once a celestial furnace that helped create a world. That tiny part may have traveled light years or light centuries here. One day, our sun will collapse and maybe the Earth will crash into the sun and explode and be sent a long way. That part of me may become something like a comet or a new life or another star.

That, my fellow dude, is part of a beautiful celestial dance that amazes me more than anything.

(Yeah, I'm planning & producing  some videos with this kind of stuff.)

Exactamundo. 

The un-dudeliest thing I encounter is the first-world, particularly American, view of rugged individualism, personal accomplishment attitude.  It is good for us to be achievers, but not at the expense of realizing that we're all far more connected than our culture suggests.  The church I grew up in suggested that we live in the world, but not of the world.  Sage advice, when you realize that they're saying you gotta feed the monkey, but doing that doesn't have to drive every attitude you have. 

Other mantras might be "think global, act local", any and every variation of the Golden Rule... do unto others as you would have them do unto you, or the wisdom traditions of the east, in which the Tao eschews self over whole.

At least, as far as I understand it.  It is just my opinion after all.

Or how about simply....Please...Do No Harm.
http://donoharm.us

[Smithy Dude]

I like your style.

Doing good, though, as well as just avoiding harm, as part of a connected community of human beings, is what I aspire to.

[BrotherShamus]

I'm always interested in these cosmological perspectives. I recently read an  article arguing that the universe is actually a living thing. We are all part of the Universe; collectively all living things make up the mind of the universe so that it can "know itself" as Sagan said. So that would mean that as parts of the universes' mind, our purpose in life is the learn because the more we learn, the more we know about us (us being the universe).

Also Why is Sagan still not a Great Dude of History?

[meekon5]

i subscribe to the theory of worlds within worlds: our universe is but a quark in an atom of another universe. so nice to think that you contain trillions of tiny universes within you. on the other hand, the atom our universe exists briefly in could just be in a pile of shit!

I've just finished the excelent (IMHDO) The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter talk about worlds on worlds. Though these are quantum parallel universes, but still a good read.

Wouldn't that mean that EVERYTHING is made of stars, not just humans? Kind of an egocentric quote if you ask me, dude
Even dog shit is made of the same elements that made stars. I mean, no offense to meekon5, at least its an ethos, hehe.

No offense taken and yes it would mean that.

[Smithy Dude]

Also Why is Sagan still not a Great Dude of History?

I have no idea, but I just got here.  I think he and Tyson both belong.