tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post634337834345198815..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: Watch some TED talks and see what happensMarylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-44868378033263861502012-03-31T14:22:02.888-07:002012-03-31T14:22:02.888-07:00Molly - As Robert said, no one seems to have stepp...Molly - As Robert said, no one seems to have stepped forward to fill the space he left vacant. His words will likely resonate for us as long as we are here.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-63400220061090352802012-03-31T11:10:18.106-07:002012-03-31T11:10:18.106-07:00i knew i loved that carl...i knew i loved that carl...mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245587915511203917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-68294423662774862862012-03-26T11:51:07.658-07:002012-03-26T11:51:07.658-07:00Kass - Yes, a very powerful creator and we may nev...Kass - Yes, a very powerful creator and we may never know fully the importance of our connections to each other. That they are not only important but essential I am willing to take on faith. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-59239333842269984872012-03-25T14:50:04.067-07:002012-03-25T14:50:04.067-07:00It's good to remember what a little dot I am o...It's good to remember what a little dot I am on another little dot.<br /><br />Our dots here on our blogs may seem insignificant, but human consciousness is a vast and powerful creator.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-36643021609975120742012-03-24T16:19:52.787-07:002012-03-24T16:19:52.787-07:00Antares - Thank you for pointing me toward "F...Antares - Thank you for pointing me toward "Field Notes on Science and Nature." What a fine reference to have on hand. It seems the synchronous occurs more and more frequently. I like when we are elbowed to notice our similarities. And I know you are there in the ether, glad to see you here.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-17882875713533742132012-03-24T16:16:44.565-07:002012-03-24T16:16:44.565-07:00Laoch - You're welcome. The meaning of this s...Laoch - You're welcome. The meaning of this seems to come up in some context every day. How can it be that we need continual reminders to be decent to one another?Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-87058048043279399752012-03-20T13:02:54.016-07:002012-03-20T13:02:54.016-07:00Joining in the synchronicity of needing the words ...Joining in the synchronicity of needing the words of someone who eloquently described the marvels of the universe and the pale blue dot we inhabit.<br /><br />A must buy: Field notes on science and nature. There was supposed to be a post attached to it, but encountered the limits of time.;)<br /><br />Sorry I have been absent of late.Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-80441854006032416122012-03-20T09:01:57.466-07:002012-03-20T09:01:57.466-07:00Nifty, thanks for posting this.Nifty, thanks for posting this.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-83705990572044649452012-03-19T08:10:18.906-07:002012-03-19T08:10:18.906-07:00T. - The frequency with which synchronicity looms ...T. - The frequency with which synchronicity looms tells me we are, indeed, onto something. Last week for me it was all things space, cosmic, galactic. It began with reports from my brother who monitors solar flares, and moved on through TED, Carl Sagan and all the paths along which I've been led since then. I believe when we pay attention, we find that all things are connected; we are able to acknowledge being part of a greater consciousness, making, as you said, our pale blue dot both more and less significant. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-21606524061156737772012-03-19T08:01:49.724-07:002012-03-19T08:01:49.724-07:00Robert - Definitely one who possessed a unique vis...Robert - Definitely one who possessed a unique vision, which is why we continue to seek guidance through his words, his thoughts. Until our lives, as Claire mentions, are about our similarities, about working together, all we succeed in doing is further unraveling our magnificent flying carpet. Thank you for commenting.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-21802459020343980242012-03-19T07:56:24.706-07:002012-03-19T07:56:24.706-07:00Claire - Since hearing them anew, I cannot stop us...Claire - Since hearing them anew, I cannot stop using Sagan's words as a prism through which I examine each tale or event I encounter. Teamwork, or at the very least the absence of needless opposition, seems essential to sustaining a life we (certainly I) would prefer.<br /><br />At my last real job, exceedingly corporate, one of the executives congratulated me on a promotion, saying, "Now you'll have your own fiefdom." There and then it seemed to matter. We are too easily distracted from the reality of being portions and reflections of the infinite. A daily miracle indeed. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-54966836099736618472012-03-18T20:25:26.995-07:002012-03-18T20:25:26.995-07:00Marilynn, I just last week listened to a clip of C...Marilynn, I just last week listened to a clip of Carl Sagan reading this, and was immeasurably moved.<br /><br />The startling frequency of synchronicity with fellow bloggers takes my breath away. Here we are, spread out all over the surface of the planet, yet linked by energies we'd be hard pressed to explain.<br /><br />Further evidence of a collective consciousness, which makes that "pale blue dot" at the same time both less and more significant.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-589479389810278522012-03-18T18:36:36.103-07:002012-03-18T18:36:36.103-07:00I so miss Carl Sagan, he has left a void that has ...I so miss Carl Sagan, he has left a void that has never been adequately filled by anyone else since. <br /><br />And yet here in the nightly news is a man who would put himself up as the potential leader of the most powerful and free country in the world; his shining gauntlet of leadership: that he would prevent men from looking at pictures of naked women, if he is elected.<br /><br />The Blue Dot and the universe doesn't care.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-16849918665255670702012-03-18T15:25:35.466-07:002012-03-18T15:25:35.466-07:00Dear Marylinn
I so love these words. . . thank yo...Dear Marylinn<br /><br />I so love these words. . . thank you for posting them here. <br /><br />Lynn Margulis - Carl Sagan's first wife, and mother of his son, Dorion - wrote <br /><br />“…So, what is life? Life is evolutionary exuberance; it is what happens when expanding populations of sensing, active organisms knock up against each other and work things out… <br /><br />… When our lives touch those of different kingdoms – flowering and fruiting plants, recycling and sometimes hallucinogenic fungi, livestock and pet animals, healthful and weather-changing microbes – we most feel what it means to be alive. Survival seems always to require more networking, more interaction with members of other species, which integrates us further into global physiology…”<br /><br />If, as Margulis posits, it is ‘teamwork that enabled life to spread on Earth’ then surely it must follow that teamwork is what is required to sustain it…<br /><br />Ah, our pale blue dot. Robust. Fragile. Our place and time with it, a daily miracle.<br /><br />L, C xo<br />(PS. I'm back home - will respond to your e- soon.)Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.com