Many of the earliest recorded scientific observations were about cosmology, and pursue of understanding has continued for over 5000 years. Modern cosomology is on the borderland between science and philosophy, close to philosophy because it asks fundamental questions about the Universe, close to science since it looks for answers in the form of empirical understanding by observation and rational explanation; But if you think about it, Cosmology is as old as humankind. During Neolithic times of 20,000 to 100,000 years ago, The Universe was what you immediately interacted with. Cosmological things were weather, earthquakes, sharp changes in your environment, etc. Things outside your daily experience appeared supernatural, Magical Cosmology... People often forget what the world was like just five hundred years ago, when every nation was at war, plagues and poverty decimated large populations, lifespans were half what they are today, individual rights were nonexistent, and justice was doled out through torture, inquisition, or burning at the stake. Yes, the world still has problems, but consciousness and awareness are expanding rapidly, manifesting in many ways; in the U.S. alone, millions of people are meditating, doing yoga, and using “nontraditional” healing practices to maintain their well being. In recent times, physics and astrophysics have come to play a central role in shaping the understanding of the universe through scientific observation and experiment; theories continue to birth and with these births the population of conscious knowledge increases the understanding of human civilization. String theorists Neil Turok of Cambridge University and Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science and Director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton believe that the cosmos we live in was actually created by the cyclical trillion-year collision of two universes (which they define as three-dimensional branes plus time) that were attracted toward each other by the leaking of gravity out of one of the universes. Did the Universe Have an Infinite Number Of Beginnings? Stephen Hawking Says Yes That might sound like what happens when a poet reads a physics textbook, but its an actual theory put forward by Stephen Hawking who came up with a unique answer to how the universe began: In every way imaginable. spirituality emphasizes the relationship between humankind and nature. The protection of nature is considered a sacrament and an expression of God and the “Cosmic Christ.” This approach is promoted by former Catholic priest Matthew Fox and was endorsed by ecotheologian Thomas Berry, among others.
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