Carl Sagan and the Universe
Image from NASA of Saturn's north polar storm
Reading the book, Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander has me thinking about the universe and near death experiences. Dr. Alexander, a neurosurgeon, and non-believer was struck with a dreadful bacterial infection and suffered a 7 day coma. During this coma he saw a post life world that reminds me so much of the world created for the movie "Contact."
This movie was based upon a book by Carl Sagan. Musing over these images and meeting Matthew Mc Conoughay and having an opportunity to discuss these ideas with him made me wonder about how the universe provides answers to all questions.
Sigmund Freud proposed that the artist portrayed the unconscious mind. The director of "Contact," Robert Zemecks, certainly had a vision. The movie, "What Dreams May Come," also uses great art to illustrate the afterlife. Do some investigating and comment on this reading.
What do you think about these experiences?
Remember the line from "Contact" where Jodie Foster's father tells her that there most certainly must be life beyond Earth...how could there not be? Otherwise it would be "an awful waste of space." And my family has always loved the line "OK to go! OK to go!" We use it all the time. Maybe not when we're traveling into outer space...more like when we're ready to go to the grocery store...or pushing off from a dock in our boat...OK to Go!
ReplyDeleteMy husband used to read to me from Carl Sagan's "Cosmos." I did not know there is also a movie. "What Dreams May Come" has been added to my Netflix queue. Another good one is "I Am."
On PBS I saw a movie called "Journey of the Universe." Here are my notes from that film:
planetary civilization...unified vision...solutions....figure a way forward. CREATIVITY is the way.
tech emerging...my job is not science....it's creativity...imagination...
mary evelyn tucker: science is looking for its way to....help
i can use lit, lang to give science a voice to a larger audience (my greater story...)
How interesting that we both love this movie! Great hearing your voice!
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