Race, religion, culture, nation, caste, colour, politics, ideology…
They give humans something to hold on to.
Imagine for a minute that you are in the International Space Station, staring at Earth.
You will see the vast expanse of the playful universe and our planet’s place in that orchestra.
The divisions disappear. Something bigger appears.
Astronauts refer to it as the Overview Effect.
Outer space/ Planet. Inner space/ Ego.
Outer Astronauts. Inner Astronauts.
‘We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.’
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardi.