When Voyager1 was leaving the outer limits of the solar system, turned around to look back & photographed the planet (Earth) from 3.7 billion miles away. The resulting photograph had a small blue dot (Pale Blue Dot) basking in the rays of the Sun, technically half a dot as the planet was so small from so far away that it registered only half a pixel on Voyager's sensor.
Just the other way round, look at the sky on some perfect dark night to gaze at the stars in their full glory and imagine this Universe which consists of more 100 billion galaxies in millions of superclusters........and still Universe lies the Unobservable regions where no light from these regions has reached the Earth yet.
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Is not that enough to pacify us humans to recognize our humble place in the Universe, with a reflection on along with following writing:
"O moving form of dust!
I desire communion with thee, but thou wouldst put no trust in Me. The sword of thy rebellion hath felled the tree of thy hope. At all times I am near unto thee, but thou art ever far from Me. Imperishable glory I have chosen for thee, yet boundless shame thou hast chosen for thyself. While there is yet time, return, and lose not thy chance."
(thankfully shared from Baha'i writings)
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