I went to space and discovered an enormous lie | Ron Garan

What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever - here’s what it taught him.
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A curious phenomenon often occurs when astronauts travel to space and look out on our planet for the first time: They see how interconnected and fragile life on Earth is, and they feel a sudden responsibility to protect it.
Astronaut @RonGaran experienced this so-called “overview effect” when he first saw Earth from space. When he looked out on the planet, he saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life, all protected by a remarkably thin atmosphere.
What he did not see was the thing that society often gives top priority: the economy. For Garan, seeing Earth from space revealed problems like global warming, deforestation, and biodiversity loss are not disconnected. They are the symptoms of an underlying flaw in how we perceive ourselves as humans: We fail to realize that we are a planetary species.
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0:00 The lie humanity is living
1:28 Escaping Plato’s cave
2:15 What astronaut’s see in space
4:07 The orbital perspective
4:50 The ‘dolly zoom’: gain mental altitude
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About Ron Garan:
Former NASA astronaut, serial entrepreneur, humanitarian, and highly decorated combat fighter Ron Garan racked up 178 days in space and more than 71 million miles in 2,842 orbits between tours on the US Space Shuttle, Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and the International Space Station. During his time in space, Garan conducted four spacewalks in support of ISS construction and maintenance. Prior to those space journeys, he lived and conducted research on the bottom of the ocean in the world’s only undersea research lab, Aquarius.
Before reaching the summit of his career, Garan, a former test pilot and graduate of the US Naval Test Pilot School, taught hundreds of elite fighter pilots how to "up their game" as a flight instructor at the prestigious USAF Fighter Weapons School, the Air Force version of TOP GUN. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books: The Orbital Perspective, Floating in Darkness: A Journey of Evolution, and the children’s book, Railroad to the Moon. Garan is celebrated not just for his research in space but also for his humanitarian contribution to life on Earth.
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[@MRi2thesky]

“Our main problem is a lack of understanding of what it means to be human and that we are not separate from nature” - Jacque Fresco

[@marylizbender]

Amen

[@mphaars]

being human means we have separated ourselves from nature.

[@thememaster7]

How are we not separate from nature? Nature means "the world without humans"

[@markusbaker1161]

@@thememaster7 where’s your proof of that?

[@thememaster7]

@@markusbaker1161 My source of where the definitions of words are??

[@Hawken54]

Humanity has advanced much in technology but advanced little in wisdom.

[@meto4604]

I believe that is because of the corruption within our governments and corporations are holding back the evolution of our species.

[@shanesmith369]

😂!!! We follow stupidity in science because industry demands it! As we choke ourselves with Neanderthal technology, using solar panels and windmills, we’re going to ignore Nicola Tesla, the founding father of modern inventions and radiant energy! A clean 100% renewable energy that’s given off by the Earth, and no bureaucrat or media will ever talk about! Because you cannot control the people like that!!! Like Westinghouse said if we can’t put a meter on it, why would we want it? 97% the people can agree on something and it will never come to be! 4% of industry agrees on something, and it will become law! On both sides of the aisle!!! we are nothing more than Neanderthal sheep worshiping our idiot box liberal Nazi gods tell us, and we are no smarter than what we are told to be!!

[@staberdearth3130]

“…Knowledge is a deadly friend When no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I fear Is in the hands of fools…” ~ Pete Sinfield, King Crimson - Epitaph

[@jujumama]

​@staberdearth3130 wow, he really put a fragmented sentence that doesn't make sense on his epitaph?

[@dejanaleksov1552]

Generations are going backwards with wisdom.

[@tessa63627]

Thought this way prior to hearing this. Humanity's greatest power is our ability to cooperate. I can do a lot of things but I can never be 10 thousand people. If we all worked together we could do virtually anything.

[@jondon3182]

Just felt a wave of humility sweep over me. You're completely right here

[@chadherring2790]

I’ve always thought this. If you think about it - that’s really why we evolved to the top of the food chain - not even our individual intelligence! Yet of course, in our hubris, we attribute it to competition making us strong, “we won out”… such a foolish narrative.

[@sammuddel7751]

This is deep, so true.

[@joshuarose3081]

People that want to remain ever powerful and wealthy will never allow that to happen.

[@sunshinelizard1]

Which is in stark contrast to Trump's divisiveness and his compulsion to denigrate and destroy anyone who opposes him or doesn't kiss his ring. I wish his MAGA's could grasp that fact.

[@mmntmusa]

as long as psychopaths, sociopaths, and highly narcissistic individuals exist and we continue to let ourselves be led by these people, Ron’s epiphany won’t be reached.

[@USNVA-yn6cp]

theres your biden supporters

[@ronaldgreene5733]

. . Let's not eliminate CO2 -- as if it were possible -- as CO2 remains as the only means by which we and all of life on the planet are able to feed through the process of photosynthesis to convert the sun's energy. Funding and career building requirements should not take precedence over real evidence and true threats that we face -- such as geoengineering practices for example that toxify the atmosphere and especially the soil over time to reduce the planet's ability to support life, as well as to create regional extremes of temperature and drought that are then attributed incorrectly to global warming, something that is not taking place -- versus efforts to create this impression as well as other crises if we give in and allow hysteria to rule us in the worst possible way. The individual perspective is the focus of power by which no person can be set against another with false and self-serving interpretations from another outside of ourselves.

[@notmyname4261]

@@USNVA-yn6cp I'm not an admirer of Biden, but Trump is all of those things and dumb as f**k to boot.

[@jyro5924]

@@USNVA-yn6cp stop making it political, its neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism

[@totemtabu5934]

“We are the universe becoming conscious of itself.” Perfectly stated.

[@ioneldobrin6613]

Read and inform

[@matthewlillistone5943]

Certain people seem desperate to define things. 🤔

[@metrinstoefta1490]

this has GOT to be a perfect example of human hubris. how arrogant!

[@howmathematicianscreatemat9226]

Yea. Not just stardust. It’s trivial we have atoms from myriads of miles away. We are actually embodying the SPIRIT of the universe. When we feel deeply fulfilled, we have a light aura around us which is non-physical.

[@michaelbannan9972]

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.” - Bill Hicks

[@jericpaullim9845]

This is a complete opposite of the nihilistic existential dread that one might get from experiencing the vastness of space. Thank you for this.

[@rey5597]

That’s interesting. It is about perspective. Whether you’re looking into space or turn around and look at earth

[@qd0t471]

It's not opposite, it's the same thought process just scale is different. If you use international scale economy is top priority, if you take planetary scale, environment is top priority, if you use universe then you realize that nothing we can conceptualize has any meaning on that scale. You can move down on that scale and realize how many things you worry about daily are insignificant in the long run.

[@nacho5801]

actually he pretty much described a more optimistic view of nihilism imo

[@ayoungethan]

I would call this 'love informed by nihilism'

[@robertjsmith]

@@nacho5801 yeah freedom

[@sitalaird3986]

Our main problem is humanity does not LOVE ONE ANOTHER true love and respect.

[@kohtalainenalias]

😂

[@gabderzocker739]

They should Listen to Jesus

[@fetB]

@@gabderzocker739 not only is religion one of the biggest contributers to fighting, i find it funny you're telling people what to do.

[@gabderzocker739]

@@fetB Whats about putin?

[@fetB]

@@gabderzocker739 what about him. WhHat about israel. is that putins fault

[@cdynes385]

Yes everything is connected and interdependent. Ive always known this. People really take the miracle of life on this planet for granted.

[@helderlouro]

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” ― Carl Sagan

[@theaurumtheory]

"The journey for each of us begins here." And then he points his index finger to his head. That quote of his is extremely relevant in todays time.

Still gotta pay rent

[@truincanada]

@Yahya Hautamäki yes. Probably the only planet in the Universe that charges to live on it. Oops.

[@HaloForgeUltra]

No we are not. The Universe is merely the material, we are Gods children, and this is where we learn the lessons of life.

[@horaciovc]

Science give a more profound and beautiful perspective of life because is the constant search of truth, even if that is against our "gods", believes, pride...

[@outerspace..]

Literally teared up. I see our planet as a whole, one giant living organism. What saddens me and tears me apart the way how we are treating this magnificent planet that we’re all living in, the way how we’re treating each-other and all other living beings in it too. People must and need to realize that we’re all one big family and living inside a home that we call Earth. There are no borders, there are no “us” or “them” there are no “me”, there’s only “us”, with the whole, and if our mindset wont change, we will end up miserably and end ourselves for good sooner or later. No one will or can save us, not god, nor any religions or all the money on Earth, except us. We desperately need to shift our way of thinking towards each-other and all life on Earth including towards our own planet that we call HOME. I beg you humans, please wake up, change starts within, not the other way around. Much love to you all.

[@sparkofcuriousity]

Well said!

[@incognito96]

Always thought that, when we evolve as a human race, only then will the universe open up infinetly. We are all connected.

[@dl8405]

Global problems are intentionally and systematically intensified by TheHumanConditioningMainstreamAlternativeMediaControlledOppositionCurrentScientificKnowledgeGovernmentMilitaryIndustrialComplexGangStalkingParanormalAlienCabalGlobalConspiracySpiritualPurposeReincarnationSoultrapStockholmSyndromeKarmicPlayerSoulWarriorAscension3DTo5DGreatResetAwakeningGodWantsItCosmicDramaSimulationEvolutionSchoolWorldGaslightingTruthDeceptionMatrixRabbitHoleNarrativesDeepStateHiddenInPlainSightByDesignPowersThatBe and their incarnated gatekeepers ?

[@RonGaran]

Exactly right! But it doesn't have to be this way. We have everything we need to build a positive and restorative future for all. We just need to have the courage to rise above fear and embrace the boundless awe and wonder that surrounds us constantly. When we do that we will realize our true unity.

[@dl8405]

The conditions on this planet is the result of our true unity?

[@BigVin6588]

"we are not addressing things in the reality in which they exist" he said it all with that line!

[@praba4036]

Thankfulness society in chat Pbs networks 8gb Praise the lord

[@trump45and2zig-zags]

That's what's wrong with Biden supporters lol

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

@@trump45and2zig-zags ❓

[@trey4857]

you obviously missed the entire point of this video and the pre existing ideology behind it and are not even close to getting it. You have to be severely delusional to believe that trump gives a fuck about anything but himself, every time he speaks he shows what a petty ,spiteful, vindictive and selfish creature he is. People like you and him can't grasp any other perspective outside of your own baser instincts and desires. Biden is merely the other side of the same coin@@trump45and2zig-zags

[@stratussol2475]

@@trump45and2zig-zags It's what's wrong with all of us, including you.

[@TpyoQueen]

Everytime I hear or war, disaster, greed, injustice, this is what I feel, but I have had words to articulate it. Great video. Maybe the best I've seen.

[@Stompii01x]

"We are not from Earth, We are Of Earth. We are the universe conscious of itself" beautiful.

[@ioneldobrin6613]

Read and Inform

[@davedawave4705]

We are a bacterial infection and nature will eventually burn us out. We're not important or some mystical anomaly.

[@Stompii01x]

@@davedawave4705 speak for yourself

[@viclor2876]

I agree

[@vincecox8376]

ust TO help you out a little... If you vibrate the "B" field of a magnet into a granite rock at the correct frequency you will see it become very soft and malleable easy to shape!! Think about what Quarts rock is made of and it should answer your question, The center of a magnet is what we are all made of a magnetic hologram of sorts, never ending! That's why they used the Pyramids to transport themselves through the universe. E=MC2 is a total Farce!!

[@Antonio_4]

Goosebumps. I've been playing and philosophizing with this perspective since the moment I started looking up in the sky into space as a teen. The ability to make us realize that we're all on the same team. We do it when we meet a person from our own street in another part of our neighbourhood. We do it when we meet a person from our own neighbourhood in another part of our city. We do it when we meet a person from our city in another part of our country. We do it when we meet a person from our country in another part of the world. We go: "Hey, that's cool! I live there too!" It's time for us to move up another level. Planet Earth. That's cool! We live there. Much respect and appreciation for sharing this unique perspective and awesome message, sir!

[@beatstopper]

That's a beautiful future that I'd like to see my children in one day.

[@ioneldobrin6613]

Read and inform

[@simonmultiverse6349]

We need to move from "economy society planet" to "planet society economy" . Well said.

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Punctuation error! from about 2:16 the section of the video is entitled " What astronaut's see in space " It should be astronauts not astronaut's

[@brynleytalbot778]

What we desperately need is to move into a unified global strategy that pushes back the excesses of economic prosperity so it affects everyone’s well being even if that being is less than the West has become enthralled with due to lifestyle advertising. It’s not the G7, EU, Russia, China, etc. It’s the planet. But first we must stop zealous and bigots from protesting for or against issues that are, view from above, trivial. That also includes saving the planet for Western economic expansionism, which is what Climate Change is, the West’s advertising hoarding promoting itself as being the best. Living in the UK in a large Victorian house with no cavity wall insulation I’ve discovered heat, given the expense of always on storage heaters, isn’t required constantly, turning to a single 5KW wood burning stove instead. Heat, like light, extends the working day. Heat grows a service economy. Physical exertion, in manual labour, creates body heat. The West has lost the plot over its comfortable environment which has generated soft specimens unfit for its climate. All our insulation has trapped the cold in, and the heat, so those in fuel poverty suffer from damp and mould in cold spells. In the UK you feel the damp cold not the warm cold. In Poland it’s said the cold is crisp and dry. Simply pulling back from the narrative on heat shows how we’re being sold a strategy that makes heat a necessity because the insulation policy creates sealed homes with no air flow to prevent moisture accumulating. An economic utility through a bad policy. We can save the planet but thinking is so polarised around economic expansionism that we are directed to problem creation not problem solving, which I think is the political aim, to perpetuate problems giving governments a constant purpose. Actually solve the planetary issues with sound policy and governments with the conflicts they thrive on won’t be needed. Hardly the outcome national leaders desire, or businessmen, but a sound global progressive strategy.

[@DonnyLaDon]

I love his point about not needing to leave the planet to realize this, I gained this perspective by age 20 without having to go to space, if the whole world just realized this so many issues would cease to exist. Wonderful video.

[@JETHO321]

I had a near death experience 12 years ago and viewed the Earth from what id estimate to be about 100,000 miles away. Theres alot that i learned in that experience but the one realization that stuck with me is how simple our lives and existence are yet we complicate things to wars, borders, race, hatred and separation because we dont comprehend the bigger picture.

[@marylizbender]

I am so awed by Ron and by his devotion and dedication to sharing his profound, transformative spaceflight experience with the world. He is the poster child of the Overview Effect. He left Earth a fighter pilot and returned a conservationist, humanitarian, and artist, desperate to share his new perspective with the rest of the planet. His heart is huge and he's spent years integrating his experience and refining the way he shares it. We're so fortunate for this.

[@RonGaran]

Thank you for your kind words MaryLiz and thank you for all you do to broaden perspective and bring light into the world!

[@ShawnRitch]

@@RonGaran and MaryLiz, I have been aware of the separation of mankind from most everything else in nature since I was a small child; Because of which, I have suffered from a deep depression all my life. Despite all that, I still have hope for us to grow and become a "planet first society". My main question is and has been for a long time: How do we get there from where we are now? I have some ideas but don't exactly know how to implement them in a peaceful and civilized way. If you have ideas as well and would like to collaborate, please feel free to get my email from my channel and send a message. Thanks

[@lsp_showtek891]

Tbh if world leaders took a trip around low earth orbit it for sure would change how they see the world and people. I havent been to space but having the chance to watch vids and understand other people's perspectives its changed how I see things and since this war started its really confused me. I dont understand why people are being killed and for what? When you have the perspective of space in your mind and how little we are not just as a species but as a planet, you then realise there is no need for war or hate, we should all care and love each other and let's all work towards the future of our species.

[@earthervsearther5978]

@@RonGaran is the earth flat Ron ?

[@TheLuminousOne]

Yes, however many people had this perspective as young adults without ever having gone into space. Many people have this wisdom and fundamental understanding built within, it's certainly not new.

[@a.duncan6791]

Sagan's observation just two years after the overview effect was coined as a phrase, written as The Pale Blue Dot stunned me. To this day, I think of it as the greatest observation of all time, to Wit: "There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

[@B3CK_27]

I couldn’t agree more with your statement 🖖🏼

[@GarthWatkins-th3jt]

Yeah good words to be sure. The problem we seam to be having is not easy to ferret out....at first. The general population of our world has been and is still being steered by forces beyond our control. Not talking about the cosmic conflict of good vs evil. Not in the sense some would presume I refer to. No, it's very much terrestrial, they look just like humans because that's what they are. Just because the majority of folks don't ascribe to the general theory of facts and truth doesn't mean a thing and certainly has no influence on what happens yesterday, today, or tomorrow. It's easier to lie to people than it is to convince them they have been lied to. There is so much sh¡t right in our faces every day, they don't even try to hide it anymore....very little, very brazen. The people who run and rule the world FOR PROFIT and lots of it don't give a sh¡t. If they did the world would most likely not be on the brink of caving in on itself. The little guys like me and my friends have zero say on what happens at the level where wars are planned, global policies are determined.....in fact, everything is a lie. Don't think so? No offense, you better go back and look closer and put fresh batteries in your abacus......better make it soon, their babbling about reducing the world's population will stop at some point and the "reducing" will start in earnest. It's already in motion and picking up momentum. Hopefully I'm wrong, 100% missing the mark. I wouldn't bet on it, not even with your money at zero interest assuming you extended me credit like the banks do. What they really do is extend you more debt. A credit score is them telling you how much further in debt you are allowed at the time of a particular financial review. Credit is debt, debt is credit. The borrower is slave to the lender. The world is in trouble and those that insisted on taking us for a ride to this point also insist on taking it all the way down. Watch it happen in real time, over the course of time. We're due for an extinction level cosmic destruction of the Earth soon. It's a cycle just like our sun and moon and planets have. Round and round, 365 solar, 360 lunar, repeat..... By the way divide 19 into 365 or 360 just for fun. It's 19.***** so if we went by that there would be 19 months each with 19 days with a leap year adjustment to pick up everything past 19.----- Gotta go for now and for later. ¿?¿?¿ Question what? Exactly.

[@prime-mate]

Everything and everyone we have ever known.. every person who has ever lived.. a mote of dust suspended in a shaft of light. ❤❤😭😭

[@prime-mate]

I miss that man..

[@digitalperson108]

@@prime-mateso much And to think he was “replaced” in the common view by the loudmouth NDT. Sagan was smarter than 99% of us but never shoved it in our faces. Wish I knew him personally.

[@GertrudAumann]

Thank you so much, Mr. Garan to give us a wider perspektive. I think, you are right and I hope, the mankind will learn to love each other and our planet. Greatings from Germany, an stay blessed Sir. Sincerely Gertrud 🙏

[@sampoornamkannan]

A beautiful portrayal. This type of wisdom , are far and few points occurring nowadays. I wrote the Dolly zoom effect, as a 'Google Map effect' when it was introduced initially: when I zoomed out from a building top into space. As regards the three dimensional effect he was referring to, a two dimensional mirror reflects a three dimensional space which is an illusion.

[@markusbaker1161]

His words truly captivated what I’ve imagined for humans on earth. Every word and idea after another is very beautiful. He knows what he’s talking about. I can imagine what he’s talking about but it’s nothing compared to the actual experience. Good man and good insight.

[@thememaster7]

So what's the plan?

[@markusbaker1161]

@@thememaster7 be specific.

[@thememaster7]

@@markusbaker1161 Taking what you and he said, how do we proceed to make the world better?

[@markusbaker1161]

@@thememaster7 why are you asking me such a question? What do you hope to gain by getting an answer? I don’t care what your opinion is.

[@thememaster7]

@@markusbaker1161 To gain knowledge on how to make the world better of course. If you don't have a point, you're better off just saying it.

[@sosoblackfeather]

This makes perfect sense to me. As a child, I had a feeling inside that myself I was unable to explain to anyone. When I was in my 30’s my ability to sense the emotions of others grew stronger & I finally broke my silence and told someone who I trusted & still trust today. She told me without a doubt in her voice, “you are an Empath”. I started researching it, learning as much as I could and seeing exactly how far will this go, how far can I take this. That feeling I had as a child was simply my soul knowing and showing me I am simple one of an infinite number of sparks that are connected to each other & we are everywhere & a part of everything. I have to keep control over my ability, but there are times when I simply let go of that control. It’s best to be done in water for the water acts like a natural filter. I’ve done this in the Atlantic Ocean & it was an experience that I will never forget. I felt the life we’re unable to see within the water, I felt grounded emotionally to where I didn’t want to leave Ocean, I wanted to stay. Outer space has life, you’re unable to see it, but it be there. Like oceans, forests,even within a single drop of rain. As an old Shaman once said “just because you do not see the Stag dose not mean he is not there”. We are all of Earth.❤

[@ScoutGrey]

love

[@rmdeb]

I just want to warn you that it is wrong to worship the creation more than the creator

[@sosoblackfeather]

@@rmdeb : okay, so loving yourself is bad. Yea, that sounds depressing.

[@rmdeb]

@@sosoblackfeather no, that's not what I'm saying. You should very much live yourself BUT in no way shape or form should you love what the Creator a.k.a Jesus Christ made more than loving and worshipping him.

[@sosoblackfeather]

@@rmdeb : only if you knew. Look into the Bible, there you will find the phrase “your body is my temple” and then look closely at Communion. When you drink the wine, you are drinking the blood of Christ. When you eat the bread, you are eating his flesh. Therefore he has become apart of you. So it only makes sense for you to love thyself. When you truly love yourself, you will then be truly loving Jesus. That’s what is Communion is all about. Becoming one with the creator.

[@TBWTBH333]

This is well said. To put it in simple words, become open-minded, become enlightened, become aware and self-aware, and spread positivity

[@donnacottrell7953]

What a beautiful video. Thank you Ron for expressing this truth so eloquently and humbly.

[@xray7908]

At 67, I had decided to maintain a humorously fatalistic view to life on earth, accepting that human life will eventually perish and the world will be better for it. His line, "we aren't in the universe, we are of the universe, we are the universe becoming conscious of itself" made me reconsider. Maybe we are just "at that awkward stage," and we will soon grow up and become a responsible species?

[@RonGaran]

Exactly right! We, as a species, are crossing the bridge from childhood to adulthood. These teenage years can be very dangerous but they form the foundation for the fully formed mature adult.

[@itsROMPERS...]

We have to shake off conservative ideology ("us vs other") and religion (existence as fantasy) to get anywhere, and that's gonna take a long time.

[@360.Tapestry]

@@itsROMPERS... do not be afraid. none of that matters. earth can be shattered into a trillion pieces of ash in the blink of an eye and it only affects us. neptune won't even shrug

[@davidbeddoe6670]

The world won't be better for shit if/when we're gone, just more empty, and by extension, leaving an even more empty universe. What is "better" for a mass of stone, water and gasses? Fish and birds and microbes continuing to eat each other alive until the sun sloughs its atmosphere, swallowing everything left and returning everything to the infinite nothingness? Yeah, so much "better".

[@Bitterstone3849]

Not likely. It will take a literal God smack that shakes the whole planet like the one prophesied to happen in the Bible right before God returns and this generation alive now will see it. After which begins the thousand yrs of peace. 🙏 God bless and good luck. Mankinds much needed correction is at hand ❤

[@MiddleIrvington]

Thank you! I had a 'religious experience' that was similar as a young teenager. I experienced reality as a beautiful, vibrant interconnected construct of beings throughout the universe, pulsing with powerful, loving golden points of light everywhere. It was overwhelming and unforgettable... No drugs were involved. I'm 68 now. Let's make your vision a reality! I can't thank you enough, Mr. Garan!!!

[@ronskancke1489]

I had a similar experience when I earnestly prayed to God to give me even one hint that he truly existed. I was amazed and filled with boundless joy and love and a perfect sense of peace. There has Never been a doubt in my mind since that time 50 years ago when God touched me. He says " behold, I stand at the door and knock" . Our problem is we so seldom open that door and let his spirit into our lives. I'm still guilty of this but can never forget how for a period of time in my life I had no anguishabout what my purpose was or what to do next. It was all clear as glass.

[@RonGaran]

What you Chester and @RonSkancke experienced is a glimpse into the true reality of existence. That realization and experience does not have to be unique or "once in a lifetime". This is what I mean by living a constant "Dolly Zoomed" life. On the one hand, we experience all the "normal and routine" things that define our daily lives (commutes, paying the bills, etc.) but on the other hand, we keep in focus the miraculous grandeur that surrounds us constantly. These are not two distinct and separated states. All is one.

[@360.Tapestry]

at your age, you should experiment with drugs

[@flossietube2065]

Meanwhile, we have those looking for other planets to inhabit. Maybe, just maybe we should take care of this one first? I could see us looking for another home if there were some outside forces destroying Earth but it's US!!! Any species that doesn't take care of its home World is wholly unworthy to inhabit another!!!!!

[@wavescrashinginside]

​@@flossietube2065well said that's exactly what I think. If we don't love and cherish our absolutely beautiful Blue Planet in all its entirety, then we don't deserve to go to another planet. If we looked after our beautiful blue planet Earth there would be no need to go to another planet we have the most beautiful planet right here right now.

[@blancamartini]

Ron, your story still inspires me, and makes me smile. Glad to see you are still writing and exploring! Gaia - Earth - is tremendously important. ❤

[@rafaelgonzalez4175]

It was the year, 2000. I was working as a computer technical support technician. I was designing a global logo for the society and administration of planet Earth. I was delving into the concept of a planetary civilization. I no longer have those drawings. I do have the memory.

[@debatez5371]

Id love to see a recreation

[@rafaelgonzalez4175]

@@debatez5371 The logo itself was a Globe with a flat earth map as it is what we see in 2D. In the center is the Davinci perfect man/woman. Except they are holding out an Olive branch with Olives. The offering of food and growth. The Constitution would remain the same. It was already construed for a social society.

[@debatez5371]

Thankyou for that mental image brother. You should definitely draw it again, symbolism straight from the soul. It'd be a brilliant gift to give that to our Earth.​@@rafaelgonzalez4175

[@os2171]

Agree, as Biologist, Neuroethologist this is clear to me. Yet, most people, family, and even close friends, still ask "why do you care about biology, there isn't where the money lies" They're right, but as a consequence, they are dead wrong! My whole purpose is to attempt to change that and try to depict the awesomeness of this living planet; I am eager to have that opportunity.

[@alistairmackintosh9412]

"Where the money lies." A very poetically true statement!

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

Same about physics, math and philosophy...

[@ActiveAussie2024]

Those people who say "it's not where the money lies" are one of the biggest problems. They are just distracted by materialism, they don't question anything or think deeply about the meaning of life, any real purpose, or the universe. Like, what is the meaning? ( I think that is a line is some film IIRC) Is buying a new car next year the main priority in somebody's life? Or buying a more expensive house that they can't even afford? Yeah, maybe there is not much money in biology, philosophy, or even physics nowadays, but being able to study life and try to work out our place in the universe is priceless. Just personally though, I find astronomy scary, even though I like it. That even the local stars/solar systems closest to us are still tens or hundreds of trillions of miles away from us in that incredible void we call space.

[@EclecticApotheosis]

People better start caring where the money lies, because the love of money is the root of... I will say the majority of the greatest evils in our world. If we do not cure this corruption, we are on the path to apocalypse. You can learn all the science in the world, it does not cure the evil in the human heart. "People are basically good." That's a real side-slapper.

[@user-hw4st7br9a]

Leave your family. With that mindset, They will suck you dry. Every single penny and property you have even when you are dead.

[@CharDaLuX]

Thank you. As a 56 years family man, your humanity has made me cry. I have shared your truth with my family.

[@susank580]

I became an ecologist because I feel that interconnection at a cellular level. I have felt it deeply since childhood. I do not understand why a profound sense of interconnection is not a universal experience.

[@smeeself]

Not enough mushrooms.

[@susank580]

If only.

[@Prometheus336]

As a poet, I always say that something so trivial that as "team humans for a better world" is as trivial as "love thy neighbour= don't kill" 2000ys ago...let's hope the process will be faster this time

[@k29king1]

Man oh man it felt gratifying to listen to this astronaut literally explain my own world view, and to see that Ive had the right idea all along. I guess this is the “orbital perspective”. Ive believed this way since way back in grade school due to my 4th grade teachers husband being a shuttle engineer (i lived in Kissimmee, Fl), and the opportunity our school had of select students having an opportunity to send letters to space for those that won the essay contest ( 27 from around the school district won, I included) and having the opportunity to watch a live feed just for the school’s watching these astronauts in space read our letters back to us. It was a mind blowing experience and completely transformed the way I looked at the world, and that worldview has maintained. I often find myself incredibly frustrated with humanity because much of humanity is either blind or ignorant of the truth of our very existence.

[@jonathanwalther]

What a cool story. Thx for sharing.

[@fretnesbutke3233]

Wow,true education. Thanks!

[@k29king1]

@@fretnesbutke3233 mind altering education. Most of humanity is stuck in our pre-space age draconian perspective of our Earth and our existence on it. But slowly its changing. I also suspect by coincidence that the recent disclosures of UAP’s is kind of creating a forced perspective change. Where it’s subconsciously forcing people to look beyond our own planet questioning our existence, and these people quite often find after these thoughts that they have found a completely mind blowing new way to look at the world. We will get there, but we have to work together, realize that our existence is bigger than just imaginary lines on a globe, and we the people need to force our politicians to accept this worldview.

[@NiTeLightYears]

What are you gonna do with this awareness? :}

[@NiTeLightYears]

May I know the main idea of the letter you wrote?

[@robertdouglas8895]

"Think globally, act locally" has been lived by many without going into space or even thinking about space.. We do that by caring for all life and the bottom line is forgiveness. We cannot love the earth and its inhabitants when we carry grievances. When we forgive, there is only light, not darkness: fear is transcended through love.

[@beatstopper]

agree 100%

[@paulthomson2288]

This was a philosophy that was encouraged when I was at university studying geography and regional planning in the late 80s. Never heard a single utterance of it since.

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@paulthomson2288 With the media being global, big tech, amazon, and conglomerates monoplizing, they've made it much easier to depend on them than local businesses, plus covid shut didn't shut them down and they gained more power.

[@paulthomson2288]

@@robertdouglas8895 i think it's more the reality that local and central governments that are responsible for planning remained entrenched with dogma and status quo and were not willing to listen to the upcoming generation of graduates who were quickly bullied into compliance....and now ironically we are forced to listen to non expert 14 year old children with no expertise whatsoever who were given an unmerited platform.

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@paulthomson2288 If you are referring to Greta Thunberg and the like, she hit a nerve when she talked about blame and guilt and people are still looking for someone to blame for the state of the world; Repubs blaming demos and vice versa. When you blame, nothing gets done except the most vocal come to power like AOC and Biden and the media and their contributors like Bill Gates. And Trump was also a blamer. There was a time when the state of the environment was more local and taken care of without blame. In our short term commune in 1971, we started a recycling center and the first farmers' market in a town of 4000 in the Midwest. I think that spirit is still alive but it needs a revival.

[@EvesRevenge]

I’ve had the dream of seeing Earth from out of our atmosphere, our beautiful Blue Earth 🌏….My ex-husband joked about this with his father. “Bubba” told him, don’t laugh about that being an absurdity. He said, during my time we didn’t even have transatlantic flights Jack. Years later, if you could afford it, Russia began bringing up non-astronauts and now private US citizens have rocket/outer atmosphere programs. I gave up on this dream, and I don’t know how this video came up on my feed, but I am crying and moved bc it did. Thank you …❤❤😢

[@CdawgAMVsFilmEditing]

This is the absolute truth. Just because most of us don't perceive the one connected earth we treat ourselves as separate. Seperate countries. Ideologies. Etc. you my NASA friend are wise. I wish I knew any people like you around me. ❤

[@craigdurrant4880]

I think we as a species need to be unified with no borders to separate us anymore and i think we need to use the true potential of education to transform us the human species into a civilization that doesn't have poverty, hunger, crime, injustice, greed etc anymore we are capable of so much like having incredible technological development while properly looking after this world the amount of information that's available to us is immense and that collective knowledge keeps growing every second because of our learning capabilities and our curiosity we need to abolish and break down the things that divide us even the idea of money any type of currency through getting rid of things like that then we will be capable of doing things we can only dream of at this moment in time humanity can be miles away from the cave and into a future that we can be truly proud of but we need to start working together so that everyone benefits There is one line from star trek that inspires me and carries a lot of wisdom in it "We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity"

[@veso5863]

Great video, terrible title

[@TheRealDahli]

But it brought you here, no?

[@bobdownard]

You clicked though right? Also why is the title bad? We are all suffering under the yolk of the enormous lie.

[@harshhvlogs9963]

The title not terrible but clicky

[@ViceOnlineLive]

Agreed dude 😂😂😂 I was like really man lmao so misleading haha

[@terencetwentyman-jones8861]

I second that....

[@staroceans8677]

EXACTLY, something I have ALWAYS proposed. Mankind is so clueless because they only see their narrow perspectives, living in their microcosms yielding small minds with small solutions. Humanity doesn't see things as they are, we're a small speck in the universe and we don't see things collectively, instead separately. Brilliant insight!

[@johnsnyder3443]

Mankind is "we" not "them". Another example of the root problem.

[@mrporsche4236]

How come there is no footage from space that is not simulated. When asked nasa they said it has to be simulated. Why?

[@user-so8ei2td1d]

Cause we never landed on it, and if so how come nobody else went there..

[@Billydevito]

The atmosphere is actually a lot thinner than most people realise. If the Earth was the size of a basketball, the livable atmosphere would extend less than 1 mm from the surface of that basketball Think about that

[@debsylvester2012]

I am forever grateful for the influence Carl Sagan had on my life. I had always looked up and wondered where we were. He taught me about perspective. That has proved invaluable in my life. This was a stunning presentation. Thank you for your valuable observations. They touched my very core. ☮️

[@thememaster7]

So what's the plan?

[@orpheuscreativeco9236]

@@thememaster7 The plan is that you/me/everyone starts working on a plan, instead of waiting for someone else to hand it over on a platter. We can all make change on the smaller/local scale that collectively makes an impact on a larger scale. It's difficult to change our habits, but we can all do something to better ourselves and our surroundings that makes life better for everyone else by proxy. ✌️ - do a couple minutes of research before making a purchase and ask yourself if the item is a) aligned with your values b) how it will affect/effect the planet as a whole c) whether or not you need it d) wether or not you can obtain it in a more sustainable way, such as second hand - use less electricity - use less plastic, especially single use types - hold a door open for someone - pick up a piece of trash each day (min) - donate things that you don't need - support local business and agriculture - listen and try to understand before reacting from a biased perspective (this is for everyone) - smile and be kind, it is infectious 👍

[@davidclarke9570]

Thank you Deborah for such an elegant comment, I could not have said it better. I am 71 and so thrilled to be part of the great picture moving forward. Have a wonderful day and holiday. David

[@thememaster7]

@@orpheuscreativeco9236 What do you think of Objectivism?

[@Terrestrial..1]

Yes Mr Carl Sagan was awsome, I used to see him on TV, very calm intelligent and informative. A great guy actually.

[@omenow]

Every human being should use 7:36 minutes of their time to watch this wonder of truth.

[@Peakfreud]

I think everyone experiences this wonderment as a child at least once in their life.... And it's immediately smothered, educated out of them, and replaced by various survival philosophies.

[@tiago9923]

This video is just a piece of art. I think i was needing to listen to these exact words that just came off your mouth. Thank you Ron!

[@ingridcruickshank1221]

That was refreshing to hear and very beautiful to watch.

[@keirapendragon5486]

Hearing someone with this background voicing these views is so incredibly comforting. Short term steps we can take to work towards that new paradigm are things like increasing the resilience of our communities by building community resources like gardens, water, power, housing, and communication networks.

[@ioneldobrin6613]

Read and inform

[@manchildusa]

then you got conservatives who vote against everything progressive

[@vincecox8376]

Just TO help you out a little.. You are totally correct we are all connected in the same way via the magnetic field that is instantaneous . The speed of light is not significant to the magnetic field it travels through only restricted by same. E=MC2 is a joke. Try this,, If you vibrate the "B" field of a magnet into a granite rock at the correct frequency you will see it become very soft and malleable easy to shape!! Think about what Quarts rock is made of and it should answer your question, The center of a magnet is what we are all made of: a magnetic hologram of sorts, never ending! That's why they used the Pyramids to transport themselves through the universe. E=MC2 is a total Farce!!

[@PhilipPedro2112]

Reduce the number of people and the impact we have on the ecosystem is reduced proportionally.

[@keirapendragon5486]

@@PhilipPedro2112 Not really true. If you reduce the population of the poorest 50% by 80% you'd have a FAR lesser effect than if you eliminated 20% of the wealthiest 5%.

[@Larrymh07]

"Earth does not belong to man. Man belongs to Earth." - Chief Joeseph

[@hatimboutros]

This amazingly fit with the a practical philosophy book I read: “Purposehood -Transform Your Life, Transform the World” This book changed my outlook on life and see oneness in existence.

[@janinem5196]

Wish every human on earth could see this, and take it to heart.

[@jssprasanna]

OMG! that perspective of an Astronaut, Mind blowing, this 7-minute video has so much weight and value, Our planet's sustainability is the FIRST problem humankind needs to solve and ponder upon.

[@thememaster7]

So what's the plan?

[@VRtheFuture]

@@thememaster7 tonight, I’m making small deep dish pizzas and a side salad for dinner. We are going to play golf with friends on Xbox with my wife’s sister after because she lives on the opposite coast and we don’t get to spend much time together. Can you be more specific?

[@thememaster7]

@@VRtheFuture It's related to the video, not your food.

[@KatiTheButcher]

@@thememaster7 I think you missd the point

[@thememaster7]

@@KatiTheButcher If and when someone tells me it, I can address it.

[@uglymansreefing1862]

I have lived this way for a long time and have been saddened by the lack of others doing the same.

[@lisasommerlad1337]

You are not alone.

[@Xektt]

Stop being sad, start being the light.

[@Kurtiss99]

Would you be interested in a community of likeminded people?

[@sirus312]

perspective is everything. The issue is getting everyone to see life from a different angle.

[@Ronthekingronny]

Beautiful introduction and lecture...👏👏👏👏👏 well put...

[@KCocteau15]

The picture he paints indicates how fragile and miraculous life itself is on this planet in a vast emptiness. And as inhabitants, we are concerned with everything but what we should be.

[@humantorus3786]

He’s borrowed a few terms there. “ we are not IN the universe, we ARE the universe becoming conscious of itself” - Nassim Haramein the physicist has said this consistently - as well as many mystics and philosophers… “ we are not FROM the Earth, we are OF the Earth” - many mystics, philosophers, polymaths, students of ancient mystery schools have known, lived by this sentiment for hundreds of years….. anyone whom has had an awakening to the reality that this universe is teaming with highly advanced humanoid, insectoid, and many other advanced intelligent life forms ~ Is basically just joining the portion of humans alive - and we are in the billions - whom are truly awake and have remembered everything that the Matrix tries so hard to keep us distracted from remembering. One Heart

[@micahbodha6129]

We are not a drop in the ocean,we are the entire ocean in a drop❤️‍🔥💫☀️

[@okiedokie2557]

We are definitely NOT the universe and are definitely IN the universe

[@user-wf4el1gx3n]

I really hope we don’t have to relearn the lesson we learned from ww1, and then had to relearn again through ww2. And that lesson is basically explained by this video. We sure like to remember the veterans, which is important, but I’m afraid we don’t remember the lesson enough.

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

Thank you for a wonderful observation and explanation. As above so below, we and our dear Planet Earth are all part of everything. Peace, love and unity to all.

[@sensitiveissues3671]

This is one of the most touching videos I have seen on this channel. It has been my conviction for a long time that mankind needs to change their priorities from economy/society/planet to planet/society/economy if we want to survive and prosper.

[@ioneldobrin6613]

Read and Inform

[@Gizziiusa]

yeah, and I bet this fella is totally ok with the powerful people at the top of the global hierarchy to make the best decisions for humanity as a whole. As in, he is totally onboard for "global governance", via some collectivist/communist technocratic society. That's where all this BS propaganda leads, and I for one ain't buying it !!!!

[@elwinprice667]

✅😎

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

wtf, society and economy are parts of the problem, not part of the model restructure at all

[@ronaldgreene5733]

. . Let's not eliminate CO2 -- as if it were possible -- as CO2 remains as the only means by which we and all of life on the planet are able to feed through the process of photosynthesis to convert the sun's energy. Funding and career building requirements should not take precedence over real evidence and true threats that we face -- such as geoengineering practices for example that toxify the atmosphere and especially the soil over time to reduce the planet's ability to support life, as well as to create regional extremes of temperature and drought that are then attributed incorrectly to global warming, something that is not taking place -- versus efforts to create this impression as well as other crises if we give in and allow hysteria to rule us in the worst possible way. The individual perspective is the focus of power by which no person can be set against another with false and self-serving interpretations from another outside of ourselves.

[@inclusivelove5165]

This is the same feeling I have after 22 years being an immigrant in Canada. We are fighting away 99 percent of our energy to protect us against imaginary enemies. In fact we are one race and one kind. We should find or keep finding ways to improve our planetary environment as a whole.

[@algorithmgeneratedanimegir1286]

Stay away from my children.

[@abeautifulmindispoetrydefi5323]

Astronauts/ Space Travelers and Remote Viewers can all consciously connect with the so called "Bigger Picture" and what people don't realize is you don't have to even leave Earth to experience all of this first hand. One of the things I love spending time doing is what you refer to as "Dolly Zoom" which is a fantastic way of being able to get real clarity on "Perspective" When you spend all your time existing on the planet its then a good experience to see the smallness of Earth compared to the backdrop of space. Some of us like to Dolly Zoom to beyond our "Universe" to take in the wonder of the "Galaxies, Multiverse and the Cosmos" in which ever order you want to see it in.

[@tedmed7349]

And God said "Let us make man in our image. " God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.

[@mishaelfernandez1]

Hugs to everyone. Thank you, Ron. We can do this and we shall 🌏🌍🌎💜

[@dpdove16]

In the Vedic tradition there is a phrase in Sanskrit - Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - which means "The world is one family", which encompasses all living beings.

[@vulcan4d]

This man is enlightened. These are the world leaders we need and not the ignorant kind.

[@Joe_LeBron]

Heard You! 💯

[@tedmed7349]

And God said "Let us make man in our image. " God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.

[@PeazBoss]

I love how he said that we are of earth. This shows that we are not on earth, we are in earth and of earth. The planet doesn't end at our feet, but thousands of miles above our head. So by that premise, the earth may not even be going "around" the sun, the earth is in the sun, and of the sun. Just like the earth doesn't start or end at our feet, so does the sun. It doesn't start or end at the fiery surface. Who knows, what we call the solar system, another observer might call an atom. They might observe what we call planets as objects orbiting it's nucleus. Who knows, the sun might even be a photon of light to a very massive intergalactic observer. Anything is possible at this point.

[@user-vq2gq2hk2b]

Absolutely great little speech. Had to struggle a bit to keep myself from womitting over the inspirational music though

[@bellyvomit7460]

I remember when I first heard Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot", I was immediately moved. I am once again moved. Thank You Ron Garan for your insight.

[@paulwhite6648]

I didn't have to go to space to experience the 'overview' effect. All I had to do was look up at the corona from the total exclusion zone during the last solar eclipse. The sky took on a 3 dimensional depth I had never experienced before. I think most umbraphiles are in reality experiencing this 'overview' effect, possibly without realizing it.

[@RonGaran]

You are absolutely right Paul you don't have to go to space to experience the overview effect and you don't have to go to orbit to have an orbital perspective (that's why in my book "The Orbital Perspective" I included so many stories of people exhibiting the orbital perspective who had never been to space). It is in those moments when we are open to the miraculous awe and wonder that surrounds us constantly that we are able to experience the transformational overview effect and take on an orbital perspective.

[@grrrlonfire]

you're one of my new favorite Earthlings, Ron. to have done all you have and come back with that perspective shows me what your heart is made of and I couldn't be more grateful. 💜💜💜🎶

[@elwinprice667]

Very insightful!!!😎

[@anandsharma7430]

@@RonGaran I want to add another common experience as an enlightening one: When you look up at the noon sun on 22nd Dec, directly behind the sun is the place where you (and we, the earth) were present on the preceding 22nd Jun. You can experience the same with the Equinoxes. Then you simply have to imagine a little the wide circular arc that the vast ball you are standing on, follows around the giant shiny bright ball of unbearable white light which is the noon sun. Imagine a jet trail left behind by the Earth as it moved around the Sun and imagine you can see this mighty circle when you look up at the noon sun. We're all on this ball spaceship, zooming in a wide circular arc around the bright white star. Timelapse photos of the rural night sky also show how we are the ones moving on a wide platform under the great river of stars in the sky. The whole platform is spinning. These few experiences always remind me of my primary identity in the sky as an Earthling. Hope this helps someone. Live long and prosper. 🖖

[@MrVagyok]

Finally YT recommended on its own some sane and positive content that are inspiring the very first time since I know YT without me searching for it! We first have to get rid of the idea of Banks & $$$, and understand that we have to get very very quickly to a common prosperous survival goal as whole and organize and delegate work for that based on the individuals practical, theoretical skill & Knowledge in their own fields and interest, and work together to achieve it! There is no space in this for king/kings/slaves/etc. we are all equally important and are equally as valuable as we can help and contribute to the prosperous common goal’s achievement!

[@stevelukoski7152]

I feel humbled . I did not work to gather the info . But you all gave it freely . Thank you .

[@tedmed7349]

And God said "Let us make man in our image. " God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.

[@MagicToenail]

@@tedmed7349 Stop. I have seen you in multiple comments already, and its not related to the video

[@erik1432]

This is enough to make a grown up man cry. I would love to be part of this future.

[@CplusO2]

You are, reach out and you will touch it.

[@thememaster7]

So what's the plan?

[@ronhobyak9902]

@@thememaster7 As far as man is concerned there isn't one. As far as God is concerned ... He wrote a book and it tells you of the beginning ... the middle ... and the end of this story.

[@RonGaran]

The future is ours to make

[@Yeliab417]

@@ronhobyak9902 False, those words are another invention of man to hold us back.

[@DennisCambly]

Yuri Gagarin was the first astronaut to orbit planet Earth once in 1961. The new edition of his book Road to the Stars tells his story and his vision of Earth. In all that time since then we have failed to listen to their stories.

[@usarmyveteran177]

We have failed to listen to the experts on humanity such as Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Lao Tzu, who all saw the fundamental problems of humanity and laid out their solutions for us. The fall of man was about 3,000 BC and we’ve been living in the dark ages since.

[@neronine8679]

.. why they killed him? They give him a broken plane to test it.. He wants to tell the truth that nobody can't go to the universe.............. The bird 🐦 tells me that..

[@ioneldobrin6613]

Read and inform

[@MagicToenail]

@@usarmyveteran177 Religion controlling society caused the dark ages. Modern religious countries force citizens to be their religion or they get tortured.

[@aramaxes4802]

A good way to start our journey as à planetary species is to ask ourselves "what are humans?". For me humans are the investigative guardians of the universe and work has just begun.

[@user-Rocket-Fest]

Always a spare $300,000,000,000 for wars but never a cent for Poverty There lies the answer to the endless grief of the living

[@stephaniezini]

You can just 'feel it' in this mans voice, there's such an interconnected peace in the very sound and energy of this man speaking! Thank you for this video and the beautiful message! ❤

[@nefelipapadi9608]

my thought as well!

[@valkyrie_592]

It can mean that what he is speaking, is the truth that has become a realization. He has figured out one of the unknowns

[@bobdigi1989]

Well said @stephanieini

[@Nihaowilson]

Human nature does not change until there is enough pain...

[@otallono]

Which is why He died on the cross

[@kashkai999]

@@otallonowhich is why human nature hasn’t changed

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Life - as we know it today - is occurring in a thin layer surrounding the ball-shaped planet Earth. It’s energies are in perpetual formation. Some of the forms have become so intricate that sensitivity and selfawareness, directionality and omnipresent awareness have developed. We call it life or consciousness.

[@NikkiTrudelle]

I realized this reality of interconnectedness and interdependency when I was like 20 and spent a lot of time trying to convince people that it’s not some hippy bull shit ideology. It is *a fact* , it is in your best interest to help someone because ultimately you are helping yourself by helping them. Even When if it’s someone halfway around the world. I found out it’s pretty hard to convince people of this. It’s depressing knowing this and still seeing people living like it’s all about their own gain and that the earth and other people don’t matter.

[@ProjectMoff]

They will wake up when their alarm goes off. The universe is fine, there's no real danger, we're victims of our own stories. Reality is seamless and whole, it's when we separate it into labels and concepts that we fall into delusion, all is well, nothing is as it seems because what we see is our conditioned global story, not reality as it is, reality as we imagine it. Don't worry, reality is invincible, it has no enemy, no threat, and reality is all there is, see if you can take off the false impression of an individual person and look out from your core rather than your conditioned act. Peace ✌

[@incognito96]

Your not alone.

[@mollydooker9636]

William Shatner said on returning to Earth as the oldest human in space, “My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.” He says he will now spend his remaining time working for environmental causes ( which incidentally he has been involved in for many years).

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Great Video indeed💯

[@CalcuttaRinez]

Ron, thanks for sharing the images from space, as well as your words of wisdom on humanity's seemingly, never-ending enslavement to the fundamental, economic laws and principles of business (and other influences); that prevent the vast majority of us from living a more resourceful, peaceful, and spiritual way of life. As a rhetorical question, and in reference to the title of your video; could it be that the enormous lie(s) you and other astronauts may have discovered not only has to do with our hierarchical perception of the world economy in relation to the planetary environment, but also our misguided views about the actual, physical shape and construct of the planet itself? So we have a "global" economy, but do we actually live on a globular, spinning ball?

[@heristyono4755]

"We're not gonna have peace on earth until we recognise the basic fact of interrelated structure of all reality" Yup, we're never gonna have peace on earth.

[@unknownadventures6248]

Watch out for the hole that is nihilism, i fell in this hole once before and its very hard to climb out again. check out daniel schmachtenberger because he is neither ignorant nor nihilistic he doesnt ignore the problems that are there but still manages to keep a healthy perspective.

[@natureboytom]

THIS ought to be shown in Schools at an early age right up to the graduating classes. Love from Australia. Thank you for posting this.

[@OscarGomez-wl8oh]

Love the video puts your mind in a different perspective

[@RaphaelPraymore]

Once we start to see each other as brothers and sisters, beauty will spread like wildfire

[@frontierflyer]

I wasn’t able to go to outer space and get the Overview Effect, so I used psychedelic therapy to travel to inner space and it changed my perspectives in many positive ways. I agree with everything astronaut Garan is saying.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

The Inner Space Program ;)

[@ayoungethan]

The 'space' in NASA doesn't specifically denote inner or outer space ;)

[@crono3339]

Same friend, so thankful for it too. This was years before people started talking about it in a therapeutic setting again but I knew it was going to change many of us for the better. It will continue to transform human beings and we will overcome!

[@TheToscanaMan]

Yes. There is more than one way to get an alternative perspective. Never got to outer space either , but visited "inner space" many times 50 plus years ago. You never quite leave those experiences behind, but in fact carry them with you forever (I'm 72 YO). I believe that this helped me to become a biologist who took the environment seriously. Regardless of any other differences people have with each other Earth is in fact the only home we have right now so we have to start taking better care of it. This must include ALL creatures that live here... not just man. Garan is spot on.

[@FreeThinker85]

I love magic mushrooms… it not only releases my mind but I see how everything connects together and that everything on earth is a lie. I go all over the universe and talk with loved ones and God.

[@andeemorante2680]

I’ve always thought if we can get people to somehow visualize the fact that we’re floating in darkness ~ nothing above nor below us, it will help solve our world’s problems. If Virtual Reality and other media can make programs like this, as stated in the video, I think this will help us realize that we only have each other.

[@ioneldobrin6613]

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[@vincecox8376]

ust TO help you out a little... If you vibrate the "B" field of a magnet into a granite rock at the correct frequency you will see it become very soft and malleable easy to shape!! Think about what Quarts rock is made of and it should answer your question, The center of a magnet is what we are all made of a magnetic hologram of sorts, never ending! That's why they used the Pyramids to transport themselves through the universe. E=MC2 is a total Farce!!

[@TravellingKook]

This is really beautiful. Nuggets of wisdom 🙏

[@rosycross3438]

Total honesty will bring the admission that those who have the reins of geopolitical power and control maintain the status quo on purpose. There is potential for the alleviation of much of the ecological and socio-economical imbalance we are facing. The geopolitical battle between world superpowers is perpetuated by a complex mix of differing worldviews/perspectives, insecurities and the fear of domination and annihilation - at the macro level. The negative effects of our evolving tribalism trickles down and impacts the little man in his everyday affairs. Although individuals may have a good grasp of the reality of our interconnectedness and interdependence, our problems are based at the macro-level at which point individuals simply do not have much say, sway or control. Also, some just don't "play fair", nor are they reasonable.

[@emmanuelweinman9673]

We are floating in darkness, but that darkness is full of infinite light. Or the light is full of darkness. Either way, light and dark are part of the same reality, and even empty space is energetic. Love this video, thank you 🙏🏼

[@thememaster7]

What do you conclude from that?

[@kfm908]

floating.?We are told we are soaring through space at over 500.000 mph and spinning at a 1000 mph. It's a joke

[@MCart1215]

@@kfm908what’s your point

[@hendrixfan08721]

@@kfm908 Why do you think we are not

[@ioneldobrin6613]

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[@orangetara4268]

I love that: I wake up every morning in my bed; but I also wake up on the planet!

[@strengthfrank2916]

I’m one hundred percent on board with everything said in this video. And I’m also one hundred percent certain, that we will never apply this wisdom and make the changes necessary to safe ourselves.

[@bass_davidperez4290]

The whole world needs to see this

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

As one famous comedian put it..' the earth doesn't need saving, its going nowhere...we are are!' Rip Mr Carlin.

[@watchdominion00]

This was immensely profound. Thank you

[@ioneldobrin6613]

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[@vincecox8376]

Just TO help you out a little.. You are totally correct we are all connected in the same way via the magnetic field that is instantaneous . The speed of light is not significant to the magnetic field it travels through only restricted by same. E=MC2 is a joke. Try this,, If you vibrate the "B" field of a magnet into a granite rock at the correct frequency you will see it become very soft and malleable easy to shape!! Think about what Quarts rock is made of and it should answer your question, The center of a magnet is what we are all made of: a magnetic hologram of sorts, never ending! That's why they used the Pyramids to transport themselves through the universe. E=MC2 is a total Farce!!

[@jamesdaniels6741]

This "overview" realization has been flailing around my head for 20 years and I've never even been to space. I feel like I got gipped. Actually, space sucks. You know. Cause it's a vacuum. Cave, outta the cave, whatever. I go where the water and oxygen is.

[@HungerSTR1KE]

This is a wonderful video. It gives me hope.

[@grantgravesgmail]

All I can say is WOW! Everybody needs to see this

[@kareldegreef3945]

pfff =>i saw it and i see a lot of propaghanda 😲 Sadly most "crisises" are created => but they keep talking abouth "WE" => as it is our fault ! Way too much to explain this whole video what's wrong with it , but it's a lot (sadly) 😕

[@SlykeThePhoxenix]

This was my experience when I took a large amount of Psilocybin. I hope one day I can go to space to compare the experiences.

[@kirkyjerky9352]

Imagine taking Psilocybin in space looking back at earth!🤯

[@smellslikebloodysinus2211]

I love that i’ve had this experience and thought like this before I came across this video…

[@bernstock]

I love this. What if we all had the opportunity to see the earth from space… how different the human world would be.

[@liquidthex]

Personally I find this way of thinking about individual perspective very interesting.. I don't know how to overcome the fundamental problem that a vast amount of humans believe that the earth was _created_ *for* us, and that the universe is inherently just. Under those constructs it's nearly impossible to get people to care about the planet or other people outside of their individual sphere of influence.