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“Our ignorance, and it is based on the egos we have. It is the unwillingness to go beyond ego.”

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Edgar Mitchell, an American astronaut born on September 17, 1930, and passed away on February 4, 2016. He was the second person to walk on the Moon as the command module pilot of Apollo 11 mission in 1969. more

“We are creating the future. It is not determined. If we get our act together and solve our current problems, we could have a sustainable, abundant future. If we don't, we could wipe ourselves out. We are on the verge of doing it with our current politics. It is regressive, going back the other way.”

Ifs Way Problem Together Creating Currents Solve Determined Wipe Verge Creating The Future

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“I'd like to discover Truth - when I can latch on to something that I think is true.”

Thinking I Can Latches

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“I think it laughable, frankly, that the physics community comes up with a theory for everything. There isn't one theory for everything. There is not one explanation. We may eventually have several theories that can tie things together nicely but there is not a single theory of everything.”

Thinking May Together Community Theory Come Up Physics Explanation Ties Laughable

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“The Big Bang has gone away, but as far as Super String, that is suspicious for me. It all starts out with the notion of Big Bang, which if it were true, starts out with incredibly high temperatures. So they think [we] need to get these high temperatures for this broken symmetry; all this broken symmetry reunited, and we do not have enough energy in the whole galaxy to get to those temperatures, to prove their point. To me, that is the single flaw in Super String theory.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Enough Whole Bigs Energy Gone Theory Broken Prove Notion Strings Flaws Galaxy Bangs Suspicious Temperature Symmetry String Theory Reunited Gone Away

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“The quantum fluctuations within a zero-point field can start the process that builds the process, which builds into matter, an irreversible process. We have some evidence that suggests that. We don't have a Big Bang, but we have a lot of little pops! A continuous set of little pops!”

Littles Matter Bigs Process Fields Evidence Pops Zero Quantum Bangs Irreversible Fluctuation

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“When you transcend the transcendent states, you get past the ego structure, and at that point you don't need laws, you have "morality!" You have inborn, natural ethics, because it is built on Love.”

Needs States Past Law Natural Morality Ego Ethics Built Structure Transcendent

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“The ancient traditions, even Christianity, say God is Love. There is symmetry here. The fundamental step where you get into this transcendent state is this feeling of ebullience, love and caring and unity.”

States Feelings Christianity Steps Tradition Fundamentals Unity Ancient Caring Transcendent Symmetry God Is Love

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“Actions are visible, though motives are secret.”

Action Secret Motive Visible

Book:Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets

Source: Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets

“The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free elections.”

People Want Firsts Objects Election Corruption Iran Feds Censorship Fed Up Free Elections Embezzlement

Author:Shirin Ebadi

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