“If it’s true that we’re all from the center of a star, that every atom in each of us is from the center of a star, then we’re all the same thing, and even a Coke machine or a cigarette butt on the street in Buffalo are made out of atoms that came from a star. They’ve all been recycled thousands of times as have you and I. So, if that’s true, then I am everywhere in the universe, in an extended sense, and therefore, it’s only me out there, so what is there to be afraid of? What is there that needs solace-seeking? Nothing. There’s nothing to be afraid of, because it’s all us.

The trouble is, we’ve been separated from being that universe by being born, and given a name, and an identity, and being individuated. We’ve been separated from the oneness. People have this yearning to be part of the overall one again.

Every person you look at; you can see the universe in their eyes, if you’re really looking.”

~George Carlin

(Courtesy of Steve Hines)