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The Truth Is In There
Find it hard to meditate? Try going into space instead.
We all need to find our happy place, our sanctuary of calm and respite from the everyday. I go into space. I have even constructed my own craft, for that purpose. Fully functional and secure, it’s also carbon neutral, so there’s no guilt attached to these trips.
Who doesn’t want a space adventure? The clear night sky inspires a profound sense of awe and wonder in us all. But the next time you look up and marvel at the vastness of the cosmos, marvel too at the structures within your brain that enable you to experience those emotions.
Stars in your eyes
The human brain may not be much to look at — dissect it, and it has all the charm of a cleaved cauliflower — but it is as complex as any galaxy in the universe. There are at least 200 billion stars in our galaxy alone and nearly as many neurons and glial cells in the brain. The universe is always expanding: old stars collapse, new stars are born. The brain constantly reorganises itself: old neurons die, new ones grow and rewire, forming new synapses.
Your brain is made of matter that came from space. It is fuelled by the nutrients you obtain by eating plants and animals that feed on the sun, each other, and soil — mineral-rich soil that is the…
