Rangga Satrya,Thoughts of the Mind

THE ANTS AGAINST THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

So, let’s talk about something serious for now. Take a look at the next two pictures, and be honest with yourself… what do you feel after seeing them?

This is the size comparison between our beautiful blue planet, our home, Planet Earth, against the crimson star of our Solar System, the Sun. As you can see from the image, the size of our planet when compared to the size of the sun is like tiny, tiny ants in front of the Empire State Building. The Earth’s diameter is about 12.756 km wide, while the diameter of the Sun is 1.392.000 km… approximately 109 times the Earth’s. To put things into perspective, if the Sun is completely hollow inside, the room inside is large enough to cater to approximately 1.300.000 Earths. Yes, you read it correctly, you can throw one million three hundred Earth inside the Sun and our mighty red Star can still have enough room to contain all of them. This fact alone greatly enhances the sensation that in the grandest scheme of things, Humans really are nothing but tiny, insignificant creatures that can do nothing in front of the Grandness of the Universe.

Now, let’s proceed to the next picture……

The picture on the right, on the other hand, is a picture of size comparison between our Sun that can hold 1 million Earths inside it against the largest known star in the Universe, the gargantuan VY Canis Mojaris. As you can see, the Sun is nothing but a tiny, almost impossible to see dot when standing side by side with the almighty Star. The diameter of this star is approximately 3,063,500,000 km, or about 2.200 times that of the Sun, or 240.161 times of the Earth. If the Sun can hold up to 1 million Earths inside its own body, the VY Canis Majoris can hold up to 7 Quadrillions Earths. Quadrillions is 15 zeroes, so its 7.000.000.000.000.000 Earths. I don’t know about you, but that’s really the first time I see a number with 15 zeroes behind it O_O

So yes, the Universe is such a place with immeasurable Greatness that we are so insignificant when compared to it. I am saying this because I have seen for too many times the events of a human feeling like he or she is the most important being in the universe… or the things that people willing to in order to be seated in that chair, in order to be revered and praised by others around him or her. Also, it is incredibly heart-wrenching for me personally to see how there are still things such as wars in this Earth when the truth is in the end for all that we gain for ourselves by doing such atrocities are so minuscule in the grandest scheme of things.

I am not saying, however, that you should not pursue your great dreams. I am not advocating the thought that says, “Hell, since we all in the end are so insignificant, why bother doing this or doing that?”. Hell no. Go out there. Go make a crapload amount of money. Go score yourself beautiful/handsome girlfriends/boyfriends. Go conquer the world! All I am saying do not try to define importance of yourself by gaining as much money as possible, or by obtaining the highest seat in the office or something like that… define your importance by making sure that you are always trying to better not only yourself, but also those around you, and the world you are living in.

Best Regards,

Rangga Satrya