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THE EXHIBITION
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IN NEW YORK CITY
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American Museum of Natural History
- presents -
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Darwin:
The Origin of Life
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This is the most in-depth exhibition held to honor and trace the course
of this great thinker's lifetime. Darwin was a man who observed the wonders of nature and wrote about evolution, the selective process. In one example Darwin observed an Orchid where the nectar was not in the center of the flower, but 12 inches down a stem. Darwin in theory concluded for the flower to be cultivated there had to be an insect that nature evolved which had a straw like tube to reach into the flower that far. He was right. 45 years later a moth with a 12 inch straw connected to its mouth was discovered. All this, Darwin's presentation, needs a much bigger discussion which we will do eventually. For now we want to let you know Darwin is happening at the Museum. For some it might also say - there is life after death. A subject Darwin did not go into. |
for your pleasure at the
Museum between 77th Street and 81st Street on Central Park West in New York City through May 2006 |
The exhibit also includes an area that
displays Darwin's study room. Complete with his chair, microscope, looking glass, writings, books, and even his walking stick. |
Meet The Man.
Meet The
Legend. |
What is interesting
is that this Exhibition was conceived in 2002. It took three years to put together. Strange enough 2005 into 2006
has brought to
the public's eye
discussions of something called "Intelligent Design" I.D. differs from evolution, in that Darwin based his conclusions on Nature evolving as a common thread for all life and "I.D." may be for some a "creationist" view of religious dogma that suggests human life begins with the Bible's Genesis -- only 6000 years ago. |
Thinkers of "The
Highest Order" do
the same, yet they go
beyond the simplistic idea of "I.D." -- as it proposes that there is a true design intended by The Universe. To include evolution and life after death. Not that evolution was something unplanned and just happened to happen -- by accident or nature's necessity . One theory suggests that it is a fact Time itself never ends. It
is truly a living thing.
Therefore, noting that Time never ends, and it is a living function alive, then neither does the living being end. The living being, the being held inside and housed by the human body -- merely passes on to the next transition, after the last breath concludes. A transition in Life's physical functions. Noting transitions in life's functions are real. One example being,
a caterpillar transition
becomes a Butterfly. It changes to something different. Yet, it is still the same entity. |
So there is the age old
question of is there a God, one true God operating the design of Life itself, and is there a plan thinking or a design to why life happens the way it does ? Not that it just happens at random. This is a step beyond The Origin of Life that Darwin did not take. Of course, why would he ? He had enough on his plate to deal with. A human being suggesting new thoughts such as his would be lambasted by society as it were -- even if he were correct. |
All this brings to rise
a new thinking. We put forth something called: "The Highest Order." In that it walks a middle road bringing physical nature and spiritual existence together. Thinking in "The Highest Order" mindset suggests that The Universe operates in a certain order -- that of evolution as Darwin suggested. But as Darwin gained his knowledge from Nature, so does "The Highest Order." Darwin learned of evolution by literally watching Nature and taking from that the examples he found as the function process of real life. (story continues right side, then middle.) |
It is suggested in presentation of "The Highest Order" thinking -- that to do as
Darwin did and look to Life to find the answers to the questions and mysteries of the unknown. So in example: we as living beings, an individual intelligent mind, live in one body. ("Live" is the key word there). Then, if we look at - the whole - of the known Universe as one body, why would it be that there is not an intelligent mind within that one body ??? An Intelligent Mind in the body of The Universe as a whole. And since we come from the Universe, that existence would live inside of us too. That idea scratches the surface of the truth of your own existence as a whole. It would suggest the intelligent mind of the Universe, being it exists, has a plan which includes Darwin's Origin of Life "evolution" and an existence that goes beyond what we call death -- once we depart from this world. No scientist can disagree that: "The Universe does operate at The Highest Order." If there is a mind in our body, there must be a mind within the whole body of The Universe. As if there was a flower whose nectar is 12 inches down a sterm, there must be an insect that can reach it to cultivate the flower's continued growth. And there is. 45 years later that insect was discovered as a factual existence. You might call it: Life. Complete. |
We have to discuss all this more, later. Because it is important. We can learn much
from Darwin about our own Life. And "The Highest Order" does supercede the PR spin of what is beyond a vain description to "Intelligent Design." There may very well be Intelligent Design but it is at the realm of The Highest Order, which is inclusive of all. Darwin was right. In Nature you find all the answers. Because there is a reason for everything. Even the mysteries of "coincidence." To be continued. Let's move on. |
Above: The Darwin Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History
in New York City. Below: Johnson-Sea-Link submersible in the movie "Galapagos," at the American Museum of Natural History IMAX Theater. |
Darwin Portrait. One of the last photographs
taken of Charles Darwin, circa 1878.
© From the Richard Milner Archive
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The uniquely American modern animals Darwin saw on
the Galápagos Islands, "Blue-footed Boobies" (Sula nebouxii excisa). Photograph by: S. Quinn / AMNH.org |
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City has many wonders to enjoy; display exhibits, special events, weekly
programs, large format movies, and more. Here we see fur sea lions lounge on rocks near the seashore in "Galapagos," a Smithsonian Institution and IMAX Corporation Motion Picture Presentation. A Mandalay Media Arts Production. © IMAX. |
photo credit:
C. Chesek
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Looking through the Looking Glass. Meaning given to the word. "Wonder."
Butterfly Photographs by Dennis Finnin. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
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The Butterfly Conservatory: "Tropical Butterflies Alive In Winter." At the American Museum of Natural History from
October of 2005 into May 2006. Imagine a Butterfly alive exploring the human being. Isn't that what we see here ? |
www.AMNH.org
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