Counting

I think we're going to look back on this period

as being one of the golden ages in cosmology.

And that's because we know a lot about the universe.

And that's because we know a lot about the universe. We know what it's made out of.

We know what it's made out of.

Four percent of it is atoms

Four percent of it is atoms and about twenty-five percent of it is

and about twenty-five percent of it is

something we call dark matter

something we call dark matter and about seventy percent

and about seventy percent

and about seventy percent is this mysterious dark energy.

is this mysterious dark energy.

So we know a lot about the universe

So we know a lot about the universe but we understand a lot less.

but we understand a lot less.

So this is a time where we have to put everything together

So this is a time where we have to put everything together and figure out what the big picture is

and figure out what the big picture is

and we're going to have a lot of help.

and we're going to have a lot of help. Because when you look at the measurements

Because when you look at the measurements

that are going to be made in the near future

that are going to be made in the near future both by telescopes and accelerators

both by telescopes and accelerators

we're going to have a lot more clues.

And so I suspect in ten to twenty years

our understanding of the universe

our understanding of the universe will be far deeper than it is today.

will be far deeper than it is today.

If you die, your spirit does not die.

Which never ever ever dies.

Death is not the end.

Death is not the end. Death is the beginning of eternity.

Death is the beginning of eternity.

Your spirit is eternal.

Amen.

You start praising your spirit in your life.

Amen.

Each and every one of us has an expiration date.

Just like milk expires, we expire.

But it's only your body that expires, not your spirit.

Amen.

I love you.

I love you.

I don't care what race you are.

I don't care what race you are. I love you.

I love you.

... in an area that will almost certainly flood again someday.

2013.

Sitting with Aaron, we're gonna light the candles now.

And those were the trees that the

And those were the trees that the construction was going to destroy.

construction was going to destroy.

So it started with, I believe like

So it started with, I believe like eight or ten people just gathering there.

eight or ten people just gathering there.

eight or ten people just gathering there. Because Taksim is the only place left in Istanbul

Because Taksim is the only place left in Istanbul

Because Taksim is the only place left in Istanbul where people can gather and

where people can gather and

and do any sort of protest.

What these people are asking is just

that they don't cut these trees, that they keep the park

and they don't turn it into a shopping mall.

Forty or fifty demonstrators

held a sit-in, they didn't want the government...

held a sit-in, they didn't want the government... ... made the Taksim Square area into a pedestrian area and

... made the Taksim Square area into a pedestrian area and

many people speculate that they did that

many people speculate that they did that because they thought that that would be the parking lot.

because they thought that that would be the parking lot.

... to make way for a shopping mall.

Protest groups of the whole country.

Protest groups of the whole country. ... riot police with tear gas and water cannons and pepper spray...

... riot police with tear gas and water cannons and pepper spray...

Here's what Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan

Here's what Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan looked like before the police raid and afterward.

looked like before the police raid and afterward.

Occupy Wall Street

and a power washing by sanitation workers.

Historical, some...

semi-historical, not old.

About two hundred years.

This is old

This is old because in America, two hundred is very old.

because in America, two hundred is very old.

# One, everybody clear your mind and take a breath #

# One, everybody clear your mind and take a breath # # Two, everybody wipe your eyes and take a step #

# Two, everybody wipe your eyes and take a step #

# Two, everybody wipe your eyes and take a step # # Three, everybody look all ways, but trust yourself #

# Three, everybody look all ways, but trust yourself #

# Four, everybody know the way you know yourself #

# Four, everybody know the way you know yourself # # Five, everybody lose the map and lose the plan #

# Five, everybody lose the map and lose the plan #

# Five, everybody lose the map and lose the plan # # Six, everybody rediscover understand #

# Six, everybody rediscover understand #

# Six, everybody rediscover understand # # Seven, everybody see yourself when you come in #

# Seven, everybody see yourself when you come in #

# Seven, everybody see yourself when you come in # # Eight, everybody turn around and start again #

# Eight, everybody turn around and start again #

# On the floor is a line #

# Follow it or entwine #

# You can't run so walk it #

# You can't walk so crawl it #

# You can't crawl you're falling #

# You can't fall you've fallen #

# Sometimes #

# you'll find that you're going forward backwards #

# On the wall is a sign #

# Say the words or define #

# If you could read it #

# You could conceive it #

# And stop repeating #

# Defeated and beaten #

# It's high #

# A long climb #

# On the mind is a mind #

# Think of it or combine #

# It does affect you #

# It does connect you #

# Watch it reflecting #

# You want to protect it #

# Sometimes #

# you'll find that its found before you seek it #

They were just attuned to each other.

And she would say, "Imagine the clouds dripping."

And she would say, "Imagine the clouds dripping." And then he would write, "Imagine there's no heaven."

And then he would write, "Imagine there's no heaven."

So they have half the members they did a year ago.

So they have half the members they did a year ago. And it is because the structure of the law

And it is because the structure of the law

And it is because the structure of the law makes collective bargaining essentially irrelevant

makes collective bargaining essentially irrelevant

makes collective bargaining essentially irrelevant and very hard to maintain.

and very hard to maintain.