Higher and Higher

As you read the following by Apollo astronaut Edgar B. Mitchell keep in mind that the real triumph of Apollo was not technological but for men like him it was spiritual. He would soon find the Institute of Noetic Sciences to explore consciousness and human potential after returning to Earth.


"I realized that the molecules in my body and the molecules in the body of the spacecraft were created from some ancient generation of stars. And so suddenly in my mind being manufactured from those stars made this a personal experience instead of an intellectual experience of separateness. I had never had this experience before. It was pretty spellbinding. It was an overwhelming joy and experience, and this continued whenever I had a few moments to look out the window. I experienced connectedness. An absolute bliss and joy associated with it every time I looked out the window for three days on the way home. It was so powerful I couldn’t let go of that. I had to know what in the world it was."