2010/01/22 
As followers of this blog know, I also have a science blog, Goodheart’s Extreme Science, and a blog about the wonders of nature in the Berkeley Hills of the San Francisco Bay Area called Berkeley, Naturally!
Since the practice of metta includes loving-kindness mediation for all creatures and beings everywhere, I have occasionally mentioned posts from these sister sites that relate to an “engaged” love for our fellow beings and our planet:
The Moral Math of Climate Change
Metta-care: saving our coral reefs
Today, I made a post about the movie “Avatar” at my Extreme Science blog:
How “Avatar” Inspires Love of Nature and Love of Science
Even though that site is devoted to hard science, I felt it was important to mention a science fiction film like “Avatar.” It has touched million’s of people’s hearts and seems to be helping to raise people’s consciousness about the interrelatedness and interconnected of ourselves with nature and with all beings.
So, please stop by and take a look. I hope you enjoy the post. As I say:
If movies like “Avatar” can inspire people to look at the natural world with greater appreciation or inspire a new generation of children to become scientists who study our planet and all its wonders, then it will done more than merely entertained us and made its creators a lot of money. It will have changed the world, the only world we’ll ever know, for the better.
People of Earth, the Na’vi have a message for us: Open your eyes! You too have a planet of wonders!
To whet your curiosity, here’s one of the images from the post, showing just how remarkable Earth’s creatures are, too!
Planet Earth - Arctic Jelly
Metta Refuge 
It’s a pretty fascinating film. Turns out Pandora also has a subterranean paradise. A few members discussed it here:
http://avatarthemovieforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=300#p300
Hey Daniel, thanks for the link. If the writers/producer want to go there, there’d be underground, and, I hope, underwater, too! I’d love to see a sequel.
Thanks for stopping by,
Steve
Now I definitely have to go out and see it.
thanks Steven.
michael j
I think you’ll enjoy it. I don’t want to over-hype it, but it is beautiful and moving and has something important to say.
thanks for the review. . .i really look forward to seeing Avatar. . .you are so right about this planet. Earth’s goodness and bounty is beyond anything i could ever imagine in tens of thousands of years of dreaming.
Hi Sparrow. I hope you enjoy it; as a science fiction movie, it has limitations, but I bet you find the portrayal of the ecosystem moving….and yes, this planet is sooooooo beautiful and wonderful…..it’s interesting how long ago J. R. R. Tolkein’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was instrumental in my getting back a lot of the “magic” or “faerie” of nature….I talk about that on my Berkeley, Naturally! site, here, if you’re interested in taking a look some time:
http://berkeleynaturally.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/the-road-goes-ever-on-the-berkeley-hill-trails/
All the best,
Steve