The Water your Blood, the Rocks your Bones, Your Breath the Sky

This was one of the realizations I had likely in regard to the Vision Quest era of my life around 1983.

I came out of a sweat lodge which is considered "The Womb of Mother Earth" and I had this experience where I realized suddenly that we are the water and the rocks and even the breath we breathe is the sky (the atmosphere).

I found great comfort in this and also wondered as we move out into space to other times and places how we replace the water and the rocks and the atmosphere which give us life. Because even our bones are made of the rocks.

So, how do we go other places and stay balanced and sane and alive when we are a part of the earth itself (our bodies)? 

It's true that the hulls of our spaceship are the rocks converted to metal and it's also true that the water we bring with us is helps our blood continue and it's also true that the oxygen tanks and carbon dioxide Scrubbers allow us to breathe. But, how do people maintain their balance internally and health wise in space?

I suppose we are learning more about that from our astronauts every day.

For example, though someone can still have sex if they go into space they no longer can have children. So, in order to procreate after traveling through space you would likely have to put sperm and eggs in lead containers to protect them from Cosmic Rays which cause humans to become infertile and cause all animals and creatures from earth to become infertile too.

Somehow the atmosphere protects us from Cosmic Rays here on earth.