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In exploring outward, Space may indeed be the Last Frontier.
Another view overall shows us that an equally great, if not greater frontier, is the inward frontier of the mind. It is expalined inremarkable detail yet remains a great, wonderous, wonderful, enticing mystery which can be said with equal truth, to be solved and as yet unsolvable. It is the beautiful paradox of life as we know it.
At any rate, enjoy the mysteries of the mind and the mysteries of Space. Both are great endeavors.

Peace to all

@Jeroen
I do not consider people like Steve Bannon and Alex Jones, Fox News to be conservative.
I do consider them to be Far Right or espousing Far Right, restrictive and oppressive agendas. and, of course, they are not open to any counter view or discussion.
I grew up in a very conservative county. The view of folks like Bannon in that county were considered so far right that they were dismissed as extremist wackos by the conservatives.
It is their apparent lack of empathy, compassion, mercy, or concern for the common people, especially for the "Lower Classes" and the religious and social minorities, that greatly concern me.
We have been dragged so far to the Right that our Progressives would be considered Moderate , possibly Right leaning in countries such as the Netherlands, possibly on par with the VVD.
I do fear for my country and our peoples.

But I never give up hope for this nation and all those affected World Wide by those alleging to be our leaders.

@person said:
My point is more about the positive values that underlay political views. I'm not trying to say every political position is of equal value.

I find this an interesting notion. I’ve grown up with a very minimalist upbringing, in a space of de-programming and not conditioning. I was encouraged to throw out society’s values, and I certainly wasn’t given new values such as “Be tough and rugged” or “Work hard”. Politics was totally not a focus.

So for me, the concept of any values as being positive is a bit of a stretch. I’ve picked up a few things which I consider sound pointers to life - an understanding of money and what it buys, self-sufficiency, living from the heart - but I certainly don’t have a system of values.

You could say I question that politics has values, it seems to be largely corrupt, once you look at the actual politicians.

I was just having a discussion with a good friend about meaning in life, and she held that for her learning and development held more meaning than proving one’s capability through overcoming challenges. For me that hasn’t been true, if I look at my life the things I was most proud of, that lent me the most confidence, they were creating things of beauty and accomplishing difficult things.

I think that meaning ends up in one’s life automatically, as long as you follow your heart. I find that not listening to the mind but listening to the heart is an art, it’s like finding the silence inside even amidst noisy surroundings, a knack. I haven’t always been equally good at it but most of my best decisions have come from that space.

I said yesterday to my dad, if I have a regret it is that I didn’t make it happen when you proposed that we should go on a tour to Egypt together to see the antiquities a couple of years ago. That may still happen, I held it out for him that if he becomes well enough we will go and do it with the two of us. It’s difficult but I think my mother will be alright with being on her own for a couple of weeks if we arrange the right support for her. And that immediately felt like the right thing to do.

Generally I can only find my emotions and the voice of inspiration that comes from my heart when I’m quiet inside.

I used to wonder why so many people held Right Wing positions directly and overtly detrimental to themselves and their families. Then I was unitentionally exposed the one-sided flood of attack ads and deliberte disinformation and misinformation with no room, no space allowed foe any counter arguments or contrary (to the rt wing) messaging of any kind. It waa both a shock and an awakening. It explains much about why people keep voting for candidates and issues that only harm them and never help them.
Almost all of this (in the US) traces back directly to Ronald Regan abolishing the Fairness Docrtine in which the FCC required the holders of broadcast licences "both to present controversial issues ofpublic importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints."
The Right Wing was poised to pounce upon that removal and, with Mr Murdock in the lead, did just that. The Moderates ad te Left were caught competely unprepared, were overwhelmed, and have been playing catch up ever since.