There is an even stronger motive since we are a part of what we are seeking to know and understand. We should love the universe as that from which we, and all life, have sprung and in which we exist. It is not strange to say that we should love the universe. As a part of our organisation at every moment what we love is the context in which we live and function, that guides our actions and our aspirations. Our emotions are part of the universe as are our rational minds.
Love is something that the universe makes possible.
The universe as organism unites science and the longing which religions have sought to satisfy.