But the stars neither require nor demand it. Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds. It is only gainable as part of a larger whole. You, reciprocally, are moved by the universe. Whenever you shut down connectedness, you get depressed.
Psychic awareness breaks in as a gift.
It's fearful to know we're connected to everything in the universe, because then we're responsible. When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the Earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people.