Intro
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Introduction
Abstract
Cosmic Life
Life as Living Organic Events that Express Novelty
The Presence of the Past, Novelty Potentiality, and the Cosmos as Life Itself
The Self-Enrichment of Cosmic Life in Its Parts as Our Personal Guidance
Admitting Our Inalienable Links with the Cosmos
Introduction
Interstellar Dust
Implications of Accepting the Concept of Cosmic Life
Exoplanets and the Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life
Panspermia
The Mind-Blowing Improbability of Life
Direct Spectroscopic Proof

Geological Evidence Supporting Panspermia
Distribution of Habitable Exoplanets and Exchanges of Living Entities
Meteorites, Micrometeorites and Cometary Bacteria
The Disputed Polonnaruwa Meteorite: Recent Relevant Studies
Stratospheric Sampling
Diseases from Space and Pandemics
Conclusion
References
The Cosmic Life Instinct Points the Way to a Healthy Ecological Civilization
Introduction and Brief Overview
The Aim of Universal Human Cognition is to Understand Nature as a Whole on the Basis of Explanatory Principles

The Role of the Soul, the Intellect, and the Life Instinct in Our Decisions
The Central Role of the Most General Laws of Nature in Understanding Reality
The Explanatory Chain of Nature is Based on Fundamental Principles
In Ancient Nature Religion, the Natural Order is Based on the Life Principle
The Main Path of Science and Philosophy Has Been Directed, for Millennia, to Discover the Fundamental Principles of the Universe
The Highest Goal of Science and Philosophy is to Know the Whole of Nature and to Explain it by Fundamental Principles
Definition of Health

Characteristics of a Healthy World View
The Explanatory System of the Natural Sciences is Based on Fundamental Principles
The Principle of Least Action is the Fundamental Principle of Physics
The Present State of the Explanatory System of Physics
The Fundamental Principle of Biology, the Principle of Life
Explaining the Independent Decision-Making of Living Organisms
Physics, Biology, and Logic Are All Based on Fundamental Principles
The Thrice Threefold, Hierarchical Structure of the Universe

The Seven Cosmic Communities of Life-Communities Within Communities up to the Living Universe
There is Only One Entity that Can Exist by Its Own Power: Cosmic Life
On the Relationship Between the Principle of Least Action and the Principle of Greatest Action
The Laws of Nature Exist in Reality and Have a Causal Role
We All Need to Know What Reality is, Since Our Future Fundamentally Depends on Our Understanding of Reality
The Two Most Effective Tools of General Philosophy: Outlook of Life and Worldview