Well, yes, there must be some connection. The universe is a system - a collection of functionally related components (vast though the numbers must be) held in a steady state most of the time by internal feedback controls. Our planet, thus by extension, our ecology (of which we're a part) is part of that. We need only look at how the sun and moon interact with the earth, with each other, etc., to prove that. At an esoteric level the same applies to us within the cosmos and every atom of our being within ourselves being part of that cosmos. So (by comparison) we're a tiny part of the universe but we figure in it all right.
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