The Egg

Have you ever watched a short story on YouTube called The Egg by Andy Weir? I just did. A few days ago. It got me thinking. I have not changed my whole life or my perspective on it, but it has thrown a seed for thought.

Go ahead and watch below, or first read my thoughts and then come back. Your choice.

I'm alone. I am all of you. I am every person on the planet today, yesterday, tomorrow, thousands of years in the past and in the future. It is terrible to think that I'm a murderer, thief, rapist. But I'm also a philanthropist, a volunteer... Why about boring stuff? I am every member of the Kardashian family, all famous actors, great singers, rappers, musicians, architects, directors, and designers. I embody all my dreams in all my incarnations. I learn, I make mistakes, and I develop.

I am my mom and dad. I am the cause of everything good and bad that happens in my life. Travelling, shopping, watching movies on Friday nights, going bankrupt, breaking up a family, getting a family together, birthdays and New Years together. I was always looking for someone to blame for what happened in my life. But is it all me? It's hard to believe. I caused all this to myself. But I also gave myself all that good and beautiful. So the only thing that is real is my consciousness? I can't prove the existence of other people, right? It's like solipsism, but at the same time I admit the existence of the world because in that story it says that all this was created for me, it's real.

If I am you and you are me, then the phrase “Treat others how you want to be treated” takes on an even more logical form. After all, if you and I are different people, then our vision of the world would be different, and it's not necessary that you treated me the same way I treated you. But if we are one person, then I will reflect on me everything that I do to myself (you). Does it make sense?

Another question. What am I doing on the planet right now? I, in the embodiment of you, your friend, or your mother, do one thing, but why am I - I here? Maybe I'm teaching a lesson to other kinds of me, to my brothers and sisters, to my friends. Maybe, I should take a lesson that is being taught to me? I'm sure that during this incarnation of mine, I will go through many lessons, some of which have already successfully passed. But what exactly should I do? To go with the flow? Do things I want to do or am I prescribed a certain path?

Here is another thought. If I am you, and you are me, then, in fact, I am alone. And I get so lonely. Do you? I do not exist without you and you do not exist without me, and we are one. A little sad, isn't it? On the other hand, it opens up so many doors and possibilities. I can do what I want and achieve all the heights because I realised that I will get myself a job, fly a plane to wherever I want, cook a gourmet dish, come up with a designer collection or make a film all by myself. All my past and future lives give me knowledge and strength. I exist everywhere and do everything everywhere all at once, since time is not linear, but we will not talk about this.

There was one thing I didn't understand in this story. What about the end goal? Become a god, or rather learn all the lessons on earth in all possible incarnations and be born a god / higher being. But for what? It is unlikely that someone will be able to answer this because we have no idea what it is like to be something greater. And to be honest, there is no need for an answer. I'll finish here with all my lives, and a baby god will be born from the fetus me.

In general, all I want to say is that each version of me is beautiful in its own way. We're doing great with you. I want to wish you and me success in everything. Everything we do helps other us in other incarnations. I don't know if I'm talking nonsense or if these thoughts have potential. Maybe you can take something away from here or, on the contrary, help me understand myself better.