[aschismatic]

When you start thinking this way, about what defines your "being," you have to decide what you want to believe. If you believe in the possibility of "waking up" again, then you arrive at the conclusion that you must have a soul that connects your many lives. Or, you might believe that this is the one existence you'll ever experience, and that what we call consciousness is simply ephemeral.

But I tend to lean toward believing we are more than ephemeral. I think this because I am often left wondering why I am me and you are you. Why didn't I become you or you become me? Why am I experiencing life? Why is my body not just some physical machine moving through the universe? Why do I even have a consciousness? And we are only human. As much as we think we know about the universe, there's so much we don't know, and probably never will know.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

That's exactly what I wonder as well. Why am I not a dog or grasshopper or someone else? Why am I here at all? Am I only here because I wouldn't experience it otherwise? It seems like it's impossible to experience nothing, you must always experience something.