How Being a Nobody Actually Makes You a Somebody

When we contemplate the universe, we tend to consider ourselves as the centre of it. Our daily experiences project an image back to us that we are the reason the Earth spins on its axis, the be-all and end-all, the lifeblood without which the whole world would descend into a state of disrepair. And we have good old self-importance to thank for that. A meagre <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy#:~:text=It%20turns%20out%20that%20roughly,than%205%25%20of%20the%20universe." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">5% of the universe</a> is observable matter. The rest is an unimaginable vastness that extends far beyond the limited realms of our perception, and each one of us, as complex and wondrous as we may be — a universe in and of ourselves, even— is but a negligible freckle on the face of time and space. How we think and feel about ourselves is determined by how our senses absorb information from the stimuli that surround us and how that combines with our personal memories. This intermingling creates a subjective sense of perception, and that, in turn, creates the illusion of (self-)importance. We often forget that this perception exists only in our minds and that every other person on Earth operates under the very same psychological mindset. So, essentially, we all mean nothing. Zilch. Diddly squat. We’re a collective of billions of totally insignificant entities. We are one grain of sand on an endless stretch of beach. <a href="https://medium.com/wholistique/how-being-a-nobody-actually-makes-you-a-somebody-fdbe3e161115">Read More</a>