Share Your Epiphanies

I was about 27 when I realised what = means. I'd always just kinda taken it to indicate something more like "and then". So 2 + 3 and then you have 5. It blew my mind to understand that = means that what's on each side of the equation is the same, just written differently. I had this epiphany after I finished an MSc. My childhood was somewhat math deficient.

Reincarnation is true, although not necessarily how it's usually portraited.

Reincarnation means becoming flesh again. I am the flesh of my mother and father and all the living beings I've eaten. And my grandmother and grandfather, and all the species before homo sapiens, up until the first living being.

I don't have memory like "that day when I was chased by hyenas in Africa", but I have a type of memory encoded in my DNA. My fear of snakes, my disgust for bitter foods, the color of my skin, and much more. These come from my past lives.

If I have kids, I'll also reincarnate myself. But even if I don't, my body will feed other living beings, and the molecules that now constitute "me" will constitute someone else. Given billion of years, someday parts of me and you will roam the earth as some future being.

I always had a hard time accepting some religious ideas because they required so much magic thinking that my reaction was to discard them. My epiphany was realizing that many have a core of truth. It's all a matter of perspective.

For insights like this and more, check out the "Religion for the non-religious" post by waitbutwhy: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/10/religion-for-the-nonreligious...

It's called FIRMware because it's the thing between SOFTware and HARDware.

Joseph Campbell's theory of archetypes blew my mind. He basically reverse-engineered stories and myths from cultures past and present from around the world to find the common "hero stories." So, studying primitive, superstitious passed down "myths" can lead to deeper understanding of the human psyche and real universal, timeless truths.

For the overly conscientious think to yourself, "I am doing the best I can. If this isn't good enough sack me".

Someone who's ignorant does not realize it because realizing it would mean that they're not ignorant anymore.