Here’s an experiment.
Bring to mind your beliefs about the nature of life and the universe. Are they the product of random chance, created by God or something else? Think of what you believe about death. Is it the gateway to eternal life, reunion with lost loved ones, start of the next round, dissolution into oneness, the end of it all? Notice what you believe about gods, angels, demons, spirits, higher beings.
Now, for a few minutes, believe the opposite.
Try and really truly believe the opposite of what you normally believe about the nature of life, the universe and everything – not forever, just for while.
I’m guessing you can’t. I’ll bet best you can do is pretend and pretending feels uncomfortable.
Around the world, other FFOREST folk are reading this email and also failing to flip their beliefs for a few minutes. Except they are doing it in the opposite direction. 🤯
There are smart, compassionate, deep-thinking, loving, kind people who fully believe things about the nature of existence that are impossible for you to believe.
What are you going to do with that knowledge?
Let’s go back 36 years.
Grow slowly
Jeff
This comes at a coincidental time! I’ve been traveling a lot in the rural U.S. where “the other guy” running for president is incredibly popular so I’ve been doing just this for the past couple days. It’s a tough mental exercise for my blue brain but surprisingly doable when you’re surrounded by red.
I’m an alien keeping it on the down low👽