I had a weird insight while driving to work today and I need help figuring it out

[Holygrail]

So yesterday I was driving to work and realized how arbitrary this planet I was born on is. The shape on the continents, boundaries of the countries, sounds of the languages, history of the earth, number of planets in our solar system, the physical characteristics of humans, the looks of the animals, the era of this planet... All of these things are completely arbitrary and I could've been born onto an earth where all of these factors were completely different. This realization pretty much blew my mind. It almost felt as if this life was all a dream that I created through my birth and will stop existing when I die. What do you guys think of this??

Edited March 12, 2021 by Holygrail
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[allislove]

Sounds like a good "waking up" call. Will you answer the call?  

Be open that there is misunderstanding on what death is. Spiritual practices to the rescue.

[Holygrail]

@allislove thanks for the answer, I'm still new to all of this but I'm an openminded person so I'll be watching more of leo's videos.... I definitely felt like I had some sort of awakening...

[AdamR95]

8 minutes ago, Holygrail said:

So yesterday I was driving to work and realized how arbitrary this planet I was born on is. The shape on the continents, boundaries of the countries, sounds of the languages, history of the earth, number of planets in our solar system, the physical characteristics of humans, the looks of the animals, the era of this planet... All of these things are completely arbitrary and I could've been born onto an earth where all of these factors were completely different. This realization pretty much blew my mind. It almost felt as if this life was all a dream that I created through my birth and will stop existing when I die. What do you guys think of this??

Yeah thats one perspective,

but at same time its not arbitrary its absolutely necessary that it is this way.

[Holygrail]

8 minutes ago, AdamR95 said:

Yeah thats one perspective,

but at same time its not arbitrary its absolutely necessary that it is this way.

I think I meant arbitrary in the way that this earth is one out of an infinite amount of realities that I could've been born into and that there's nothing really special about this reality that I'm currently in, the way that many people assume.

Edited March 12, 2021 by Holygrail
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