The Egg - A Short Story [h6fcK_fRYaI].en-GB.vtt

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You were on your way home, when you died.

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It was a car accident.

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Nothing particularly remarkable.

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But fatal, none the less.

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It was a painless death.

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The medics tried their best to save you... but to no avail.

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Your body was so utterly shattered, you were better off. Trust me.

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And that's when you met me.

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What happened?

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Where am I?

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You died.

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I said, matter of factly.

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No point in mincing words.

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There was... there was a truck.

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And it was skidding.

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Yes.

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I... I died?

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Yes.

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But don't feel bad about it.

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Everyone dies.

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You looked around.

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There was... nothingness.

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Just you, and me.

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What is this place?

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Is this, the afterlife?

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More or less.

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Are you... God?

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Yes.

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I'm God.

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My kids...

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My wife...

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What about them?

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Will they be alright?

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"That's what I like to see," I said.

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You just died, and your main concern is for your family.

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That's good stuff right there.

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You looked at me with fascination.

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To you, I didn't look like God.

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I just looked like some man, or possibly a woman.

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Some vague authority figure maybe.

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"Don't worry," I said.

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They'll be fine.

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Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way.

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They didn't have time to grow contemptuous of you.

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Your wife will cry on the outside.

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But will be secretly relieved.

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To be fair, your marriage was falling apart.

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If it's any consolation, she'll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.

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Oh...

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So what happens now?

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Do I go to Heaven? Or Hell or something?

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Neither.

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You'll be reincarnated.

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Ah...

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So the Hindus were right!

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All religions are right in their own way.

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Walk with me.

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You followed along as we strolled through the void.

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Where are we going?

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No where in particular.

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It's just nice to walk while we talk.

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So, what's the point then?

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When I get reborn, I'll just be a blank slate right?

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A baby?

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So, all my experiences and everything... everything I did in this life...

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Won't matter...

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Not so.

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You have within you, all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives.

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You just don't remember them right now.

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I stopped walking, and took you by the shoulders.

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Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine.

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A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are.

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It's like sticking your finger in a glass of water.

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To see if it's hot or cold.

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You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you've gained all the experiences it had.

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You've been in a human for the last 48 years.

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So you haven't stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness.

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If we hung out here for long enough, you'd start remembering everything.

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But there's not point to doing that between each life.

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How many times have I been reincarnated then?

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Oh, lots! Lots and lots!

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And into lots of different lives.

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This time around, you'll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 A.D.

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Wait... what?!

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You're sending me back in time?

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Well I guess technically.

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Time as you know it, only exists in your universe.

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Things are different where I come from.

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Where... where you come from?

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Oh sure, I come from somewhere. Somewhere else.

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And there are others like me.

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I know you'll want to know what it's like there but honestly you wouldn't understand.

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"Oh..."

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You said, a little let down.

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But wait...

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If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.

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Sure, happens all the time.

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And with both lives only aware of their own lifespans, you don't even know it's happening.

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So...

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what's the point of it all?

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I looked you in the eye.

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The meaning of life,

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the reason I made this whole universe,

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is for you to mature.

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You mean... mankind?

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You want to us to mature?

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No, just you.

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I made this whole universe for you.

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With each new life

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you grow and mature, and become a larger and greater intellect.

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Just me?

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What about everyone else?

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There is no one else.

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In this universe, there's just you and me.

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You stared blankly at me.

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But all the people on Earth...

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All you.

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Different incarnations of you.

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Wait... I'm... everyone?

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Now you're getting it.

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I'm every human being who ever lived?

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Or who will ever live,  yes.

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I'm Abraham Lincoln?

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And you're John Wilkes Booth too.

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I'm Hitler?!

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You said appalled.

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And you're the millions he killed.

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I'm Jesus?!

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And you're everyone who followed Him.

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You fell silent.

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Every time you victimized someone, you were victimizing yourself.

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Every act of kindness you have done, you have done to yourself.

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Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was or will be experienced by you.

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You thought for a long time.

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Why? Why do all this?

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Because someday you will become like me.

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Because that's what you are!

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You're one of my kind.

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You're my child!

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Wow!! You said incredulous.

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You mean I'm a God?

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No, not yet, you're a fetus.

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You're still growing.

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Once you've lived every human life throughout all time,

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you will have grown enough to be born.

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So the whole universe...

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it's just...

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an egg!

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I answered:

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now it's time for you to move on to your next life.

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And I sent you on your way.