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This Short Story About Life, Death and the Universe Will Blow Your Mind

by Mateo Sol · Updated: Dec 26, 2020 · 37 Comments

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We don’t usually republish content from others, but we LOVED this story. We hope you do as well.

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The Egg

By: Andy Weir

You were on your way home when you died.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.

And that’s when you met me.

“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”

“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.

“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”

“Yup,” I said.

“I… I died?”

“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said.

You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”

“More or less,” I said.

“Are you god?” You asked.

“Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.”

“My kids… my wife,” you said.

“What about them?”

“Will they be all right?”

“That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.”


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You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.

“Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.”

“Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?”

“Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.”

“Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right,”

“All religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.”

You followed along as we strode through the void. “Where are we going?”

“Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.”

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“So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.”

“Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.”

I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. 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.

“You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for long enough, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point to doing that between each life.”


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“How many times have I been reincarnated, then?”

“Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around, you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.”

“Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?”

“Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.”

“Where you come from?” You said.

“Oh sure,” I explained “I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there, but honestly you wouldn’t understand.”

“Oh,” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.”

“Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don’t even know it’s happening.”

“So what’s the point of it all?”

“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?”

“Well it’s a reasonable question,” you persisted.

I looked you in the eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.”

“You mean mankind? You want us to mature?”

“No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.”

“Just me? What about everyone else?”

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“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.”

You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”

“All you. Different incarnations of you.”

“Wait. I’m everyone!?”

“Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.

“I’m every human being who ever lived?”

“Or who will ever live, yes.”

“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”

“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added.

“I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled.

“And you’re the millions he killed.”

“I’m Jesus?”

“And you’re everyone who followed him.”

You fell silent.

“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”

You thought for a long time.

“Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?”

“Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.”

“Whoa,” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?”

“No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.”

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“So the whole universe,” you said, “it’s just…”

“An egg.” I answered. “Now it’s time for you to move on to your next life.”

And I sent you on your way.


With thanks to Andy Weir for personally letting us republish his material. You can read more of his work here. 

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Mateo Sol is a spiritual educator, guide, entrepreneur, and co-founder of one of the most influential and widely read spiritual websites on the internet. Born into a family with a history of drug addiction and mental illness, he was taught about the plight of the human condition from a young age. His mission is to help others experience freedom, wholeness, and peace in all stages of life. [Read More]

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  1. Deborah says

    August 12, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    I keep coming back to read this. And still i have no more words then ‘wow……’

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  2. Psychedelic Explosion says

    June 22, 2020 at 1:29 am

    I realised this on a few acid trips! It’s made me realize so much then I come across the knowledge I learnt on my trips in other places… It basically confirms these type of things. That we are all one. Although I do believe God is a separate being I do think as of now that we’re all apart of God just perceiving life in all different ways. I can extend what I have learnt and believe by multiple pages of information but I’ll leave it here. Us being on a permanent spiritual conquest to completely mature in spirit also makes a lot of sense

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  3. Maggie says

    December 27, 2019 at 8:24 am

    I read this story about 3 years ago. It swiped me off my feet. It literally blew up my mind. It changed my whole life and how I look at people. Now I’m sharing kindness, I cry or laugh with someone. I spread abundance and love. I know I’m giving it to others and to myself. It would be awesomely fantastic if that could be true!
    I still come back to the story and share it with different people I meet. This is the best story so far!

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  4. Ye says

    August 03, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    I have one question though. He refers to “you” and saying it’s only u and him. I’m not understanding that part. How are “you” supposed to live thru every person if their are 7 billion of us & growing!! How is he supposed to live thru every single person to become god if we’re only growing. U can’t live thru everyone when you’re an “everyone” I’m here right now. You are here reading this. How is there is only 2 “you and god” LIKE WHAT!? How.? I’m here right now tho. U can’t die and live thru everyone’s life. I’m sorry if this sounds wack I can’t even put it into words. But I hope u all get what I’m getting at. Am I’m here but being lived thru?? Or is he saying we’re all gonna live someone else’s life at some point? Idk very confused

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    • Mateo Sol says

      August 05, 2019 at 10:45 am

      Thanks Ye for your question.

      I think the story is making a reference of all the mystical teachings common philosophy, what Aldous Huxley called the ‘Perennial Philosophy’, that there’s no two separate entities of ‘God’ and ‘Us’. This is something more to do with experience than intellectual beliefs. The deeper you explore your sense of ‘self’, of individuality, the more you realize it doesn’t exist, it’s a mental construct or an illusion (this is what ego-death is all about) and in fact all 7 billion of us are expressions of the same Onenness. Feel free to click the attached links for further explanations.
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  5. Searlait says

    June 14, 2019 at 10:43 pm

    Fantastic! Thanks for sharing and thanks to Andy Weir for writing. The kind of thing we need to read now and again to gain perspective.
    Peace & gratitude to all

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  6. wendy m smith says

    May 04, 2019 at 3:49 am

    Oh No! Infinity?? Different races, places, etc. but still me with everyone else jammed into my egg??
    The egg must be cracked. There are too many lives and I don’t do infinity well at all.
    Anyone else in the egg of us feel that way?
    great story though. SCAREY!!

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  7. Joakim says

    July 23, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    How mamy times this conversation must have played out, so many people die everyday!

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  8. matto says

    December 12, 2017 at 2:57 am

    We are all one , connected . Love the article ❤

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  9. Anna says

    November 08, 2017 at 4:49 am

    That is just delicious!

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  10. Melina says

    October 22, 2017 at 7:17 am

    It feels so beautiful to learn more and more about the universe every single day, and this story helped me to understand what is meant with “everything is one”. I still have a lot to learn about myself, but i felt so appreciated while reading this, i really needed to cry. Time is a construct and at this moment many things are still horrible, but together we can change our live and reach higher frequencies ♥

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