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People of Lemmy, have you ever had what some would consider a "spiritual" experience? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If so, what triggered it and what was it like?

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[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

One perspective I've heard before and I find interesting is (paraphrased) that we, as humans, are the result of a universe yearning to know itself. (I'm sure there's more but that's the jist of it.)

It could be that our consciousness isn't specifically human, it just inhabits the bodies best able to experience and learn about the world we exist in.