For quite sometime, I have stopped asking myself the question, “Why me?”, at least when I had done so, I sort of knew the answer and it was more of an expression of frustration rather than a serious question of purpose. If we look at the complexity of the world around us, about how small changes add up to larger ones, about the randomness, and we can stomach it, I feel we have upped our maturity and ability to cope with adversities up by a notch. Shit happens sometimes and there are often proximal causes, distant causes but I highly doubt there is a larger purpose. That of course does not mean that we cannot learn a lesson from a disaster, or that we cannot, upon reflection, see it as symbolic. Yet, to look at it as if it was “meant” to teach us a lesson would not just be delusional but also potentially gravely insensitive to the people who to whom the tragedy has affected.
I stopped posting here and am now at medschneverends
Hi. Welcome to Epiblast! The name is partly inspired by PZ Myers famous blog, Pharyngula partly by the fact that the epiblast, a simple tissue in a developing embryo (labelled 5), gives rise, eventually, to virtually everything inside our body. It's a metaphor for how some of our simple, fundamental ideas vastly affect the other aspects of our life. This blog covers my interests; usually science, medicine, atheism, religion. I might sneak in a bit of philosophy or magic if I feel like it. I warn you, the discussion gets uncomfortable and I come to conclusions which are unconventional, maybe contradictory to yours. Don't go crying to someone if you are offended.Hello :)
Thanks for all the support but I didn't make it to the top three. Some of the endorsements you guys wrote for me were very uplifting! I honestly thought a lot of my competitors were a bit myopic but I am happy that Neena from UAE made it to the top 3. I think she raised a couple of interesting points.
This morning, I happen to be browsing through this old journal I kept when I was a student at an Ashram for a few months. This was in 2009, yes, some of you might be like, "what's this atheist dude doing in an ashram" but I had my reasons.
I believe this was when a friend of many of the attendees had passed away when he was in his thirties. I was annoyed when they said it was his "destiny" or the fruits of his past karma. I needed to vent :/
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