Name: The Egg - A Short Story
Uploaded: 2019-10-01T18:05:13.000Z
Duration: 7 min 55 s
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"You just died and your main concern is for your family.

I just looked like some man or possibly a woman.

"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 contemptuous of you.

To be fair, your marriage was falling apart.

...she'll feel very guilty for feeling relieved."

"All religions are right in their own way.

You followed along as we strode through the void.

...everything I did in this life, won't matter?"

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

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,

...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.

But there's no point to doing that between each life."

"How many times have I been reincarnated then?"

...you'll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 A.D."

Time as you know it only exists in your universe.

"Oh sure, I come from somewhere, somewhere else.

I know you'll want to know what it's like there,

...but honestly you wouldn't understand."

If I get reincarnated to other places in time,