Strangely enough, being humbled is an empowering experience.
When you truly come to see how small, insignificant, and
not-the-center-of-the-universe you are, your mind cracks open and your ego
retreats like a worm back into its hole. Suddenly, something breathtaking shifts
and changes within you, and you go from perceiving life through the limited “me”
perspective, to the expanded “we” perspective.
If you want to experience what it’s like to be humbled, read
through the following mind-altering crazy facts about life.
15 CRAZY FACTS ABOUT LIFE
(THAT WILL SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE)
I love anything and everything that broadens the mind and reveals
just how small, yet infinitely expansive and interconnected we all are. We go
about our lives constantly stuck in narrow, self-centric patterns
of living often failing to remember just how minuscule and inconsequential our
problems are in the “greater scheme of things.” Of course, this is not to say
that we don’t suffer or that we shouldn’t try to better our lives; just that
life is more enjoyable when we’re aware of the myopic, restricted perception of
life the ego creates.
Strangely enough, being humbled is
an empowering experience.
When you truly come to see how small, insignificant, and
not-the-center-of-the-universe you are, your mind cracks open and your
ego retreats like a worm back into its hole. Suddenly, something
breathtaking shifts and changes within you, and you go from perceiving
life through the limited “me” perspective, to the expanded “we”
perspective.
If you want to experience what it’s like to be humbled, read through the
following mind-altering crazy facts about life.
15 CRAZY FACTS
ABOUT LIFE (THAT WILL SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE)
I love anything and everything
that broadens the mind and reveals just how small, yet infinitely
expansive and interconnected we all are. We go about our lives
constantly stuck in narrow, self-centric patterns
of living often failing to remember just how minuscule and
inconsequential our problems are in the “greater scheme of things.” Of
course, this is not to say that we don’t suffer or that we shouldn’t try
to better our lives; just that life is more enjoyable when we’re aware
of the myopic, restricted perception of life the ego creates.
If anything, these absurd, awe-inspiring, crazy facts about life below
will show you just how intricate, layered and interrelated all of life
is, and the amazing role you play
in this huge cosmic dance. These discoveries will also show you just how
much you’re truly “unaware” of, and how amazing you truly are:
Your body and nearly everything on earth is composed of the
residue formed from the cataclysmic explosion of star matter that occurred
13.7 billion years ago.
3. WE
ARE 99% EMPTY SPACE.
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We are made up of atoms, and only 1% of an atom consists of
protons, neutrons and electrons. The other 99% is empty space. In fact, if
you were to take away the empty space of every human being on the planet, we
would all fit into a sugar cube! (Source.)
4. OUR
UNCONSCIOUS (NOT CONSCIOUS) MIND IS RUNNING THE SHOW.
The unconscious mind has been proven to make decisions before
we consciously decide anything. This causes us to wonder, if
you and I are not consciously responsible for making our decisions … who or
what is? And where exactly are our thoughts and choices coming from? (Source.)
5. YOU
ONLY USE 10% OF YOUR BRAIN. THE OTHER 90% IS UNCONSCIOUS.
You are only aware of a tiny percentage of what is going on
inside of your mind. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud compared this to an
iceberg: only the tip of the iceberg can be seen above water, but below the
water looms the rest. Professor of medicine Dr Bruce Lipton compared the
mind to a computer: our unconscious mind operates at 40
million bits of data per second, whereas our conscious mind
only operates at 40 bits per second. (Source.)
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27% of the mass of the universe is dark matter, and 68% of
the mass of the universe is dark energy. Both dark energy and dark matter
are invisible. Only 5% of the universe is normal, observable matter. (Source.)
27% of the mass of the universe is dark matter, and 68%
of the mass of the universe is dark energy. Both dark energy and dark
matter are invisible. Only 5% of the universe is normal, observable
matter. (Source.)
7.
YOU WERE ONCE A TINY SPERM THAT TRIUMPHED OVER 250 MILLION OTHER SPERMS.
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“Congratulations! You were the sperm that impregnated
your mother!” – said no one ever. But if you think about it … your
existence is pretty astounding. You literally won the race of survival
and triumphed over millions, even billions of other sperm cells. (Source.)
500,000 chemical reactions have occurred in every single cell of your
body; 1.5 people die of starvation; 10,056 pounds of edible food is
thrown away in America; the average person in the world makes $0.01; the
universe has expanded about 46 miles. (Source.)
No one can definitively prove when time was created or when it will end.
Many people believe that time is a construct of the human mind and is
therefore an illusion. (Source.)
Plus, it is expanding rapidly as we speak. NASA scientists confirm that
the universe is probably infinite. (Source.)
12. THERE ARE MOST LIKELY THOUSANDS OF “ALIEN” CIVILIZATIONS OUT THERE
THAT WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
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The odds for intelligent life existing “out there” in space are
overwhelming. The universe contains billions of galaxies – and we
inhabit just ONE galaxy – therefore, it is extremely likely that there
are hundreds, maybe even thousands of alien civilizations out there that
we know absolutely nothing about. (Source.)
13. ACCORDING TO QUANTUM THEORY, THERE IS NO PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE.
Instead, everything – past, present and future – is occurring
simultaneously right now. Also, did you know that according to quantum
theory, particles can be in two places at once? (Source.)
Numerous scientists and physicists alike have demonstrated that we
create reality. In other words, the universe only becomes real when we
“look” at it. (Source.)
15. WE ARE ALL CLINGING TO THE SURFACE OF A GIANT ROCK THAT IS HURTLING
THROUGH SPACE AROUND A MASSIVE BALL OF FIRE … AND WE’RE STILL ALIVE.
You’re welcome to share your own humbling and crazy facts about life
below! I wish I
could include all the fascinating, mind-blowing, and awe-inspiring
discoveries about life here … but I would literally be writing this
article for the rest of my life (and the rest of time … if that even
exists).
