Me and My Worlds: What if? - Egbodo Benjamin

Breaking

Egbodo Benjamin — Entrepreneur • Cultural Curator • Creative Leader
Egbodo Benjamin

Founder & CEO of This Is Hip Hop HQ — a four‑time award‑winning global platform dedicated to empowering independent artists, preserving authentic hip‑hop culture, and amplifying creative voices across Africa and beyond.

Certified Project Manager, Fellow of the International Trade Council, and FOYA Africa Awards 2024 nominee for “Social Founder of the Year (Under 30).”

A dynamic blogger, youth advocate, and cultural curator committed to inspiring resilience, creativity, leadership, and purpose‑driven impact.

“Driven by vision, guided by discipline, and fueled by purpose — Benjamin continues to redefine excellence and shape the future of African creativity.”

Friday, December 5, 2025

Me and My Worlds: What if?


Human existence has always been haunted by questions that stretch beyond the boundaries of reason. We wonder if our lives are authored by a supreme being, if our struggles and triumphs are mere chapters in a cosmic narrative. And then comes the unsettling thought: what if we are already dead? What would life mean in such a paradox? These questions are not idle musings; they are the essence of philosophy, spirituality, and the human condition itself.
---

Life as a Story
- The Narrative Frame: Imagine life as a book written by a supreme consciousness. Each soul is a character, each event a plot twist. Our joys and sorrows are not random but part of a larger arc.  
- Multiplicity of Worlds: Every individual carries within them countless worlds—dreams, fears, memories, and imaginations. These inner worlds collide with the external one, creating a layered existence.  
- The Author’s Silence: If there is a supreme author, they remain silent. We are left to interpret the meaning of our own chapters, uncertain whether the story is tragedy, comedy, or epic.

---

Death and Meaning
- The Paradox of Death: If we were all dead, then life itself becomes a metaphor. Perhaps what we call “living” is simply the echo of existence, a shadow play on the walls of eternity.  
- Life Beyond Life: Death may not be an end but a transformation. In some traditions, death is the doorway to another world, another chapter in the supreme being’s endless saga.  
- The Illusion of Permanence: To think we are alive is to cling to the illusion of permanence. To think we are dead is to confront the fragility of meaning. Both perspectives force us to ask: does meaning come from existence itself, or from the stories we tell about it?

---

Me and My Worlds
- Personal Universes: Each person inhabits multiple worlds—the physical, the emotional, the spiritual, and the imagined. These worlds overlap, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict.  
- The Mirror of Consciousness: My worlds are mirrors reflecting my consciousness. They are not separate from me; they are me. To live is to wander through these worlds, to die is perhaps to dissolve into them.  
- The Supreme Connection: If a supreme being exists, then my worlds are fragments of its infinite imagination. My life is not isolated but woven into the tapestry of all existence.

---

Conclusion
Life, death, and meaning are not fixed truths but shifting perspectives. If our lives are stories written by a supreme being, then perhaps the point is not to know the ending but to live the narrative fully. If we are already dead, then life is the dream of eternity, a fleeting vision in the mind of the infinite.  

In the end, me and my worlds are inseparable. They are the canvas upon which existence paints its mysteries. Whether alive or dead, whether authored or free, the meaning of life lies not in certainty but in the depth of our questions.


No comments:

Post a Comment

Latest Updates

Popular