Okay, so, as many of you know i've been saying for a while now that we are all connected, i just couldn't find a way to put it into words anyone else would understand:
the entire universe is like this picture i've drawn each block, is a species, type of planet (rocky, gaseous, liquid (1 block = 1 subtype of planet (i.e all the gaseous ones made up of one type of gas, would be in one block, all other planets made up of a different type of gas, would be another block) , or just anything with mass in the universe. each block, could be split into separate blocks housing each individual entity within the categories (species planet etc.)
if just ONE block was to be removed from the picture (i.e one species, planet type etc.) did not exist, the picture wouldn't work, your eye would be drawn to that gap, and the rest of the image wouldn't make sense, it would barely be noticed, because your brain would focus on whats missing.
however, with all the blocks in place, the picture is just a confusing mismash of blocks, nothing grabs your attention more than anything else, not even the smaller or bigger blocks, your eye sees everything that is there, but doesn't differentiate between the blocks and the bigger picture, as without the blocks, there is no picture.
Without EVERY single block in place the picture falls apart, now, obviously species become extinct every day, but considering our planet (and many others) are relatively young, all the species on our planet would be on an outer block, meaning that if they were to disappear, the image would still "work" just not be as perfect as it was originally (i'm not saying the pictures perfect, but the universe would be, if we let it) , however, as i said, each block can be split into other blocks.
Imagine the image was the individual block for the human race, just blown up, while yes, people die every day, the blocks (or people) nearest to them will miss the missing block (as far as they're concerned the bigger picture no longer works, their
universe has been thrown into a tail spin, and they learn to live
without the missing block, but if anyone actually cared about their fellow man enough, they would see that the loss of one block is a TERRIBLE loss for the whole picture (i.e every life matters JUST as much as everyone else (thats right, none of you are special, from the rich of the rich, right down to that homeless guy you ignored in town)) more than the blocks further away however, , as the connection is not as strong, however, there is still a connection, be it between two blocks on the opposite side of the picture (we'd know them as a stranger) they will still be connected some how, through many connections, they will each know someone, that knows someone else, that knows someone else, that knows someone else ... (this could go on forever (6 billion times would be the maximum (number of blocks in the human race block (yes, all races are in our block, we're ALL human, regardless of skin colour, gender, location, sexual orientation (a lot of you should learn that, because i think a lot have forgotten) but basically, everyone, given enough searching, would be able to find SOME connection to a perfect stranger
This connection means that, through peoples thoughts (where in we always exist, even after death) we can quiet easily have been "living" in close relation (inside someones head) with someone we've never met, however, many of you will say "yeah, but just because you've got some links somewhere doesn't mean 1 person has every thought about you and the complete stranger" and i agree, somewhere in the middle of these complete strangers will be someone thats never met, or even thought of either of them.
However, we have have to ask what it means to exist, is it just being physically here? or is it all the experiences that we've built up over the years, including the random people we've interacted with (help an old lady cross the road, let someone go ahead of you in line, hold the door open for someone, kill someone, hurt someone, insult someone etc.)?
if the later is true (which i believe it is) EVERY single person has HUNDREDS if not potentially THOUSANDS of other connections inside their head, most of them you don't even realize are there, because you've consciously forgotten them within seconds of the interaction, but your subconscious never forgets, it is always gathering data and connections (ever been on the train and recognized an old lady you helped once? or just someone you accidentally bumped into in the supermarket? They're not at all important to your life, but your subconscious brain still has them logged.
Now, if we exist in someones brain because they think of us, that also means all the connections we made ALSO exist inside that persons brain (they're not even subconsciously aware of it, but their spirit is (hence why 2 close friends can easily become friends with the same person in a different environment, only to discover they have their close friend in common) so its not TOO much of a leap to imagine that if all our connections live on in other peoples thoughts, that somewhere along the line we're all going to have a connection SOMEWHERE (albeit a TINY one) to one another
Don't expect any of you to understand the words haha but the picture is pretty
