The Egg by Andy Weir

Introduction

• You were on your way home and died in a car accident.
• The rescue team couldn't save your life.
• You meet God after your death.

Conversation with God

First Questions

• You realize that you have died.
• You ask if your children and your wife will be okay.
• God says that your family will manage.

Nature of Death and Reload

• There is no heaven or hell.
• You will be reincarnated.
• All religions are right in some way.
• You will be reborn as a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.

Nature of the Soul and Time

• Your soul carries the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives.
• Your human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of your true self.
• You put a part of yourself into human bodies and gain experiences.
• Time exists only in your universe.

Purpose of Life

• The meaning of life is that you grow up.
• It's not about humanity, but only about you alone.
• The whole universe was created for you.
• You are every human who has ever lived or will live.
• Every act you have ever done was projected onto other incarnations of yourself.

Growth Process

• You are one of God's kind, a child of God.
• You will one day be like God.
• You are currently growing, comparable to a fetus.

Conclusion

• The universe is an "egg."
• You live every human life to grow enough to be born.