Addendum: I also at the same time am an animist AND I also believe the "all paths lead up the mountain" and/or "all rivers (and their streams) lead to the ocean," AND that most/possibly all faiths are similar enough that the truth can be found in each of them. ⛰️🏞🌌

I do love and believe the quote and all of its versions/derivatives from various people that says something like, "We are the Universe perceiving itself."

Anyway, thank YOU for taking the time to read through all of my fledgling thoughts on this new, more focused path for myself. 😸

The people in Heaven would reincarnate as often as they need to in order to learn whatever we are supposed to "know." And our reward is that we, in our souls and elemental matter, get to "live" together and be a part of The Universe forever, and continue into the next iteration (next Big Bang) (>>)

This leads into questions about soul vs body matter and "our" laws/principles of physics on mass conservation. Maybe the soul is not considered any form of matter and the body would just naturally decay into soil/ its elements, or maybe it breaks that law/principle and does just go away. ( >>> )

If you're sent to "Hell," it is a final punishment, but not a place of torment. Your soul just doesn't get to exist or reincarnate anymore, and it will not be a part of The Universe's continuing entropy and (possible) eventual contraction (and possible new Big Bang rebirth). ( >>> )

So, I don't know what kind of Pagan I would be, but I am following The Universe in all of its amazing beauty and terror. I feel like if there is a God, there is a Heaven, but it is temporary, and reincarnation exists. ( >>> )

but so many things could end our existence instantly. Black holes. The loss of the atmosphere. Rogue asteroids. Earth or our Moon being knocked off course. The Sun expanding. Other life forms?!?

( >>> )

The new part is...I've always been fascinated by the Universe (the solar system and outer space). I didn't understand how people can fear AND love/be (positively) awed by God, BUT I *DO* understand that feeling with the Universe. It is vast and amazing, ( >>> )

God, at least the wrathful, strict, jealous version of God, is a man-made construct, created by those in power to keep others under control. I am fully aware this is NOT a new idea to most people, lol. And I've known and believed that for many years already, so that's not the new part. ( >>> )

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UPDATE: I figured it out! It's not the helmet or the balaclava themselves, but it's the way they make eye contact so much easier to endure, I suppose. xD

Still want a sportbike and all the safety gear. 🏍

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Fair. xD

xD I like the shiny black ones better, aesthetically. Isn't carbon fiber what the OceanGate Titan submersible was made of? 😅😂

The full face street helmets, from what I can tell with Google searches on all those options.

Preferably black helmet, with the dark visors that shine with blue/purplish tints. 🫠

Maybe this is why I love Protogens, too. Hmm... x3