In this episode I reflect a bit on the book by Carolo Rovelli, "Reality is Not What It Seems," and particularly the last chapter of this book, entitled "Mystery." While I acknowledge mystery and the fact we cannot have "absolute certainty" about everything, I do believe there are some things that are not going to change no matter how much we discover about reality, because there are at bottom, brute facts about oneness and the cosmos we must therefore accept if we are going to have any basis from which to speak of anything reasonably certain, and will not necessarily be able to give a "why" answer for. In this episode, I also explore physicist Sean Carrol's bold, yet I believe correct claim we need not be agnostic about the question of "life after death" since as Carrol says, "there is no reason to be agnostic about ideas that are dramatically incompatible with everything we know about modern science." 

This episode consists of two recordings - the first made July 18, 2019, and the second July 31, 2019. Both are reflections on my sometimes negative attitudes with respect to my work situation, my difficulty with accepting the reality of work, and the painful realization of how badly my failure to often accept reality contradicts one of my most passionately held goals of this podcast - to observe and acccept reality as it is without prejudice. In this episode I also ponder the selfishness and childishness of the attitude things "should be" as I wish them to be, and how my continual complaints about how many things are, particularly with respect to my work is a testament to my disturbingly narcissistic attitude. I also talk about how mindfulness can help with negative attifudes and emotions, as well as my struggle to remain mindful and accepting even in the midst of great difficulty and unpleasantness.  

In this episode I reflect a bit on my conversation with Dave in the previous podcast episode, and respond to some of his insightful comments he sent me after the podcast recording via text.  I primarily reflect in this episode on the question of existence, and how and why existence is not true since existence is the very concept of separation, which contradicts the fact and the truth that all is ultimetely, one.