In 2022, a series of UFO sightings forced me to re-evaluate almost everything I thought I knew about reality.

I had been a logical, materialist software engineer. I liked systems, evidence, clean explanations. Then things started happening that did not fit the model.

So I did what I know how to do: I researched, trained, tested, journaled, doubted myself, and kept going.

I was trying to answer the questions almost no one actually expects answers to.

Are we alone?

Why am I here?

Do we die?

What is consciousness?

How does reality actually work?

Then, to my complete shock, I started getting replies.

Reality 101 is a journal of those impossible experiences: what happened, what I think they mean, and how you can begin exploring this for yourself.